Chris Bailey, a productivity consultant and best-selling author, shares compelling insights on enhancing productivity. He emphasizes that time, attention, and energy are fundamental resources. Discover how intentionality can transform your workflow and why shifting from coffee to green tea might boost your focus. Chris also tackles the balance between creativity and productivity and discusses effective strategies for overcoming procrastination. Expect a refreshing take on 'savoring productivity' to align your work with personal values.
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Green Tea
Avoid boiling green tea at 100°C; it makes it taste burnt and sour.
Steep it at a lower temperature to preserve its delicate flavor and calming effects.
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L-theanine with Coffee
If you drink coffee, consider taking L-theanine pills to reduce caffeine's adrenaline response.
This combination provides focus and energy without the anxiety.
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Introversion and Caffeine
People who are introverted are already sufficiently stimulated internally.
Avoid adding extra stimulation like coffee, especially before stressful events.
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Hyperfocus
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The Productivity Project
Accomplishing More by Managing Your Time, Attention, and Energy
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In 'The Productivity Project', Chris Bailey shares the results of his year-long deep dive into the science of personal productivity. The book includes 25 powerful productivity tactics, derived from hundreds of experiments and interviews with experts like David Allen and Charles Duhigg. Bailey discusses counterintuitive insights such as slowing down to work more deliberately, shrinking or eliminating the unimportant, and the concept of productive procrastination. The book is designed to be practical and entertaining, offering actionable advice and exercises to help readers improve their productivity and overall well-being.
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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