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1 \n00:00:00,030 –> 00:00:03,870 \nare you ready to manage your work and<\/p>\n
2 \n00:00:02,159 –> 00:00:06,120 \npersonal world better to live a<\/p>\n
3 \n00:00:03,870 –> 00:00:07,350 \nfulfilling productive life then you’ve<\/p>\n
4 \n00:00:06,120 –> 00:00:09,780 \ncome to the right place<\/p>\n
5 \n00:00:07,350 –> 00:00:12,360 \nproductivity cast the weekly show about<\/p>\n
6 \n00:00:09,780 –> 00:00:15,480 \nall things productivity here your hosts<\/p>\n
7 \n00:00:12,360 –> 00:00:17,430 \nray Sydney Smith and Augusto pronounces<\/p>\n
8 \n00:00:15,480 –> 00:00:21,240 \nweight and art Galax welcome back<\/p>\n
9 \n00:00:17,430 –> 00:00:23,609 \neverybody to episode 25 of productivity<\/p>\n
10 \n00:00:21,240 –> 00:00:26,460 \ncast and so I just want to thank you all<\/p>\n
11 \n00:00:23,609 –> 00:00:28,740 \nfor listening to productivity cast and I<\/p>\n
12 \n00:00:26,460 –> 00:00:31,650 \nwant to welcome to the show today<\/p>\n
13 \n00:00:28,740 –> 00:00:35,100 \ngusto pinaud francis Wade and art Galax<\/p>\n
14 \n00:00:31,650 –> 00:00:37,380 \nwelcome to the show gentlemen guys I’m<\/p>\n
15 \n00:00:35,100 –> 00:00:40,680 \ndoing really well and as I was saying<\/p>\n
16 \n00:00:37,380 –> 00:00:42,239 \npre-show I’m I’m double caffeinated I’m<\/p>\n
17 \n00:00:40,680 –> 00:00:45,379 \ndrinking two types of caffeine this<\/p>\n
18 \n00:00:42,239 –> 00:00:47,610 \nmorning so I’m probably a little jittery<\/p>\n
19 \n00:00:45,379 –> 00:00:49,710 \nbut I’m gonna I’m gonna try and keep it<\/p>\n
20 \n00:00:47,610 –> 00:00:51,510 \nlevel keep it level for us all today so<\/p>\n
21 \n00:00:49,710 –> 00:00:54,719 \nwe’re gonna we’re gonna talk today about<\/p>\n
22 \n00:00:51,510 –> 00:00:58,680 \na rather interesting concept principle<\/p>\n
23 \n00:00:54,719 –> 00:01:00,570 \nconcept centering on the premise of<\/p>\n
24 \n00:00:58,680 –> 00:01:02,340 \ngetting things done next action<\/p>\n
25 \n00:01:00,570 –> 00:01:04,979 \nprinciples and how those things change<\/p>\n
26 \n00:01:02,340 –> 00:01:06,840 \nover time and so I’m gonna hand the mic<\/p>\n
27 \n00:01:04,979 –> 00:01:08,400 \nover to you a goose toe to explain to<\/p>\n
28 \n00:01:06,840 –> 00:01:11,130 \nthe audience what we’re gonna be talking<\/p>\n
29 \n00:01:08,400 –> 00:01:14,070 \nabout today I was looking at my next<\/p>\n
30 \n00:01:11,130 –> 00:01:16,140 \naction list as it was getting behind and<\/p>\n
31 \n00:01:14,070 –> 00:01:19,170 \nI couldn’t understand why it’s not a<\/p>\n
32 \n00:01:16,140 –> 00:01:23,369 \nmatter of the job it’s not a matter of<\/p>\n
33 \n00:01:19,170 –> 00:01:25,470 \nthe tasks per se but the fact was what’s<\/p>\n
34 \n00:01:23,369 –> 00:01:27,630 \ngetting behind and I started to get<\/p>\n
35 \n00:01:25,470 –> 00:01:31,110 \naccumulated so the question for me was<\/p>\n
36 \n00:01:27,630 –> 00:01:33,329 \nis this something because I’ve been<\/p>\n
37 \n00:01:31,110 –> 00:01:36,630 \nextremely busy or this is something<\/p>\n
38 \n00:01:33,329 –> 00:01:41,610 \nbecause a condition around my day-to-day<\/p>\n
39 \n00:01:36,630 –> 00:01:43,290 \nchange in my particular case was the<\/p>\n
40 \n00:01:41,610 –> 00:01:46,860 \nsecond one a condition around my<\/p>\n
41 \n00:01:43,290 –> 00:01:51,299 \nworkplace my work day-to-day change so<\/p>\n
42 \n00:01:46,860 –> 00:01:55,439 \nwhat happened was I begin changing or<\/p>\n
43 \n00:01:51,299 –> 00:01:58,229 \nevolving my role from a person who spent<\/p>\n
44 \n00:01:55,439 –> 00:02:01,140 \na lot of time in the office to a person<\/p>\n
45 \n00:01:58,229 –> 00:02:04,350 \nwho spent almost none in the office in<\/p>\n
46 \n00:02:01,140 –> 00:02:08,190 \nother words a world warrior again<\/p>\n
47 \n00:02:04,350 –> 00:02:13,480 \nas I was looking at that I begin to<\/p>\n
48 \n00:02:08,190 –> 00:02:17,709 \nconsider or ask myself if the way you<\/p>\n
49 \n00:02:13,480 –> 00:02:21,549 \nsee your next actions and how is<\/p>\n
50 \n00:02:17,709 –> 00:02:24,310 \naffected by the unconscious time you<\/p>\n
51 \n00:02:21,549 –> 00:02:27,040 \nthink you have to accomplish them so if<\/p>\n
52 \n00:02:24,310 –> 00:02:29,680 \nyou think for example on the two-minute<\/p>\n
53 \n00:02:27,040 –> 00:02:31,090 \nrule the two minutes without any doubts<\/p>\n
54 \n00:02:29,680 –> 00:02:36,099 \nin arbitrary number<\/p>\n
55 \n00:02:31,090 –> 00:02:40,120 \nso we with practice we begin to identify<\/p>\n
56 \n00:02:36,099 –> 00:02:42,040 \nwhat kind of task can be done on that 2<\/p>\n
57 \n00:02:40,120 –> 00:02:44,560 \nminutes roll the same way that when we<\/p>\n
58 \n00:02:42,040 –> 00:02:46,660 \nare when we have less time we change<\/p>\n
59 \n00:02:44,560 –> 00:02:48,310 \nthat 2 minutes to maybe a minute or 30<\/p>\n
60 \n00:02:46,660 –> 00:02:50,560 \nseconds and everything else going to the<\/p>\n
61 \n00:02:48,310 –> 00:02:52,510 \nsystem or when we have a ridiculous<\/p>\n
62 \n00:02:50,560 –> 00:02:55,709 \namount of time for example a long train<\/p>\n
63 \n00:02:52,510 –> 00:02:58,150 \ntrip coast-to-coast then we can go to a<\/p>\n
64 \n00:02:55,709 –> 00:03:00,760 \n15-minute time because we’ll make no<\/p>\n
65 \n00:02:58,150 –> 00:03:06,790 \ndifference we are not going anywhere so<\/p>\n
66 \n00:03:00,760 –> 00:03:10,349 \nI begin to wonder if hold your next<\/p>\n
67 \n00:03:06,790 –> 00:03:13,780 \nactions do conscious or unconscious<\/p>\n
68 \n00:03:10,349 –> 00:03:15,700 \nbegin setting that same time so when I’m<\/p>\n
69 \n00:03:13,780 –> 00:03:19,480 \nsitting at work this is around the time<\/p>\n
70 \n00:03:15,700 –> 00:03:22,090 \nI can do without being interrupted or<\/p>\n
71 \n00:03:19,480 –> 00:03:24,220 \nwithout the next meeting coming or<\/p>\n
72 \n00:03:22,090 –> 00:03:26,919 \nwithout somebody coming to my desk and<\/p>\n
73 \n00:03:24,220 –> 00:03:29,950 \nask me what I’m doing and you begin<\/p>\n
74 \n00:03:26,919 –> 00:03:34,930 \ndefining your next actions based on that<\/p>\n
75 \n00:03:29,950 –> 00:03:37,060 \ninterval if that’s true then you should<\/p>\n
76 \n00:03:34,930 –> 00:03:42,359 \nbe able to adjust it one way or the<\/p>\n
77 \n00:03:37,060 –> 00:03:45,430 \nother but I’m curious if people also<\/p>\n
78 \n00:03:42,359 –> 00:03:50,280 \nobserve the same thing in other words if<\/p>\n
79 \n00:03:45,430 –> 00:03:54,910 \nthey also notice that their next actions<\/p>\n
80 \n00:03:50,280 –> 00:03:57,340 \nare defined to a specific interval of<\/p>\n
81 \n00:03:54,910 –> 00:03:59,980 \ntime or is just the way mine works<\/p>\n
82 \n00:03:57,340 –> 00:04:02,410 \nenough yeah I’m thinking about this from<\/p>\n
83 \n00:03:59,980 –> 00:04:04,120 \nthe perspective of one of the questions<\/p>\n
84 \n00:04:02,410 –> 00:04:06,370 \nthat I always ask myself and I ask other<\/p>\n
85 \n00:04:04,120 –> 00:04:09,910 \npeople when they’re trying to do task<\/p>\n
86 \n00:04:06,370 –> 00:04:12,910 \nestimation is what’s the amount of time<\/p>\n
87 \n00:04:09,910 –> 00:04:15,600 \nthat you think a task is going to take<\/p>\n
88 \n00:04:12,910 –> 00:04:18,180 \nbased on either assessment or<\/p>\n
89 \n00:04:15,600 –> 00:04:19,830 \nhistorical values what’s important I<\/p>\n
90 \n00:04:18,180 –> 00:04:22,230 \nthink related to what you’re bringing up<\/p>\n
91 \n00:04:19,830 –> 00:04:25,440 \nAugusto is that I don’t know that it’s<\/p>\n
92 \n00:04:22,230 –> 00:04:28,260 \nnecessarily contextual to the time you<\/p>\n
93 \n00:04:25,440 –> 00:04:30,020 \nhave available because if you think<\/p>\n
94 \n00:04:28,260 –> 00:04:32,640 \nabout traditional project management<\/p>\n
95 \n00:04:30,020 –> 00:04:33,270 \nmethodology you’ve got time cost and<\/p>\n
96 \n00:04:32,640 –> 00:04:36,390 \nscope<\/p>\n
97 \n00:04:33,270 –> 00:04:38,430 \nwell if time becomes an inflexible value<\/p>\n
98 \n00:04:36,390 –> 00:04:40,200 \nwhich is this is the amount of time I<\/p>\n
99 \n00:04:38,430 –> 00:04:42,180 \nhave in my calendar the only other two<\/p>\n
100 \n00:04:40,200 –> 00:04:43,920 \nthings that can adjust related to it or<\/p>\n
101 \n00:04:42,180 –> 00:04:46,230 \ncost and scope and if we’re not talking<\/p>\n
102 \n00:04:43,920 –> 00:04:48,930 \nabout money it’s the amount of actual<\/p>\n
