{"id":204,"date":"2017-10-26T08:00:44","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T12:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/productivitycast.net\/?p=204"},"modified":"2017-10-26T15:58:22","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T19:58:22","slug":"017-overcoming-productivity-system-productivitycast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/productivitycast.net\/017-overcoming-productivity-system-productivitycast\/","title":{"rendered":"017 Overcoming Your Own Productivity System &#8211; ProductivityCast"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"017 Overcoming Your Own Productivity System &amp;#8211; ProductivityCast\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2017-10-26T08:00:44-04:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT38M19S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Ray starts out most productivity seminars with a fundamental definition of a productivity system: a dynamic set of skills, strategies and tools, that you adapt as your life circumstances change. 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And, as you&#8217;ll hear from Francis in this episode, you have the system that usually developed organically, not out of planning necessarily. So, in many ways, you need to overcome your own productivity system that developed to a productivity system that you have built to match your needs and wants today.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy! <a href=\"http:\/\/productivitycast.net\/contact\/\">Give us feedback<\/a>! And, thanks for listening!<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to discuss this episode, please <a href=\"#reply-title\">click here to leave a comment<\/a> down below (this jumps you to the bottom of the post).<\/p>\n<h2>In this Cast<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/productivitycast.net\/about\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Ray Sidney-Smith<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/productivitycast.net\/about\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Augusto Pinaud<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/productivitycast.net\/about\/\">Francis Wade<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Show Notes<\/h2>\n<p><em>Resources we mention, including links to them will be provided here. Please listen to the episode for context.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rsidneysmith.com\/evernote\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Evernote<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omnigroup.com\/omnifocus\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OmniFocus 2<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@fwade\/3-superpowers-to-survive-improvement-overload-53a343e695e3\">3 Superpowers you need to survive improvement fatigue<\/a>\u00a0by Francis Wade<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2y8sbqw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Fifth Discipline: The Art &amp; Practice of The Learning Organization, Revised &amp; Updated Edition<\/a> by Peter Senge<\/p>\n<h2>Raw Text Transcript<\/h2>\n<p><em>Raw, unedited and machine-produced text transcript so there may be substantial errors, but you can search for specific points in the episode to jump to, or to reference back to at a later date and time, by keywords or key phrases. The time coding is h:mm:ss.ms to\u00a0h:mm:ss.ms (e.g., 0:00:00.000,0:00:04.000 starts at 0.00 seconds and ends at 4 seconds in the cast&#8217;s audio).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>0:00:00.000,0:00:03.870<br \/>\nare you ready to manage your work and<\/p>\n<p>0:00:02.159,0:00:06.120<br \/>\npersonal world better to live a<\/p>\n<p>0:00:03.870,0:00:07.350<br \/>\nfulfilling productive life then you&#8217;ve<\/p>\n<p>0:00:06.120,0:00:09.809<br \/>\ncome to the right place<\/p>\n<p>0:00:07.350,0:00:12.059<br \/>\nproductivity cast the weekly show about<\/p>\n<p>0:00:09.809,0:00:14.480<br \/>\nall things productivity here are your<\/p>\n<p>0:00:12.059,0:00:17.880<br \/>\nhosts Ray Sidney-Smith and Augusto<\/p>\n<p>0:00:14.480,0:00:19.560<br \/>\nPinaud, Francis Wade and Art Gelwicks welcome<\/p>\n<p>0:00:17.880,0:00:21.630<br \/>\nback to another episode of productivity<\/p>\n<p>0:00:19.560,0:00:23.970<br \/>\ncast the weekly show about all things<\/p>\n<p>0:00:21.630,0:00:25.800<br \/>\npersonal productivity I&#8217;m Ray Sidney-Smith<\/p>\n<p>0:00:23.970,0:00:28.590<br \/>\nand I am joined here today by<\/p>\n<p>0:00:25.800,0:00:33.270<br \/>\nAugusto Pinaud and Francis Wade how&#8217;s it<\/p>\n<p>0:00:28.590,0:00:35.219<br \/>\ngoing guys great wonderful wonderful<\/p>\n<p>0:00:33.270,0:00:38.579<br \/>\ntoday we are going to be talking about<\/p>\n<p>0:00:35.219,0:00:40.350<br \/>\novercoming your own productivity system<\/p>\n<p>0:00:38.579,0:00:43.500<br \/>\nand while that might sound a little<\/p>\n<p>0:00:40.350,0:00:46.170<br \/>\nvague we will explain to you what we are<\/p>\n<p>0:00:43.500,0:00:47.430<br \/>\ntalking about very shortly and to do<\/p>\n<p>0:00:46.170,0:00:50.640<br \/>\nthat what I&#8217;m going to do is I&#8217;m gonna<\/p>\n<p>0:00:47.430,0:00:53.160<br \/>\npass the baton the microphone virtually<\/p>\n<p>0:00:50.640,0:00:54.809<br \/>\nto Francis Francis if you want to<\/p>\n<p>0:00:53.160,0:00:56.699<br \/>\nexplain to us a little bit about what it<\/p>\n<p>0:00:54.809,0:00:58.890<br \/>\nmeans to overcome your own productivity<\/p>\n<p>0:00:56.699,0:01:00.930<br \/>\nsystem in the context of what you have<\/p>\n<p>0:00:58.890,0:01:03.030<br \/>\nwritten about in the past which is this<\/p>\n<p>0:01:00.930,0:01:04.619<br \/>\nidea that you have the system you<\/p>\n<p>0:01:03.030,0:01:07.100<br \/>\ndeserve could you explain that a little<\/p>\n<p>0:01:04.619,0:01:09.689<br \/>\nbit to folks so that they can understand<\/p>\n<p>0:01:07.100,0:01:10.920<br \/>\nwhat that really means in terms of<\/p>\n<p>0:01:09.689,0:01:20.369<br \/>\nhaving the system<\/p>\n<p>0:01:10.920,0:01:22.200<br \/>\nyou deserve it sounds terrible there<\/p>\n<p>0:01:20.369,0:01:26.580<br \/>\nmight be there&#8217;s a responsibility issue<\/p>\n<p>0:01:22.200,0:01:27.780<br \/>\nit&#8217;s not blame its responsibility okay<\/p>\n<p>0:01:26.580,0:01:30.509<br \/>\nthat&#8217;s much better thank you for<\/p>\n<p>0:01:27.780,0:01:32.189<br \/>\ncleaning that up but you know before the<\/p>\n<p>0:01:30.509,0:01:35.460<br \/>\ncall Augusto said it well that everyone<\/p>\n<p>0:01:32.189,0:01:37.439<br \/>\nhas a system and that system was was it<\/p>\n<p>0:01:35.460,0:01:38.640<br \/>\ndidn&#8217;t just were born with it obviously<\/p>\n<p>0:01:37.439,0:01:41.610<br \/>\nit&#8217;s something that we developed in<\/p>\n<p>0:01:38.640,0:01:44.899<br \/>\nsomewhere in our adolescent or teens so<\/p>\n<p>0:01:41.610,0:01:47.280<br \/>\nwe we have a way of managing tasks<\/p>\n<p>0:01:44.899,0:01:49.979<br \/>\nmanaging our time working with our<\/p>\n<p>0:01:47.280,0:01:51.869<br \/>\ncalendar if we have one each person has<\/p>\n<p>0:01:49.979,0:01:55.320<br \/>\ntheir own sort of idiosyncratic home<\/p>\n<p>0:01:51.869,0:01:58.740<br \/>\nbrew of techniques and tools and apps<\/p>\n<p>0:01:55.320,0:02:01.409<br \/>\nand devices and and whatnot and it was<\/p>\n<p>0:01:58.740,0:02:03.420<br \/>\nnot developed in a vacuum it was<\/p>\n<p>0:02:01.409,0:02:05.100<br \/>\nspecifically put together to solve re<\/p>\n<p>0:02:03.420,0:02:08.819<br \/>\nsolve a problem that we had at some<\/p>\n<p>0:02:05.100,0:02:10.770<br \/>\npoint and what happens over time I think<\/p>\n<p>0:02:08.819,0:02:14.370<br \/>\nis that<\/p>\n<p>0:02:10.770,0:02:16.350<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve changes on us and you know we we<\/p>\n<p>0:02:14.370,0:02:18.780<br \/>\ngrow up we get married we have kids we<\/p>\n<p>0:02:16.350,0:02:22.320<br \/>\nget a job we got a bigger job we get<\/p>\n<p>0:02:18.780,0:02:24.840<br \/>\nprojects we pick up pastimes we get<\/p>\n<p>0:02:22.320,0:02:26.280<br \/>\ninvolved in our communities we become a<\/p>\n<p>0:02:24.840,0:02:29.190<br \/>\ndeacon at church you know all these<\/p>\n<p>0:02:26.280,0:02:31.020<br \/>\nthings happen and we&#8217;re using the