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On this episode, we count down our all-time favorite productivity habits—this week we cover numbers 10-6! Topics covered include:

• The point of becoming more productive
• How productivity can make us more human
• Earning back time, enjoying the journey, carving out time for what’s meaningful
• Keeping an accomplishments list
• The “Zeigarnik Effect”
• How often to review your accomplishments
• Email/message sprints
• “Time confetti”
• The two types of work: focus work vs. collaborative work
• Your “biological prime time,” and how to calculate it
• Working around your energy level fluctuations
• Taking only the productivity advice that works for you (and leaving the rest)
• Keeping a distractions list
• Remembering to remember things
• Shrinking the tasks you find most aversive

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Wikipedia: The Zeigarnik Effect
• Caveday (for work sprints)
• Focusmate (for instant accountability)
• Article: 3 Ways to Calculate Your Peak Energy Time of Day

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