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Afford Anything

The Six Myths of Productivity

Afford Anything

Paula Pant | Cumulus Podcast Network

Entrepreneurship, Business, Investing

4.63.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2021

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

#351: Geoff Woods, Vice President of The ONE Thing and host of The ONE Thing podcast, is an expert on ruthless prioritization, habit development, and goal setting. The simple framework he presents allows you to focus deeply and commit to the actions you need to take if you want to take your productivity to the next level this year. Get the show notes delivered to your inbox by visiting https://affordanything.com/shownotes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey there, in 48 hours we are dropping a new episode. It's going to be the first

0:05.1

Friday of December 2021. Joe Solci and I will be answering more of your awesome

0:11.8

questions. In the meantime, given that it's the end of the year, this is a time

0:16.3

when a lot of people are reflecting on the year that just passed and setting

0:21.0

goals for the upcoming year. In honor of that, I want to highlight and emphasize

0:27.4

an episode that we ran, the episode that we ran on New Year's Day about the

0:32.6

one thing. So this is an interview with Jeff Woods. He's an expert at ruthlessly

0:37.7

prioritizing and he presents a simple framework for building better habits. It's a

0:43.0

step-by-step approach for creating habits that allow you to reach your goals

0:48.7

and getting clear on the one thing that needs to be done in order to achieve

0:54.3

a vision. And he also debunks six myths of productivity. And we'll actually go

1:00.9

through those right now. So myth number one, everything matters equally. Myth number

1:04.7

two, multitasking. Myth number three, discipline. Discipline life is a myth.

1:09.8

Myth number four that will power is always on call. Myth number five, balance.

1:15.8

Having a balanced life is also a myth. And myth number six, big is bad. So he debunks

1:23.3

these six myths of productivity in this upcoming episode. And he talks about

1:27.2

how if everything matters equally, nothing matters at all. So if you're the type of

1:31.9

person who feels like you have to do all the things because otherwise if you

1:35.5

haven't, you failed. Like if you feel like you have too many goals that you want

1:39.4

to accomplish and not enough time. And if you want a framework for ruthlessly

1:45.5

prioritizing what matters and developing habits that allow you to focus deeply

1:49.5

and commit to what you need to do, this is a great episode. And so particularly

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