1261: Get Things Out of Your Head and Build An External Brain by Marc Bilodeau on Time Management & Productivity

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🗓️ 25 May 2019

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Marc Bilodeau shares how to get things out of your head and build an external brain. Episode 1261: Get Things Out of Your Head and Build An External Brain by Marc Bilodeau on Time Management & Productivity Marc Bilodeau started his blog to become a better writer, however, it has evolved into a place where he shares personal thoughts, experiences, and words of subjective wisdom. He is not an expert or certified in any of the subject matter, but hopes that his experiences and thoughts may help others by invoking internal thinking, or inspire others to try new things. The original post is located here: https://www.marcbilodeau.com/brain/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 1261. Get things out of your head and build an
0:05.6	external brain by Mark Bilado of MarkBilado.com and I'm your narrator Justin Mollick,
0:11.2	reading you blogs every single day of the year to help you live a more meaningful life.
0:15.6	There are no interviews, so not really a typical podcast, just me narrating some amazing
0:20.5	blogs and sometimes books. Today's article is from a brand new author to the show Mark Bilado,
0:26.3	who happens to be a long time listener to since like 2016. It took me much longer than it should
0:31.7	have to narrate some of his work, but better late than never, so with that, let's hear our very
0:36.2	first post from him as we optimize your life. Get things out of your head and build an external
0:46.4	brain by MarkBilado of MarkBilado.com. One of the best things I've done for myself is build and
0:53.8	refine my external brain. All too often in my personal and professional life have I seen people
0:59.5	try to remember details and rely on their memory. However, for most of us, we overestimate our
1:05.1	capacity to memorize things. An external brain takes advantage of tools to help keep track of daily
1:11.3	life and important details. By writing things down, it frees the mind to think more critically when
1:17.1	the time arises. Otherwise, the brain can become too distracted trying to balance everything on
1:22.0	a daily and weekly basis. Why have an external brain? Research shows that most adults can hold 5-9
1:30.3	items in mind for a short period of time. Therefore, if it isn't written somewhere relatively
1:35.2	quickly, the information can be lost. However, some of that information can move into long-term
1:40.8	memory. Unfortunately, not everything does. It is extremely difficult to memorize all errands,
1:46.4	appointments, shopping lists, and other to-dos. In truth, it's only possible for a small group of
1:51.7	people. For the rest of us, external brains can prevent us from missing appointments, forgetting
1:57.2	important details, or failing to do our part in a bigger project. The external brain manages the
2:03.0	backlog of our lives. Backlog is all the things we need to do. When the backlog is managed,
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