103 \n00:04:46,230 –> 00:04:51,780 \nwork that you can do but we haven’t said<\/p>\n
104 \n00:04:48,930 –> 00:04:54,030 \nthat’s the case that we can change the<\/p>\n
105 \n00:04:51,780 –> 00:04:56,700 \nwork on the task so we have two<\/p>\n
106 \n00:04:54,030 –> 00:04:59,760 \ninflexible values trying to help us do<\/p>\n
107 \n00:04:56,700 –> 00:05:03,390 \nthis assessment I think if you’re in a<\/p>\n
108 \n00:04:59,760 –> 00:05:05,280 \nsituation where you have time blocks and<\/p>\n
109 \n00:05:03,390 –> 00:05:07,770 \nyou’re trying to find work that fits<\/p>\n
110 \n00:05:05,280 –> 00:05:11,040 \ninto those blocks that’s a determination<\/p>\n
111 \n00:05:07,770 –> 00:05:12,830 \nyou almost have to make prior to getting<\/p>\n
112 \n00:05:11,040 –> 00:05:15,540 \nto those time blocks you have to look at<\/p>\n
113 \n00:05:12,830 –> 00:05:17,280 \nthe timeline itself you have to look at<\/p>\n
114 \n00:05:15,540 –> 00:05:19,350 \nthe tasks and say okay this task has<\/p>\n
115 \n00:05:17,280 –> 00:05:20,790 \ntraditionally taken twenty minutes and I<\/p>\n
116 \n00:05:19,350 –> 00:05:23,850 \nwas reading an article last week<\/p>\n
117 \n00:05:20,790 –> 00:05:26,790 \nironically enough that talks about this<\/p>\n
118 \n00:05:23,850 –> 00:05:28,620 \nidea of tagging related to time and<\/p>\n
119 \n00:05:26,790 –> 00:05:31,200 \ngoing through and for example in this<\/p>\n
120 \n00:05:28,620 –> 00:05:33,270 \ncase it was using OneNote creating a<\/p>\n
121 \n00:05:31,200 –> 00:05:36,150 \nseries of tags or I’m sorry it was using<\/p>\n
122 \n00:05:33,270 –> 00:05:37,950 \ntodoist creating a series of tags so<\/p>\n
123 \n00:05:36,150 –> 00:05:39,840 \nthat when you put a task in you would<\/p>\n
124 \n00:05:37,950 –> 00:05:42,480 \ntag it and say this is a 15-minute task<\/p>\n
125 \n00:05:39,840 –> 00:05:44,460 \nor this is a 30-minute task then when<\/p>\n
126 \n00:05:42,480 –> 00:05:46,140 \nyou had those opportunities of planning<\/p>\n
127 \n00:05:44,460 –> 00:05:47,910 \nyour calendar you could go back and say<\/p>\n
128 \n00:05:46,140 –> 00:05:50,790 \nokay I’ve got three 30-minute blocks<\/p>\n
129 \n00:05:47,910 –> 00:05:52,790 \nhere where are all my 30-minute tasks<\/p>\n
130 \n00:05:50,790 –> 00:05:55,530 \nand what can I put in where<\/p>\n
131 \n00:05:52,790 –> 00:05:57,230 \ntheoretically that looks solid I have to<\/p>\n
132 \n00:05:55,530 –> 00:05:59,940 \nadmit I haven’t tried it that much<\/p>\n
133 \n00:05:57,230 –> 00:06:05,010 \nhands-on in that method to see if it<\/p>\n
134 \n00:05:59,940 –> 00:06:06,900 \nworks well but yeah it has some pluses<\/p>\n
135 \n00:06:05,010 –> 00:06:09,470 \nand minuses to it but I think it’s one<\/p>\n
136 \n00:06:06,900 –> 00:06:12,690 \nof the ways to kind of mitigate this<\/p>\n
137 \n00:06:09,470 –> 00:06:14,160 \npush-pull between time and scope when<\/p>\n
138 \n00:06:12,690 –> 00:06:15,810 \nyou’re trying to get things planned out<\/p>\n
139 \n00:06:14,160 –> 00:06:20,450 \nI’m not sure if that’s on target for<\/p>\n
140 \n00:06:15,810 –> 00:06:24,600 \nwhat you’re looking for though I have a<\/p>\n
141 \n00:06:20,450 –> 00:06:28,070 \nsort of a little bit about girl net me<\/p>\n
142 \n00:06:24,600 –> 00:06:28,070 \nadd something to the discussion I think<\/p>\n
143 \n00:06:28,300 –> 00:06:33,650 \nit’s a psychological phenomena from from<\/p>\n
144 \n00:06:31,909 –> 00:06:35,210 \nmy point of view that when you create a<\/p>\n
145 \n00:06:33,650 –> 00:06:39,460 \ntask the minute your mind comes up with<\/p>\n
146 \n00:06:35,210 –> 00:06:42,199 \nthe task it automatically tags it in<\/p>\n
147 \n00:06:39,460 –> 00:06:46,639 \nwhat what I what I call in my book in<\/p>\n
148 \n00:06:42,199 –> 00:06:49,729 \nwith implicit tags and the these have to<\/p>\n
149 \n00:06:46,639 –> 00:06:52,219 \ndo with for example what’s the context<\/p>\n
150 \n00:06:49,729 –> 00:06:56,029 \nwhat’s the duration when am I going to<\/p>\n
151 \n00:06:52,219 –> 00:06:58,310 \ndo it how important is it is it urgent<\/p>\n
152 \n00:06:56,029 –> 00:07:00,740 \ndoes it involve any equipment does it<\/p>\n
153 \n00:06:58,310 –> 00:07:03,409 \nhave a cost in other words well as soon<\/p>\n
154 \n00:07:00,740 –> 00:07:06,740 \nas we create a task in our mind these<\/p>\n
155 \n00:07:03,409 –> 00:07:12,349 \npsychological tags get created along<\/p>\n
156 \n00:07:06,740 –> 00:07:15,139 \nalong with it the the when we start to<\/p>\n
157 \n00:07:12,349 –> 00:07:19,400 \nbring tasks out of our head and put them<\/p>\n
158 \n00:07:15,139 –> 00:07:21,919 \nonto lists we start to make these some<\/p>\n
159 \n00:07:19,400 –> 00:07:23,900 \nof these tags explicit so they go from<\/p>\n
160 \n00:07:21,919 –> 00:07:25,339 \nbeing just sort of vague notions to<\/p>\n
161 \n00:07:23,900 –> 00:07:28,879 \nbeing something that we can manipulate<\/p>\n
162 \n00:07:25,339 –> 00:07:32,839 \nbecause there’s actual data involved so<\/p>\n
163 \n00:07:28,879 –> 00:07:35,509 \nfor example when you create a to-do list<\/p>\n
164 \n00:07:32,839 –> 00:07:38,419 \nand you use the Eisenhower metrics<\/p>\n
165 \n00:07:35,509 –> 00:07:42,139 \nyou’re bringing the important and urgent<\/p>\n
166 \n00:07:38,419 –> 00:07:45,979 \ntags out of your sort of the recesses of<\/p>\n
167 \n00:07:42,139 –> 00:07:47,659 \nyour mind the implicit tags and you’re<\/p>\n
168 \n00:07:45,979 –> 00:07:50,870 \nmaking them explicit because you know<\/p>\n
169 \n00:07:47,659 –> 00:07:54,770 \nyou’re organizing the the tasks in front<\/p>\n
170 \n00:07:50,870 –> 00:07:57,770 \nof you using these no explicit tasks<\/p>\n
171 \n00:07:54,770 –> 00:07:59,839 \nit’s re tags and I think what happens<\/p>\n
172 \n00:07:57,770 –> 00:08:02,509 \nover time which I think sort of<\/p>\n
173 \n00:07:59,839 –> 00:08:04,879 \naddresses a Gusteau’s concerned that<\/p>\n
174 \n00:08:02,509 –> 00:08:06,860 \nhe’s noticed a shift I think what<\/p>\n
175 \n00:08:04,879 –> 00:08:11,360 \nhappens over time is that as the number<\/p>\n
176 \n00:08:06,860 –> 00:08:14,599 \nof tasks increase we need to change our<\/p>\n
177 \n00:08:11,360 –> 00:08:17,210 \ntactics accordingly so in the very<\/p>\n
178 \n00:08:14,599 –> 00:08:19,699 \nbeginning the first time we start to<\/p>\n
179 \n00:08:17,210 –> 00:08:21,529 \nmake lists people out people rave about<\/p>\n
180 \n00:08:19,699 –> 00:08:25,849 \nno ties and all this because it’s a very<\/p>\n
181 \n00:08:21,529 –> 00:08:28,189 \nbasic way of using explicit tags but<\/p>\n
182 \n00:08:25,849 –> 00:08:30,139 \nthat works for as long as it works which<\/p>\n
183 \n00:08:28,189 –> 00:08:33,589 \nis for most people open to the point<\/p>\n
184 \n00:08:30,139 –> 00:08:35,209 \nwhere there’s too many tasks then they<\/p>\n
185 \n00:08:33,589 –> 00:08:39,199 \nmove then you need to migrate to a<\/p>\n
186 \n00:08:35,209 –> 00:08:40,910 \ndifferent kind of a system and many<\/p>\n
187 \n00:08:39,199 –> 00:08:42,970 \npeople move to for example<\/p>\n
188 \n00:08:40,910 –> 00:08:45,890 \nGTD system which is a system of using<\/p>\n
189 \n00:08:42,970 –> 00:08:51,430 \ncontexts in different ways and that the<\/p>\n
190 \n00:08:45,890 –> 00:08:53,920 \nGTD contexts are a bit can sa kind of<\/p>\n
191 \n00:08:51,430 –> 00:08:58,390 \ninducing critique away because some are<\/p>\n
192 \n00:08:53,920 –> 00:09:02,120 \nlocation-based some are equipment based<\/p>\n
193 \n00:08:58,390 –> 00:09:05,870 \nthere there’s some people even use later<\/p>\n
194 \n00:09:02,120 –> 00:09:09,020 \nsome days or temporally based so that we<\/p>\n
195 \n00:09:05,870 –> 00:09:11,720 \ntry to gain some capacity by changing<\/p>\n
196 \n00:09:09,020 –> 00:09:15,220 \nthe way we tag and I think what’s<\/p>\n
197 \n00:09:11,720 –> 00:09:18,620 \nhappened with Augusto my hype my<\/p>\n
198 \n00:09:15,220 –> 00:09:21,410 \ndiagnosis if I were a doctor if to say<\/p>\n
199 \n00:09:18,620 –> 00:09:25,070 \nthat he’s running out of available free<\/p>\n
200 \n00:09:21,410 –> 00:09:27,800 \ntime and all of a sudden he doesn’t have<\/p>\n
201 \n00:09:25,070 –> 00:09:33,710 \nthe flexibility that he had or in other<\/p>\n
202 \n00:09:27,800 –> 00:09:38,390 \nwords he has less slack time to decide<\/p>\n
203 \n00:09:33,710 –> 00:09:40,850 \nwhat to do when to put tasks put tasks<\/p>\n
