Time and Attention

By Chris Bailey

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 economist, th... more

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Time and Attention episodes:

April 25, 2023101: The Flip Phone Experiment
On this episode, we chat about Chris’s experiment to use a flip phone for a month. Topics covered include:
The utility we get from smartphones;
Big phones versus small phones;
The “jobs to be done” theory of using our devices;
How gathering has become digital;
How communication norms have changed over time;
Managing norms within social groups;
Re-evaluating our relationship with our smartphone;
What to be mindful of with our phone.
Links mentioned in this episode:
The Alcatel Go Flip 3;
The Punkt phone;
Book: Amusing Ourselves to Death
Journal article: How many hours does it take to make a friend?
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32min
April 11, 2023100: Q&A Spectacular
On this episode, we chat about a potpourri of fun topics, including:
What we’ve learned after 100 episodes;
How to drink a glass of champagne;
Our go-to productivity apps and accessories;
Fantastical’s 40% price increase;
Whether we still enjoy doing the show together;
Tips for stimulation fasting;
How we manage our time every day;
How to account for time pressure in planning your days.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Book: How to Calm Your Mind
Wikipedia: Parasocial interaction
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41min
March 28, 202399: Attention Span
On this episode, I chat with Gloria Mark, the author of the new book Attention Span. Topics covered include:
The benefits of managing our attention deliberately;
Why (and whether) we lose control of our behavior using our devices;
What makes email so damn stressful;
The “attention traps” we fall into;
How rote tasks are actually good for us and replenish our energy;
The countless factors that influence our attention;
How we all have different preferences when it comes to multitasking.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Book: Attention Span
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35min
March 14, 202398: Habits for Flow
On this episode, we chat about how to get into a state of flow, where we’re totally immersed in what we’re doing. Topics covered include:
What a “flow state” is;
The characteristics of a flow state;
Shortcuts to help us get into a state of flow;
How flow helps us perform better with creative tasks;
When a flow state isn’t helpful;
The “flow channel”;
Why we shouldn’t always evaluate how we’re doing as we work;
The steps for focusing on something, and how these can help us enter a flow state.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Book: Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
Book: How to Calm Your Mind
Book: Attention Span: A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity
Book: On Writing
Article: The flow channel
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30min
February 28, 202397: The Flip Phone Experiment
On this episode, we chat about Chris’s latest experiment, to switch to a flip phone from a smartphone for a period of a month (to start). Topics covered include:
How great the flip phone era was;
How Ardyn feels about this experiment;
The 6 reasons Chris is giving up his smartphone;
The downsides to large screen phones;
Whether smartphones are a net good in our lives;
How personal the technology in our life has become;
The “jobs” we “hire” our devices to do for us.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Article: Here’s why I’m trading in my smartphone for a flip phone this month
Article: Clay Christensen’s Milkshake Marketing
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31min
February 14, 202396: Tranquility by Tuesday
On this episode, we welcome Laura Vanderkam back on the podcast to chat about her new book, Tranquility by Tuesday. Topics covered include:
The three categories to use to plan your days and your life;
Why we should plan our weeks on Friday afternoon;
Laura’s daily planner of choice;
How doing something three times a week makes it a habit;
How carving out more white space can make us more productive;
How to get more out of our leisure time;
How to introduce more novelty into our days to slow down the passage of time.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Book: Tranquility by Tuesday
The planner that Laura uses
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35min
January 31, 202395: Novelty Hunting
On this episode, we chat about how we like to go “novelty hunting,” especially in the digital world. Topics covered include:
What “novelty hunting” is;
The connection between novelty and dopamine;
The three dopamine factors;
The “novelty bias”;
How novelty hunting is more stressful than we give it credit for;
Superstimuli;
How novelty changes our perception of time;
Awareness of our novelty hunting;
How novelty hunting used to look a lot different before the internet;
What to do about it!
Links mentioned in this episode:
Book: How to Calm Your Mind
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27min
January 17, 202394: The Science of Savoring
On this episode, we chat about the science of “savoring”—the process through which we enjoy our lives. Topics covered include:
How “savoring” is the process of converting positive experiences into positive emotions;
The productivity benefits of savoring;
How savoring helps us become less anxious;
The psychological and neurological benefits of savoring;
The balance between striving and savoring;
How scarcity leads us to enjoy something more;
The five ways we can savor everyday life;
The “savor list.”

Links mentioned in this episode:
Book: How to Calm Your Mind

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24min
January 05, 202393: The Year of Calm
On this episode, we chat about ideas from Chris’s new book, How to Calm Your Mind!
Topics covered include:
How a calm mind can make us significantly more productive;
How anxiety shrinks our cognitive performance;
What calm actually is;
How anxiety is a spectrum;
How presence is the key to productivity, and how to find it;
The “accomplishment mindset”;
The various drafts of How to Calm Your Mind;
How we need dopamine, and also how it can lead us astray;
Our brain’s “acquisition mentality”;
The three factors that influence the size of the dopamine hit we get from something;
What “superstimuli” are and how they highjack our attention on a chemical level;
How to balance time between the digital and analog worlds;
The various types of chronic stress;
The power science of “savoring” our lives.

Links mentioned in this episode:
Book: How to Calm Your Mind

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37min
December 20, 202292: New Year’s Rituals
On this episode, we chat about our favorite rituals to ring in the new year. Topics covered include:
Whether we make New Year’s resolutions;
The importance of reflection at New Year’s;
How to think back to past accomplishments;
Simple rituals to set goals for the year ahead;
The productivity benefits of gratitude.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Article: Give these 3 new year’s rituals a try
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26min

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