3222: Be Dignified, as a Rule by David Cain of Raptitude on Effectiveness & Productivity

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🗓️ 20 June 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3222: Explore the insightful reflections of David Cain from Raptitude.com on how adopting a dignified approach to daily tasks can enhance personal effectiveness and self-respect. Cain shares personal anecdotes and practical advice on how simple changes, like dressing well or focusing on intentionality, can transform mundane activities into acts of dignity, ultimately improving both productivity and personal satisfaction. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.raptitude.com/2023/03/be-dignified-as-a-rule/ Quotes to ponder: "Dignity doesn’t follow effectiveness as much as effectiveness follows dignity. We’re more engaged while reading from a beautiful hardcover than from a computer printout, or in a lamplit armchair rather than a plastic patio chair." "Wine tastes better out of a spotless wineglass than from a paper cup. Perhaps we should have dignity foremost in mind whenever we do anything, because it’s an intuitive sense we all have, and it points the way to a thing done well." Episode references: Marcus Aurelius, Meditations: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30659.Meditations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is optimal living daily episode 3222.
0:04.0	Be dignified as a rule by David Kane of raptitude.com
0:08.0	and I'm Justin Molick the guy reading to you every single day of the year
0:12.0	with permission from the authors.
0:13.6	And with that let's get right to another post and start optimizing your life.
0:18.0	Be dignified as a rule by David Kane of Raptitude.com
0:27.0	Much of what you've heard on this blog has been written in my pajama pants. Writing directly follows meditation in my
0:36.4	morning routine, so I've often gone right from the cushion to the coffee pot to
0:41.6	the desk. Occasionally life would remind me that there are practical reasons to put on
0:47.0	socially acceptable pants before beginning the work day. Someone could knock on the door for example, but for the most part it seemed
0:55.7	like an unnecessary formality that only added friction to the getting to work process.
1:01.3	Today I do get properly dressed before going to my desk
1:05.3	because it's simply more conducive to productivity. Changing into leaving the house
1:10.7	clothes gives me a going to work feeling which is the kind of feeling
1:15.3	you want whenever you're going to work even if your office is just across the hall.
1:21.1	Recently I noticed that this effect is stronger the better I dress.
1:26.0	Jeans in a pullover are better than PJs in a hoodie.
1:30.0	Proper slacks and a button-up shirt are even better.
1:34.0	I'm sure an Edwardian waistcoat and tie would generate an even stronger feeling of being a
1:39.4	dignified writer getting to work.
1:42.4	I thought it was interesting that this feeling of dignity
1:45.4	often follows when you discover a better way to do a thing. Decent pants don't just
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