How to take action and get things done.
A simple strategy to find clarity on what is important:
No more getting bogged down in being busy, without meaningful progress.
Cut through all the productivity advice and get to the heart of doing the thing you need to do.
Nothing fancy.
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Growth Mindset pod
Sam Webster Harris explores the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement.
Chapters
00:00 Problems with too much productivity advice
01:40 Doing the thing - Essay
03:12 Busy vs productive
04:51 Productivity for a podcaster
07:04 False productivity - Hiking
08:47 Psychology of productivity
09:31 Procrastination - Temporal Motivation Theory
10:53 Planning Fallacy
11:30 Zegarknik effect - Just start
13:23 AD Break
15:36 -- Questions and Answers --
15:45 When should I do the thing?
15:55 What if I don't have time?
16:09 How do you make time?
17:09 What if it's hard?
17:59 What if I am not ready to do the thing?
20:56 What if I don't know how to do the thing?
22:12 What if I fail?
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