478: Conscious Procrastination - Part 2 by Steve Pavlina

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🗓️ 2 April 2017

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Steve Pavlina is widely recognized as one of the most successful personal development bloggers on the Internet, with his work attracting more than 100 million visits to his website, StevePavlina.com. He has written more than 1300 articles and recorded many audio programs on a broad range of self-help topics, including productivity, relationships, and spirituality. Steve has been quoted as an expert by the New York Times, USA Today, U.S. News & World Report, the Los Angeles Daily News, Self Magazine, The Guardian, and countless other publications. He's also a frequent guest on popular podcasts and radio shows. Episode 478: Conscious Procrastination - Part 2 by Steve Pavlina (Productivity & Career Advice). The original post is located here: https://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/03/conscious-procrastination Please Rate & Review the Show! Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com and Join the Ol' Family to get your Free Gifts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 478, conscious procrastination Part 2 by Steve
0:05.7	Pavlina of StevePavlina.com and I'm Justin Mollick.
0:09.3	Happy Sunday and welcome to the show, old friend.
0:12.0	Old stands for Optimal Living Daily if you didn't know.
0:14.8	And if you're new here, this is why I read to you every single day, including weekends
0:17.6	and holidays to help you optimize your life.
0:20.4	And today's a continuation from yesterday.
0:22.8	This post about procrastination is a bit long, so I broke it up into two episodes.
0:27.6	So if you're new here, check out episode 477 first so that this makes a lot more sense.
0:32.0	Otherwise, you'll probably be lost or think this is a very weird podcast.
0:35.7	So at that, let's continue this post as we optimize your life.
0:43.4	Conscious procrastination Part 2 by StevePavlina of StevePavlina.com
0:49.4	Email is one area where I consciously procrastinate each day.
0:52.9	I could pat myself on the back for doing a great job responding to all my email, but the
0:56.7	truth is that I'm lousy at replying to email.
1:00.0	This is by choice, however.
1:01.6	I always handle the truly important communication promptly, and I'll be the first to admit that
1:05.8	some real gems come via email now and then.
1:08.7	But I'm fairly brutal on how I define what's important enough to warn a reply.
1:12.6	I typically limit my email processing to about 15 minutes per day.
1:17.0	That's totally unreasonable considering the volume of email I receive, but I'm willing
1:20.4	to accept poor performance in that area in order to boost my performance elsewhere.
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