204 \n00:09:38,390 –> 00:09:45,500 \nwithin the slack time that he had he has<\/p>\n
205 \n00:09:40,850 –> 00:09:49,310 \nso the motor time has gone down but he<\/p>\n
206 \n00:09:45,500 –> 00:09:51,200 \nhe still expects his his task to fit<\/p>\n
207 \n00:09:49,310 –> 00:09:54,050 \ninto the available slack time the way it<\/p>\n
208 \n00:09:51,200 –> 00:09:55,850 \nused to which is the system that he used<\/p>\n
209 \n00:09:54,050 –> 00:09:59,540 \nto use before he went out on the road<\/p>\n
210 \n00:09:55,850 –> 00:10:01,730 \nand I think what’s happened what needs<\/p>\n
211 \n00:09:59,540 –> 00:10:06,230 \nto happen sort of from the outside<\/p>\n
212 \n00:10:01,730 –> 00:10:10,420 \nlooking in is he no needs to to move to<\/p>\n
213 \n00:10:06,230 –> 00:10:15,110 \nusing temporal tags which are duration<\/p>\n
214 \n00:10:10,420 –> 00:10:17,060 \nplanned time of start due date and all<\/p>\n
215 \n00:10:15,110 –> 00:10:21,260 \nthat’s happened all that happens to all<\/p>\n
216 \n00:10:17,060 –> 00:10:24,680 \nof us is that as we add more tasks a new<\/p>\n
217 \n00:10:21,260 –> 00:10:27,080 \nconstraint emerges so in the in the very<\/p>\n
218 \n00:10:24,680 –> 00:10:28,970 \nbeginning when you using memory the<\/p>\n
219 \n00:10:27,080 –> 00:10:31,460 \nconstraint at that time at some point<\/p>\n
220 \n00:10:28,970 –> 00:10:33,080 \nwhen we’re me maybe hit 15 16 17 years<\/p>\n
221 \n00:10:31,460 –> 00:10:34,280 \nold is that we can’t remember all that<\/p>\n
222 \n00:10:33,080 –> 00:10:37,670 \nwe need to so that we start writing<\/p>\n
223 \n00:10:34,280 –> 00:10:40,640 \nstuff down so at that point the<\/p>\n
224 \n00:10:37,670 –> 00:10:43,190 \nconstraint is memory and as we go along<\/p>\n
225 \n00:10:40,640 –> 00:10:46,880 \nthe constraints change and we need to<\/p>\n
226 \n00:10:43,190 –> 00:10:49,340 \nchange over our tactics accordingly and<\/p>\n
227 \n00:10:46,880 –> 00:10:51,230 \nI think he’s he may be at the cusp<\/p>\n
228 \n00:10:49,340 –> 00:10:52,310 \nwhich many people reach from my point of<\/p>\n
229 \n00:10:51,230 –> 00:10:53,880 \nview and I’ve been there actually<\/p>\n
230 \n00:10:52,310 –> 00:11:00,960 \nactually twice<\/p>\n
231 \n00:10:53,880 –> 00:11:04,740 \nmy memory where the using task lists no<\/p>\n
232 \n00:11:00,960 –> 00:11:06,810 \nlonger work so we used and I had to make<\/p>\n
233 \n00:11:04,740 –> 00:11:08,760 \na transition to scheduling everything or<\/p>\n
234 \n00:11:06,810 –> 00:11:12,930 \nin other words time blocking everything<\/p>\n
235 \n00:11:08,760 –> 00:11:16,820 \nor using temporal tags instead of<\/p>\n
236 \n00:11:12,930 –> 00:11:19,350 \ncontextual tags and the only reason I<\/p>\n
237 \n00:11:16,820 –> 00:11:22,790 \nhave survived the transition is because<\/p>\n
238 \n00:11:19,350 –> 00:11:26,460 \nI use a program that allows me to it to<\/p>\n
239 \n00:11:22,790 –> 00:11:28,370 \nreschedule my calendar without my doing<\/p>\n
240 \n00:11:26,460 –> 00:11:32,070 \nit converted auto schedules my calendar<\/p>\n
241 \n00:11:28,370 –> 00:11:35,100 \nso it’s perfect for someone who must use<\/p>\n
242 \n00:11:32,070 –> 00:11:39,590 \ncontext I’m sorry temporal tags versus<\/p>\n
243 \n00:11:35,100 –> 00:11:44,100 \nother kinds of tags so I said a lot but<\/p>\n
244 \n00:11:39,590 –> 00:11:45,720 \nwe’re reading it okay I’m gonna agree<\/p>\n
245 \n00:11:44,100 –> 00:11:48,090 \nwith you completely on the idea of the<\/p>\n
246 \n00:11:45,720 –> 00:11:51,480 \ntemporal tags and and kind of bring it<\/p>\n
247 \n00:11:48,090 –> 00:11:55,560 \ndown a notch because you I think you hit<\/p>\n
248 \n00:11:51,480 –> 00:11:59,100 \nthe key term on it and that is the the<\/p>\n
249 \n00:11:55,560 –> 00:12:02,580 \ncontingencies that are impacting the<\/p>\n
250 \n00:11:59,100 –> 00:12:05,340 \ntasks have shifted what are the primary<\/p>\n
251 \n00:12:02,580 –> 00:12:07,470 \ndrivers that are that have influence and<\/p>\n
252 \n00:12:05,340 –> 00:12:10,290 \ncontrol over those tasks if you’re in a<\/p>\n
253 \n00:12:07,470 –> 00:12:12,750 \nsituation where you have an eight-hour<\/p>\n
254 \n00:12:10,290 –> 00:12:14,550 \nblock of a day and you know you always<\/p>\n
255 \n00:12:12,750 –> 00:12:15,720 \nhave that eight hour block of a day and<\/p>\n
256 \n00:12:14,550 –> 00:12:17,790 \nyou’re going to be working in the same<\/p>\n
257 \n00:12:15,720 –> 00:12:20,700 \nspace with the same equipment and the<\/p>\n
258 \n00:12:17,790 –> 00:12:23,670 \nsame software it’s much easier to plan<\/p>\n
259 \n00:12:20,700 –> 00:12:26,430 \nsomething that’s going to flex but if<\/p>\n
260 \n00:12:23,670 –> 00:12:29,130 \nyou’re out and about or you have hard<\/p>\n
261 \n00:12:26,430 –> 00:12:31,260 \nscheduled activities or I’m gonna flip<\/p>\n
262 \n00:12:29,130 –> 00:12:34,230 \nthis around a little bit if you’re a<\/p>\n
263 \n00:12:31,260 –> 00:12:36,690 \nmanager or an executive that has a lot<\/p>\n
264 \n00:12:34,230 –> 00:12:38,700 \nof meetings that are thrown at you not<\/p>\n
265 \n00:12:36,690 –> 00:12:42,870 \nones of your own creation but once you<\/p>\n
266 \n00:12:38,700 –> 00:12:45,420 \nkeep getting invited to then the<\/p>\n
267 \n00:12:42,870 –> 00:12:49,320 \nsituation you’re in is you don’t have<\/p>\n
268 \n00:12:45,420 –> 00:12:51,900 \ncontrol over a lot of those key drivers<\/p>\n
269 \n00:12:49,320 –> 00:12:53,670 \nso you have to say okay what what are<\/p>\n
270 \n00:12:51,900 –> 00:12:57,660 \nthe influences that are gonna mess these<\/p>\n
271 \n00:12:53,670 –> 00:13:00,450 \ntasks up for me and what actually items<\/p>\n
272 \n00:12:57,660 –> 00:13:03,360 \ndo I have control over if you don’t have<\/p>\n
273 \n00:13:00,450 –> 00:13:06,360 \ncontrol over the length and the and the<\/p>\n
274 \n00:13:03,360 –> 00:13:07,590 \nspacing of your time blocks then the<\/p>\n
275 \n00:13:06,360 –> 00:13:09,540 \nonly thing you can really do<\/p>\n
276 \n00:13:07,590 –> 00:13:11,570 \nhas chunked the tasks down in a way that<\/p>\n
277 \n00:13:09,540 –> 00:13:13,410 \nthey become much more dynamic and that’s<\/p>\n
278 \n00:13:11,570 –> 00:13:15,120 \nthat’s where I started thinking about<\/p>\n
279 \n00:13:13,410 –> 00:13:17,280 \nwhat we’re dealing with here I could see<\/p>\n
280 \n00:13:15,120 –> 00:13:19,950 \nsomebody who had a master listing of<\/p>\n
281 \n00:13:17,280 –> 00:13:22,440 \ntasks big tasks and having problems<\/p>\n
282 \n00:13:19,950 –> 00:13:24,600 \nscheduling them well maybe they need to<\/p>\n
283 \n00:13:22,440 –> 00:13:26,880 \nbe smaller maybe need to need to have<\/p>\n
284 \n00:13:24,600 –> 00:13:28,860 \nmore little ones that can be broken up<\/p>\n
285 \n00:13:26,880 –> 00:13:30,570 \nand fit into things now there’s a<\/p>\n
286 \n00:13:28,860 –> 00:13:33,540 \ndiminishing point of return there as<\/p>\n
287 \n00:13:30,570 –> 00:13:36,390 \nwell where you’re gonna have so many<\/p>\n
288 \n00:13:33,540 –> 00:13:38,340 \nlittle things to try and juggle that you<\/p>\n
289 \n00:13:36,390 –> 00:13:42,240 \nmay be transitioning in and out of work<\/p>\n
290 \n00:13:38,340 –> 00:13:43,830 \ntoo quickly it it’s not optimal in<\/p>\n
291 \n00:13:42,240 –> 00:13:46,560 \neither situation if you don’t have<\/p>\n
292 \n00:13:43,830 –> 00:13:49,860 \ncontrol over either the workload or the<\/p>\n
293 \n00:13:46,560 –> 00:13:51,600 \nschedule and if both are fairly out of<\/p>\n
294 \n00:13:49,860 –> 00:13:54,270 \nyour control then it can be really<\/p>\n
295 \n00:13:51,600 –> 00:13:56,820 \ndifficult that’s where you have to<\/p>\n
296 \n00:13:54,270 –> 00:13:58,470 \nconstantly measure and evaluate your<\/p>\n
297 \n00:13:56,820 –> 00:14:01,350 \nsystem look at the amount of stuff going<\/p>\n
298 \n00:13:58,470 –> 00:14:03,720 \nin do the work look at how that work was<\/p>\n
299 \n00:14:01,350 –> 00:14:06,630 \nsuccessful take a look at those metrics<\/p>\n
300 \n00:14:03,720 –> 00:14:08,070 \nand say okay what worked what didn’t did<\/p>\n
301 \n00:14:06,630 –> 00:14:09,960 \ncertain sized time blocks I have a<\/p>\n
302 \n00:14:08,070 –> 00:14:12,810 \ngreater level of success or smaller ones<\/p>\n
303 \n00:14:09,960 –> 00:14:14,460 \nand start to tune it and continue to<\/p>\n
304 \n00:14:12,810 –> 00:14:16,050 \nrefine it I don’t think you’re gonna<\/p>\n
