On this episode, we count down our all-time favorite productivity habits—this week we cover numbers 10-6! Topics covered include:
- The point of becoming more productive
- How productivity can make us more human
- Earning back time, enjoying the journey, carving out time for what’s meaningful
- Keeping an accomplishments list
- The “Zeigarnik Effect”
- How often to review your accomplishments
- Email/message sprints
- “Time confetti”
- The two types of work: focus work vs. collaborative work
- Your “biological prime time,” and how to calculate it
- Working around your energy level fluctuations
- Taking only the productivity advice that works for you (and leaving the rest)
- Keeping a distractions list
- Remembering to remember things
- Shrinking the tasks you find most aversive
Links mentioned in this episode:
- Wikipedia: The Zeigarnik Effect
- Caveday (for work sprints)
- Focusmate (for instant accountability)
- Article: 3 Ways to Calculate Your Peak Energy Time of Day
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