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Matt takes a moment to reflect on the things that are most important to him, and encourages you to do the same. For many life is moving at a slower pace right now (involuntary or not), and that means it's a good time to take inventory of the things that bring value and joy to your life, and the things that rob from your life.

Matt takes a moment to reflect on the things that are most important to him, and encourages you to do the same. For many life is moving at a slower pace right now (involuntary or not), and that means it's a good time to take inventory of the things that bring value and joy to your life, and the things that rob from your life.

 

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Matt and Scott are back with another round of Thursday Q&A. If you'd like to ask Matt and Scott a question, email [email protected] and we'll feature you on a future Q&A episode!

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Matt and Scott are back with another round of Thursday Q&A. If you'd like to ask Matt and Scott a question, email [email protected] and we'll feature you on a future Q&A episode!

Matt and Dr. Krista Scott-Dixon, Director of Curriculum at Precision Nutrition, discuss a challenge many are facing right now -- practicing good nutrition habits in this time of crisis. With families locked down and cutoff from their normal eating and exercise schedules, some have struggled to make healthy food choices. Dr. Scott-Dixon offers some advice for staying grounded, nutritionally and mentally, while on coronavirus lockdown.

Krista's tips:

1. Write down your intent for the day, at the beginning of each day. Krista actually likes to call it your commitment. This includes your to-do list, but it's not limited to it. A commitment could be something broad like, "I'm going to be supportive of someone else today," or "I'm going to be optimistic today." Committing to one small thing each day can help you build a more positive mindset.
2. Develop a structure, with small habits. Pick one small thing everyday that you can do to create a sense of order and structure to your day. It can be something as simple as "I'm going to eat lunch at 12:00pm today." Constructing your routine slowly results in lasting habit changes.
3. Think like a restaurant, and set hours for your kitchen. Krista closes her kitchen between the hours of 2 and 4pm, because in her experience, no good snack decisions are made then! It's only two hours, she says, so you can hold out until dinner.
4. Create a feedback loop for evaluating your day. Every day, spend a bit of time analyzing what went well (don't focus on the struggles) and why. Then try to do a little more of that the next day. By bookending your day with a statement of intent and then an evaluation of the positives, you can learn to stay positive and bring some order to an otherwise chaotic world.

You can find Dr. Krista at:

Precision Nutrition: https://www.precisionnutrition.com

Coalition of Health and Fitness Leaders: https://healthandfitnesscoalition.com

Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl:

https://www.amazon.com/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl/dp/080701429X

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Matt and Dr. Krista Scott-Dixon, Director of Curriculum at Precision Nutrition, discuss a challenge many are facing right now -- practicing good nutrition habits in this time of crisis. With families locked down and cutoff from their normal eating and exercise schedules, some have struggled to make healthy food choices. Dr. Scott-Dixon offers some advice for staying grounded, nutritionally and mentally, while on coronavirus lockdown.

Matt and Chris Reynolds discuss how self-honesty can be the key to personal and professional growth. Recognizing and acknowledging where you are weak can help you to find more fulfilling work, foster better family relationships, and help you find friends and mentors that are strong where you are weak.

Matt and Chris Reynolds discuss how self-honesty can be the key to personal and professional growth. Recognizing and acknowledging where you are weak can help you to find more fulfilling work, foster better family relationships, and help you find friends and mentors that are strong where you are weak.

 

Personality tests mentioned in the episode:

Enneagram: https://www.enneagraminstitute.com

Myers-Briggs: https://www.myersbriggs.org/home.htm?bhcp=1

Understand Myself: https://www.understandmyself.com

 

 

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Productivity expert and YouTuber Thomas Frank joins the podcast to discuss strategies for working at home without sacrificing efficiency and productivity. Since many listeners are currently stuck at home during the lockdown, unable to work at their normal office, Matt invited Thomas to help us all make the most out of our "new normal."

The first thing Thomas recommends is creating separation and isolation for your workspace.

