Today we're going to talk about how just putting your open loops - your unfinished objects - into a trusted system isn't good enough. We'll look at the Zeigarnik effect and how this can get in the way of focusing on what your are doing.
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Today we're going to talk about complication, and how it often leads to us not reaching our aims. This could be in the systems we set up to reach our goals, or extra steps to get something done at home, or even just getting set in our ways. In any case, this unnecessary complication can stop us from reaching how we want to live our lives.
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In this episode, we talk about when procrastination is a lack of clarity; approaches to stopping procrastination; and ten specific anti-procrastination methods. Support me at Patreon: You can find all the episodes over at Patreon.
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In this episode, I will be talking about why a task list won’t make you productive how a will-do list can help you overcome overwhelm using contexts on closed lists Support me at Patreon: You can find all the episodes over at Patreon.
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It's been a year since most of us entered isolation. What have you been doing with your time?
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Today we will talk about deliberate living: what it is, why it isn’t the same as “intentional living” and what it means. Support me at Patreon: You can find all the episodes over at Patreon.
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Most of us consider backups as something someone else does to our computers. But it's important to have backups of things that are crucial to your productivity, whether they are computer-based or not.
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In Chapter 2 of Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity , David Allen spells out the four criteria model for choosing the next thing to do. He says that you choose what to do next based on (in this order) context, time available, energy and priority. In today's podcast, I will explore ways to maximize the criteria so that you always have the most possibility of getting something done.
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Yak shaving is an extreme form of distraction, as well as procrastination. So is overthinking. We talk about both of these today, as well as how to get back on track.
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Today I'm going to talk about the skills I think everyone should be able to do to be self-sufficient - and why.