305 \n00:14:14,460 –> 00:14:18,660 \nfind anyone that you can flip a switch<\/p>\n
306 \n00:14:16,050 –> 00:14:21,720 \nand and this stuff is gonna fit this<\/p>\n
307 \n00:14:18,660 –> 00:14:23,340 \nparticular model I very much believe in<\/p>\n
308 \n00:14:21,720 –> 00:14:25,590 \nthe concept of acceleration and<\/p>\n
309 \n00:14:23,340 –> 00:14:28,230 \ndeceleration lanes when it comes to your<\/p>\n
310 \n00:14:25,590 –> 00:14:30,090 \nproductivity routine and so I think<\/p>\n
311 \n00:14:28,230 –> 00:14:33,030 \nthat’s really important I did want to I<\/p>\n
312 \n00:14:30,090 –> 00:14:35,910 \nwant to jump back to to some comments<\/p>\n
313 \n00:14:33,030 –> 00:14:38,250 \nthat Francis had made about this being a<\/p>\n
314 \n00:14:35,910 –> 00:14:39,960 \nmemory limit issue and if we can sort of<\/p>\n
315 \n00:14:38,250 –> 00:14:42,960 \nthink about this in terms of psychic RAM<\/p>\n
316 \n00:14:39,960 –> 00:14:45,450 \nI hate to really analogize the brain to<\/p>\n
317 \n00:14:42,960 –> 00:14:46,890 \na computer too much but if we think<\/p>\n
318 \n00:14:45,450 –> 00:14:49,350 \nabout it from that perspective we have<\/p>\n
319 \n00:14:46,890 –> 00:14:51,840 \nthis sense of psychic RAM and that<\/p>\n
320 \n00:14:49,350 –> 00:14:54,810 \ntemporary memory storage does fill up<\/p>\n
321 \n00:14:51,840 –> 00:14:56,340 \nvery quickly for us and so we need to be<\/p>\n
322 \n00:14:54,810 –> 00:14:58,410 \nconscious of that but there are other<\/p>\n
323 \n00:14:56,340 –> 00:15:00,780 \nlimits I think that also come into play<\/p>\n
324 \n00:14:58,410 –> 00:15:02,880 \nwhich not necessarily the limits but<\/p>\n
325 \n00:15:00,780 –> 00:15:07,220 \nother dimensions which is the emotional<\/p>\n
326 \n00:15:02,880 –> 00:15:10,140 \ndimension typically measured in anxiety<\/p>\n
327 \n00:15:07,220 –> 00:15:12,570 \nlevels and this is not really negative<\/p>\n
328 \n00:15:10,140 –> 00:15:15,510 \nanxiety necessarily it’s just the<\/p>\n
329 \n00:15:12,570 –> 00:15:17,760 \ndiscomfort you feel physically from the<\/p>\n
330 \n00:15:15,510 –> 00:15:20,100 \nemotion of anxiety and I think that a<\/p>\n
331 \n00:15:17,760 –> 00:15:21,240 \nlot of people don’t get that when we’re<\/p>\n
332 \n00:15:20,100 –> 00:15:23,640 \ntalking about personal<\/p>\n
333 \n00:15:21,240 –> 00:15:27,839 \nproductivity especially your individual<\/p>\n
334 \n00:15:23,640 –> 00:15:30,240 \nanxiety levels will predispose you to a<\/p>\n
335 \n00:15:27,839 –> 00:15:33,240 \nparticular type of action or non action<\/p>\n
336 \n00:15:30,240 –> 00:15:34,440 \nright so that’s one particular thing<\/p>\n
337 \n00:15:33,240 –> 00:15:36,720 \nthat we have to really take into account<\/p>\n
338 \n00:15:34,440 –> 00:15:38,910 \nand then as well as motivation right how<\/p>\n
339 \n00:15:36,720 –> 00:15:41,550 \nmotivated you are to do something or not<\/p>\n
340 \n00:15:38,910 –> 00:15:44,520 \nwell then also play into it so I just<\/p>\n
341 \n00:15:41,550 –> 00:15:46,230 \nwanted to add those maybe dimensions to<\/p>\n
342 \n00:15:44,520 –> 00:15:48,810 \nthe concept that yes we get to a point<\/p>\n
343 \n00:15:46,230 –> 00:15:50,940 \nin our adolescent and then preteen and<\/p>\n
344 \n00:15:48,810 –> 00:15:54,089 \nteen years where things start to become<\/p>\n
345 \n00:15:50,940 –> 00:15:56,250 \nsuch a maximum limit that we can keep<\/p>\n
346 \n00:15:54,089 –> 00:15:59,250 \nrunning in terms of projects and actions<\/p>\n
347 \n00:15:56,250 –> 00:16:00,720 \nthat we do start to keep lists but then<\/p>\n
348 \n00:15:59,250 –> 00:16:03,089 \nwe get to this other point which is that<\/p>\n
349 \n00:16:00,720 –> 00:16:05,940 \nif I’m type-a I’m predisposed to higher<\/p>\n
350 \n00:16:03,089 –> 00:16:08,250 \nlevels of anxiety again not necessarily<\/p>\n
351 \n00:16:05,940 –> 00:16:10,620 \na negative thing we need to we need to<\/p>\n
352 \n00:16:08,250 –> 00:16:13,740 \nlearn how to manage those well and here<\/p>\n
353 \n00:16:10,620 –> 00:16:16,260 \nin adulthood we recognize or we should<\/p>\n
354 \n00:16:13,740 –> 00:16:18,420 \nrecognize I hope we recognize that<\/p>\n
355 \n00:16:16,260 –> 00:16:20,250 \nthat’s something that’s going on under<\/p>\n
356 \n00:16:18,420 –> 00:16:22,140 \nthe hood and we can then go ahead and<\/p>\n
357 \n00:16:20,250 –> 00:16:24,839 \nsay okay I need more framework I need<\/p>\n
358 \n00:16:22,140 –> 00:16:26,730 \nmore control versus perspective again<\/p>\n
359 \n00:16:24,839 –> 00:16:29,190 \ngoing back to sort of GTD language in<\/p>\n
360 \n00:16:26,730 –> 00:16:32,850 \norder to be able to reduce that stress<\/p>\n
361 \n00:16:29,190 –> 00:16:35,880 \nand then increase the movement forward<\/p>\n
362 \n00:16:32,850 –> 00:16:38,880 \non the flip side of this going back to<\/p>\n
363 \n00:16:35,880 –> 00:16:40,890 \nsort of the the topic at hand I did want<\/p>\n
364 \n00:16:38,880 –> 00:16:42,779 \nto sort of outline a little bit about<\/p>\n
365 \n00:16:40,890 –> 00:16:45,740 \nthe way in which I approach this which<\/p>\n
366 \n00:16:42,779 –> 00:16:50,990 \nis that for many years I have used time<\/p>\n
367 \n00:16:45,740 –> 00:16:53,790 \navailable as the driving force behind<\/p>\n
368 \n00:16:50,990 –> 00:16:56,279 \ncreating next actions and not<\/p>\n
369 \n00:16:53,790 –> 00:16:59,040 \nnecessarily the traditional concept of<\/p>\n
370 \n00:16:56,279 –> 00:17:01,140 \ncontext I see the efficiencies of making<\/p>\n
371 \n00:16:59,040 –> 00:17:03,240 \ncalls together and sending emails<\/p>\n
372 \n00:17:01,140 –> 00:17:06,150 \ntogether and so and so forth but I do<\/p>\n
373 \n00:17:03,240 –> 00:17:10,199 \nnot I just know how I work I work very<\/p>\n
374 \n00:17:06,150 –> 00:17:12,540 \nmuch project based and so there is this<\/p>\n
375 \n00:17:10,199 –> 00:17:15,959 \nconcept for me that I need to finish I<\/p>\n
376 \n00:17:12,540 –> 00:17:18,360 \nneed to complete some chunk what I call<\/p>\n
377 \n00:17:15,959 –> 00:17:20,939 \na milestone which is up either a part of<\/p>\n
378 \n00:17:18,360 –> 00:17:23,760 \na project or multiple projects together<\/p>\n
379 \n00:17:20,939 –> 00:17:27,260 \nthat create an anchor around something<\/p>\n
380 \n00:17:23,760 –> 00:17:30,179 \nand so many times I want to complete<\/p>\n
381 \n00:17:27,260 –> 00:17:32,040 \nsome part of something in order to feel<\/p>\n
382 \n00:17:30,179 –> 00:17:34,450 \naccomplished it’s not literally just<\/p>\n
383 \n00:17:32,040 –> 00:17:37,779 \nchecking off one action for it<\/p>\n
384 \n00:17:34,450 –> 00:17:39,370 \nthat gets me that dopamine kick it’s the<\/p>\n
385 \n00:17:37,779 –> 00:17:42,370 \nit’s the knowing of completion of<\/p>\n
386 \n00:17:39,370 –> 00:17:44,470 \nsomething so it’s rather intuitive and<\/p>\n
387 \n00:17:42,370 –> 00:17:46,720 \niterative for me in terms of next action<\/p>\n
388 \n00:17:44,470 –> 00:17:49,659 \nplanning and so over the years I’ve just<\/p>\n
389 \n00:17:46,720 –> 00:17:52,240 \npaid attention and this again for me I’m<\/p>\n
390 \n00:17:49,659 –> 00:17:54,760 \na quantified self err so I’m always<\/p>\n
391 \n00:17:52,240 –> 00:17:58,750 \ntracking data about myself and I’ve<\/p>\n
392 \n00:17:54,760 –> 00:17:59,440 \nlearned through past data how long it<\/p>\n
393 \n00:17:58,750 –> 00:18:03,010 \ntakes me<\/p>\n
394 \n00:17:59,440 –> 00:18:04,690 \non average usually a mean average that<\/p>\n
395 \n00:18:03,010 –> 00:18:06,789 \nI’m taking not a modal average because I<\/p>\n
396 \n00:18:04,690 –> 00:18:09,309 \nthink that can be a little bit a little<\/p>\n
397 \n00:18:06,789 –> 00:18:12,549 \nless accurate than for some reason the<\/p>\n
398 \n00:18:09,309 –> 00:18:15,519 \nmean average and so I then go in and I<\/p>\n
399 \n00:18:12,549 –> 00:18:19,870 \nidentify how long things typically take<\/p>\n
400 \n00:18:15,519 –> 00:18:22,630 \nfor me and thereby helping to inform me<\/p>\n
401 \n00:18:19,870 –> 00:18:26,019 \ngoing forward when I look at how much<\/p>\n
402 \n00:18:22,630 –> 00:18:27,850 \ntime available I have and the actions<\/p>\n
403 \n00:18:26,019 –> 00:18:31,240 \nthat are necessary to bring me to<\/p>\n
404 \n00:18:27,850 –> 00:18:34,870 \nfruition does that make sense guys it<\/p>\n
405 \n00:18:31,240 –> 00:18:37,059 \ndoes it parallels as I mentioned the<\/p>\n