• If possible, designate a room for your office space. If that's not possible, designate a space for work (more on that below).
• This space should reflect it's purpose (work) and therefore be clean and clutter free.
• Discuss with your family and come to an agreement about what kind of behavior and interruptions are acceptable while you are working.
• If you don't have an entire room to dedicate to work, try to at least set up a desk that only gets used for work. Even if you don't have space for a permanent desk, set up a folding table at the same time everyday and dedicate that to work.
• Face your desk away from the rest of your family and possessions (especially the TV!), so you have less visual distractions while you're working.

Thomas follows the "20 second rule" to incentivize good habits and disincentives bad ones. The concept behind the rule is that starting anything requires a certain amount of "activation energy," that is, the amount of time and effort required to start a given task. If you have something you want to do more of, make it easy to access and quick to start. Ideally, you should be able to start the task or activity in 20 seconds or less. Conversely, for the things you want to do less of -- perhaps video games, surfing the internet, or other non-productive activities -- make them as inconvenient as possible to start.

Working in the same space, especially small home offices, can get monotonous. Thomas suggests breaking up your day by taking walks outside. Not only is the walk physically and mentally refreshing, it also serves as a nice divider between tasks, allowing you to "context switch" more efficiently and with less procrastination.

Thomas also recommends managing sound in your workspace. Sound is an involuntary sense. It's always on, and you don't get to choose what you hear, unless you block it out. He recommends getting a good pair of sound canceling headphones to reduce noise and auditory distractions while you are working.

Decision fatigue is another challenge of working from home. At home you have to make every decision about the day — when to eat, when to take breaks, when lunch happens, etc. Those who are accustomed to working in an office, which operates on it's own schedule (open and closing hours, set lunch hours at the cafeteria, etc), may find the lack of structure in their home fatiguing as they have to manage decisions that were previously taken care of. Setting a schedule and sticking to it can mitigate this fatigue.

To that end, Thomas likes to rely on an external system for accountability. If you work for someone else, you probably have a manager, and thus someone to hold you accountable for your productivity. If you work for yourself, you have to create a boss, so to speak. Thomas likes to use a white board or scheduling system to plan the order and priority of his tasks for the day, then go execute them. Without that planning step, he often finds himself procrastinating and finishing things last minute.

Limit your list. Don't dump everything you want to do on there, just the important things to accomplish today. If you add too many things to the list, and you don't accomplish them, then it's easy to go several days without crossing everything off the list. This obscures your daily work capacity and makes it difficult to determine how to schedule work in the future. It's also disheartening to see a seemingly never-ending list, never get shorter!

Thomas prefers to tackle the biggest item on the list first. That way he knows he's getting work done on the highest priority task in case there are unexpected interruptions during the day.

Matt follows a similar strategy, but allows himself the first hour of the day to take care of the smallest, easiest tasks on his list. This gives him the satisfaction of crossing off several things on the list, while he's waking up and his brain is getting ready for deeper, more creative work.

You can follow Thomas Frank for many more productivity tips on his Youtube channel (check the links for his new Working from Home series),

How to Set Up Your Workspace

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMTxikrSe8g

How to Plan Your Day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWW7Q4eJr8w

And more to come!

College Info Geek Podcast: https://collegeinfogeek.com

Thomas on IG: https://www.instagram.com/tomfrankly/

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1. Get 50% off your first month of Standard, Premium OR Club plus a FREE gift card to help you build a home gym. Use code "april20" at checkout right here -- limited time only.
2. Want to try online coaching for FREE? Email [email protected] for a free trial of Barbell Logic Online Coaching. You'll get feedback on your technique and programming from a Barbell Logic coach, and see what the fuss is all about!

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• Silver Strength – Scott's website
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Productivity expert and YouTuber Thomas Frank joins the podcast to discuss strategies for working at home without sacrificing efficiency and productivity. Since many listeners are currently stuck at home during the lockdown, unable to work at their normal office, Matt invited Thomas to help us all make the most out of our "new normal."

 

The first thing Thomas recommends is creating separation and isolation for your workspace.

