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2315: You Don't Have to Give Up Important Things to Get Important Things Done by Michael Mehlberg

Optimal Finance Daily - Financial Independence and Money Advice

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Investing, Business, Education, Self-improvement

4.41.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Michael Mehlberg shares why you don't have to give up important things to get important things done. Episode 2315: You Don't Have to Give Up Important Things to Get Important Things Done by Michael Mehlberg Michael Mehlberg is an entrepreneur and certified agile project manager who specializes in productivity and organization systems. His blog, Modern da Vinci has been called "The Owners Manual to an Awesome Life" and helps high-achieving entrepreneurs master their life and business - crushing their goals, living their passion, and finding purpose, balance, and excellence in all they do. The original post is located here: https://www.moderndavinci.net/blog/2018/5/30/you-dont-have-to-give-up-important-things-to-get-important-things-done Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalFinanceDaily Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is Optimal Finance Daily, Episode 2315.

0:04.5

You don't have to give up important things to get important things done by Michael Melberg

0:09.7

of ModernDivinci.net.

0:12.3

And I'm your host and personal finance enthusiast, Diana Mariam.

0:16.3

Welcome back to our Sunday bonus episode, where I share an article with you from a different

0:21.1

podcast in our network to keep your life nice and optimized.

0:25.7

Today's episode is coming from our main personal development podcast, Optimal Living Daily.

0:31.1

You can find that show wherever you're listening to this.

0:34.1

And please do follow or subscribe to the show to get new episodes every day.

0:39.0

So with that, here's Justin with the post and commentary as we optimize your life.

0:48.4

You don't have to give up important things to get important things done by Michael Melberg

0:53.3

of ModernDivinci.net.

0:56.4

It seems to be the productivity flavor of the month, the not-to-do list.

1:01.2

Have you heard of it?

1:02.4

The basic idea is this.

1:04.2

Instead of listing the things you need to do, make a list of the things you should not

1:08.5

do, things that are preventing you from accomplishing your goals, things like checking Facebook, responding

1:13.8

to emails first thing in the morning, watching TV or, huh, avoiding video games.

1:19.0

For a few days, it seems to work.

1:20.9

He replaced time, otherwise spent watching video games with real honest to goodness productive

1:25.5

work.

1:26.8

But after denying yourself this basic need, and yes, playing video games is a basic human

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