406 \n00:18:34,870 –> 00:18:38,380 \nproject management space I look at<\/p>\n
407 \n00:18:37,059 –> 00:18:41,350 \nthings a little bit differently because<\/p>\n
408 \n00:18:38,380 –> 00:18:43,630 \nI come from a pre-sales sales kind of<\/p>\n
409 \n00:18:41,350 –> 00:18:45,899 \nbackground for a long time and a lot of<\/p>\n
410 \n00:18:43,630 –> 00:18:48,940 \nits estimation at work prior to doing it<\/p>\n
411 \n00:18:45,899 –> 00:18:52,029 \nfor to get somebody to agree that you’re<\/p>\n
412 \n00:18:48,940 –> 00:18:55,630 \ngonna do it so for me it’s a matter of<\/p>\n
413 \n00:18:52,029 –> 00:18:57,130 \nlooking at historical completion which<\/p>\n
414 \n00:18:55,630 –> 00:18:59,049 \nis a lot of the measurements that you’re<\/p>\n
415 \n00:18:57,130 –> 00:19:00,880 \ntalking about and then being able to say<\/p>\n
416 \n00:18:59,049 –> 00:19:03,309 \nwell how close to that historical<\/p>\n
417 \n00:19:00,880 –> 00:19:05,710 \naccuracy can we get in the estimation of<\/p>\n
418 \n00:19:03,309 –> 00:19:08,559 \nthis particular task to say it’s going<\/p>\n
419 \n00:19:05,710 –> 00:19:10,899 \nto take X number of hours to do now<\/p>\n
420 \n00:19:08,559 –> 00:19:12,789 \nthat’s on a larger scale and not often<\/p>\n
421 \n00:19:10,899 –> 00:19:15,130 \nare we booking are we thinking about<\/p>\n
422 \n00:19:12,789 –> 00:19:16,809 \nthings in just our daily activity where<\/p>\n
423 \n00:19:15,130 –> 00:19:19,330 \nwe’re saying okay this is going to be an<\/p>\n
424 \n00:19:16,809 –> 00:19:21,700 \neight-hour task or a 16-hour task I mean<\/p>\n
425 \n00:19:19,330 –> 00:19:23,760 \nwe break it down more granularly than<\/p>\n
426 \n00:19:21,700 –> 00:19:30,250 \nthat at least I think we do I know I do<\/p>\n
427 \n00:19:23,760 –> 00:19:35,049 \nso looking at that kind of pre-planning<\/p>\n
428 \n00:19:30,250 –> 00:19:37,419 \nI have to wonder maybe to make it a<\/p>\n
429 \n00:19:35,049 –> 00:19:39,580 \nlittle less daunting maybe being able to<\/p>\n
430 \n00:19:37,419 –> 00:19:42,250 \nbreak things down into buckets are<\/p>\n
431 \n00:19:39,580 –> 00:19:44,799 \nhelpful you know start to identify tasks<\/p>\n
432 \n00:19:42,250 –> 00:19:47,110 \nwith context not so much around duration<\/p>\n
433 \n00:19:44,799 –> 00:19:48,880 \nbut estimated size this<\/p>\n
434 \n00:19:47,110 –> 00:19:50,950 \na small test this is a medium test this<\/p>\n
435 \n00:19:48,880 –> 00:19:54,040 \nis a large task understanding that that<\/p>\n
436 \n00:19:50,950 –> 00:19:56,200 \ntranslates to roughly a half hour<\/p>\n
437 \n00:19:54,040 –> 00:19:58,480 \nroughly an hour roughly two hours and<\/p>\n
438 \n00:19:56,200 –> 00:20:02,679 \nthen you can go through and juggle your<\/p>\n
439 \n00:19:58,480 –> 00:20:04,240 \nyour planning accordingly I think a lot<\/p>\n
440 \n00:20:02,679 –> 00:20:06,610 \nof this honestly from what I’m hearing<\/p>\n
441 \n00:20:04,240 –> 00:20:09,790 \nfrom all of us is going to be a lot of<\/p>\n
442 \n00:20:06,610 –> 00:20:12,460 \ntrial and error in methodology there is<\/p>\n
443 \n00:20:09,790 –> 00:20:14,890 \nno that I’ve heard there’s no formulaic<\/p>\n
444 \n00:20:12,460 –> 00:20:16,600 \nway to approach this because it’s going<\/p>\n
445 \n00:20:14,890 –> 00:20:19,419 \nto vary depending on the type of work<\/p>\n
446 \n00:20:16,600 –> 00:20:21,820 \nyou’re doing and the one thing we<\/p>\n
447 \n00:20:19,419 –> 00:20:23,679 \nhaven’t talked about what happens when<\/p>\n
448 \n00:20:21,820 –> 00:20:25,179 \nthis planning breaks what happens when<\/p>\n
449 \n00:20:23,679 –> 00:20:30,400 \nsomething jumps into it what happens<\/p>\n
450 \n00:20:25,179 –> 00:20:34,960 \nwhen a task goes off the rails I I can<\/p>\n
451 \n00:20:30,400 –> 00:20:36,850 \nshare some of my own history here I I<\/p>\n
452 \n00:20:34,960 –> 00:20:41,820 \nrecently was two years ago<\/p>\n
453 \n00:20:36,850 –> 00:20:44,970 \nmade the switch from from managing my<\/p>\n
454 \n00:20:41,820 –> 00:20:47,640 \nbeen manipulating my own calendar I<\/p>\n
455 \n00:20:44,970 –> 00:20:50,290 \nmentioned using an auto scheduler before<\/p>\n
456 \n00:20:47,640 –> 00:20:52,900 \nand I’ve been I’ve been manipulating my<\/p>\n
457 \n00:20:50,290 –> 00:20:58,540 \nown calendar or a calendar of all my<\/p>\n
458 \n00:20:52,900 –> 00:21:00,490 \ntasks for this about 2001 I think and I<\/p>\n
459 \n00:20:58,540 –> 00:21:02,440 \nhad a break in between when I thought I<\/p>\n
460 \n00:21:00,490 –> 00:21:04,270 \ncould find something better and turned<\/p>\n
461 \n00:21:02,440 –> 00:21:07,809 \nout to be worse but any we have been<\/p>\n
462 \n00:21:04,270 –> 00:21:10,570 \ntrying to do this manually for 15 years<\/p>\n
463 \n00:21:07,809 –> 00:21:12,280 \nand then two years ago I made the<\/p>\n
464 \n00:21:10,570 –> 00:21:15,190 \ntransition to using an auto scheduler<\/p>\n
465 \n00:21:12,280 –> 00:21:18,250 \nand and I had them difficulty most<\/p>\n
466 \n00:21:15,190 –> 00:21:22,710 \npeople have which is that it’s it’s hard<\/p>\n
467 \n00:21:18,250 –> 00:21:26,500 \nto to figure out the right calendar<\/p>\n
468 \n00:21:22,710 –> 00:21:28,210 \nmanually and to keep it updated so a<\/p>\n
469 \n00:21:26,500 –> 00:21:30,880 \nbooster is probably you know looking at<\/p>\n
470 \n00:21:28,210 –> 00:21:32,710 \nyou know I have I have 20 hours<\/p>\n
471 \n00:21:30,880 –> 00:21:34,390 \navailable each week that I’m not in<\/p>\n
472 \n00:21:32,710 –> 00:21:35,740 \nmeetings I’m not traveling and it’s<\/p>\n
473 \n00:21:34,390 –> 00:21:38,650 \ndiscretionary<\/p>\n
474 \n00:21:35,740 –> 00:21:41,950 \nI have 30 hours of activity to put into<\/p>\n
475 \n00:21:38,650 –> 00:21:44,730 \nthat 20 hours how do I figure out what’s<\/p>\n
476 \n00:21:41,950 –> 00:21:48,070 \nthe best 20 hours to pick from the 30<\/p>\n
477 \n00:21:44,730 –> 00:21:49,929 \nknow doing that manually is very very<\/p>\n
478 \n00:21:48,070 –> 00:21:52,299 \nvery terms of to be very very very hard<\/p>\n
479 \n00:21:49,929 –> 00:21:54,309 \nI can see from experience because you<\/p>\n
480 \n00:21:52,299 –> 00:21:56,830 \nyou’re juggling multiple attributes<\/p>\n
481 \n00:21:54,309 –> 00:21:59,590 \nfiguring out what’s high priority was<\/p>\n
482 \n00:21:56,830 –> 00:22:01,990 \nurgent and that changes every day and<\/p>\n
483 \n00:21:59,590 –> 00:22:03,639 \nyou got to redo your schedule whenever<\/p>\n
484 \n00:22:01,990 –> 00:22:06,039 \nthere’s a surprise and all of a sudden<\/p>\n
485 \n00:22:03,639 –> 00:22:08,019 \nyou have a late flight and messes<\/p>\n
486 \n00:22:06,039 –> 00:22:10,179 \neverything up but so you’re always<\/p>\n
487 \n00:22:08,019 –> 00:22:11,559 \njuggling juggling and rescheduling and<\/p>\n
488 \n00:22:10,179 –> 00:22:13,419 \nyou’re doing it manually you’re trying<\/p>\n
489 \n00:22:11,559 –> 00:22:16,090 \nto use a lot of psychic I’m according to<\/p>\n
490 \n00:22:13,419 –> 00:22:17,860 \nI thought it’s furry to try and come up<\/p>\n
491 \n00:22:16,090 –> 00:22:21,129 \nwith a schedule that looks feasible and<\/p>\n
492 \n00:22:17,860 –> 00:22:23,019 \nhave it be feasible all the time the<\/p>\n
493 \n00:22:21,129 –> 00:22:26,139 \nwhen I started using an auto schedule a<\/p>\n
494 \n00:22:23,019 –> 00:22:27,730 \ncouple years ago it took away all of the<\/p>\n
495 \n00:22:26,139 –> 00:22:30,009 \nmanual effort because no with the click<\/p>\n
496 \n00:22:27,730 –> 00:22:32,230 \nof a button I instantly have an optimal<\/p>\n
497 \n00:22:30,009 –> 00:22:36,909 \nschedule but what I’ve noticed since<\/p>\n
498 \n00:22:32,230 –> 00:22:39,100 \nthen is is but because I’m scheduling so<\/p>\n
499 \n00:22:36,909 –> 00:22:42,690 \nfrequently which is multiple times a day<\/p>\n
500 \n00:22:39,100 –> 00:22:45,490 \nand I’m not using my own energy to do it<\/p>\n
501 \n00:22:42,690 –> 00:22:48,190 \nI’ve become a sort of a better scheduler<\/p>\n
502 \n00:22:45,490 –> 00:22:53,830 \nin the sense that I’m a better estimator<\/p>\n
503 \n00:22:48,190 –> 00:22:55,119 \nso I I because I’m I’m the lies that I<\/p>\n
504 \n00:22:53,830 –> 00:22:58,029 \nused to tell myself and I used to get<\/p>\n
505 \n00:22:55,119 –> 00:23:00,580 \naway with it slowly taken oh no I can<\/p>\n
506 \n00:22:58,029 –> 00:23:02,470 \nsee where where that cost me something<\/p>\n
