The World of Government Secrets & The Problem with Productivity

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

Science, Self-improvement, Social Sciences, Health & Fitness, Education

4.5 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Most offices have a coffee area and some spare coffee cups sitting around for anyone who needs one. This episode begins with an explanation for why you want to stay away from those coffee cups and what you need to do with the cup you use every day. https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2013/02/23/Expert-Coffee-mug-on-desk-a%20germ-machine/UPI-72401361679514/ Our government spends millions of dollars guarding secrets and other classified information. Why? What are they keeping secret? Are there secrets about you in there? Who decides what is and isn’t secret – or top secret. When you look inside the world of government secrets, it is truly strange. And that is exactly what we do in this episode with Matthew Connelly professor of international and global history at Columbia University and author of the book The Declassification Engine: What History Reveals About America's Top Secrets (https://amzn.to/49CjlyR). Our working definition of productivity seems wrong. The idea of getting more done in less time may work for some factory and farm type work. However, many of us today work with knowledge and information. The “just being busy” model of productivity really doesn’t work because the busyness gets in the way of actual results. Here to discuss another way to approach productivity is Cal Newport professor of computer science at Georgetown University and author of several best selling books. His latest is called Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout (https://amzn.to/49wvV2M). Men tend to take more risks than women. It may partly be hormones, but evolution also has a role to play. This is especially true when the risk involves a woman. Listen as I explain. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130211090844.htm PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! Indeed is offering SYSK listeners a $75 Sponsored Job Credit to get your jobs more visibility at https://Indeed.com/SOMETHING We love the Think Fast, Talk Smart podcast! https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/business-podcasts/think-fast-talk-smart-podcast Go to https://uscellular.com/TryUS and download the USCellular TryUS app to get 30 days of FREE service! Keep you current phone, carrier & number while testing a new network! NerdWallet lets you compare top travel credit cards side-by-side to maximize your spending! Compare & find smarter credit cards, savings accounts, & more https://NerdWallet.com TurboTax Experts make all your moves count — filing with 100% accuracy and getting your max refund, guaranteed! See guarantee details at https://TurboTax.com/Guarantees Dell TechFest starts now! To thank you for 40 unforgettable years, Dell Technologies is celebrating with anniversary savings on their most popular tech. Shop at https://Dell.com/deals Always find what you love and love what you find at Total Wine & More ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:45.0	Today on something you should know, you know those coffee cups at the office that everyone uses, don't use them. Then our
0:54.8	government keeps lots of secrets, top secrets. How secret is it all? When
1:00.3	someone who's not part of the secret world and allowed to know this national security information,
1:05.2	typically the reaction is boredom and disappointment because they find out that a lot of this stuff that's supposed to be top secret is actually public
1:13.6	knowledge. Also why men tend to take more risks than women and an interesting new
1:20.1	approach to productivity that sounds like an oxymoron. It's called
1:24.0	slow productivity. Well slow productivity is a lot more results oriented. Hey what
1:29.4	are you producing? Not how often have I seen being active? How many emails have you responded to how many Zoom meetings have you jumped into
1:35.9	Forget that. What are you producing? Slow productivity says hold me to account for that all this today on something you should know. Ask a business
1:47.8	owner or manager who's looking to hire someone and they'll often use the word
1:51.6	hope.
1:53.0	As in, I hope I find someone good.
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