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Podcast: How to Get Unstuck

Staying productive when you don't feel like it.

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On this episode, we chat about how to stay productive when you don’t feel like it. Ideas covered include:

  • How to settle into work when you just don’t feel like it;
  • Not letting your to-do list turn into a list of expectations for how things will go;
  • The idea of making “only progress”;
  • Feeling your “pace of productivity”
  • Understanding the procrastination triggers;
  • Managing expectations downward;
  • Connecting with how you feel to analyze how you’re stuck;
  • Paying yourself ‘time and a half’;
  • Accommodating your mental resistance to doing a task.

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Chris Bailey
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Chris Bailey

Chris is the bestselling author of four books—Intentional, How to Calm Your Mind, Hyperfocus, and The Productivity Project—which have been published in more than 40 languages. He also hosts the Intentional AI podcast, writes a biweekly newsletter, The Recap, and speaks to audiences around the world on how they can become more productive without hating the process.

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