507 \n00:23:00,580 –> 00:23:04,629 \nin my schedule it cost me time and<\/p>\n
508 \n00:23:02,470 –> 00:23:08,139 \nenergy so I become a far better<\/p>\n
509 \n00:23:04,629 –> 00:23:10,980 \nestimator and much less of a more more<\/p>\n
510 \n00:23:08,139 –> 00:23:14,950 \ntruthful and how long things tick and<\/p>\n
511 \n00:23:10,980 –> 00:23:17,649 \nhow good and how well I can follow my<\/p>\n
512 \n00:23:14,950 –> 00:23:20,860 \nown schedule so of course I have history<\/p>\n
513 \n00:23:17,649 –> 00:23:22,960 \nno because I have I’m actually system<\/p>\n
514 \n00:23:20,860 –> 00:23:26,700 \ngathers gathers some data that you can<\/p>\n
515 \n00:23:22,960 –> 00:23:29,769 \ngo back and look at prior activities<\/p>\n
516 \n00:23:26,700 –> 00:23:32,950 \nI’ve become way more granular as you can<\/p>\n
517 \n00:23:29,769 –> 00:23:36,909 \nimagine because when I when I did manual<\/p>\n
518 \n00:23:32,950 –> 00:23:41,049 \nscheduling and this was using a Google<\/p>\n
519 \n00:23:36,909 –> 00:23:42,909 \nCalendar mostly it was really hard to<\/p>\n
520 \n00:23:41,049 –> 00:23:44,799 \nschedule a lot of items so the smallest<\/p>\n
521 \n00:23:42,909 –> 00:23:46,570 \ntime block I could possibly manage was<\/p>\n
522 \n00:23:44,799 –> 00:23:48,039 \nabout a half an hour I would never go<\/p>\n
523 \n00:23:46,570 –> 00:23:51,460 \nlower than that because it was just too<\/p>\n
524 \n00:23:48,039 –> 00:23:53,740 \nhard to manipulate so many tasks no<\/p>\n
525 \n00:23:51,460 –> 00:23:55,629 \nhowever I can go down to five and ten<\/p>\n
526 \n00:23:53,740 –> 00:23:58,179 \nminutes if I want because I’m the one<\/p>\n
527 \n00:23:55,629 –> 00:23:59,740 \ndoing all the hard work it accumulates<\/p>\n
528 \n00:23:58,179 –> 00:24:02,769 \nsmall tasks put them to get put them<\/p>\n
529 \n00:23:59,740 –> 00:24:04,629 \ntogether in different ways and so it<\/p>\n
530 \n00:24:02,769 –> 00:24:06,999 \ntakes away all of the hard work so I’ve<\/p>\n
531 \n00:24:04,629 –> 00:24:12,490 \nbecome way more precise and more<\/p>\n
532 \n00:24:06,999 –> 00:24:14,009 \naccurate just because I’m less exhausted<\/p>\n
533 \n00:24:12,490 –> 00:24:18,059 \ntrying to keep up<\/p>\n
534 \n00:24:14,009 –> 00:24:20,289 \nwith my my my schedule of all my tasks<\/p>\n
535 \n00:24:18,059 –> 00:24:22,570 \nsomething else is doing the hard work<\/p>\n
536 \n00:24:20,289 –> 00:24:24,479 \nand I’ve become way more smarter in the<\/p>\n
537 \n00:24:22,570 –> 00:24:26,679 \nlast couple of years just because I’m<\/p>\n
538 \n00:24:24,479 –> 00:24:29,340 \npreserving energy and putting it to<\/p>\n
539 \n00:24:26,679 –> 00:24:33,729 \nwhere it’s sort of I guess better used<\/p>\n
540 \n00:24:29,340 –> 00:24:39,100 \nit’s my experience so it’s interesting<\/p>\n
541 \n00:24:33,729 –> 00:24:42,039 \nbecause the discussion you know bring a<\/p>\n
542 \n00:24:39,100 –> 00:24:47,379 \nbunch of interesting elements to<\/p>\n
543 \n00:24:42,039 –> 00:24:53,979 \nconsider years ago when I was well<\/p>\n
544 \n00:24:47,379 –> 00:24:56,739 \nalmost as heavy road warrior as what my<\/p>\n
545 \n00:24:53,979 –> 00:24:58,659 \nworkload is turning right now to be I<\/p>\n
546 \n00:24:56,739 –> 00:25:03,759 \ncan see there are a lot of those things<\/p>\n
547 \n00:24:58,659 –> 00:25:06,940 \nand when my roles change to a more fixed<\/p>\n
548 \n00:25:03,759 –> 00:25:09,220 \nasset and you know we’re traveling now<\/p>\n
549 \n00:25:06,940 –> 00:25:11,799 \nwas something that almost happened only<\/p>\n
550 \n00:25:09,220 –> 00:25:14,830 \nfor vacation instead of work or<\/p>\n
551 \n00:25:11,799 –> 00:25:18,549 \nconstantly for work the nature of how I<\/p>\n
552 \n00:25:14,830 –> 00:25:21,960 \nclassify and how I look into next<\/p>\n
553 \n00:25:18,549 –> 00:25:24,489 \nactions and projects and other things<\/p>\n
554 \n00:25:21,960 –> 00:25:26,379 \nchange with it so it’s it’s quite<\/p>\n
555 \n00:25:24,489 –> 00:25:29,470 \ninteresting to look to look at it I<\/p>\n
556 \n00:25:26,379 –> 00:25:31,960 \ndon’t remember and that doesn’t mean<\/p>\n
557 \n00:25:29,470 –> 00:25:35,739 \nthat’s how I may have done it<\/p>\n
558 \n00:25:31,960 –> 00:25:37,840 \nunconsciously to have you know a time<\/p>\n
559 \n00:25:35,739 –> 00:25:40,320 \nbucket for example it was just have<\/p>\n
560 \n00:25:37,840 –> 00:25:45,029 \nactions based on software but or<\/p>\n
561 \n00:25:40,320 –> 00:25:50,739 \nlocation mostly software because I said<\/p>\n
562 \n00:25:45,029 –> 00:25:55,590 \nmy role was heavy on the travel side you<\/p>\n
563 \n00:25:50,739 –> 00:25:59,649 \nknow I was doing at that time over<\/p>\n
564 \n00:25:55,590 –> 00:26:02,229 \n250,000 miles in planes so but I had the<\/p>\n
565 \n00:25:59,649 –> 00:26:05,080 \nthings I have now that I’m now that I<\/p>\n
566 \n00:26:02,229 –> 00:26:08,379 \nmentioned that I remembered yes I had a<\/p>\n
567 \n00:26:05,080 –> 00:26:10,239 \ncertain list there were things to do on<\/p>\n
568 \n00:26:08,379 –> 00:26:13,299 \na planes mostly because planes tend to<\/p>\n
569 \n00:26:10,239 –> 00:26:16,090 \nyou or tend to be at that time longer<\/p>\n
570 \n00:26:13,299 –> 00:26:20,529 \nworking time so maybe unconsciously I<\/p>\n
571 \n00:26:16,090 –> 00:26:22,509 \nwas temporary tagging for time without<\/p>\n
572 \n00:26:20,529 –> 00:26:25,599 \nnecessarily being aware that is part of<\/p>\n
573 \n00:26:22,509 –> 00:26:28,119 \nwhat he’s having on this change towards<\/p>\n
574 \n00:26:25,599 –> 00:26:29,830 \nthe other side when when you change from<\/p>\n
575 \n00:26:28,119 –> 00:26:33,429 \nbeing a road warrior and never have time<\/p>\n
576 \n00:26:29,830 –> 00:26:35,379 \nto be on the office and have oh what<\/p>\n
577 \n00:26:33,429 –> 00:26:39,070 \nseems like an unlimited supply of time<\/p>\n
578 \n00:26:35,379 –> 00:26:43,029 \nit’s not a problem turning the wheels so<\/p>\n
579 \n00:26:39,070 –> 00:26:48,159 \ngoing from the office to now this highly<\/p>\n
580 \n00:26:43,029 –> 00:26:52,090 \nconstrained working environment it’s<\/p>\n
581 \n00:26:48,159 –> 00:26:55,659 \nwhat has thrown at least mine a range to<\/p>\n
582 \n00:26:52,090 –> 00:26:59,009 \nmy system and and made me consider where<\/p>\n
583 \n00:26:55,659 –> 00:27:01,570 \nwhere can be or where are the potential<\/p>\n
584 \n00:26:59,009 –> 00:27:02,200 \nelements that I’m ignoring and I’m not<\/p>\n
585 \n00:27:01,570 –> 00:27:05,200 \nlooking<\/p>\n
586 \n00:27:02,200 –> 00:27:07,980 \nthere are causing trouble I think it’s<\/p>\n
587 \n00:27:05,200 –> 00:27:14,559 \nreally important here for us to identify<\/p>\n
588 \n00:27:07,980 –> 00:27:18,669 \nfor our audience what we can do to<\/p>\n
589 \n00:27:14,559 –> 00:27:22,450 \nidentify when things change so that is<\/p>\n
590 \n00:27:18,669 –> 00:27:25,869 \nto say when when is when is it<\/p>\n
591 \n00:27:22,450 –> 00:27:28,269 \nappropriate for us to do that kind of<\/p>\n
592 \n00:27:25,869 –> 00:27:30,629 \nreview and reflection what what are the<\/p>\n
593 \n00:27:28,269 –> 00:27:34,690 \nkey indicators that tell us that<\/p>\n
594 \n00:27:30,629 –> 00:27:38,589 \nsomething has shifted and therefore time<\/p>\n
595 \n00:27:34,690 –> 00:27:40,330 \navailable context the length of time of<\/p>\n
596 \n00:27:38,589 –> 00:27:42,759 \nparticular next actions that you would<\/p>\n
597 \n00:27:40,330 –> 00:27:44,710 \ndo in one context say sitting at your<\/p>\n
598 \n00:27:42,759 –> 00:27:49,330 \ndesk now needs to be done<\/p>\n
599 \n00:27:44,710 –> 00:27:53,169 \nsay out in the field or on a plane train<\/p>\n
600 \n00:27:49,330 –> 00:27:55,929 \nbus what have you and now cannot be done<\/p>\n
601 \n00:27:53,169 –> 00:27:57,849 \nor say you’re driving so no longer can<\/p>\n
602 \n00:27:55,929 –> 00:27:59,529 \nyou use that time and and that’s<\/p>\n
603 \n00:27:57,849 –> 00:28:01,929 \nsomething that has affected me quite<\/p>\n
604 \n00:27:59,529 –> 00:28:04,720 \ngreatly in the last year year and a half<\/p>\n
605 \n00:28:01,929 –> 00:28:06,519 \nis you know I’m driving a lot more today<\/p>\n
606 \n00:28:04,720 –> 00:28:08,559 \nthan I used to and that has<\/p>\n
607 \n00:28:06,519 –> 00:28:11,229 \nfundamentally changed the way in which I<\/p>\n
608 \n00:28:08,559 –> 00:28:14,049 \nget things done so what are the things<\/p>\n
