Fewer Things Better

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If you don’t pick a day to relax, your body will pick one for you.  And when it does, you're not in charge of the agenda. I recently lived this after being sick for two weeks and it was an exercise in curiosity as well as patience. While the body brings in immunity support, the brain has its own role to play in our wellness. This episode explores what goes on in the brain when you're sick and how to let it work with your body to get you back to good health. 

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Flow is a meta skill that enables us to better learn, enhance, and expand our existing skills. The more time you spend in flow, the more access you have to it. This goes beyond a productivity practice – it’s a conscious key that helps unlock the brain. And this key can be used to do fewer things deeper (and better). 

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If you're always trying to track your to-do's or find a better way to remember all-the-things, this episode is for you. We'll explore concepts from science, psychology, and add a dash of practical magic to see how a good-enough approach can increase productivity and free up some of that cognitive clutter.

Show note: More on the Magical Number 7 concept:  The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two - Wikipedia 

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This episode explores ideas on where to add or upgrade elements of your regular routine with small dashes of delight. Neuroscience shows that small, positive changes can have a significant impact on our brain function and overall wellbeing. Small doses of special in certain areas could enhance or extend how we enjoy our everyday things.   
Show Note: Link to Ramit Sethi website: I Will Teach You To Be Rich – by Ramit Sethi

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In our productivity quest, sometimes an effective way to take action is to swap opposite actions.  This episode introduces the concept of One More & One Less as an introduction to a new routine, behavior, or accountability by using the power of positive psychology.

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This episode is about how we often take our wants and convince ourselves that they are needs.  We're stressed if we don't have something and then we're stressed when we have too many somethings.  This conversation shares science, psychology, physiology, research, and a dash of poetry to explore how to enjoy what we have and sort the trinkets from the treasures. 

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What we say doesn’t always match what we mean. We aren’t always aware of the subliminal messages that sit behind our words. This only gets further complicated in our digital world as we communicate across multiple mediums. This episode explores the subtle signals that can reveal how we feel about what we are saying. 

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We all have days where things don't go as planned. Mishaps, delays, distractions are all part of the bumps on the ride. Helping to make the bumps smoother is the difference between how we react vs. how we respond. This episode explores how your reaction is an instinct, and your response is a choice.   

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Helping others is a noble effort. A steady supply of good deeds, however, can lead to a pattern of disruption. This episode explores when other people (and other people’s problems) become a distraction to our own time, goals, and progress.  

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Today’s topic offers a buy-one-get-one concept as it relates to a technique that can help improve our communications and also our productivity.  When we’re offering words or undertaking actions, it’s really easy to stretch and do too much and end up overwhelming ourselves or others – or both. Identifying the Most Important Next Step is a game changer in how you get heard in a noisy world and make progress in a busy world. Listen in to learn more.