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The Art of Charm

Minisode Monday #79 | Why We're More Productive on Airplanes (and How to Be When We're Not)

The Art of Charm

http://www.TheArtOfCharm.com

Business, Health & Fitness, Education

4.711K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2017

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to Minisode Monday, where we kick off the week with something quick and actionable -- to make you more magnetic and effective -- that you can implement right away. Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done author Jon Acuff rejoins us (hear his most recent full episode here) to discuss why he's more productive on an airplane and how he recreates the conditions to make him as productive when he's home. Let's get to it! The Cheat Sheet: From feedback and personal experience, Jon Acuff noticed that we tend to be more productive when we're traveling. Since we can't travel all the time, he was determined to recreate the conditions that influence this behavior. Here's what he came up with. Because of physical restrictions, you can only bring a limited amount of work. White noise helps you focus. Limited Internet connectivity keeps you from unnecessary distractions. Focus-driving deadlines result from breaks in the routine (waiting in the terminal, boarding, flying, landing, waiting to deboard). These work roughly like the Pomodoro Technique. Nobody knows you; nobody bothers you. To learn more about social dynamics and productivity hacks, take the Art of Charm Challenge by clicking here, or text AOC to 38470. Also be sure to check out our Social Capital Intensive here! Let us know how you put today's Minisode Monday into practice! Tweet with @TheArtofCharm in your response or write to Jordan directly: [email protected] (he actually reads everything)! Full show notes at https://theartofcharm.com/podcast-episodes/minisode-monday-79-productive-airplanes-not/ Find out more about the team who makes The Art of Charm podcast here! Take the Art of Charm Challenge by clicking here, or text AOC to 38470. We'll take you step by step to becoming better at making personal and professional connections, becoming a better networker, increasing your personal social capital and charisma. This is for both men and women! Does your business have an Internet presence? Now save a whopping 50% on new webhosting packages here with HostGator by using coupon code CHARM! Listen to The Art of Charm, Starving for Attention with Richard Blais, and hundreds of your favorite podcasts with the free PodcastOne app (on iOS and Android) here! HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dig the show, please subscribe in iTunes and write us a review! This is what helps us stand out from the crowd and help people find the credible advice they need. Review the show in iTunes! We rely on it! http://www.theartofcharm.com/mobilereview Stay Charming!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, Jordan Harbinger here from the art of John welcome to mini sod monday your weekly shot of personal development espresso here

0:07.1

Happy to be here with you kicking off the week with something quick and actionable that you can implement right away that'll make you more magnetic and

0:13.9

Effective today. We're back with my friend John a cuff

0:17.1

He was on the show recently discussing his book finish give yourself the gift of done

0:21.1

Which is essentially dissertation on perfectionism and how to annihilate or at least make a plan and get started on annihilating it

0:27.9

Right, I suppose or not do that at all and actually get it handled finally

0:32.7

But I'll tell you there was a tip in here John that I loved which was about why people are more productive on airplanes and how we can recreate that

0:41.6

What's going on here? That was genius

0:44.2

Business travel is part of most jobs. It seems like today on some level

0:48.0

So I had a bunch of friends tell me one day. I'm so productive on planes

0:51.2

I'm so productive. I wish I could fly all the time and I thought well, that's not the solution

0:55.1

And then I wanted to say what does that mean?

0:57.1

Why are you so productive?

0:58.5

So the bigger tip like the 50,000 foot view is that I would dare your listeners if you're winning in some way ask why

1:05.8

Learn from it and repeat it in other parts of your life

1:08.4

So that's what I'm about to do. So I'll break it down specifically

1:11.6

Here's why you're more productive on a plane number one

1:14.6

You can only bring a limited amount of work on a plane

1:17.9

You are physically limited in what amount of work you can bring you can bring a big roll out of the calendar

1:23.1

You can't bring a bunch of file systems. You can bring your computer certainly, but you're limited

1:27.4

So you recreate that on land if you will by if you go to a coffee shop you bring one project

1:33.2

If you go to an empty office to work you bring one project bring a limited amount if you bring everything

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