system<\/p>\n<p>0:02:29.190,0:02:33.630<br \/>\nthat the same system the same put<\/p>\n<p>0:02:31.020,0:02:35.130<br \/>\ntogether homebrew of all the things I<\/p>\n<p>0:02:33.630,0:02:39.120<br \/>\nmentioned that we had when we were 18<\/p>\n<p>0:02:35.130,0:02:40.590<br \/>\nand then we have a problem so we we put<\/p>\n<p>0:02:39.120,0:02:42.270<br \/>\ntogether this nice solution and we<\/p>\n<p>0:02:40.590,0:02:45.180<br \/>\ndeserved it and it worked for us and we<\/p>\n<p>0:02:42.270,0:02:48.870<br \/>\nwere really happy and then life changed<\/p>\n<p>0:02:45.180,0:02:51.900<br \/>\nand no we&#8217;re experiencing all of these<\/p>\n<p>0:02:48.870,0:02:54.500<br \/>\nweird symptoms because there&#8217;s no longer<\/p>\n<p>0:02:51.900,0:02:57.660<br \/>\na fit is that making sense absolutely<\/p>\n<p>0:02:54.500,0:03:00.960<br \/>\nabsolutely and and so I wanted to I<\/p>\n<p>0:02:57.660,0:03:05.430<br \/>\nwanted to very just briefly explain to<\/p>\n<p>0:03:00.960,0:03:08.460<br \/>\nlisteners how I define a system a<\/p>\n<p>0:03:05.430,0:03:09.900<br \/>\nproductivity system specifically and and<\/p>\n<p>0:03:08.460,0:03:12.030<br \/>\nI think it&#8217;s important for us all to<\/p>\n<p>0:03:09.900,0:03:15.240<br \/>\nsort of have at least a working<\/p>\n<p>0:03:12.030,0:03:18.270<br \/>\ndefinition of what system means to one&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>0:03:15.240,0:03:20.070<br \/>\nself and so everyone might find this to<\/p>\n<p>0:03:18.270,0:03:23.250<br \/>\nbe a little bit different and that&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>0:03:20.070,0:03:26.910<br \/>\nokay you know I see systems as being the<\/p>\n<p>0:03:23.250,0:03:30.360<br \/>\nskills strategies and tools that you use<\/p>\n<p>0:03:26.910,0:03:32.820<br \/>\nand that change over time to match the<\/p>\n<p>0:03:30.360,0:03:36.510<br \/>\nneeds of your of your productive life<\/p>\n<p>0:03:32.820,0:03:37.950<br \/>\nand that is I think that goes to the<\/p>\n<p>0:03:36.510,0:03:42.840<br \/>\nheart of what Francis is talking about<\/p>\n<p>0:03:37.950,0:03:46.620<br \/>\nhere when it comes to being overcome by<\/p>\n<p>0:03:42.840,0:03:50.070<br \/>\nyour own productivity system because it<\/p>\n<p>0:03:46.620,0:03:51.570<br \/>\nhasn&#8217;t been looked at in terms of the<\/p>\n<p>0:03:50.070,0:03:54.540<br \/>\nissues that our faith that you&#8217;re facing<\/p>\n<p>0:03:51.570,0:03:56.340<br \/>\nin life today as opposed to the issues<\/p>\n<p>0:03:54.540,0:03:58.490<br \/>\nthat you faced as you developed those<\/p>\n<p>0:03:56.340,0:04:00.930<br \/>\nskills you know it&#8217;s funny in the in<\/p>\n<p>0:03:58.490,0:04:03.510<br \/>\nbusiness you know I&#8217;m as a management<\/p>\n<p>0:04:00.930,0:04:05.520<br \/>\nconsultant I typically see people coming<\/p>\n<p>0:04:03.510,0:04:09.600<br \/>\ninto the world saying well I want to<\/p>\n<p>0:04:05.520,0:04:11.760<br \/>\ndevelop our business and you know this<\/p>\n<p>0:04:09.600,0:04:14.010<br \/>\nis the way I want to shape our brand our<\/p>\n<p>0:04:11.760,0:04:16.080<br \/>\nbusiness is brand and frequently you<\/p>\n<p>0:04:14.010,0:04:17.910<br \/>\nknow as I deal with primarily small<\/p>\n<p>0:04:16.080,0:04:19.799<br \/>\nbusiness owners you know I have to<\/p>\n<p>0:04:17.910,0:04:20.940<br \/>\nexplain to them you know if you have you<\/p>\n<p>0:04:19.799,0:04:22.979<br \/>\nif you&#8217;ve come to me and you&#8217;ve been<\/p>\n<p>0:04:20.940,0:04:24.389<br \/>\nrunning the business first for a while<\/p>\n<p>0:04:22.979,0:04:26.849<br \/>\nyou already have a brand<\/p>\n<p>0:04:24.389,0:04:28.770<br \/>\nyou know the brand has been developed<\/p>\n<p>0:04:26.849,0:04:31.620<br \/>\nfor you and now it&#8217;s a matter of<\/p>\n<p>0:04:28.770,0:04:34.050<br \/>\nattempting to steer that that ship in a<\/p>\n<p>0:04:31.620,0:04:36.990<br \/>\nnew direction but you know as anybody<\/p>\n<p>0:04:34.050,0:04:39.270<br \/>\nknows steering a ship is not a let&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>0:04:36.990,0:04:41.189<br \/>\nturn right let&#8217;s turn left it&#8217;s an<\/p>\n<p>0:04:39.270,0:04:43.080<br \/>\nincremental approach and so I think<\/p>\n<p>0:04:41.189,0:04:46.439<br \/>\nespecially when it will only start<\/p>\n<p>0:04:43.080,0:04:49.590<br \/>\ntalking about systems and and changing<\/p>\n<p>0:04:46.439,0:04:52.740<br \/>\nsystems know that this is not a change<\/p>\n<p>0:04:49.590,0:04:54.930<br \/>\novernight kind of thing so so you have<\/p>\n<p>0:04:52.740,0:04:57.120<br \/>\nto really steer that ship in in small<\/p>\n<p>0:04:54.930,0:04:59.039<br \/>\nincrements back toward the direction<\/p>\n<p>0:04:57.120,0:05:01.139<br \/>\nthat you want it to go in<\/p>\n<p>0:04:59.039,0:05:03.810<br \/>\naugusto I wanted I want to hear a little<\/p>\n<p>0:05:01.139,0:05:06.990<br \/>\nbit of from you about this concept and<\/p>\n<p>0:05:03.810,0:05:08.940<br \/>\nyour thoughts in terms of you have the<\/p>\n<p>0:05:06.990,0:05:13.110<br \/>\nsystem you deserve do you do agree<\/p>\n<p>0:05:08.940,0:05:16.879<br \/>\ndisagree I said on the pre-show that I&#8217;m<\/p>\n<p>0:05:13.110,0:05:16.879<br \/>\ngoing to be offended by that comment so<\/p>\n<p>0:05:17.629,0:05:23.580<br \/>\nbut in a more serious note you know as<\/p>\n<p>0:05:20.969,0:05:25.529<br \/>\nmuch as it sounds when when you listen<\/p>\n<p>0:05:23.580,0:05:29.099<br \/>\nit that way it sounds like hey that&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>0:05:25.529,0:05:32.400<br \/>\nkind of rude you know in a way it&#8217;s also<\/p>\n<p>0:05:29.099,0:05:34.199<br \/>\ntrue because there is a couple of things<\/p>\n<p>0:05:32.400,0:05:36.800<br \/>\nthat happen you know as Francis<\/p>\n<p>0:05:34.199,0:05:39.750<br \/>\ndescribed you tend to look for a system<\/p>\n<p>0:05:36.800,0:05:42.060<br \/>\nfor a specific reason you got a<\/p>\n<p>0:05:39.750,0:05:44.460<br \/>\npromotion you got a job you want to grow<\/p>\n<p>0:05:42.060,0:05:46.889<br \/>\nin your job you&#8217;re simply overwhelming<\/p>\n<p>0:05:44.460,0:05:49.979<br \/>\nthe current conditions so you find a<\/p>\n<p>0:05:46.889,0:05:53.250<br \/>\nsystem that start solving then may your<\/p>\n<p>0:05:49.979,0:05:55.740<br \/>\npoint or the major pain points until you<\/p>\n<p>0:05:53.250,0:05:59.039<br \/>\nget to a certain flow and when you get<\/p>\n<p>0:05:55.740,0:06:01.500<br \/>\nto that certain flow then unreduced they<\/p>\n<p>0:05:59.039,0:06:03.900<br \/>\noverwhelm and feel like you&#8217;re starting<\/p>\n<p>0:06:01.500,0:06:05.759<br \/>\nto move forward and you are efficient<\/p>\n<p>0:06:03.900,0:06:08.039<br \/>\nand your move and do all those things<\/p>\n<p>0:06:05.759,0:06:10.710<br \/>\nstart all those good things you start<\/p>\n<p>0:06:08.039,0:06:13.020<br \/>\nhappening then the first thing most<\/p>\n<p>0:06:10.710,0:06:16.949<br \/>\npeople tend to do is oh oh now I can<\/p>\n<p>0:06:13.020,0:06:19.919<br \/>\ngrab more you know like I for years be<\/p>\n<p>0:06:16.949,0:06:22.229<br \/>\nlaughing about this and I wish to tell<\/p>\n<p>0:06:19.919,0:06:24.719<br \/>\nyou that I don&#8217;t do it but I&#8217;m the first<\/p>\n<p>0:06:22.229,0:06:28.710<br \/>\none who do this and I call this the<\/p>\n<p>0:06:24.719,0:06:31.379<br \/>\ninvisible problem of productivity the<\/p>\n<p>0:06:28.710,0:06:34.469<br \/>\ninvisible problem productivity is right<\/p>\n<p>0:06:31.379,0:06:36.300<br \/>\nnow things are not working so you go and<\/p>\n<p>0:06:34.469,0:06:38.009<br \/>\nlook for a system you revamped your<\/p>\n<p>0:06:36.300,0:06:40.619<br \/>\nsystem make it work<\/p>\n<p>0:06:38.009,0:06:43.199<br \/>\nall that overwhelmed overworked star<\/p>\n<p>0:06:40.619,0:06:45.300<br \/>\ndisappearing and then the next thing we<\/p>\n<p>0:06:43.199,0:06:47.879<br \/>\ntend to do is poke let&#8217;s add more work<\/p>\n<p>0:06:45.300,0:06:49.919<br \/>\nbecause now I have time well let&#8217;s let&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>0:06:47.879,0:06:52.189<br \/>\nget more responsibility so let&#8217;s get<\/p>\n<p>0:06:49.919,0:06:57.089<br \/>\nmore projects and then you go back to<\/p>\n<p>0:06:52.189,0:07:00.180<br \/>\noverwhelm and and all that and in a way<\/p>\n<p>0:06:57.089,0:07:03.809<br \/>\nthat where you start having that system<\/p>\n<p>0:07:00.180,0:07:06.149<br \/>\nto do the serve because a few get rid of<\/p>\n<p>0:07:03.809,0:07:08.279<br \/>\nthe overworld village and you start<\/p>\n<p>0:07:06.149,0:07:10.949<br \/>\nbeing more productive and more effective<\/p>\n<p>0:07:08.279,0:07:13.289<br \/>\nand more efficient understanding that<\/p>\n<p>0:07:10.949,0:07:15.689<br \/>\nthe three things are different and you<\/p>\n<p>0:07:13.289,0:07:18.180<br \/>\nstart adding new responsibilities and<\/p>\n<p>0:07:15.689,0:07:20.490<br \/>\nnew projects and new ideas you don&#8217;t<\/p>\n<p>0:07:18.180,0:07:23.819<br \/>\ntend to look at the system and say okay<\/p>\n<p>0:07:20.490,0:07:26.999<br \/>\nfine I&#8217;m going to add this project but<\/p>\n<p>0:07:23.819,0:07:29.999<br \/>\nwhat this project is going to mean to my<\/p>\n<p>0:07:26.999,0:07:33.389<br \/>\ncurrent productivity system you just<\/p>\n<p>0:07:29.999,0:07:35.969<br \/>\nassume and we all assume that you have<\/p>\n<p>0:07:33.389,0:07:37.919<br \/>\ncreated unambitious on the invincible<\/p>\n<p>0:07:35.969,0:07:41.159<br \/>\nstate but will be able to take anything<\/p>\n<p>0:07:37.919,0:07:45.419<br \/>\nthat you theorized and what we tend to<\/p>\n<p>0:07:41.159,0:07:48.449<br \/>\ndo is increase and in many cases break<\/p>\n<p>0:07:45.419,0:07:50.669<br \/>\nthe system go back to where we were was<\/p>\n<p>0:07:48.449,0:07:53.189<br \/>\njust now we have 20 more projects than<\/p>\n<p>0:07:50.669,0:07:55.469<br \/>\nwhat we had before all this started as a<\/p>\n<p>0:07:53.189,0:07:57.629<br \/>\ncigarettes I can so relate but it&#8217;s not<\/p>\n<p>0:07:55.469,0:08:00.569<br \/>\nactually not in the area of productivity<\/p>\n<p>0:07:57.629,0:08:03.959<br \/>\nbut in Fitness so you know as you get<\/p>\n<p>0:08:00.569,0:08:08.969<br \/>\nolder you well I&#8217;ll say for me maybe you<\/p>\n<p>0:08:03.959,0:08:19.499<br \/>\nguys are different but hey I&#8217;m no 51 yes<\/p>\n<p>0:08:08.969,0:08:21.269<br \/>\n51 in denial when you said when we as we<\/p>\n<p>0:08:19.499,0:08:27.870<br \/>\nget older the first comment that came to<\/p>\n<p>0:08:21.269,0:08:32.449<br \/>\nmy mind watch the truth right so this<\/p>\n<p>0:08:27.870,0:08:35.729<br \/>\nyear my my fitness has has dropped I<\/p>\n<p>0:08:32.449,0:08:38.789<br \/>\ncompared to what I was in my 40s and my<\/p>\n<p>0:08:35.729,0:08:41.760<br \/>\nthirties I was doing triathlons I didn&#8217;t<\/p>\n<p>0:08:38.789,0:08:43.949<br \/>\nhave all kinds of stuff and I had a six<\/p>\n<p>0:08:41.760,0:08:46.410<br \/>\nday a week schedule it cut back a little<\/p>\n<p>0:08:43.949,0:08:48.990<br \/>\nbit to five but I said oh that&#8217;s because<\/p>\n<p>0:08:46.410,0:08:51.720<br \/>\nof work and then this year I&#8217;ve just<\/p>\n<p>0:08:48.990,0:08:53.959<br \/>\nseen myself I go on these group rides<\/p>\n<p>0:08:51.720,0:08:57.959<br \/>\ngo rides with you know 20 other guys and<\/p>\n<p>0:08:53.959,0:09:01.439<br \/>\nall of a sudden I&#8217;m in the back and I<\/p>\n<p>0:08:57.959,0:09:04.230<br \/>\ndon&#8217;t know why and I tried I&#8217;m trying<\/p>\n<p>0:09:01.439,0:09:06.000<br \/>\nall of my old tricks to get fitter to<\/p>\n<p>0:09:04.230,0:09:08.759<br \/>\nget back to the fitness that I had and<\/p>\n<p>0:09:06.000,0:09:13.170<br \/>\nto not have it hurt as much the next day<\/p>\n<p>0:09:08.759,0:09:14.879<br \/>\nand nothing I&#8217;m doing is working I was<\/p>\n<p>0:09:13.170,0:09:17.550<br \/>\non ride yesterday and I&#8217;m in the back<\/p>\n<p>0:09:14.879,0:09:19.110<br \/>\nleg with a guy who&#8217;s 20 years older than<\/p>\n<p>0:09:17.550,0:09:21.420<br \/>\nI am and the two of us are in the back<\/p>\n<p>0:09:19.110,0:09:25.379<br \/>\nand he&#8217;s faster than I am I&#8217;m sucking<\/p>\n<p>0:09:21.420,0:09:27.689<br \/>\nwind right and I have no idea at some<\/p>\n<p>0:09:25.379,0:09:30.420<br \/>\nI&#8217;m know at least exiting denial because<\/p>\n<p>0:09:27.689,0:09:33.629<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve been in denial for a while no as<\/p>\n<p>0:09:30.420,0:09:36.180<br \/>\nfar as I know I haven&#8217;t changed but the<\/p>\n<p>0:09:33.629,0:09:38.160<br \/>\ntruth of it is if I were to stop denying<\/p>\n<p>0:09:36.180,0:09:40.579<br \/>\nit something has changed and what&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>0:09:38.160,0:09:43.019<br \/>\nchanged is that a gun order and<\/p>\n<p>0:09:40.579,0:09:44.490<br \/>\neverything that guy&#8217;s told me would<\/p>\n<p>0:09:43.019,0:09:46.589<br \/>\nhappen and I used to look at them and<\/p>\n<p>0:09:44.490,0:09:48.449<br \/>\nsay you know I&#8217;m so sorry for them it&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>0:09:46.589,0:09:51.149<br \/>\nnot happening to me in that my recovery<\/p>\n<p>0:09:48.449,0:09:54.389<br \/>\nis taking longer everything hurts twice<\/p>\n<p>0:09:51.149,0:09:57.180<br \/>\nas much I can&#8217;t exercise as hard as I<\/p>\n<p>0:09:54.389,0:09:59.160<br \/>\nused to without paying a huge price I&#8217;ve<\/p>\n<p>0:09:57.180,0:10:02.009<br \/>\ncut back to four days a week what I used<\/p>\n<p>0:09:59.160,0:10:04.740<br \/>\nto do six so all these things that they<\/p>\n<p>0:10:02.009,0:10:07.500<br \/>\nused to I used to look at them and pity<\/p>\n<p>0:10:04.740,0:10:10.230<br \/>\nthem I&#8217;m know happening to me and I&#8217;m I<\/p>\n<p>0:10:07.500,0:10:13.620<br \/>\nam I&#8217;m just like I said I&#8217;m just exiting<\/p>\n<p>0:10:10.230,0:10:15.839<br \/>\ndenial I think most people just you know<\/p>\n<p>0:10:13.620,0:10:17.759<br \/>\nthey start to see some symptoms and then<\/p>\n<p>0:10:15.839,0:10:20.040<br \/>\nit takes something to push them into<\/p>\n<p>0:10:17.759,0:10:22.559<br \/>\nreality from that this is not happening<\/p>\n<p>0:10:20.040,0:10:25.829<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t know that&#8217;s just it just hit me<\/p>\n<p>0:10:22.559,0:10:28.649<br \/>\nas a perfect analogy that my my health<\/p>\n<p>0:10:25.829,0:10:30.449<br \/>\nmy fitness is good undergoing this<\/p>\n<p>0:10:28.649,0:10:33.480<br \/>\nchallenge and every know what to do<\/p>\n<p>0:10:30.449,0:10:35.939<br \/>\nabout it well the the the interesting<\/p>\n<p>0:10:33.480,0:10:38.069<br \/>\nthing about your analogy is I think that<\/p>\n<p>0:10:35.939,0:10:40.259<br \/>\nit actually works to show how most<\/p>\n<p>0:10:38.069,0:10:43.829<br \/>\npeople think about their productivity<\/p>\n<p>0:10:40.259,0:10:47.670<br \/>\nsystems which is as this static set of<\/p>\n<p>0:10:43.829,0:10:51.930<br \/>\ntools and this ever available pool of<\/p>\n<p>0:10:47.670,0:10:53.730<br \/>\nresources and just like your age married<\/p>\n<p>0:10:51.930,0:10:55.529<br \/>\nto your health it doesn&#8217;t necessarily<\/p>\n<p>0:10:53.730,0:10:58.559<br \/>\nmean that as you age you are going to<\/p>\n<p>0:10:55.529,0:11:00.509<br \/>\nbecome less active and fit you know<\/p>\n<p>0:10:58.559,0:11:03.329<br \/>\nthere are probably many different<\/p>\n<p>0:11:00.509,0:11:05.670<br \/>\ncomplex competing priorities you know<\/p>\n<p>0:11:03.329,0:11:07.050<br \/>\nthere there are you know the comply<\/p>\n<p>0:11:05.670,0:11:10.110<br \/>\ncity of priorities that are that are<\/p>\n<p>0:11:07.050,0:11:12.360<br \/>\ncompeting for your attention health and<\/p>\n<p>0:11:10.110,0:11:15.330<br \/>\nand doing this this type of fitness<\/p>\n<p>0:11:12.360,0:11:18.540<br \/>\nstuff may or may not be related I don&#8217;t<\/p>\n<p>0:11:15.330,0:11:21.950<br \/>\nknow but what I do know is that for most<\/p>\n<p>0:11:18.540,0:11:23.910<br \/>\npeople they associate the symptoms of of<\/p>\n<p>0:11:21.950,0:11:25.560<br \/>\nwhat&#8217;s happening to their productivity<\/p>\n<p>0:11:23.910,0:11:28.320<br \/>\nsystem that is what&#8217;s happening to their<\/p>\n<p>0:11:25.560,0:11:30.240<br \/>\ntheir productive output as the as sort<\/p>\n<p>0:11:28.320,0:11:32.340<br \/>\nof the first sign that there&#8217;s something<\/p>\n<p>0:11:30.240,0:11:34.740<br \/>\nwrong with their productivity system and<\/p>\n<p>0:11:32.340,0:11:38.460<br \/>\nI actually fundamentally disagree with<\/p>\n<p>0:11:34.740,0:11:40.740<br \/>\nusing that as