Podcast Episode 47: The Zeigarnick Effect And Open Loops
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.
Podcast Episode 46: Complications Getting In The Way Of Life
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.
Podcast Episode 45: Procrastination
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.
Podcast Episode 44: Tasks, Contexts and Will-Do Lists
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.
Podcast Episode 43: A COVID Year Introspection
It's been a year since most of us entered isolation. What have you been doing with your time?
Podcast Episode 42: Deliberate Living
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.
Podcast Episode 41: Backups for All Critical Systems
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.
Podcast Episode 40: The Way to Pick What to Do Next
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.
