Modern Wisdom

#453 - Chris Bailey - The Most Important Principles Of Productivity

Mar 28, 2022

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Time, attention, and energy are fundamental resources for productivity.

Deliberate choices, such as starting the day with intentions, enhance work habits.

Balancing deliberate tasks with personal intentions improves daily actions and long-term achievements.

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The Importance of Time, Attention, and Energy in Productivity

Time, attention, and energy are highlighted as fundamental resources contributing to better productivity. The podcast stresses the significance of maximizing deliberateness in tasks, starting the day with intention to enhance work habits. Chris Bailey's transition from coffee to green tea is mentioned, emphasizing how deliberate choices impact energy levels and focus. The discussion reveals a shift towards minimal viable productivity and the importance of defining and pursuing goals efficiently.

Measuring Knowledge Work and Productivity

01:43

The Big Jump Between the Week and the Year

00:56

Are You Savoring Your Life?

01:54

How Do You Measure Productivity?

05:20

Introduction

6min

How Do You Find It Affects You?

5min

Is Cafine a Good Idea for Anxiety?

2min

The Science of Productivity for a Living

3min

Is There a Correlation Between Wake Time and Socioeconomic Status?

5min

How Do You Measure Productivity?

5min

Productivity Starts and Ends With Intentionality

2min

How Do You Insure That Your Deliberateness and Intentionality Are Supported Daily?

6min

How Do You Insist on Three Things?

6min

10.

Is There a Trade-Off Between Attention and Focus?

4min

11.

Are You Mind Wandering?

5min

12.

Connecting the Past to the Present, to the Future and So On

2min

13.

How to Unfocus, to Relinquish Our Focus Throughout the Day

5min

14.

Dos Semilik Ater I Tidi, Absolutely Dope.

4min

15.

Awakening With Ball Bearings

2min

16.

Do You Have a Task That You're Putting Off?

5min

17.

Connecting With Your Future Self

4min

18.

Are You Savoring Your Life?

2min

19.

Is There a New Wave Productivity Slash?

2min

20.

Productivity and the Pursuit of More

3min

21.

The Next Big Push Is Going to Be Really Called

2min

22.

Slash Modern Wisdom

2min

Chris Bailey is a productivity consultant, researcher and best selling author.

The world of productivity is messy. Overwhelming volumes of information and contradictory advice doesn't make the world any simpler. I brought Chris on to explain the most important, core principles that research-based studies and real-world practise says contributes to better productivity.

Expect to learn why time, attention and energy are your fundamental resources, how to maximise your deliberateness, why starting the day with specified intentions can change the way you work, Chris' nerdy advice for making green tea, why there's a tension between creativity and productivity and much more...

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