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Hey, hey, welcome to the productivity show, a podcast where we believe that you can get the important things done without sacrificing your health, family, and things that matter to you.

If it's your first time listening, welcome to the show.

I'm Tan, founder of Asian efficiency, where we help people become more productive at work and in life.

And I do this podcast together with my co-s, Brooks Duncan, all the way from Vancouver, Canada.

How are you today, Brooks?

I'm great. I know this is an audio podcast, so people aren't seeing it, but this is our first recording where one of us, I won't say who, is wearing a hat with a mallard duck on the hat. So it's a very, very big day here in the productivity showland.

Yeah, I figured since none of us who are listening can really see us, we might as well go extra comfy and extra cozy and have an oversized hoodie on and a hat.

So it's funny, like you and I usually don't wear super casual clothing when

we're recording. You know, it's kind of like when you show up for work, when you're working

from home. If you're working in your pajamas all day, you just have a little bit more of a slower

pace to what you do versus when you actually get dressed and show up for quote-unquote work,

you actually kind of get in the different

mindset. And it's kind of related to today's topic, which is all about fresh starts. And I know we're

just entering 2026. And all of us are really excited about the new year and what we can do this

year, accomplishing goals. And so you and I were talking about, hey, what is a topic or an episode idea we could do related to this?

And I like this topic of fresh starts and how we can actually implement it.

And this is inspired by a book actually that Brooks Duncan here has read.

And so we'll talk all about that here today.

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