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Greg Mckeown on Making Essential Activities Easy

Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work & Life

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How to Get to the South Pole

In 1911 Captain Scott and the last Viking who's leading Norway from Norway were trying to reach the south pole. One team gets back victorious the other would not return so now it's about execution it's about how do you make that happen. The British team tries to push really hard on the good weather days but then they take a hit emotionally because they can't make any progress in bad weather. They just get into a complaining cycle as Amundsen writes in his journal of an unpleasant day storm drift and frostbite.

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