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The Productivity Show

Mindful Productivity: Being Present During the Holidays

The Productivity Show

Asian Efficiency

Business, Careers, Education, Management, Self-improvement

4.6549 Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Struggling to enjoy the holidays without feeling rushed? The secret to a meaningful season isn't doing more—it's being more present. In this mindful productivity episode, discover why divided attention makes time feel shorter, how presence actually slows life down, and one simple technique to enjoy your holidays more without adding anything to your schedule. This […]

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0:00.0

Are you interested in becoming more productive at work and in life?

0:03.0

Then check out the 25X coaching program.

0:05.4

Discover more at 25X coaching.com.

0:12.7

Welcome to the productivity show, a podcast where we believe that you can get the important things done

0:17.2

without sacrificing your health, family, and things that matter to you.

0:21.0

I'm TanFam founder of Asian Efficiency, where we help people become more productive at work

0:26.1

and in life.

0:27.4

And it is another Wisdom Wednesday episode where you are going to get actual productivity

0:32.5

advice in less than 10 minutes.

0:34.7

And we do this type of episode every single week.

0:38.7

And one of the things that we believe is that one tweak a week can lead to massive productivity gains over

0:43.3

time. So if you find today's episode helpful, be sure to subscribe, leave us a review, or

0:49.1

reach out to us via email at podcast at asianufficiency.com.

0:56.4

We always love hearing from our listeners.

1:00.4

Now, today's episode is especially timely because it's Christmas week.

1:04.2

And if there's one thing most people say every year, it's this.

1:07.0

The holidays went by so fast.

1:08.6

But here's the truth.

1:10.0

Time didn't speed up.

1:30.0

Your attention got divided. That is what happens. Think about this simple thought experiment for a second. I want you to sit down for a meal with no phone, no computer, no distractions whatsoever, right? No TV, no YouTube playing in a background, just you and your food.

1:37.8

Think about that for a moment. How fast is time going by when you're just sitting down and eating your meal?

1:46.0

Now compare that to eating while you're scrolling on your phone or watching a YouTube video. When you're distracted, the meal just disappears. When you're present, time feels slower,

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