Doing the thing - a short sharp masterclass on creating focus

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? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices