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Welcome to the Productivity Show, a podcast where we believe that people like you can get the important things done without sacrificing your health, family, and things that matter to you.

If it's your first time of listening, welcome to the show. I'm Tam Fam, 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-host,

Brooks Duncan, all the way from Vancouver, Canada. How are you today, Brooks? I'm all right,

though I just found out I needed re-root canal, a root canal. So the good thing about that is that

no matter what we talk about today, everything is going to be up from here. So when you hit rock

bottom, it's a there's only up, right?

It's kind of like eating your frog, the first part of the day.

Once you get that out of the way, everything else is relatively easy in comparison.

So I think now that we have that out of the way, podcasting should hopefully be a lot easier.

We actually almost had to postpone this episode because Brooks's mouth and face was just so swollen from his little operation. But you're looking good today, Brooks. Thank you. Thank you. So by the way, if you're new to the show, first of all, welcome. We are basically known for three philosophies around productivity. One is happy people

are productive people. Two, one week a week is all takes to make massive productivity gains over

time. And then three, we want everything to be simple and actionable. And that includes today's

episode as well. And we like the number three. So we decided, you know what, when we start every podcast

episode, we're going to share our top three favorite tips. And right out the gate, I have one for you

here, which is the espresso display 15 inch non-touch portable monitor. So I've been somebody who's

been spending a long time working from co-working spaces, coffee shops, hotel lobbies.

I like to structure my day where I do most of my creative work in the morning at home with

like a really big 49 inch white monitor.

But then when I go out in the wild, also known as downtown Austin, I'll bring my portable

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