609 \n00:28:11,229 –> 00:28:16,570 \nthat you all sort of identify as those<\/p>\n
610 \n00:28:14,049 –> 00:28:18,190 \nthings and and how do you how do you<\/p>\n
611 \n00:28:16,570 –> 00:28:20,109 \nchange with them Francis do you want to<\/p>\n
612 \n00:28:18,190 –> 00:28:21,429 \nget started yeah well funny funny you<\/p>\n
613 \n00:28:20,109 –> 00:28:22,629 \nknow if I’ve actually been thinking<\/p>\n
614 \n00:28:21,429 –> 00:28:24,639 \nabout this one<\/p>\n
615 \n00:28:22,629 –> 00:28:27,309 \nI’m right they’re gonna at the global<\/p>\n
616 \n00:28:24,639 –> 00:28:29,499 \nwhat you should pick us your next task<\/p>\n
617 \n00:28:27,309 –> 00:28:31,599 \nmanager’ how to decide what your next<\/p>\n
618 \n00:28:29,499 –> 00:28:33,159 \ntask manager should be which is very<\/p>\n
619 \n00:28:31,599 –> 00:28:35,409 \nsimple it was very similar to what we’re<\/p>\n
620 \n00:28:33,159 –> 00:28:37,450 \ntalking about here which is when things<\/p>\n
621 \n00:28:35,409 –> 00:28:40,899 \nchange how do you figure<\/p>\n
622 \n00:28:37,450 –> 00:28:42,880 \nwhat the next approach should be and I<\/p>\n
623 \n00:28:40,899 –> 00:28:43,809 \ncame up with a calculator to try and<\/p>\n
624 \n00:28:42,880 –> 00:28:46,779 \nfigure out okay<\/p>\n
625 \n00:28:43,809 –> 00:28:50,110 \nif you take this particular test then it<\/p>\n
626 \n00:28:46,779 –> 00:28:52,740 \nshould tell you when you are ripe for a<\/p>\n
627 \n00:28:50,110 –> 00:28:55,659 \nchange and I’ll tell you some of the<\/p>\n
628 \n00:28:52,740 –> 00:28:59,409 \nindicators I came so one was the state<\/p>\n
629 \n00:28:55,659 –> 00:29:03,399 \nof your email inbox so if if all of a<\/p>\n
630 \n00:28:59,409 –> 00:29:05,460 \nsudden there is a an overwhelming number<\/p>\n
631 \n00:29:03,399 –> 00:29:08,200 \nof emails that you’re not responding to<\/p>\n
632 \n00:29:05,460 –> 00:29:10,389 \nin your inbox or you used to be doing<\/p>\n
633 \n00:29:08,200 –> 00:29:13,269 \nzero inbox and you’re no longer doing it<\/p>\n
634 \n00:29:10,389 –> 00:29:15,159 \nthen it’s an indicator that something<\/p>\n
635 \n00:29:13,269 –> 00:29:19,620 \nhas changed and you need it your system<\/p>\n
636 \n00:29:15,159 –> 00:29:23,019 \nand you upload the other ones<\/p>\n
637 \n00:29:19,620 –> 00:29:24,970 \nfeelings of overwhelm as you look at<\/p>\n
638 \n00:29:23,019 –> 00:29:27,820 \nyour list you have this sort of feeling<\/p>\n
639 \n00:29:24,970 –> 00:29:30,010 \nof dread it’s all about it it’s an<\/p>\n
640 \n00:29:27,820 –> 00:29:32,710 \nemotional measure it’s not you know a<\/p>\n
641 \n00:29:30,010 –> 00:29:35,639 \npractical measure but another practical<\/p>\n
642 \n00:29:32,710 –> 00:29:39,190 \nsort of measurable would be how many<\/p>\n
643 \n00:29:35,639 –> 00:29:41,440 \ntasks are falling through the cracks so<\/p>\n
644 \n00:29:39,190 –> 00:29:44,500 \nhow many are you just losing track of<\/p>\n
645 \n00:29:41,440 –> 00:29:46,149 \nthat you intended to do this week or it<\/p>\n
646 \n00:29:44,500 –> 00:29:48,039 \nhad to be done this week it had a very<\/p>\n
647 \n00:29:46,149 –> 00:29:51,070 \nhigh intention and a consequence for not<\/p>\n
648 \n00:29:48,039 –> 00:29:52,720 \ndoing it and you’re not able to do<\/p>\n
649 \n00:29:51,070 –> 00:29:54,820 \nyou’re not able to you weren’t able to<\/p>\n
650 \n00:29:52,720 –> 00:29:56,460 \ndo it and the number of tasks that are<\/p>\n
651 \n00:29:54,820 –> 00:30:00,970 \nfalling through the cracks are<\/p>\n
652 \n00:29:56,460 –> 00:30:02,529 \nincreasing so that’s a there’s no system<\/p>\n
653 \n00:30:00,970 –> 00:30:05,350 \nmanual that actually measures that and<\/p>\n
654 \n00:30:02,529 –> 00:30:09,039 \nit will take a manual sort of recording<\/p>\n
655 \n00:30:05,350 –> 00:30:11,649 \nor when that happens but those are a<\/p>\n
656 \n00:30:09,039 –> 00:30:14,740 \ncouple that I have included in my my<\/p>\n
657 \n00:30:11,649 –> 00:30:17,260 \ncalculator which I can’t recommend to<\/p>\n
658 \n00:30:14,740 –> 00:30:18,460 \nanyone because it’s so ugly but anyway<\/p>\n
659 \n00:30:17,260 –> 00:30:20,889 \nthat’s that’s a couple that I came up<\/p>\n
660 \n00:30:18,460 –> 00:30:24,460 \nwith yeah this this is one of those<\/p>\n
661 \n00:30:20,889 –> 00:30:25,450 \ntough ones though that each one of us is<\/p>\n
662 \n00:30:24,460 –> 00:30:27,399 \nlooking at it from a different<\/p>\n
663 \n00:30:25,450 –> 00:30:29,309 \nperspective I can understand why people<\/p>\n
664 \n00:30:27,399 –> 00:30:32,110 \nget frustrated with this problem because<\/p>\n
665 \n00:30:29,309 –> 00:30:35,549 \nthere are so many different ways to try<\/p>\n
666 \n00:30:32,110 –> 00:30:40,870 \nand tackle it and none of them have a<\/p>\n
667 \n00:30:35,549 –> 00:30:43,570 \nclear end point as to yes this will work<\/p>\n
668 \n00:30:40,870 –> 00:30:47,799 \nor no this is not going to work I mean I<\/p>\n
669 \n00:30:43,570 –> 00:30:49,629 \ncould really see okay I’m going to flip<\/p>\n
670 \n00:30:47,799 –> 00:30:50,970 \nkind of flip the equation here a little<\/p>\n
671 \n00:30:49,629 –> 00:30:54,760 \nbit<\/p>\n
672 \n00:30:50,970 –> 00:30:56,230 \nwhat’s the core problem we’ve gone down<\/p>\n
673 \n00:30:54,760 –> 00:30:57,820 \na bunch of rabbit holes here but I think<\/p>\n
674 \n00:30:56,230 –> 00:30:59,500 \nwe need to back up and go back to the<\/p>\n
675 \n00:30:57,820 –> 00:31:03,070 \noriginal problem that we’re trying to<\/p>\n
676 \n00:30:59,500 –> 00:31:04,950 \nsolve so augusto question for you based<\/p>\n
677 \n00:31:03,070 –> 00:31:07,900 \non everything that you’ve heard so far<\/p>\n
678 \n00:31:04,950 –> 00:31:12,400 \nhas any of this actually addressed the<\/p>\n
679 \n00:31:07,900 –> 00:31:16,320 \ncore problem that you see as a person<\/p>\n
680 \n00:31:12,400 –> 00:31:19,090 \nwho has heard the short answer is no but<\/p>\n
681 \n00:31:16,320 –> 00:31:21,010 \nthis has uncovered something quite<\/p>\n
682 \n00:31:19,090 –> 00:31:24,100 \ninteresting that you just mentioned the<\/p>\n
683 \n00:31:21,010 –> 00:31:28,600 \nproblem has been poorly State so that is<\/p>\n
684 \n00:31:24,100 –> 00:31:32,110 \na possibility or the simple answer to<\/p>\n
685 \n00:31:28,600 –> 00:31:35,440 \nthis is a lot more complex than what i<\/p>\n
686 \n00:31:32,110 –> 00:31:37,660 \neven i was estimating that is exactly<\/p>\n
687 \n00:31:35,440 –> 00:31:42,940 \npart of the reason I wanted to brought<\/p>\n
688 \n00:31:37,660 –> 00:31:46,300 \nthis topic to the show because changing<\/p>\n
689 \n00:31:42,940 –> 00:31:48,790 \non your work conditions internally we<\/p>\n
690 \n00:31:46,300 –> 00:31:52,240 \neven with and without a promotion they<\/p>\n
691 \n00:31:48,790 –> 00:31:56,220 \nhappen to everybody who is doing the the<\/p>\n
692 \n00:31:52,240 –> 00:31:59,050 \nsystem and and I haven’t seen a lot of<\/p>\n
693 \n00:31:56,220 –> 00:32:01,660 \ndiscussion on the topic right and trust<\/p>\n
694 \n00:31:59,050 –> 00:32:03,790 \nme I search for it okay but this<\/p>\n
695 \n00:32:01,660 –> 00:32:06,160 \nhappened to everybody okay you just<\/p>\n
696 \n00:32:03,790 –> 00:32:08,410 \nstart doing this and hey things change<\/p>\n
697 \n00:32:06,160 –> 00:32:14,020 \nlife change work changed travel change<\/p>\n
698 \n00:32:08,410 –> 00:32:17,500 \neverything else change so but I but as<\/p>\n
699 \n00:32:14,020 –> 00:32:20,470 \nwe have been or I be noticing on this<\/p>\n
700 \n00:32:17,500 –> 00:32:23,170 \ndiscussion there is as you said not a<\/p>\n
701 \n00:32:20,470 –> 00:32:28,770 \nclean cut not a clean answer are not a<\/p>\n
702 \n00:32:23,170 –> 00:32:28,770 \nstraight path that then make me think on<\/p>\n
703 \n00:32:29,340 –> 00:32:36,370 \nhow the level of frustration for the<\/p>\n
704 \n00:32:32,410 –> 00:32:41,410 \npeople who is going through that okay<\/p>\n
705 \n00:32:36,370 –> 00:32:44,800 \nwho not necessarily have the time or<\/p>\n
706 \n00:32:41,410 –> 00:32:47,680 \nhave a span or have the passion to look<\/p>\n
707 \n00:32:44,800 –> 00:32:50,290 \nand research and and look into the<\/p>\n
708 \n00:32:47,680 –> 00:32:52,150 \nlittle details of all this they just<\/p>\n
709 \n00:32:50,290 –> 00:32:54,190 \nneed something that work and will allow<\/p>\n
710 \n00:32:52,150 –> 00:32:56,550 \nthem to move from the place they are<\/p>\n
