This episode is all about FOMO - The Fear of Missing Out. It’s a troubling trend with major productivity costs, and Mike and Thanh help you understand and solve it. They chat about FOMO’s symptoms and common causes, as well as 9 tips to help you overcome it once and for all.

Cheat Sheet

Why the Fear of Missing Out (or FOMO) is a topic that is not often discussed and why it's so important to address

How FOMO manifests itself from a productivity point of view

The consequences of living in an attention economy and what to do about it

The real reasons why FOMO doesn’t allow you to focus

How to curate or edit your life so you can focus on the things that are important

How to become a producer rather than a consumer when it comes to information and technology

Tips to help you stop checking your phone all the time

Why dealing with email FOMO is a constant struggle and what you can do to to get victory over it once and for all

Some of the common sources of FOMO and how to eliminate them

How knowing your "why" (your purpose) can help you overcome FOMO

How creating a system you can trust safeguards you from FOMO

Why GTD is so popular and the benefits of applying it for yourself - even if you only implement the first part

Why social media channels are purposely built to get you hooked and make you feel like you need to check them all the time

Why you really should turn off your push notifications

How to use full screen mode to minimize distractions and overcome FOMO while on your computer

How priorities and goals can drive your actions and help you overcome FOMO once and for all

A simple exercise you can use to figure out how much your time is really worth

Links

The Next Evolution in Productivity is Lifestyle Productivity (TPS127)

How to Get Started with Journaling (TPS2)

Journaling Challenge blog post

Time tracking blog post

Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products

The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months

The Power of Story: Change Your Story, Change Your Destiny in Business and in Life

So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love

The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains

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