Time and Attention

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Time and Attention episodes

September 24, 2024 137: Productivity Guilt
On this episode, I chat about the idea of productivity guilt—including where it comes from and what to do about it.
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15 min
September 03, 2024 136: Travel Hacks
On this episode, we chat about our favorite strategies for traveling with greater ease. Some topics covered include those to help you transverse time zones, pack more quickly (and without thinking), and enjoy getting to your destination more!
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39 min
August 20, 2024135: Busyness
On this episode, we chat about busyness—including how feeling busy is different from actually being busy. Some topics covered include:
How we often wear busyness as a badge of honor;
How we can’t be busy and focused at the same time;
Busyness and busywork;
“Parkinson’s Law”;
How we tend to overestimate how long we work for;
How busyness can be a sign we have the capacity to become more productive.
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28 min
August 06, 2024134: The News
On this episode, we chat about what the research shows about news consumption—and what to do about it. Some topics covered include:
Our “surface area of concern”;
Tactics for deliberate news consumption;
How the news affects our mind;
What our own consumption patters (currently!) look like.
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31 min
July 23, 2024 133: Learn Anything
On this episode, I chat with author and writer Scott Young about his new book, Get Better at Anything: 12 Maxims for Mastery.
I hope you enjoy the conversation—about learning, mastery, and how to get better at pretty much anything.
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35 min
July 09, 2024132: Meeting Tactics
On this episode, we chat about the science behind meetings—and how to get more value out of them. Topics covered include:
The four helpful roles meetings have;
Questioning your recurring meetings;
Considering relationship dynamics in meetings;
Becoming a good steward of other peoples time;
Designating a meeting leader;
Not attending meetings without an agenda;
“Modalities” for meetings;
Making meetings more interesting (and actually enjoyable);
Whether asynchronous “meetings” are worthwhile;
Ending zoom fatigue through oddly-timed meetings.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Research paper: The key features of workplace meetings: Conceptualizing the why, how, and what of meetings at work
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34 min
June 25, 2024131: Meetings
On this episode, we chat about the science behind meetings—along with the value and annoyances they bring. Topics covered include:
Chris’s review of the Staples coworking space;
What makes meetings so draining;
The four main purposes of meetings;
How many meetings we have a week;
Collaborative versus focused work;
The incremental cost of meetings;
Links mentioned in this episode:
Paper: Do We Really Need Another Meeting? The Science of Workplace Meetings (Mroz; Allen; Verhoeven; Shuffler)
Paper: Virtual Work Meetings During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Good, Bad, and Ugly (Karll; Peluchette; Aghakhani)
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29 min
June 11, 2024130: Time Blocking 2.0
On this episode, we chat about strategies for time blocking your day—including the ones we use. Topics covered include:
The benefits of time blocking;
The “rolling” time blocking method;
How long our blocks are;
How autonomy interacts with time blocking;
Making time blocking sustainable.
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31 min
May 28, 2024129: Slow Productivity
On this episode, Cal Newport hops back on the show to talk about his great new book, Slow Productivity. It’s a great, fascinating new book (and interview!), both full of actionable insights on how to slow down in order to become more productive.
Topics covered include:
How “slow productivity” came into being;
The three ingredients of slow productivity;
“Engineering simplicity” at work;
The idea of “administrative overhead”;
Narrowing the “missions” you have in your work;
Avoiding “task engines”;
Why the pace of knowledge work has become so frenetic;
Cal’s unique spin on “quiet quitting”;
Studying related fields to yours for boosting creativity.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Slow Productivity book
Cal’s New Yorker columns
Including: Why Do We Work Too Much?
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37 min
May 14, 2024128: Social Media
On this episode, we chat about how we use and think about social media. We cover what the problem is with social media (if there even is one), how the “novelty bias” hijacks our attention as we use it, and tactics to use to keep social media contained.
Topics covered include:
The books we’re reading (and loving);
Impulsiveness and procrastination;
How social media algorithms come down to “bodies and comparing lifestyles”;
Ardyn’s incredibly wholesome Instagram feed;
“Stimulation loops” and the “novelty bias”;
Crowding out social media;
Extracting more meaning out of social media;
Putting guardrails in place to waste less time;
Time cues on your phone.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Books:
Hyperefficient
Slow Productivity
A Court of Thorns and Roses Paperback Box Set
How to Write a Lot
Naked Economics
The Future of Geography
Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
These Precious Days
Values
After Steve
Purr
Outlander
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32 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…