003 - The Scientific Approach to Being More Productive
Tiny Leaps, Big Changes
Gregg Clunis
4.3 • 920 Ratings
🗓️ 10 January 2016
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
What would your life look like if you could get more done in less time? Would you go on vacation? Spend some more time with your loved ones? Well, whatever you would do, this episode just might help you accomplish it. It’s all about productivity baby so strap yourself in and stay focused because you are now listening to, Tiny Leaps, Big Changes.
In this Episode:
– Why we have such a hard time focusing throughout the day.
– One technique you can use to increase productivity instantly.
– How to avoid decision fatigue and get more done each day.
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Resources:
blog.bufferapp.com/the-science-of-focus-and-how-to-improve-your-attention-span
amazon.com/Thinking-Fast-Slow-Daniel-Kahneman/dp/0374533555
hbr.org/2012/01/train-your-brain-to-focus
Links:
HBR article "Train Your Brain to Focus" by Paul Hammerness, MD, and Margaret Moore
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | What would you go on? |
| 0:02.0 | If you could get more done in less time? |
| 0:04.9 | Would you maybe go on vacation? |
| 0:08.6 | Spend some more time with your loved ones? |
| 0:12.0 | Well, whatever you would do, this episode just might help you accomplish it. |
| 0:18.1 | It's all about productivity, so strap yourself in and stay focused because you are now listening to Tiny Leaps Big Chain |
| 0:26.2 | A. A. G. Welcome Tiny Warriors to another episode of Tiny Leaps, Big Changes, where I share simple research-backed strategies you can use to get more out of your life. |
| 0:47.0 | My name is Greg Clunice and just a few months ago, back in September, I wrote an article for the media site Aspire, titled |
| 0:56.3 | How to 10X Your Productivity Overnight. |
| 1:00.0 | In the article I detailed a method I had been using to improve my focus and get more done each day. |
| 1:07.0 | Now for whatever reason that article caught on and blew up bringing in just under 500 recommendations and shares. |
| 1:15.0 | It was a crazy experience but since then I've had a bit of a change in career |
| 1:20.3 | and as a result I found that I haven't been able to use the same strategy to stay focused. |
| 1:27.0 | Whereas I was working a 9 to 5 position back then in marketing, I'm now fully self-employed and one of the things that very |
| 1:36.4 | quickly stood out to me is how difficult it is, how frustrating and challenging it is to stay productive when you're working on your own. |
| 1:46.4 | A little later in the episode, I'm going to be bringing on a special guest. |
| 1:51.9 | Yes, for the first time in Tiny Leaps history, I'm gonna have a |
| 1:57.2 | guest on the show and she's going to help us figure out exactly what we can do to be more productive. But first, I wanted to |
| 2:05.8 | explore two simple questions. Question number one is, where does focus come from? |
| 2:11.8 | And question number two is, what are the factors that affect our |
| 2:16.7 | ability to be productive? So anyone who listened to episode two of this show is going to recognize this next name. |
| 2:34.0 | Bell Beth Cooper. She wrote an article on the buffer website back in 2014 titled, |
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