The Importance of Self-Care and Mindfulness in Podcasting

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#686: Dustin Moskovitz, Co-Founder of Asana and Facebook — Energy Management, Coaching for Endurance, No Meeting Wednesdays, Understanding the Real Risks of AI, Embracing Frictionless Work with AI, The Value of Holding Stories Loosely, and More

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The Importance of Self-Care and Mindfulness in Podcasting

In this chapter, the hosts delve into the significance of self-care and mindfulness, emphasizing their plans to include influential guests in future episodes. They also highlight a previous episode featuring a notable mindfulness figure and encourage listeners to subscribe to 'Five Bullet Friday' for valuable content.

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Dustin Moskovitz (@moskov) is co-founder and CEO at Asana, a leading work-management platform for teams. Asana’s mission is to help humanity thrive by enabling all teams to work together effortlessly. Prior to Asana, he co-founded Facebook and was a key leader within the technical staff, first in the position of CTO and then later as VP of Engineering. Dustin attended Harvard University as an economics major for two years before moving to Palo Alto, California, to work full time at Facebook.

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[08:17] The Back Buddy.

[12:38] A user’s guide to Dustin.

[15:49] Coaching for endurance.

[18:43] Making quicker decisions.

[20:45] Avoiding paradox of choice.

[23:20] Difficult but desirable delegation.

[25:08] The time-saving spreadsheet.

[29:12] No Meeting Wednesdays.

[33:34] Weekly architecture.

[35:33] Why Dustin prefers in-person meetings.

[36:55] The 15 Commitments to Conscious Leadership.

[40:55] Working with Diana Chapman.