the metric for changing<\/p>\n<p>0:11:38.460,0:11:43.110<br \/>\nupdating and maintaining your<\/p>\n<p>0:11:40.740,0:11:46.050<br \/>\nproductivity system you know I go back<\/p>\n<p>0:11:43.110,0:11:48.900<br \/>\nto this idea that there we have various<\/p>\n<p>0:11:46.050,0:11:52.590<br \/>\nlife changes that happen and whenever<\/p>\n<p>0:11:48.900,0:11:54.300<br \/>\nthose life changes happen you must you<\/p>\n<p>0:11:52.590,0:11:57.240<br \/>\nyou must look at your productivity<\/p>\n<p>0:11:54.300,0:11:59.220<br \/>\nsystem and so the life changes are you<\/p>\n<p>0:11:57.240,0:12:00.930<br \/>\nknow it could be the birth of a child it<\/p>\n<p>0:11:59.220,0:12:03.390<br \/>\ncould be death of a family member it<\/p>\n<p>0:12:00.930,0:12:06.120<br \/>\ncould be changing a job changing homes<\/p>\n<p>0:12:03.390,0:12:08.400<br \/>\nyou know any of those substantial life<\/p>\n<p>0:12:06.120,0:12:10.230<br \/>\nchanges and even some non substantial<\/p>\n<p>0:12:08.400,0:12:12.900<br \/>\nlife changes right very very small<\/p>\n<p>0:12:10.230,0:12:16.020<br \/>\nthings like changing the type of car you<\/p>\n<p>0:12:12.900,0:12:17.100<br \/>\nown right or we&#8217;re giving up a car right<\/p>\n<p>0:12:16.020,0:12:18.960<br \/>\nbecause you&#8217;ve moved to an urban<\/p>\n<p>0:12:17.100,0:12:21.630<br \/>\nenvironment no longer need a vehicle I<\/p>\n<p>0:12:18.960,0:12:24.420<br \/>\ndid that many years ago and lives car<\/p>\n<p>0:12:21.630,0:12:26.220<br \/>\nfree because I was in an urban<\/p>\n<p>0:12:24.420,0:12:27.750<br \/>\nenvironment and I had owned a car for<\/p>\n<p>0:12:26.220,0:12:32.190<br \/>\nthe better part of a decade and a half<\/p>\n<p>0:12:27.750,0:12:35.250<br \/>\nand I recognized I literally never drive<\/p>\n<p>0:12:32.190,0:12:38.310<br \/>\nmy car and so at that time you know I<\/p>\n<p>0:12:35.250,0:12:40.440<br \/>\nchose to give up my car and that really<\/p>\n<p>0:12:38.310,0:12:42.930<br \/>\naffects your productivity system right<\/p>\n<p>0:12:40.440,0:12:46.470<br \/>\nbecause now going to get groceries means<\/p>\n<p>0:12:42.930,0:12:49.230<br \/>\nthat I need to go grab a sub car or you<\/p>\n<p>0:12:46.470,0:12:52.860<br \/>\nknow carry groceries many many blocks<\/p>\n<p>0:12:49.230,0:12:55.700<br \/>\nfrom the grocery store to my my home so<\/p>\n<p>0:12:52.860,0:12:58.560<br \/>\nit ended up creating these downstream<\/p>\n<p>0:12:55.700,0:13:01.260<br \/>\neffects I would not have anticipated had<\/p>\n<p>0:12:58.560,0:13:03.090<br \/>\nI not said okay this seems like a minor<\/p>\n<p>0:13:01.260,0:13:05.160<br \/>\nchange but it&#8217;s actually it&#8217;s actually<\/p>\n<p>0:13:03.090,0:13:08.430<br \/>\ngonna affect me much more than I thought<\/p>\n<p>0:13:05.160,0:13:13.380<br \/>\nevery time I move I I stopped taking out<\/p>\n<p>0:13:08.430,0:13:16.080<br \/>\nthe garbage you know why you don&#8217;t know<\/p>\n<p>0:13:13.380,0:13:21.510<br \/>\nwhere the what the garbage pickup<\/p>\n<p>0:13:16.080,0:13:25.040<br \/>\nso yeah I wish it were that right giving<\/p>\n<p>0:13:21.510,0:13:27.570<br \/>\nyou the benefit of the doubt thank you<\/p>\n<p>0:13:25.040,0:13:28.950<br \/>\nso Mike one of the futures I have<\/p>\n<p>0:13:27.570,0:13:31.170<br \/>\naccording to my wife is to take out the<\/p>\n<p>0:13:28.950,0:13:33.779<br \/>\ngarbage that whenever we move for about<\/p>\n<p>0:13:31.170,0:13:35.820<br \/>\nsix months I can&#8217;t take out the garbage<\/p>\n<p>0:13:33.779,0:13:39.209<br \/>\nthat all it is is just that the the<\/p>\n<p>0:13:35.820,0:13:41.790<br \/>\nphysical environment has changed so the<\/p>\n<p>0:13:39.209,0:13:43.230<br \/>\nthe habits that I had that used to<\/p>\n<p>0:13:41.790,0:13:45.390<br \/>\ncorrespond to the physical environment<\/p>\n<p>0:13:43.230,0:13:48.180<br \/>\nlike take out the garbage before you go<\/p>\n<p>0:13:45.390,0:13:50.850<br \/>\nto bed at night when I move something<\/p>\n<p>0:13:48.180,0:13:53.490<br \/>\nchanges and it takes me about six months<\/p>\n<p>0:13:50.850,0:13:54.209<br \/>\nto get back into the habit of taking out<\/p>\n<p>0:13:53.490,0:13:57.120<br \/>\nthe garbage<\/p>\n<p>0:13:54.209,0:13:58.500<br \/>\nat the appropriate time but that makes<\/p>\n<p>0:13:57.120,0:14:00.149<br \/>\nthat say I used to take out the garbage<\/p>\n<p>0:13:58.500,0:14:01.440<br \/>\nwhere I used to live just before going<\/p>\n<p>0:14:00.149,0:14:03.870<br \/>\nto bed at night and I had to have it<\/p>\n<p>0:14:01.440,0:14:05.730<br \/>\ndone and I could never forget but then<\/p>\n<p>0:14:03.870,0:14:07.200<br \/>\nwe moved to sort a place where you<\/p>\n<p>0:14:05.730,0:14:09.690<br \/>\ncouldn&#8217;t take out the garbage at night<\/p>\n<p>0:14:07.200,0:14:12.990<br \/>\nyeah I&#8217;d take it out in the morning that<\/p>\n<p>0:14:09.690,0:14:16.230<br \/>\ntook six months so just a small change<\/p>\n<p>0:14:12.990,0:14:19.230<br \/>\nin physical environment can cause<\/p>\n<p>0:14:16.230,0:14:22.470<br \/>\ncertain productivity habits to disappear<\/p>\n<p>0:14:19.230,0:14:26.670<br \/>\nor go away or all of a sudden render me<\/p>\n<p>0:14:22.470,0:14:28.020<br \/>\nincapable I&#8217;ve noticed oh I totally I<\/p>\n<p>0:14:26.670,0:14:31.140<br \/>\ncan totally understand that you know<\/p>\n<p>0:14:28.020,0:14:35.010<br \/>\nminor minor life events are also<\/p>\n<p>0:14:31.140,0:14:38.040<br \/>\ninherently stressful and they contribute<\/p>\n<p>0:14:35.010,0:14:40.950<br \/>\nto you know people&#8217;s overall health and<\/p>\n<p>0:14:38.040,0:14:45.779<br \/>\nwell-being how am i how is my system how<\/p>\n<p>0:14:40.950,0:14:48.600<br \/>\nam I going to respond to the change and<\/p>\n<p>0:14:45.779,0:14:50.820<br \/>\nthat could be any number of things and<\/p>\n<p>0:14:48.600,0:14:52.560<br \/>\nthey could be positive and negative some<\/p>\n<p>0:14:50.820,0:14:55.380<br \/>\nof the most stressful life events are<\/p>\n<p>0:14:52.560,0:14:58.290<br \/>\ninnately positive having children<\/p>\n<p>0:14:55.380,0:15:00.930<br \/>\ngetting married buying a new home these<\/p>\n<p>0:14:58.290,0:15:03.180<br \/>\nare not non stressful things right<\/p>\n<p>0:15:00.930,0:15:05.610<br \/>\nthey&#8217;re very very stressful moving you<\/p>\n<p>0:15:03.180,0:15:07.440<br \/>\nknow cross-country for a new job getting<\/p>\n<p>0:15:05.610,0:15:09.420<br \/>\na new job getting a promotion all of<\/p>\n<p>0:15:07.440,0:15:12.899<br \/>\nthese things can be inherently positive<\/p>\n<p>0:15:09.420,0:15:16.380<br \/>\nare inherently positive are inherently<\/p>\n<p>0:15:12.899,0:15:20.550<br \/>\nvery stressful and people do them all<\/p>\n<p>0:15:16.380,0:15:22.410<br \/>\nthe time and that&#8217;s okay and just think<\/p>\n<p>0:15:20.550,0:15:24.270<br \/>\nabout the last time you did one of those<\/p>\n<p>0:15:22.410,0:15:26.640<br \/>\nthings and house how much stress you<\/p>\n<p>0:15:24.270,0:15:28.829<br \/>\nwent through through that think about<\/p>\n<p>0:15:26.640,0:15:29.360<br \/>\nthat on the opposite side if you have a<\/p>\n<p>0:15:28.829,0:15:32.360<br \/>\ndo<\/p>\n<p>0:15:29.360,0:15:34.309<br \/>\nor if you have some you know someone<\/p>\n<p>0:15:32.360,0:15:37.220<br \/>\ngoing to jail and your family for some<\/p>\n<p>0:15:34.309,0:15:39.439<br \/>\nreason or a lawsuit is filed against<\/p>\n<p>0:15:37.220,0:15:40.699<br \/>\nsomeone a family members company or<\/p>\n<p>0:15:39.439,0:15:43.850<br \/>\nsomething like that you know all of<\/p>\n<p>0:15:40.699,0:15:46.279<br \/>\nthose things become a magnitude higher<\/p>\n<p>0:15:43.850,0:15:48.079<br \/>\nof stressful and you know they become so<\/p>\n<p>0:15:46.279,0:15:50.660<br \/>\ndistressing that illness can set in and<\/p>\n<p>0:15:48.079,0:15:53.049<br \/>\nall those other things so that&#8217;s a I<\/p>\n<p>0:15:50.660,0:15:55.279<br \/>\nthink all of those are you know feeling<\/p>\n<p>0:15:53.049,0:15:57.499<br \/>\nyou shouldn&#8217;t have to worry about those<\/p>\n<p>0:15:55.279,0:16:01.160<br \/>\nthings necessarily but you should know<\/p>\n<p>0:15:57.499,0:16:05.139<br \/>\nhow your system needs to change to deal<\/p>\n<p>0:16:01.160,0:16:08.839<br \/>\nwith changes in your world environment<\/p>\n<p>0:16:05.139,0:16:11.509<br \/>\nbut we discussed you know larger