436: How to hack your time and motivation wisely--and when not to--with Joseph Reagle

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How to be Awesome at Your Job

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🗓️ 8 May 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Joseph Reagle shares handy research insights on hacking life optimally and safely. You'll Learn: The question you need to ask when optimizing your life Why lifehacks should be taken in moderation How to use your own money to hack your motivation About Joseph: Joseph writes and teaches about digital communication and online communities. He’s an Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Northeastern University. He’s also served as a fellow and faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard. His doctoral dissertation was on the history and collaborative culture of Wikipedia. Joseph has appeared in media including The Economist and The New York Times. View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep400 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the How to Be Awesome at Your Job Podcast, the show where brilliant professionals share how to sharpen the universal skills required to flourish at work.
0:10.0	Enjoy more career fun, wins, meaning, and money.
0:14.0	With your host, Pete McKitis.
0:16.0	Hello and thanks so much for joining us here for episode 436 with Joseph Riegel.
0:23.6	Joseph is talking about life hacking and he's done a whole lot more research on the topic
0:28.2	than your average listicles.
0:29.8	So you'll learn one, the question you need to ask when optimizing your life.
0:34.0	Two, why life hack should be taken in moderation.
0:36.8	And three, how to use your own money to hack your motivation.
0:40.2	So if you want to check out the show notes or the transcript or the links to
0:42.1	items we've referenced, it's on over to awesome at your job.com slash EP
0:45.9	436. Now here's Joseph's story. Joseph writes and teaches about digital
0:50.5	communication and online communities.
0:52.6	He's an associate professor for communication studies at Northeastern University.
0:56.0	He's also served as a fellow and faculty associate at the Berkman-Kline Center for Internet and Society at Harvard.
1:01.8	His doctoral dissertation was on the history and collaborative culture of Wikipedia.
1:06.0	Joseph has appeared in numerous media outlets, including The Economist and the New York Times.
1:11.0	So thanks to Joseph's for having some time with us and thanks to our sponsors. Check
1:13.8	him out. Here is Joseph. Joseph, thanks so much for joining us here on the How to
1:19.9	Be Awesome at your Job Podcast. Thank you. I'm happy to be here. Well I'm excited to dig
1:24.4	into your stuff and I'd love to start with you sharing a little bit of how you came
1:30.0	to adopt the practice of Japanese techniques of t-shirt folding? What's the scoop here?
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