Doing the thing - a short sharp masterclass on creating focus
The simple psychology of productivity and focus without all the distractions
There are a million ways to waste time.
We don't need a million and one ways to be productive.
We just need to - Do The Thing
It's easy to overcomplicate productivity:
- Over analysing your habits
- Over examing your past
- Over sharing your strategies.
These are all effective ways to not be productive.
In this episode, we cut through the fluff and focus on the pure, simple truths.
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Episode: Doing the thing - a short sharp masterclass on creating focus
Chapters:
00:00 The many ways to tackle productivity
01:35 Essay - "Doing the thing"
03:08 Busy vs productive
04:47 Productivity for a podcaster
07:00 False productivity - Hiking
08:43 Psychology of productivity
09:27 Procrastination - Temporal Motivation Theory
10:49 Planning Fallacy
11:26 Zegarknik effect - Just start
13:19 Adverts
13:25 Questions and answers
13:34 When should I do the thing?
13:44 What if I don't have time?
13:58 How do you make time?
14:59 What if it's hard?
15:48 What if I am not ready to do the thing?
18:45 What if I don't know how to do the thing?
20:01 What if I fail?
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