change<\/p>\n<p>0:16:08.839,0:16:13.850<br \/>\nthose larger change effect no question<\/p>\n<p>0:16:11.509,0:16:17.720<br \/>\nabout it and change things but sometimes<\/p>\n<p>0:16:13.850,0:16:19.939<br \/>\nit&#8217;s not always so it&#8217;s not always the<\/p>\n<p>0:16:17.720,0:16:22.279<br \/>\nbig change sometimes as little please<\/p>\n<p>0:16:19.939,0:16:26.389<br \/>\nyou know sometimes you think you just<\/p>\n<p>0:16:22.279,0:16:28.910<br \/>\ngot a new responsibility at work that it<\/p>\n<p>0:16:26.389,0:16:31.009<br \/>\nseems well now in the biggest scheme of<\/p>\n<p>0:16:28.910,0:16:33.799<br \/>\nthings you know it&#8217;s not going to affect<\/p>\n<p>0:16:31.009,0:16:37.489<br \/>\nanything but it changed certain things<\/p>\n<p>0:16:33.799,0:16:39.439<br \/>\nfrom the routine or hey your kid now is<\/p>\n<p>0:16:37.489,0:16:41.149<br \/>\ngoing to start doing swimming lessons<\/p>\n<p>0:16:39.439,0:16:45.230<br \/>\nwell you know it&#8217;s an hour a week how<\/p>\n<p>0:16:41.149,0:16:48.589<br \/>\nmuch that can affect well we tend to on<\/p>\n<p>0:16:45.230,0:16:50.230<br \/>\nbig things when we move when we notice<\/p>\n<p>0:16:48.589,0:16:52.610<br \/>\nthe big things we are discussing<\/p>\n<p>0:16:50.230,0:16:55.100<br \/>\nsometimes people have an easier time<\/p>\n<p>0:16:52.610,0:16:58.489<br \/>\nunderstanding oh well I move oh I have a<\/p>\n<p>0:16:55.100,0:17:02.660<br \/>\nbig promotion oh well I know bad things<\/p>\n<p>0:16:58.489,0:17:05.959<br \/>\nhappened when and then it&#8217;s easier to<\/p>\n<p>0:17:02.660,0:17:08.389<br \/>\nidentify that I mean a change need to be<\/p>\n<p>0:17:05.959,0:17:12.079<br \/>\ndone on their productivity system but I<\/p>\n<p>0:17:08.389,0:17:15.559<br \/>\nthink more often than not the problems<\/p>\n<p>0:17:12.079,0:17:18.069<br \/>\ncome on the little things because the<\/p>\n<p>0:17:15.559,0:17:20.959<br \/>\nlittle things can for a really long time<\/p>\n<p>0:17:18.069,0:17:23.539<br \/>\nget into your system and your system may<\/p>\n<p>0:17:20.959,0:17:26.839<br \/>\nbe able put into to take it and to make<\/p>\n<p>0:17:23.539,0:17:28.789<br \/>\nto make it work not as well as it was<\/p>\n<p>0:17:26.839,0:17:31.990<br \/>\nworking but it will make it work and<\/p>\n<p>0:17:28.789,0:17:34.669<br \/>\nthen you get used to the system being<\/p>\n<p>0:17:31.990,0:17:37.299<br \/>\nless effective but it&#8217;s still working<\/p>\n<p>0:17:34.669,0:17:40.399<br \/>\nand it&#8217;s not until the system is<\/p>\n<p>0:17:37.299,0:17:42.080<br \/>\ncompletely broke that you notice call<\/p>\n<p>0:17:40.399,0:17:43.310<br \/>\nwhat happened here I had a fantastic<\/p>\n<p>0:17:42.080,0:17:45.830<br \/>\nsystem<\/p>\n<p>0:17:43.310,0:17:48.530<br \/>\nand I don&#8217;t never know how it got broke<\/p>\n<p>0:17:45.830,0:17:50.420<br \/>\nbecause what you are going to see when<\/p>\n<p>0:17:48.530,0:17:52.400<br \/>\nyou ask the people is well what happened<\/p>\n<p>0:17:50.420,0:17:55.310<br \/>\nwell I just add that I now go to the gym<\/p>\n<p>0:17:52.400,0:17:57.890<br \/>\ntwice a week just that true that&#8217;s the<\/p>\n<p>0:17:55.310,0:18:00.680<br \/>\nlast thing we did but you did 9 or 10<\/p>\n<p>0:17:57.890,0:18:03.560<br \/>\nminute changes in the way that you never<\/p>\n<p>0:18:00.680,0:18:05.270<br \/>\ntook into consideration how dad was<\/p>\n<p>0:18:03.560,0:18:08.810<br \/>\ngoing to affect your current<\/p>\n<p>0:18:05.270,0:18:12.290<br \/>\nproductivity system yep its death by a<\/p>\n<p>0:18:08.810,0:18:13.910<br \/>\nthousand paper cuts right it&#8217;s a it&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>0:18:12.290,0:18:15.320<br \/>\nthat first paper cut that doesn&#8217;t seem<\/p>\n<p>0:18:13.910,0:18:21.650<br \/>\nto bother you and then all of a sudden<\/p>\n<p>0:18:15.320,0:18:24.650<br \/>\nyou&#8217;re bleeding out so they said it&#8217;s so<\/p>\n<p>0:18:21.650,0:18:26.030<br \/>\nimportant though it&#8217;s it&#8217;s that we we<\/p>\n<p>0:18:24.650,0:18:29.510<br \/>\nhave this propensity to make ourselves<\/p>\n<p>0:18:26.030,0:18:32.810<br \/>\nwrong which so we don&#8217;t we don&#8217;t hold<\/p>\n<p>0:18:29.510,0:18:34.910<br \/>\nthese the thousand paper cuts in context<\/p>\n<p>0:18:32.810,0:18:38.750<br \/>\nand we don&#8217;t see that they&#8217;re just a<\/p>\n<p>0:18:34.910,0:18:42.290<br \/>\npart of the cut and thrust of life we we<\/p>\n<p>0:18:38.750,0:18:46.610<br \/>\nturn it into this self blame game<\/p>\n<p>0:18:42.290,0:18:48.380<br \/>\nwhere we we see that we must be the<\/p>\n<p>0:18:46.610,0:18:50.780<br \/>\nproblem and we&#8217;re procrastinating and<\/p>\n<p>0:18:48.380,0:18:54.100<br \/>\nwe&#8217;re not doing the right things and<\/p>\n<p>0:18:50.780,0:18:57.470<br \/>\nsomehow it turns into this kind of nasty<\/p>\n<p>0:18:54.100,0:18:59.150<br \/>\nblame self blame game we sometimes<\/p>\n<p>0:18:57.470,0:19:01.640<br \/>\nconvince ourselves that it&#8217;s because<\/p>\n<p>0:18:59.150,0:19:03.950<br \/>\nwe&#8217;re we procrastinate too much because<\/p>\n<p>0:19:01.640,0:19:05.540<br \/>\nwe&#8217;re not diligent we&#8217;re lazy or you<\/p>\n<p>0:19:03.950,0:19:08.720<br \/>\nknow some old tips from when we were<\/p>\n<p>0:19:05.540,0:19:11.360<br \/>\nkids start to play again like it&#8217;s not<\/p>\n<p>0:19:08.720,0:19:15.560<br \/>\nand we don&#8217;t hold we don&#8217;t hold these<\/p>\n<p>0:19:11.360,0:19:17.330<br \/>\nsort of issues as if they are just the<\/p>\n<p>0:19:15.560,0:19:19.610<br \/>\ngood story sort of playing out it&#8217;s just<\/p>\n<p>0:19:17.330,0:19:22.010<br \/>\na part of life you know small things big<\/p>\n<p>0:19:19.610,0:19:24.260<br \/>\nthings they all affect our productivity<\/p>\n<p>0:19:22.010,0:19:25.730<br \/>\nsystems and they&#8217;re to be expected if<\/p>\n<p>0:19:24.260,0:19:28.340<br \/>\nyou&#8217;re living it means that you&#8217;re gonna<\/p>\n<p>0:19:25.730,0:19:30.050<br \/>\nbe you&#8217;re gonna have these things happen<\/p>\n<p>0:19:28.340,0:19:33.140<br \/>\nin life and they&#8217;re gonna affect your<\/p>\n<p>0:19:30.050,0:19:34.900<br \/>\nsystem and guess what you&#8217;re alive and<\/p>\n<p>0:19:33.140,0:19:37.580<br \/>\nthis is what it means to be human and<\/p>\n<p>0:19:34.900,0:19:40.190<br \/>\nmaking yourself wrong is the water so<\/p>\n<p>0:19:37.580,0:19:43.010<br \/>\nyou know we we productivity types we we<\/p>\n<p>0:19:40.190,0:19:45.020<br \/>\nguys who put our content you know we&#8217;re<\/p>\n<p>0:19:43.010,0:19:48.320<br \/>\nsometimes I&#8217;m gonna accuse us or<\/p>\n<p>0:19:45.020,0:19:51.470<br \/>\nsometimes being the worst of the<\/p>\n<p>0:19:48.320,0:19:54.350<br \/>\ninstigators because we sometimes softly<\/p>\n<p>0:19:51.470,0:19:56.659<br \/>\nor overtly tell people I&#8217;ll use your<\/p>\n<p>0:19:54.350,0:19:59.570<br \/>\nanalogy of gusto<\/p>\n<p>0:19:56.659,0:20:02.419<br \/>\nthat if your donkey isn&#8217;t taking you as<\/p>\n<p>0:19:59.570,0:20:04.519<br \/>\nfast as it used to where you need to go<\/p>\n<p>0:20:02.419,0:20:10.789<br \/>\nthen you need to beat that donkey harder<\/p>\n<p>0:20:04.519,0:20:13.389<br \/>\nand sometimes that&#8217;s just not true so<\/p>\n<p>0:20:10.789,0:20:18.889<br \/>\nyou know I&#8217;m visiting some forums<\/p>\n<p>0:20:13.389,0:20:22.190<br \/>\nrecently I I mentioned it&#8217;s the GTD<\/p>\n<p>0:20:18.889,0:20:24.950<br \/>\nforums and the people come in with<\/p>\n<p>0:20:22.190,0:20:26.239<br \/>\nquestions and I&#8217;ve been visiting long<\/p>\n<p>0:20:24.950,0:20:31.340<br \/>\nenough that I can kind of predict the<\/p>\n<p>0:20:26.239,0:20:32.899<br \/>\nanswer the answer is do more GTD answer<\/p>\n<p>0:20:31.340,0:20:35.720<br \/>\nis oh you&#8217;re not applying it correctly<\/p>\n<p>0:20:32.899,0:20:37.159<br \/>\noh you need to do more of this thing<\/p>\n<p>0:20:35.720,0:20:37.940<br \/>\nthat&#8217;s in the book oh you don&#8217;t<\/p>\n<p>0:20:37.159,0:20:40.220<br \/>\nunderstand<\/p>\n<p>0:20:37.940,0:20:43.989<br \/>\nyou need to do this thing instead and I<\/p>\n<p>0:20:40.220,0:20:47.330<br \/>\nthink we all we all do this this kind of<\/p>\n<p>0:20:43.989,0:20:51.289<br \/>\ngame as people who share content that if<\/p>\n<p>0:20:47.330,0:20:53.869<br \/>\nit&#8217;s not