Do the THING

How to take action and get things done.

A simple strategy to find clarity on what is important:

• Being busy vs being productive
• Eliminate distractions
• Become accountable to your own priorities
• Stop being controlled by deadlines

No more getting bogged down in being busy, without meaningful progress.

Cut through all the productivity advice and get to the heart of doing the thing you need to do.

Nothing fancy.

Sam Webster Harris explores the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement.

• Watch the pod - YouTube (Growth Mindset)
• Mail - GrowthMindsetPodcast(at)gmail.com
• Insta - SamJam.zen

Chapters

00:00 Problems with too much productivity advice

01:40 Doing the thing - Essay

03:12 Busy vs productive

04:51 Productivity for a podcaster

07:04 False productivity - Hiking

08:47 Psychology of productivity

09:31 Procrastination - Temporal Motivation Theory

10:53 Planning Fallacy

11:30 Zegarknik effect - Just start

13:23 -- Questions and Answers--

13:33 When should I do the thing?

13:43 What if I don't have time?

13:56 How do you make time?

14:57 What if it's hard?

15:46 I am not ready to do the thing

18:44 I don't know how to do the thing

19:59 What if I fail?

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