Ep. 111: Jocelyn Glei on Productivity
Unperform with Tiffany Han (formerly Raise Your Hand Say Yes)
Tiffany Han
4.7 • 525 Ratings
🗓️ 18 October 2016
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Jocelyn Glei is the author of the new book Unsubscribe: How to Kill Email Anxiety, Avoid Distractions, and Get Real Work Done and was the founding editor at 99u.com. Bottom line: She is a pro at making creative ideas happen.
On this episode, we talk about her new book and the problem of email overwhelm, including why it's a problem and practical solutions for solving it. (Hint: You can let go of inbox zero! It's really okay!). We also talk about what she's learned about productive creativity with her work at 99u.com and in her own creative practices.
If you suffer from email overwhelm, idea overwhelm, or task overwhelm, this episode is for you! You'll learn how to focus on your work that really matters while coming up with systems to manage the rest. It's time to get some stuff DONE y'all!
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Connect with Jocelyn:
Website | Instagram | Twitter
Jocelyn's Book: Unsubscribe: How to Kill Email Anxiety, Avoid Distractions, and Get Real Work Done
Jocelyn's Creative Mornings talk
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to another episode of Raise Your Hand, Say Yes, with Tiffany Hahn, a podcast all about the creative adventures of extraordinary people. |
| 0:10.9 | To get information on today's episode and past episodes, visit Tiffanyhan.com slash podcast. |
| 0:17.2 | Now on to the show. |
| 0:20.7 | Hey, everybody, welcome back to another episode of Raise Your Hand Say Yes. |
| 0:26.3 | And oh my goodness, you guys, this episode is so good. |
| 0:32.5 | And this interview is so amazing. |
| 0:35.1 | And one of the things I'm most excited about with this week's episode is how |
| 0:40.5 | like immediately useful it is going to be to all of us. Like honestly, I don't know anybody |
| 0:48.8 | who should not listen to this episode and immediately do the things that Jocelyn Gly and I talk about. |
| 0:56.8 | So, Jocelyn Gly, who I interview in this week's episode, is the writer of a new book |
| 1:02.0 | that just came out that honestly, like, I love it so much. |
| 1:07.4 | The book is called Unsubscribe. |
| 1:09.3 | And it's all about wait for it, wait for it, wait for it. |
| 1:13.0 | It's all about email. It's all about how to kill email anxiety, avoid distractions, and get |
| 1:18.7 | real work done. I don't know anybody who doesn't suffer from email overwhelm. I don't know any |
| 1:25.5 | creative person who doesn't suffer from overwhelm in general. |
| 1:29.8 | And if you are a raise your hand say yes listener who does not suffer from overwhelm, then please |
| 1:35.9 | email me and I want to have you on the show and talk about what kind of magical unicorn you are. |
| 1:42.3 | Because I think that so many of us created people are just constantly overwhelmed by all |
| 1:48.0 | of the different things and all the things we want to do and all the messages and |
| 1:51.2 | keeping up with everything and how am I going to manage it all and then actually get my work |
| 1:54.6 | done. |
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