working you need to do you the<\/p>\n<p>0:20:51.289,0:20:57.169<br \/>\nlistener or the user or the readers you<\/p>\n<p>0:20:53.869,0:21:00.769<br \/>\nneed to do better following so we train<\/p>\n<p>0:20:57.169,0:21:03.379<br \/>\nour followers to follow and we tell them<\/p>\n<p>0:21:00.769,0:21:05.690<br \/>\nto follow harder if it&#8217;s not working<\/p>\n<p>0:21:03.379,0:21:08.269<br \/>\nwhat we should be really doing is<\/p>\n<p>0:21:05.690,0:21:12.379<br \/>\nteaching them to be almost like better<\/p>\n<p>0:21:08.269,0:21:15.349<br \/>\ndetectives which is to to notice the<\/p>\n<p>0:21:12.379,0:21:18.739<br \/>\nproblem at a deeper level and figure out<\/p>\n<p>0:21:15.349,0:21:20.210<br \/>\nwhy it&#8217;s why it&#8217;s why for first tell the<\/p>\n<p>0:21:18.739,0:21:23.539<br \/>\ntruth that it is there don&#8217;t make<\/p>\n<p>0:21:20.210,0:21:25.460<br \/>\nyourself wrong and then figure out why<\/p>\n<p>0:21:23.539,0:21:27.649<br \/>\nit&#8217;s there in the first place I think<\/p>\n<p>0:21:25.460,0:21:30.309<br \/>\nthere&#8217;s a I think overall the energy is<\/p>\n<p>0:21:27.649,0:21:33.769<br \/>\nshifting away from following any way to<\/p>\n<p>0:21:30.309,0:21:37.009<br \/>\nbecoming a better sort of discerner of<\/p>\n<p>0:21:33.769,0:21:40.249<br \/>\nmy own problem and how it shows up for<\/p>\n<p>0:21:37.009,0:21:42.229<br \/>\nme in my unique space I think the energy<\/p>\n<p>0:21:40.249,0:21:46.820<br \/>\nis shifting from the one to the other<\/p>\n<p>0:21:42.229,0:21:48.859<br \/>\nwith a part of the problem in a way of<\/p>\n<p>0:21:46.820,0:21:52.249<br \/>\nnot having people shift as fast as they<\/p>\n<p>0:21:48.859,0:21:54.889<br \/>\ncan to becoming better detectives kind<\/p>\n<p>0:21:52.249,0:21:57.710<br \/>\nof like a Sherlock Holmes about yourself<\/p>\n<p>0:21:54.889,0:21:59.450<br \/>\nI know what you guys think I think<\/p>\n<p>0:21:57.710,0:22:01.639<br \/>\nthere&#8217;s there&#8217;s an analogy here that I<\/p>\n<p>0:21:59.450,0:22:04.159<br \/>\nuse in my own coaching and training<\/p>\n<p>0:22:01.639,0:22:07.220<br \/>\nwhich is to tell people that they become<\/p>\n<p>0:22:04.159,0:22:10.279<br \/>\nproductivity scientists so I&#8217;m gonna I&#8217;m<\/p>\n<p>0:22:07.220,0:22:11.040<br \/>\ngoing to I&#8217;m going to object leaden I<\/p>\n<p>0:22:10.279,0:22:12.490<br \/>\nrespond<\/p>\n<p>0:22:11.040,0:22:16.070<br \/>\nability to what you&#8217;re talking about<\/p>\n<p>0:22:12.490,0:22:20.400<br \/>\n[Laughter]<\/p>\n<p>0:22:16.070,0:22:23.250<br \/>\nonly because I really had a meeting with<\/p>\n<p>0:22:20.400,0:22:25.620<br \/>\nwith some higher-ups who who told me<\/p>\n<p>0:22:23.250,0:22:27.900<br \/>\nthat I was I was uniquely different than<\/p>\n<p>0:22:25.620,0:22:30.780<br \/>\neverybody else like me in my own world<\/p>\n<p>0:22:27.900,0:22:33.240<br \/>\nand and I appreciated that actually it<\/p>\n<p>0:22:30.780,0:22:35.250<br \/>\nwas it was a very nice compliment in the<\/p>\n<p>0:22:33.240,0:22:38.250<br \/>\nsense that I don&#8217;t see the world the<\/p>\n<p>0:22:35.250,0:22:40.890<br \/>\nsame way so many of my peers do and that<\/p>\n<p>0:22:38.250,0:22:44.910<br \/>\nis one of those ways I I look at people<\/p>\n<p>0:22:40.890,0:22:47.250<br \/>\nas scientists experimenting and I like<\/p>\n<p>0:22:44.910,0:22:50.280<br \/>\nyour detective analogy coming from law<\/p>\n<p>0:22:47.250,0:22:52.530<br \/>\nenforcement family and and so you know<\/p>\n<p>0:22:50.280,0:22:55.290<br \/>\nthe the reality though is that every<\/p>\n<p>0:22:52.530,0:22:56.910<br \/>\nevery person becomes a scientist when<\/p>\n<p>0:22:55.290,0:22:58.890<br \/>\nthey look at their productivity system<\/p>\n<p>0:22:56.910,0:23:00.900<br \/>\nyou need to understand the elements of<\/p>\n<p>0:22:58.890,0:23:02.940<br \/>\nthe system what are the components that<\/p>\n<p>0:23:00.900,0:23:05.130<br \/>\nmake up your system those skills that<\/p>\n<p>0:23:02.940,0:23:08.370<br \/>\nyou have whether they be hard skills or<\/p>\n<p>0:23:05.130,0:23:10.890<br \/>\nsoft skills that the the tools that you<\/p>\n<p>0:23:08.370,0:23:12.810<br \/>\nhave summoned you know to your to your<\/p>\n<p>0:23:10.890,0:23:15.750<br \/>\nresources and the strategies that you<\/p>\n<p>0:23:12.810,0:23:18.540<br \/>\nuse to to implement both the skills and<\/p>\n<p>0:23:15.750,0:23:19.530<br \/>\nthe tools and so as long as you<\/p>\n<p>0:23:18.540,0:23:21.180<br \/>\nunderstand they&#8217;re not static<\/p>\n<p>0:23:19.530,0:23:24.180<br \/>\nthese are ever-changing depending upon<\/p>\n<p>0:23:21.180,0:23:26.610<br \/>\nthe the nature of your world then then<\/p>\n<p>0:23:24.180,0:23:29.820<br \/>\nyou as a scientist can create these<\/p>\n<p>0:23:26.610,0:23:31.740<br \/>\nexperiments identify things the<\/p>\n<p>0:23:29.820,0:23:35.570<br \/>\nvariables right the skill strategies and<\/p>\n<p>0:23:31.740,0:23:38.070<br \/>\ntools and then go ahead and and test<\/p>\n<p>0:23:35.570,0:23:40.500<br \/>\nagainst these hypotheses that you might<\/p>\n<p>0:23:38.070,0:23:42.600<br \/>\ndevelop to say okay I will be more<\/p>\n<p>0:23:40.500,0:23:45.510<br \/>\nproductive if I invest in this habit and<\/p>\n<p>0:23:42.600,0:23:47.850<br \/>\nif it doesn&#8217;t work out well fine that&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>0:23:45.510,0:23:49.980<br \/>\nnow you can be a stoic about it you<\/p>\n<p>0:23:47.850,0:23:54.660<br \/>\ndon&#8217;t have to emotionally respond as<\/p>\n<p>0:23:49.980,0:23:56.370<br \/>\nhard or as as vehemently to the fact<\/p>\n<p>0:23:54.660,0:23:58.740<br \/>\nthat this thing is not working for you<\/p>\n<p>0:23:56.370,0:24:00.930<br \/>\nyou can change and I think that the<\/p>\n<p>0:23:58.740,0:24:03.480<br \/>\nability to move with the cheese sort of<\/p>\n<p>0:24:00.930,0:24:06.960<br \/>\nso to speak dr. Spencer Johnson you can<\/p>\n<p>0:24:03.480,0:24:08.550<br \/>\nthen change the experiment and move in a<\/p>\n<p>0:24:06.960,0:24:10.740<br \/>\ndifferent direction and I think that a<\/p>\n<p>0:24:08.550,0:24:13.830<br \/>\nlot of people get so stuck in their ways<\/p>\n<p>0:24:10.740,0:24:15.480<br \/>\nwith regard to one specific tool or one<\/p>\n<p>0:24:13.830,0:24:17.580<br \/>\nspecific methodology that they&#8217;ve been<\/p>\n<p>0:24:15.480,0:24:19.890<br \/>\nusing and life circumstances have<\/p>\n<p>0:24:17.580,0:24:22.020<br \/>\nchanged and therefore they they get<\/p>\n<p>0:24:19.890,0:24:23.370<br \/>\nstuck in a rut right and we we all know<\/p>\n<p>0:24:22.020,0:24:24.909<br \/>\nwhat it&#8217;s like to be stuck in that rut<\/p>\n<p>0:24:23.370,0:24:28.359<br \/>\nso my thoughts<\/p>\n<p>0:24:24.909,0:24:31.539<br \/>\nhere really Center on the idea of being<\/p>\n<p>0:24:28.359,0:24:34.389<br \/>\nnimble and flexible and adaptable to or<\/p>\n<p>0:24:31.539,0:24:36.899<br \/>\nadaptive to the the range of<\/p>\n<p>0:24:34.389,0:24:39.489<br \/>\npossibilities so that you can experiment<\/p>\n<p>0:24:36.899,0:24:42.399<br \/>\nso that you can figure out which one&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>0:24:39.489,0:24:45.279<br \/>\nfit your life at this time at this<\/p>\n<p>0:24:42.399,0:24:47.470<br \/>\nmoment in time not not forever because<\/p>\n<p>0:24:45.279,0:24:50.289<br \/>\nyou know forever will never come the<\/p>\n<p>0:24:47.470,0:24:51.970<br \/>\nidea is for it needs to work now and and<\/p>\n<p>0:24:50.289,0:24:53.710<br \/>\nthat might be semi-permanent right you<\/p>\n<p>0:24:51.970,0:24:55.840<br \/>\nmight use it until it stops working for<\/p>\n<p>0:24:53.710,0:24:58.629<br \/>\nyou but I would much rather you be<\/p>\n<p>0:24:55.840,0:25:00.399<br \/>\nproactive truly proactive here which is<\/p>\n<p>0:24:58.629,0:25:02.739<br \/>\nto look at life changes as they&#8217;re<\/p>\n<p>0:25:00.399,0:25:04.269<br \/>\nhappening and then immediately do the<\/p>\n<p>0:25:02.739,0:25:07.479<br \/>\nop\u00e9ra you know use that as an<\/p>\n<p>0:25:04.269,0:25:09.369<br \/>\nopportunity to assess and whether you&#8217;re<\/p>\n<p>0:25:07.479,0:25:13.659<br \/>\ngoing to then maintain or change the<\/p>\n<p>0:25:09.369,0:25:15.580<br \/>\nsystem to suit your future needs yes you<\/p>\n<p>0:25:13.659,0:25:19.450<br \/>\nneed to the system in