328. Hyperefficient with Dr. Mithu Storoni (Part 1)

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Greg McKeown

Education, Business, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 27 August 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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About the Guest: Dr. Mithu Storoni is a University of Cambridge-trained physician, neuroscience researcher, and ophthalmic surgeon. Renowned for her expertise in mental performance and stress management, she advises multinational corporations on optimizing brain function. She is the author of the forthcoming book "Hyperefficient," which explores revolutionary concepts in maximizing the quality of cognitive outputs. Episode Summary: Greg McKeown interviews Dr. Mitu Storoni about her upcoming book "Hyperefficient" and the need to redefine workplace efficiency by prioritizing quality over quantity in the age of AI and automation. Dr. Storoni introduces her framework of three mental "gears" to explain cognitive overload and emphasizes the importance of recognizing one's cognitive state to enhance productivity. The discussion includes practical strategies for managing workloads and improving mental health while navigating the challenges of constant connectivity and modern communication. Key Takeaways: Redefining Efficiency: The traditional definition of efficiency, focused on quantity, is outdated. In the AI era, the focus shifts to quality of output. Historical Context: From the Industrial Revolution to the Knowledge Age, metrics of productivity have evolved, but the need for high-quality, creative thinking has always been key. Impact of Technology: Advanced communication technologies, from the telegraph to the smartphone, have distorted our sense of reality, space, and time. Marshall McLuhan's Insights: The medium changes the users, not just the message. This impacts how we think and interact with the world. Cognitive Overload: The relentless flood of information and the blurring of personal and global events can lead to significant cognitive strain and disorientation. Notable Quotes: "Efficiency now means producing as much as you can of a quantity, but hyperefficiency is about producing quality." – Dr. Mithu Storoni "Our sense of an event taking place is tightly woven into how soon after the event we become aware of it." – Dr. Mithu Storoni "In the medium, you can't see the effect of the medium on you unless you actually step outside." – Dr. Mithu Storoni Resources: Visit Mithu's website. Follow Mithu on X and LinkIn. Preorder Mithu's book Hyperefficient Join my weekly newsletter. Learn more about my books and courses. Join The Essentialism Academy. Follow me on LinkedIn, Instagram, X, Facebook, and YouTube.

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0:56.2	apply that in every possible way and today we have a most interesting guest.
1:01.8	Dr. Meitu Storoni, who's a University of Cambridge
1:04.7	trained physician, neuroscience researcher, and Othalmic surgeon, that's an eye
1:09.6	surgeon for the rest of us. She advises multinational corporations on mental performance and stress management.
1:15.1	She's the author of the forthcoming book, Hyper-efficient. That's an interesting idea, hyper-efficient.
1:21.4	It caught my attention for a few different ways.
1:23.8	The subtitle is,
1:25.0	optimize your brain to transform the way you work. So, Me too. It's such a pleasure to have you.
1:56.2	Thank you for having me. Can you define for us what efficiency means now? In some ways it gets a bad name from my point of view and so
2:08.1	I'm really curious to get into that has its definition changed since the 1970s for example.
2:15.0	So efficiency now means producing as much as you can offer quantity, whether that quantity is work hours or whether that quantity is
2:27.7	number of meetings or a certain target.
2:30.9	Hyperefficiency, which is the title of my book, suggests a radically different angle where
2:37.0	efficiency is not about quantity but about quality.
2:41.7	So not how many ideas you're producing, not how many meetings you're going to,
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