The Productivity Show

Do Your Apps Cause Procrastination? Plus The Quiet Weekend Trend & More (TPS450)

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Are your favorite apps wasting your time with “sophisticated procrastination”? What would you buy if your company gave you a WFH budget? How can you have a “Quiet Weekend”?

In this episode, we talk about these topics, Thanh’s new favorite app, and more.

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  • Top 3 Productivity Resources [3:55]
  • Important things happening in the productivity space [6:13]
  • Are PKM apps wasting your time? [12:52]
  • The case FOR sophisticated procrastination [17:06]
  • What would you buy with a WFH budget? [25:57]
  • The Quiet Weekend trend [31:53]
  • A sample front-loaded week schedule [36:04]
    • Links:
    • Indeed
    • Calm
    • The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain
    • Talking Points for Life
    • Artifact
    • Tana – The Everything OS
    • Tim Sweeney Notepad Tweet
    • Path Finder
    • Stop Procrastinating With Note-Taking Apps Like Obsidian, Roam, Logseq – YouTube
    • The Collector’s Fallacy • Zettelkasten Method
    • I Get a WFH Stipend, and These Are the 11 Items I Bought | Apartment Therapy
    • Home Office Hero
    • Sony ZX Series Wired On-Ear Headphones with Mic, Black MDR-ZX110AP
    • Elgato Stream Deck MK.2
    • “Quiet Weekends” may be the solution for better work-life balance
    • Work Style Profile: Steph Smith
    • Productivity Academy
    • The Productivity Show on Youtube
    • The Productivity Show Youtube Clips
    • Become a member of TPS+
    • Take the Productivity Quiz

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