order to the<\/p>\n<p>0:25:15.580,0:25:22.509<br \/>\nsystem to to be effective and this has<\/p>\n<p>0:25:19.450,0:25:24.789<br \/>\nbeen a hard thing for me to learn I had<\/p>\n<p>0:25:22.509,0:25:27.039<br \/>\nspecial at the beginning I tend to think<\/p>\n<p>0:25:24.789,0:25:30.970<br \/>\noh well if I said the system the system<\/p>\n<p>0:25:27.039,0:25:33.399<br \/>\nmay survive and my experience has been<\/p>\n<p>0:25:30.970,0:25:36.070<br \/>\nexactly the offices in order for the<\/p>\n<p>0:25:33.399,0:25:39.820<br \/>\nsystem to survive I need to be<\/p>\n<p>0:25:36.070,0:25:43.179<br \/>\nconstantly monitoring his health and his<\/p>\n<p>0:25:39.820,0:25:45.659<br \/>\neffectiveness level in order to to<\/p>\n<p>0:25:43.179,0:25:49.210<br \/>\nreally be effective and to really keep<\/p>\n<p>0:25:45.659,0:25:50.859<br \/>\nmoving moving at that other than that we<\/p>\n<p>0:25:49.210,0:25:56.200<br \/>\ngot into the college we are being<\/p>\n<p>0:25:50.859,0:25:59.830<br \/>\ntalking so I want us to switch gears<\/p>\n<p>0:25:56.200,0:26:02.919<br \/>\ninto our third segment by talking about<\/p>\n<p>0:25:59.830,0:26:05.619<br \/>\nthe idea of of unearthing the cause of<\/p>\n<p>0:26:02.919,0:26:07.690<br \/>\nthe system failure if we&#8217;re if we&#8217;re<\/p>\n<p>0:26:05.619,0:26:11.200<br \/>\ngonna unearth the cause of the system<\/p>\n<p>0:26:07.690,0:26:14.349<br \/>\nfailure and apply new methods into our<\/p>\n<p>0:26:11.200,0:26:16.869<br \/>\nworlds how do we do that if we&#8217;re if we<\/p>\n<p>0:26:14.349,0:26:18.489<br \/>\nhaven&#8217;t been operating under my ideal<\/p>\n<p>0:26:16.869,0:26:21.970<br \/>\npractice right which is to say that<\/p>\n<p>0:26:18.489,0:26:24.820<br \/>\nyou&#8217;re monitoring life changes minor and<\/p>\n<p>0:26:21.970,0:26:27.999<br \/>\nmajor and maintaining your system by<\/p>\n<p>0:26:24.820,0:26:29.710<br \/>\nmodifying it adapting as necessary let&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>0:26:27.999,0:26:33.999<br \/>\npresume that that&#8217;s not happening and<\/p>\n<p>0:26:29.710,0:26:36.190<br \/>\nyou do become overwhelmed or overcome by<\/p>\n<p>0:26:33.999,0:26:37.779<br \/>\nyour own creativity system how do you<\/p>\n<p>0:26:36.190,0:26:38.320<br \/>\nhow do you identify the cause of the<\/p>\n<p>0:26:37.779,0:26:42.280<br \/>\nsystem<\/p>\n<p>0:26:38.320,0:26:46.210<br \/>\nand how do you go ahead and identify and<\/p>\n<p>0:26:42.280,0:26:47.890<br \/>\napply new methods you said you said it<\/p>\n<p>0:26:46.210,0:26:49.300<br \/>\nyou said I wrote down what you said I<\/p>\n<p>0:26:47.890,0:26:51.730<br \/>\ntyped it didn&#8217;t even I was like what<\/p>\n<p>0:26:49.300,0:26:54.160<br \/>\nwhat race brilliance productivity<\/p>\n<p>0:26:51.730,0:26:56.920<br \/>\nscientists doing experiments and<\/p>\n<p>0:26:54.160,0:27:01.360<br \/>\nhypothesis testing that&#8217;s really the<\/p>\n<p>0:26:56.920,0:27:05.140<br \/>\nonly the only way to get at the cause<\/p>\n<p>0:27:01.360,0:27:07.750<br \/>\nbecause even if even if you take someone<\/p>\n<p>0:27:05.140,0:27:10.240<br \/>\nelse&#8217;s reasoning and they tell you oh<\/p>\n<p>0:27:07.750,0:27:11.740<br \/>\nthis is the cause you still have to do<\/p>\n<p>0:27:10.240,0:27:13.750<br \/>\nthe testing for yourself because we&#8217;re<\/p>\n<p>0:27:11.740,0:27:16.420<br \/>\nnot all the same we&#8217;re we&#8217;re we&#8217;re all<\/p>\n<p>0:27:13.750,0:27:17.890<br \/>\ndifferent you need to you need to have<\/p>\n<p>0:27:16.420,0:27:21.550<br \/>\nto find out what the cause is for you<\/p>\n<p>0:27:17.890,0:27:23.440<br \/>\nthe the problem though if if we have<\/p>\n<p>0:27:21.550,0:27:28.540<br \/>\nthat approach in hand as you suggested<\/p>\n<p>0:27:23.440,0:27:31.570<br \/>\nis where do you practically start in the<\/p>\n<p>0:27:28.540,0:27:34.150<br \/>\nreal world do you check do you read 50<\/p>\n<p>0:27:31.570,0:27:36.010<br \/>\nblog posts or do you read one of these<\/p>\n<p>0:27:34.150,0:27:37.420<br \/>\nblog posts that says here are the 100<\/p>\n<p>0:27:36.010,0:27:39.880<br \/>\ntips that would make you effective and<\/p>\n<p>0:27:37.420,0:27:45.640<br \/>\nyou find the one tip do you read ten<\/p>\n<p>0:27:39.880,0:27:48.670<br \/>\nbooks do you read 500 tweets the right<\/p>\n<p>0:27:45.640,0:27:51.730<br \/>\nnow where we&#8217;re dealing with let&#8217;s call<\/p>\n<p>0:27:48.670,0:27:54.220<br \/>\nit infamy improvement overload that we<\/p>\n<p>0:27:51.730,0:27:57.820<br \/>\nare as a sort of an internet driven<\/p>\n<p>0:27:54.220,0:27:59.710<br \/>\nworld or set of professionals overloaded<\/p>\n<p>0:27:57.820,0:28:02.980<br \/>\nby the number of possible improvements<\/p>\n<p>0:27:59.710,0:28:05.230<br \/>\nwe can make and the number of people<\/p>\n<p>0:28:02.980,0:28:08.340<br \/>\nlike us who are suggesting that you make<\/p>\n<p>0:28:05.230,0:28:10.300<br \/>\nimprovements and it&#8217;s a tsunami of<\/p>\n<p>0:28:08.340,0:28:13.870<br \/>\nsuggestions coming from all directions<\/p>\n<p>0:28:10.300,0:28:16.990<br \/>\nand what the individual needs to do in<\/p>\n<p>0:28:13.870,0:28:20.110<br \/>\norder to get to do the right testing is<\/p>\n<p>0:28:16.990,0:28:22.360<br \/>\ndo some have some kind of working<\/p>\n<p>0:28:20.110,0:28:24.880<br \/>\nknowledge of their system so that you<\/p>\n<p>0:28:22.360,0:28:26.560<br \/>\nnarrow down the choices so if for<\/p>\n<p>0:28:24.880,0:28:29.230<br \/>\nexample if you&#8217;re running find yourself<\/p>\n<p>0:28:26.560,0:28:32.230<br \/>\nall of a sudden you&#8217;re running late now<\/p>\n<p>0:28:29.230,0:28:35.410<br \/>\nwe could have 10 podcasts on all of the<\/p>\n<p>0:28:32.230,0:28:37.510<br \/>\npossible causes for why someone would<\/p>\n<p>0:28:35.410,0:28:40.930<br \/>\nstart running late whereas before they<\/p>\n<p>0:28:37.510,0:28:43.900<br \/>\nnever used them but they need however is<\/p>\n<p>0:28:40.930,0:28:45.790<br \/>\nnot to listen to all 10 podcasts they<\/p>\n<p>0:28:43.900,0:28:48.220<br \/>\nneed a sort of working working<\/p>\n<p>0:28:45.790,0:28:51.250<br \/>\nunderstanding of how their own system<\/p>\n<p>0:28:48.220,0:28:52.080<br \/>\nworks so that they can diagnose it and<\/p>\n<p>0:28:51.250,0:28:54.360<br \/>\nknow<\/p>\n<p>0:28:52.080,0:28:58.140<br \/>\nto the root cause in a half an OLE as<\/p>\n<p>0:28:54.360,0:29:00.899<br \/>\nopposed to ten podcasts what I just<\/p>\n<p>0:28:58.140,0:29:05.159<br \/>\ndescribed as far as I know 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that<\/p>\n<p>0:30:04.169,0:30:07.260<br \/>\nare not because if you really think<\/p>\n<p>0:30:05.370,0:30:09.240<br \/>\nabout if you want to call it a<\/p>\n<p>0:30:07.260,0:30:12.299<br \/>\nproductivity system really what that<\/p>\n<p>0:30:09.240,0:30:15.389<br \/>\nmeans is a system of systems because our<\/p>\n<p>0:30:12.299,0:30:19.620<br \/>\noutput is is dependent upon a lot of<\/p>\n<p>0:30:15.389,0:30:22.490<br \/>\nself you know propagating systems and<\/p>\n<p>0:30:19.620,0:30:25.559<br \/>\nthen some independent systems those are<\/p>\n<p>0:30:22.490,0:30:28.919<br \/>\nsystems that are running outside of you<\/p>\n<p>0:30:25.559,0:30:30.600<br \/>\nexternal so for for one you know an<\/p>\n<p>0:30:28.919,0:30:32.850<br \/>\nexample of an internal productivity<\/p>\n<p>0:30:30.600,0:30:35.190<br \/>\nsystem is my task management right I<\/p>\n<p>0:30:32.850,0:30:37.620<br \/>\nmanage my tasks I keep them on a list<\/p>\n<p>0:30:35.190,0:30:40.409<br \/>\nand I manage 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all<\/p>\n<p>0:32:24.070,0:32:27.309<br \/>\nthose systems out you probably have 30<\/p>\n<p>0:32:25.480,0:32:30.070<br \/>\nor 40 of them in your life that you are<\/p>\n<p>0:32:27.309,0:32:32.860<br \/>\nactively maintaining and I think at that<\/p>\n<p>0:32:30.070,0:32:35.380<br \/>\npoint you&#8217;re capable of assessing where<\/p>\n<p>0:32:32.860,0:32:37.210<br \/>\nthe weaker links are right so like how<\/p>\n<p>0:32:35.380,0:32:38.830<br \/>\ndo you how do you maintain your car<\/p>\n<p>0:32:37.210,0:32:40.809<br \/>\nright do you have a system for<\/p>\n<p>0:32:38.830,0:32:42.760<br \/>\nmaintaining your car and that might all<\/p>\n<p>0:32:40.809,0:32:45.039<br \/>\nbe tied up in your project