David Kadavy, a best-selling author known for his work on creativity, joins productivity expert Charlie Gilkey, researcher Chris Bailey, and author Liz Fosslien to navigate the challenges of working from home. They discuss setting essential boundaries for time and space, employing techniques like the Pomodoro Method, and creating a conducive work environment. The conversation emphasizes managing news consumption to prevent overwhelm and highlights the emotional hurdles of remote work, underscoring the importance of self-care during this unprecedented transition.
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Boundaries for Working From Home
Set boundaries with your time, space, and mind when working from home.
This helps create the mental boundaries you naturally have in an office.
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Time Management Techniques
Use time management techniques like the Pomodoro Method when working from home.
Work in focused blocks with breaks to maintain productivity.
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Creating a Dedicated Workspace
David Kadavy used a room divider and lamp to create a dedicated workspace in a small apartment.
This physical boundary helped him mentally separate work and rest.
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David Kadavy's "The Heart to Start" is a practical guide to overcoming procrastination and cultivating a consistent creative practice. The book explores the psychological and emotional factors that contribute to procrastination, offering strategies for identifying and addressing these underlying issues. Kadavy emphasizes the importance of developing a growth mindset and cultivating self-compassion, encouraging readers to approach creative work with a sense of experimentation and playfulness. He provides practical techniques for breaking down large projects into smaller, manageable tasks and building momentum through consistent action. The book is a valuable resource for anyone struggling with procrastination and seeking to develop a more sustainable and fulfilling creative practice.
No Hard Feelings
Liz Fosslien
Mollie West Duffy
This book offers strategies for effectively expressing emotions at work, improving productivity and well-being. It explores how to balance authenticity with professionalism, providing practical advice on managing emotions in the modern workplace.
Start Finishing
Charlie Gilkey
In 'Start Finishing', Charlie Gilkey offers a systematic approach to productivity, focusing on converting ideas into actionable projects and completing them. The book provides strategies like 'chunking', 'linking', and 'sequencing' to manage projects effectively. It emphasizes the importance of collaboration, setting meaningful goals, and creating a supportive environment to achieve success.
Hyperfocus
How to Be More Productive in a World of Distraction
Chris Bailey
In 'Hyperfocus', Chris Bailey explores the science of attention and provides practical strategies for managing distractions. The book introduces two key mental modes: hyperfocus, which is intense and deliberate attention for high productivity, and scatterfocus, a creative mode that allows for novel connections and insights. Bailey offers advice on setting intentions, modifying environments to reduce distractions, controlling motivation, and strategically using both hyperfocus and scatterfocus to enhance productivity and creativity.
As the COVID-19 pandemic intensified earlier this week, Eric reached out to several previous guests of the show to ask them if they would be willing to talk with him for a special edition of The One You Feed Podcast. They all generously agreed at a moment’s notice and this episode is the result. These mini-interviews are with 4 experts on the subject of human behavior and Eric talks with each of them about how we might go about structuring our time, environment and mindset on living and working from home. These are all new conversations with previous guests, David KadavyCharlie Gilkey, Chris Bailey, and Liz Fosslien
You can find all of the most up to date crisis help & support resources that Eric is making available through The One You Feed by going to www.oneyoufeed.net/help
In This Episode, We discuss…
How to set boundaries for yourself in your time, space, and mind
The Pomodoro Method
Ways to divide your physical space for work
Setting up mental boundaries to get into and out of a work mindset
Misdiagnosing distractions when they’re actually challenges of competing priorities
Pre-work, lunchtime, and post-work routines
Making your environment work for you
That your environment matters more than your willpower over the long term
How to be productive while in crisis mode
Replacing your commute-to-work time with self-care activities
Best practices for consuming the news while working from home
How it’s ok to feel feelings during this difficult time
Best practices for managing people
Deciding the next day’s priorities at the end of the previous day
Not letting praise be something that gets lost while working virtually
Emotionally proof-reading your messages before sending
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