Time and Attention

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Time and Attention episodes

June 07, 2022 78: Taking Breaks
How long your work breaks should be—and how to take them.
27 min
May 24, 2022 77: Sources of Motivation
Where motivation comes from, and how to find more of it.
26 min
May 10, 2022 76: Productivity Tech
Reviewing the Timeular and the reMarkable 2.
41 min
April 25, 2022 75: Time Blocking
The power of chunking your day into blocks of time.
28 min
April 12, 2022 74: Working with Intention
Working with greater intention, in general, every week, and every day.
27 min
March 29, 202273: Redefining Productivity
On this episode, we chat about how to define productivity—and how what productivity means has changed over time, especially with the advent of knowledge work. Topics covered include:
The misconceptions we have about productivity;
How time management is less important than it used to be;
How the productivity landscape has shifted;
How most productivity advice falls into three categories: time, attention, and energy;
The power of intention;
Asymmetries of importance in our work and life;
A new definition of productivity;
Aligning productivity with your values;
Guilt, doubt, worry, and productivity
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22 min
March 15, 202272: Revisiting Change
On this episode, we chat about how to embrace—and even enjoy!—change. Topics covered include:
How expectations influence our relationship with change;
The relationship between catastrophizing and change;
How change affects the “learning loop” in our mind;
The relationship between dopamine and change;
Developing strategically low expectations;
Focusing on what we can control (and giving up control);
Other practical, tactical strategies for dealing with change
Links mentioned in this episode:
Episode 33: Embracing Change
Episode 65: Leaning on Others
Book: Four Thousand Weeks
Book: Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain
Meta-analysis: Coping Flexibility and Psychological Adjustment to Stressful Life Changes: A Meta-Analytic Review
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30 min
March 01, 202271: Tradeoffs
On this episode, we chat about how to use simple economic principles to become more productive and intentional. Topics covered include:
What economics even is;
What an “economic tradeoff” is;
The “opportunity cost” of our time;
The costs associated with our decisions;
Recognizing our “sunk costs”;
How to “think along the margins.”
Links mentioned in this episode:
“Bakeonomics” blog
Thinking on the Margin & Birthday Cake
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31 min
February 15, 202270: The Rule of 3
On this episode, we chat about the “Rule of 3”—my all-time favorite prioritization
strategy. Topics covered include:
What the “rule of 3” is;
How our brain is wired to think in threes;
How to prioritize what you have going on in an agile way;
The benefits and drawbacks to daily prioritization;
The importance of awareness when prioritizing;
The power of “implementation intentions.”
Links mentioned in this episode:
Peter Gollwitzer’s study, Implementation Intentions: Strong Effects of Simple Plans.
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26 min
February 01, 202269: Scaling Your Work
On this episode, I chat with John List about his new book, The Voltage Effect. Topics we talk about include:
What “scale” and “voltage” are;
How he discovered the “silver bullets” of scaling up an idea;
The five hurdles we need to overcome when scaling something;
How scale is a “weakest link” problem;
How to discover which of our ideas have a chance;
The three reasons we don’t quit soon enough (and often enough);
How to become a “marginal thinker”;
How he stays so productive.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Book: The Voltage Effect
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44 min

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Time and Attention is a podcast that will help you become more intentional and productive. Hosted by Chris Bailey, the author of two productivity books, and Ardyn Nordstrom, a nerdy…