or task<\/p>\n<p>0:32:42.760,0:32:47.320<br \/>\nmanagement system but it&#8217;s a subsystem<\/p>\n<p>0:32:45.039,0:32:49.750<br \/>\nof a kind because you have to maintain<\/p>\n<p>0:32:47.320,0:32:51.669<br \/>\nall of those linked parts right if<\/p>\n<p>0:32:49.750,0:32:54.850<br \/>\nyou&#8217;re not maintaining the transmission<\/p>\n<p>0:32:51.669,0:32:56.559<br \/>\nfluid in your car then most likely down<\/p>\n<p>0:32:54.850,0:32:59.080<br \/>\nthe road you&#8217;re going to have engine<\/p>\n<p>0:32:56.559,0:33:01.510<br \/>\nproblems and you know and and then the<\/p>\n<p>0:32:59.080,0:33:03.730<br \/>\ncar is not going to work this altogether<\/p>\n<p>0:33:01.510,0:33:06.190<br \/>\nso you really have to think about the<\/p>\n<p>0:33:03.730,0:33:08.200<br \/>\nthe way in which these pieces really tie<\/p>\n<p>0:33:06.190,0:33:10.020<br \/>\ninto one another and see whether or not<\/p>\n<p>0:33:08.200,0:33:12.669<br \/>\nyou can start to see ties between the<\/p>\n<p>0:33:10.020,0:33:14.289<br \/>\nbetween the many different systems but<\/p>\n<p>0:33:12.669,0:33:17.110<br \/>\nusually what I find is that one<\/p>\n<p>0:33:14.289,0:33:18.530<br \/>\nparticular system is the one that causes<\/p>\n<p>0:33:17.110,0:33:21.980<br \/>\nthe problem one of 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so<\/p>\n<p>0:34:31.580,0:34:37.580<br \/>\ninstead of trying to fix the whole<\/p>\n<p>0:34:34.850,0:34:39.710<br \/>\nsystem and your whole system and<\/p>\n<p>0:34:37.580,0:34:43.070<br \/>\nproductivity see if there is things that<\/p>\n<p>0:34:39.710,0:34:46.100<br \/>\nyou can tweak on the sub components of<\/p>\n<p>0:34:43.070,0:34:48.380<br \/>\nthis on the small issues where you are<\/p>\n<p>0:34:46.100,0:34:49.850<br \/>\nhaving or the small things but you can<\/p>\n<p>0:34:48.380,0:34:52.640<br \/>\nidentify that you are having problems<\/p>\n<p>0:34:49.850,0:34:55.340<br \/>\nand try to fix those instead of saying<\/p>\n<p>0:34:52.640,0:34:57.560<br \/>\nokay now I&#8217;m going to prevent the whole<\/p>\n<p>0:34:55.340,0:34:59.990<br \/>\nthing but is what I see most people do<\/p>\n<p>0:34:57.560,0:35:02.000<br \/>\nmost people say okay fine I was using<\/p>\n<p>0:34:59.990,0:35:04.400<br \/>\nEvernote and it&#8217;s failed I&#8217;m overwhelmed<\/p>\n<p>0:35:02.000,0:35:07.160<br \/>\nso now I&#8217;m going to get a new piece of<\/p>\n<p>0:35:04.400,0:35:09.770<br \/>\nsoftware download calmly focus and I&#8217;m<\/p>\n<p>0:35:07.160,0:35:11.120<br \/>\ngoing to move out of here and I&#8217;m going<\/p>\n<p>0:35:09.770,0:35:14.750<br \/>\nto do it from scratch<\/p>\n<p>0:35:11.120,0:35:18.080<br \/>\nthat&#8217;s not solving the problem because<\/p>\n<p>0:35:14.750,0:35:21.320<br \/>\nwhat budget at that point is going to<\/p>\n<p>0:35:18.080,0:35:24.290<br \/>\nstill be present until you slow down and<\/p>\n<p>0:35:21.320,0:35:27.530<br \/>\nidentify and just there are moments that<\/p>\n<p>0:35:24.290,0:35:28.160<br \/>\nchange software and tools is the correct<\/p>\n<p>0:35:27.530,0:35:32.270<br \/>\ncall<\/p>\n<p>0:35:28.160,0:35:36.020<br \/>\nbut in order to do that make sure<\/p>\n<p>0:35:32.270,0:35:38.420<br \/>\nthat you have identified what is what<\/p>\n<p>0:35:36.020,0:35:41.270<br \/>\nbrought you to the point that things are<\/p>\n<p>0:35:38.420,0:35:46.190<br \/>\nnot working anymore so you are aware of<\/p>\n<p>0:35:41.270,0:35:48.680<br \/>\nwhat is happening yeah I think that&#8217;s I<\/p>\n<p>0:35:46.190,0:35:51.650<br \/>\nthink that&#8217;s important to take take note<\/p>\n<p>0:35:48.680,0:35:54.230<br \/>\nof is you know how all those pieces are<\/p>\n<p>0:35:51.650,0:35:56.780<br \/>\nreally working or not working together<\/p>\n<p>0:35:54.230,0:35:59.390<br \/>\nas we close up I want to just hear final<\/p>\n<p>0:35:56.780,0:36:01.460<br \/>\nthoughts from you both Francis if you<\/p>\n<p>0:35:59.390,0:36:03.020<br \/>\nwant to get started and and if any final<\/p>\n<p>0:36:01.460,0:36:06.200<br \/>\nthoughts have you any final thoughts for<\/p>\n<p>0:36:03.020,0:36:08.150<br \/>\nus yeah yeah your phrase resonates the<\/p>\n<p>0:36:06.200,0:36:11.630<br \/>\nhave people become productivity<\/p>\n<p>0:36:08.150,0:36:14.780<br \/>\nscientists and I think that what a goose<\/p>\n<p>0:36:11.630,0:36:18.950<br \/>\ntoe said become scientists about their<\/p>\n<p>0:36:14.780,0:36:21.140<br \/>\nassist their productivity systems so if<\/p>\n<p>0:36:18.950,0:36:24.110<br \/>\nif we could get people to move in that<\/p>\n<p>0:36:21.140,0:36:25.550<br \/>\ndirection it would address all of the<\/p>\n<p>0:36:24.110,0:36:28.460<br \/>\nissues I think we&#8217;ve talked about in<\/p>\n<p>0:36:25.550,0:36:30.410<br \/>\nthis podcast so I think that&#8217;s the move<\/p>\n<p>0:36:28.460,0:36:32.800<br \/>\nthat we&#8217;re encouraging become a<\/p>\n<p>0:36:30.410,0:36:36.530<br \/>\nscientist about your productivity system<\/p>\n<p>0:36:32.800,0:36:40.600<br \/>\nremember before just before taking the<\/p>\n<p>0:36:36.530,0:36:43.580<br \/>\nplane down and on assembly the plane<\/p>\n<p>0:36:40.600,0:36:47.090<br \/>\ncheck if the light bulb that is giving<\/p>\n<p>0:36:43.580,0:36:49.310<br \/>\nyou trouble he&#8217;s working we tend to take<\/p>\n<p>0:36:47.090,0:36:51.350<br \/>\nthe plane down on assembly the plane to<\/p>\n<p>0:36:49.310,0:36:53.990<br \/>\ndiscover Oh the rule will have changed<\/p>\n<p>0:36:51.350,0:36:55.630<br \/>\njust this little light bulb we will have<\/p>\n<p>0:36:53.990,0:36:59.570<br \/>\nsolved the problem<\/p>\n<p>0:36:55.630,0:37:02.540<br \/>\nwe tend to overcomplicate the solution<\/p>\n<p>0:36:59.570,0:37:05.210<br \/>\ninstead of trying to look where is the<\/p>\n<p>0:37:02.540,0:37:08.210<br \/>\nsmall element that is breaking the chain<\/p>\n<p>0:37:05.210,0:37:10.550<br \/>\nyeah it&#8217;s it it remains in the book I<\/p>\n<p>0:37:08.210,0:37:12.800<br \/>\nread the book the fifth discipline which<\/p>\n<p>0:37:10.550,0:37:14.890<br \/>\nwas it&#8217;s very old now Peter Senge his<\/p>\n<p>0:37:12.800,0:37:17.770<br \/>\nbook he talked about notions of thinking<\/p>\n<p>0:37:14.890,0:37:19.790<br \/>\nand we&#8217;re really talking about<\/p>\n<p>0:37:17.770,0:37:23.090<br \/>\nencouraging and developing people&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>0:37:19.790,0:37:26.330<br \/>\nability to to do systems thinking and<\/p>\n<p>0:37:23.090,0:37:28.430<br \/>\nwithout it you end up changing the end<\/p>\n<p>0:37:26.330,0:37:30.110<br \/>\nup bringing down the plane delaying my<\/p>\n<p>0:37:28.430,0:37:32.570<br \/>\nflight thank you very much for five<\/p>\n<p>0:37:30.110,0:37:35.390<br \/>\nhours because you think the engine is<\/p>\n<p>0:37:32.570,0:37:37.310<br \/>\nbusted and it&#8217;s just the light wise<\/p>\n<p>0:37:35.390,0:37:39.020<br \/>\nwords to close out this episode of<\/p>\n<p>0:37:37.310,0:37:41.300<br \/>\nproductivity casts the weekly show about<\/p>\n<p>0:37:39.020,0:37:42.860<br \/>\nall things personal productivity<\/p>\n<p>0:37:41.300,0:37:44.690<br \/>\nI want to thank Augusto Pinaud and<\/p>\n<p>0:37:42.860,0:37:47.180<br \/>\nFrancis Wade for joining me here on<\/p>\n<p>0:37:44.690,0:37:50.150<br \/>\nthis episode if you have any questions<\/p>\n<p>0:37:47.180,0:37:52.220<br \/>\nthat arise from this episode please feel<\/p>\n<p>0:37:50.150,0:37:54.740<br \/>\nfree to head over to productivity cast<\/p>\n<p>0:37:52.220,0:37:55.970<br \/>\nnet forward slash contact and go ahead<\/p>\n<p>0:37:54.740,0:37:58.190<br \/>\nand leave us a question you can also<\/p>\n<p>0:37:55.970,0:38:00.470<br \/>\naudio record a question and we&#8217;ll be<\/p>\n<p>0:37:58.190,0:38:02.750<br \/>\nhappy to answer those on an episode<\/p>\n<p>0:38:00.470,0:38:04.940<br \/>\nupcoming please feel free to rate us on<\/p>\n<p>0:38:02.750,0:38:06.680<br \/>\niTunes or stitcher or whatever podcast<\/p>\n<p>0:38:04.940,0:38:08.599<br \/>\ndirectory so thank you so much and<\/p>\n<p>0:38:06.680,0:38:10.700<br \/>\nhere&#8217;s to your productive life that&#8217;s it<\/p>\n<p>0:38:08.599,0:38:12.890<br \/>\nfor this productivity cast the weekly<\/p>\n<p>0:38:10.700,0:38:15.349<br \/>\nshow about all things productivity 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