The unexpected key to boosting your productivity | Dan Shipper

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🗓️ 29 March 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Ever wished you could stop procrastinating and just be as efficient as a machine? Since you're a human, that's not going to happen -- but that's OK, says entrepreneur Dan Shipper. Here's how you can use awareness, observation and experimentation to clear your own way to getting more done.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective
0:10.8	I'm Elise Hugh, you're listening to Ted Talks Daily.
0:13.9	Today, entrepreneur Dan Shipper walks us through what he found is the key to productivity.
0:20.9	It's not hacking your inbox or schedule or using tools and apps.
0:25.4	As he explains in his episode from the way we work series, emotional mastery is essential.
0:31.0	After a short break.
0:35.3	Support for Ted Talks Daily comes from Airbnb.
0:37.9	Maybe you've stayed in an Airbnb before and thought to yourself, maybe my place could
0:41.8	be an Airbnb.
0:42.8	Perhaps your housemates going to move out and you're thinking about what to do with that
0:46.6	space.
0:47.8	That extra room could be an Airbnb.
0:50.7	Whether you could use a little extra money to cover some bills or for something a little
0:54.4	more fun, your extra room or extra space might be worth more than you think.
0:59.6	Find out how much at Airbnb.co.uk-flash-host.
1:04.0	Hey everyone, it's Adam Grant.
1:09.0	Welcome to Rethinking, my podcast on the Science of What Makes Us Tick.
1:13.5	I'm an organizational psychologist and I'm taking you inside the minds of fascinating
1:17.9	people to explore how they think and what we should all rethink.
1:23.4	This season we're talking with Yo-Yo Ma about making music in a time of crisis.
1:28.5	So that was when I realized that if we could put some music in the room where again music
1:34.7	moves molecules and touches the skin.
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