Author veria li kept a spread sheet for a week in which she documented every single activity, and then on a scale of one to ten, her emotional what was it, your level of joy or something when you were doing that activity. She realized that when she wasn't back to back meetings, those days were the worst, and she was consistently scoring really low. On the days when she had free time to be able to think and do deep work, her scores were higher. Andso what that told her was, ok, how can i design my days so that every day i have some ability to do deep work?
#381: Maybe you’re envious of your friend who bought Bitcoin in 2015 and held until it hit 7-figures.
Maybe you’re anxious about rapidly rising home prices.
Maybe you regret that you didn’t buy a rental property five years ago, because – at the time – you felt like prices had already risen so much (from 2012 to 2017) that you just couldn’t justify paying 2017’s pricetag.
Our lives, finances and careers invoke many strong feelings. In today’s episode, Mollie West Duffy, the co-author of Big Feelings, shares strategies for not letting our feelings hijack our choices.
Mollie and her co-author, Liz Fosslien, run an Instagram channel about emotional management with half a million followers. Fosslien is an economist and behavioral scientist whose work has been featured by The Economist, Freakonomics and NPR. Duffy is an organizational and leadership development expert who’s written for Harvard Business Review.
They tackle relatable workplace issues like perfectionism, productivity guilt and Zoom fatigue, among much more.
Enjoy!
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