Unicycle

Here’s how a $32 second-hand unicycle changed Col’s life.


For 15 years, Col did what so many of us do:

* Sat at the desk.

* Felt guilty for not being productive.

* Refused to leave the desk until “enough work” was done.

* Got… nothing done.

One day, he bought a $32 unicycle on eBay.


The rule: when the work stalled, he was allowed to get up and ride it for as along as he wanted.

If he came back to the desk and was STILL unproductive, he was allowed to immediately go ride it again.

It broke the loop. Moved his body. Shifted his brain.


Over the next decade, his work rhythm and his life changed completely.

These days, it’s disc golf outside his shipping container office. Different toy, same principle.

On this episode of the Fink Tank, we talk about how the best productivity “hack” might be the thing that looks least like work.

What’s your unicycle?