• If possible, designate a room for your office space. If that's not possible, designate a space for work (more on that below).
• This space should reflect it's purpose (work) and therefore be clean and clutter free.
• Discuss with your family and come to an agreement about what kind of behavior and interruptions are acceptable while you are working.
• If you don’t have an entire room to dedicate to work, try to at least set up a desk that only gets used for work. Even if you don’t have space for a permanent desk, set up a folding table at the same time everyday and dedicate that to work.
• Face your desk away from the rest of your family and possessions (especially the TV!), so you have less visual distractions while you’re working.

 

Thomas follows the "20 second rule" to incentivize good habits and disincentives bad ones. The concept behind the rule is that starting anything requires a certain amount of “activation energy,” that is, the amount of time and effort required to start a given task. If you have something you want to do more of, make it easy to access and quick to start. Ideally, you should be able to start the task or activity in 20 seconds or less. Conversely, for the things you want to do less of -- perhaps video games, surfing the internet, or other non-productive activities -- make them as inconvenient as possible to start.

 

Working in the same space, especially small home offices, can get monotonous. Thomas suggests breaking up your day by taking walks outside. Not only is the walk physically and mentally refreshing, it also serves as a nice divider between tasks, allowing you to "context switch" more efficiently and with less procrastination.

 

Thomas also recommends managing sound in your workspace. Sound is an involuntary sense. It’s always on, and you don’t get to choose what you hear, unless you block it out. He recommends getting a good pair of sound canceling headphones to reduce noise and auditory distractions while you are working.

 

Decision fatigue is another challenge of working from home. At home you have to make every decision about the day — when to eat, when to take breaks, when lunch happens, etc. Those who are accustomed to working in an office, which operates on it's own schedule (open and closing hours, set lunch hours at the cafeteria, etc), may find the lack of structure in their home fatiguing as they have to manage decisions that were previously taken care of. Setting a schedule and sticking to it can mitigate this fatigue.

 

To that end, Thomas likes to rely on an external system for accountability. If you work for someone else, you probably have a manager, and thus someone to hold you accountable for your productivity. If you work for yourself, you have to create a boss, so to speak. Thomas likes to use a white board or scheduling system to plan the order and priority of his tasks for the day, then go execute them. Without that planning step, he often finds himself procrastinating and finishing things last minute. 

 

Limit your list. Don’t dump everything you want to do on there, just the important things to accomplish today. If you add too many things to the list, and you don’t accomplish them, then it’s easy to go several days without crossing everything off the list. This obscures your daily work capacity and makes it difficult to determine how to schedule work in the future. It’s also disheartening to see a seemingly never-ending list, never get shorter!

 

Thomas prefers to tackle the biggest item on the list first. That way he knows he’s getting work done on the highest priority task in case there are unexpected interruptions during the day.

 

Matt follows a similar strategy, but allows himself the first hour of the day to take care of the smallest, easiest tasks on his list. This gives him the satisfaction of crossing off several things on the list, while he’s waking up and his brain is getting ready for deeper, more creative work.

 

You can follow Thomas Frank for many more productivity tips on his Youtube channel (check the links for his new Working from Home series), 

 

How to Set Up Your Workspace

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMTxikrSe8g

 

How to Plan Your Day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWW7Q4eJr8w

 

And more to come!

 

College Info Geek Podcast: https://collegeinfogeek.com 

Thomas on IG: https://www.instagram.com/tomfrankly/

 

 

Discounts

1. Get 50% off your first month of Standard, Premium OR Club plus a FREE gift card to help you build a home gym. Use code "april20" at checkout right here -- limited time only.
2. Want to try online coaching for FREE? Email [email protected] for a free trial of Barbell Logic Online Coaching. You'll get feedback on your technique and programming from a Barbell Logic coach, and see what the fuss is all about!

 

Connect With Matt

• Matt on Instagram
• Barbell Logic Online Coaching — Matt’s website
• Matt on Facebook
• Matt on Twitter

  Connect With Scott

• Scott on Instagram
• Silver Strength – Scott’s website
• Scott on Facebook
• Scott on Twitter

  Connect With the Show

• Barbell Logic on Twitter
• Barbell Logic on Instagram
• The Website
• Barbell Logic on Facebook
• [email protected]