711 \n00:32:54,190 –> 00:32:59,500 \nstuck to the place they need to go and<\/p>\n
712 \n00:32:56,550 –> 00:33:01,530 \nthat has been a really really<\/p>\n
713 \n00:32:59,500 –> 00:33:05,610 \ninteresting sleep<\/p>\n
714 \n00:33:01,530 –> 00:33:08,870 \nI think I could I see a I see a common<\/p>\n
715 \n00:33:05,610 –> 00:33:13,080 \nproblem though the the challenge that<\/p>\n
716 \n00:33:08,870 –> 00:33:17,490 \nthe individual always if the individual<\/p>\n
717 \n00:33:13,080 –> 00:33:21,030 \nfaces is that what was what my habits<\/p>\n
718 \n00:33:17,490 –> 00:33:26,760 \nmake the combination of habits practices<\/p>\n
719 \n00:33:21,030 –> 00:33:29,940 \napps tools devices the little system I<\/p>\n
720 \n00:33:26,760 –> 00:33:31,710 \nhave for myself has stopped working<\/p>\n
721 \n00:33:29,940 –> 00:33:33,000 \nthere are symptoms that I’ve are showing<\/p>\n
722 \n00:33:31,710 –> 00:33:35,160 \nup there and we used to experience<\/p>\n
723 \n00:33:33,000 –> 00:33:38,070 \nbefore so let’s let’s say their unwanted<\/p>\n
724 \n00:33:35,160 –> 00:33:41,790 \nsymptoms so everyone gets to that point<\/p>\n
725 \n00:33:38,070 –> 00:33:44,730 \nat different times of their life some<\/p>\n
726 \n00:33:41,790 –> 00:33:46,230 \npeople react by just cutting down the<\/p>\n
727 \n00:33:44,730 –> 00:33:48,000 \nnumber of tasks and saying you know what<\/p>\n
728 \n00:33:46,230 –> 00:33:49,950 \nI’ve had people tell me I don’t want to<\/p>\n
729 \n00:33:48,000 –> 00:33:51,480 \nget promoted because I know I can’t<\/p>\n
730 \n00:33:49,950 –> 00:33:54,510 \nhandle it so I just want to stay at the<\/p>\n
731 \n00:33:51,480 –> 00:33:56,250 \nlevel I’m at until I retire so they’re<\/p>\n
732 \n00:33:54,510 –> 00:33:58,620 \nessentially saying I don’t want life to<\/p>\n
733 \n00:33:56,250 –> 00:34:00,330 \ngive me anymore triggers for me to<\/p>\n
734 \n00:33:58,620 –> 00:34:02,880 \ncreate anymore tasks and I can currently<\/p>\n
735 \n00:34:00,330 –> 00:34:04,950 \nmanage because I can’t manage the more<\/p>\n
736 \n00:34:02,880 –> 00:34:09,060 \nthan the number that I have but most<\/p>\n
737 \n00:34:04,950 –> 00:34:13,399 \npeople respond by by saying how do I get<\/p>\n
738 \n00:34:09,060 –> 00:34:16,140 \nrid of these symptoms know that the<\/p>\n
739 \n00:34:13,399 –> 00:34:18,270 \nshort answer is all you need to change<\/p>\n
740 \n00:34:16,140 –> 00:34:20,340 \nthe combination of habits practices<\/p>\n
741 \n00:34:18,270 –> 00:34:22,890 \ntools and apps that you’re currently<\/p>\n
742 \n00:34:20,340 –> 00:34:26,100 \nusing I need to upgrade them accordingly<\/p>\n
743 \n00:34:22,890 –> 00:34:27,540 \nso that you can manage more tasks and<\/p>\n
744 \n00:34:26,100 –> 00:34:32,909 \nthereby get rid of these unwanted<\/p>\n
745 \n00:34:27,540 –> 00:34:37,110 \nsymptoms the tougher question is which<\/p>\n
746 \n00:34:32,909 –> 00:34:39,990 \nones do I change and I make sure those<\/p>\n
747 \n00:34:37,110 –> 00:34:42,720 \nare the right ones for me to change but<\/p>\n
748 \n00:34:39,990 –> 00:34:45,120 \nthe common problem is common even if<\/p>\n
749 \n00:34:42,720 –> 00:34:47,429 \nyou’re whether you’re 12 years old or 50<\/p>\n
750 \n00:34:45,120 –> 00:34:48,360 \nyears old whether you’re a CEO or an<\/p>\n
751 \n00:34:47,429 –> 00:34:51,179 \nentry-level employee<\/p>\n
752 \n00:34:48,360 –> 00:34:54,690 \nthe question is how do I change these<\/p>\n
753 \n00:34:51,179 –> 00:34:56,310 \nthings that I use so that I can capture<\/p>\n
754 \n00:34:54,690 –> 00:35:00,020 \nmore capacity and get rid of these<\/p>\n
755 \n00:34:56,310 –> 00:35:03,180 \nsymptoms so I can move to the next level<\/p>\n
756 \n00:35:00,020 –> 00:35:05,070 \nand I’ve focused a lot of times in my<\/p>\n
757 \n00:35:03,180 –> 00:35:08,090 \nown sort of research and writing in<\/p>\n
758 \n00:35:05,070 –> 00:35:11,490 \nfiguring out what that lateral skills<\/p>\n
759 \n00:35:08,090 –> 00:35:14,160 \nneeds to look like as long as it’s only<\/p>\n
760 \n00:35:11,490 –> 00:35:15,300 \nabout the tasks increasing not about the<\/p>\n
761 \n00:35:14,160 –> 00:35:17,520 \nemotional pressure<\/p>\n
762 \n00:35:15,300 –> 00:35:20,970 \nthe anxiety or any of that but if it’s<\/p>\n
763 \n00:35:17,520 –> 00:35:23,520 \njust about tasks increasing then there’s<\/p>\n
764 \n00:35:20,970 –> 00:35:27,030 \na ladder that we tend to climb as humans<\/p>\n
765 \n00:35:23,520 –> 00:35:30,270 \nthat think it’s predictable the<\/p>\n
766 \n00:35:27,030 –> 00:35:33,330 \nchallenge is that most people aren’t<\/p>\n
767 \n00:35:30,270 –> 00:35:34,860 \naware that they are they have their own<\/p>\n
768 \n00:35:33,330 –> 00:35:37,440 \nsystem most people aren’t aware that<\/p>\n
769 \n00:35:34,860 –> 00:35:40,080 \nit’s made up of habits practices apps<\/p>\n
770 \n00:35:37,440 –> 00:35:42,420 \ndevices tools most people aren’t aware<\/p>\n
771 \n00:35:40,080 –> 00:35:45,300 \nthat there is a ladder and the need to<\/p>\n
772 \n00:35:42,420 –> 00:35:46,740 \nupgrade most people aren’t aware of any<\/p>\n
773 \n00:35:45,300 –> 00:35:49,110 \nof those elements and when they’re not<\/p>\n
774 \n00:35:46,740 –> 00:35:50,940 \naware then it’s just a matter of chasing<\/p>\n
775 \n00:35:49,110 –> 00:35:53,010 \ndown the latest blog post and that’s<\/p>\n
776 \n00:35:50,940 –> 00:35:56,370 \nwhen it gets really difficult for them<\/p>\n
777 \n00:35:53,010 –> 00:36:00,060 \nthat’s sort of my take on it they don’t<\/p>\n
778 \n00:35:56,370 –> 00:36:02,430 \nsee the common problem so let me ask a<\/p>\n
779 \n00:36:00,060 –> 00:36:05,340 \nquestion then and I’ll go back to you<\/p>\n
780 \n00:36:02,430 –> 00:36:08,480 \nAugusto and ask the question this way if<\/p>\n
781 \n00:36:05,340 –> 00:36:11,640 \nsomebody came to you with this problem<\/p>\n
782 \n00:36:08,480 –> 00:36:13,500 \nhow would you recommend to them that<\/p>\n
783 \n00:36:11,640 –> 00:36:15,090 \nthey start to tackle it take yours take<\/p>\n
784 \n00:36:13,500 –> 00:36:17,610 \nyourself out of your own shoes and look<\/p>\n
785 \n00:36:15,090 –> 00:36:20,160 \nat it from the outside I don’t know a<\/p>\n
786 \n00:36:17,610 –> 00:36:22,560 \ngusto system well enough to be able to<\/p>\n
787 \n00:36:20,160 –> 00:36:25,500 \ntell him but I could suggest ways in<\/p>\n
788 \n00:36:22,560 –> 00:36:28,320 \nwhich he could he could sort of measure<\/p>\n
789 \n00:36:25,500 –> 00:36:30,750 \nthe unwanted symptoms the degree to<\/p>\n
790 \n00:36:28,320 –> 00:36:33,630 \nwhich he has them and then figure out<\/p>\n
791 \n00:36:30,750 –> 00:36:37,290 \nwhere he is on the basically of the<\/p>\n
792 \n00:36:33,630 –> 00:36:39,900 \nladder and then make a choice as to what<\/p>\n
793 \n00:36:37,290 –> 00:36:42,600 \nthe next rung on the ladder should be in<\/p>\n
794 \n00:36:39,900 –> 00:36:46,020 \nterms of the tool<\/p>\n
795 \n00:36:42,600 –> 00:36:47,430 \nhabit practice that combination so I’d<\/p>\n
796 \n00:36:46,020 –> 00:36:49,710 \ngive him some kind of way to self<\/p>\n
797 \n00:36:47,430 –> 00:36:52,140 \ndiagnose himself and then look at the<\/p>\n
798 \n00:36:49,710 –> 00:36:55,590 \nnext level and then choose it or not<\/p>\n
799 \n00:36:52,140 –> 00:36:58,260 \nthat’s that’s how I approach this<\/p>\n
800 \n00:36:55,590 –> 00:37:02,820 \nproblem when it when it was identified<\/p>\n
801 \n00:36:58,260 –> 00:37:06,300 \nfine then now it’s time that I sit<\/p>\n
802 \n00:37:02,820 –> 00:37:08,910 \nmyself on the patient chair and look at<\/p>\n
803 \n00:37:06,300 –> 00:37:12,690 \nit that’s was how there was a couple of<\/p>\n
804 \n00:37:08,910 –> 00:37:15,720 \nthings one is what are the new<\/p>\n
805 \n00:37:12,690 –> 00:37:18,930 \nconstraints that you can see because as<\/p>\n
806 \n00:37:15,720 –> 00:37:20,850 \nmuch as we all will love to see all the<\/p>\n
807 \n00:37:18,930 –> 00:37:25,380 \nconstraints with clarity that doesn’t<\/p>\n
808 \n00:37:20,850 –> 00:37:27,510 \nmean it happens so now that you are<\/p>\n
809 \n00:37:25,380 –> 00:37:29,190 \ngoing to be there so one is what are the<\/p>\n
810 \n00:37:27,510 –> 00:37:32,549 \nconstraints second<\/p>\n
811 \n00:37:29,190 –> 00:37:34,950 \nwhat are the times that has been changed<\/p>\n
812 \n00:37:32,549 –> 00:37:37,589 \nso for example time in the office versus<\/p>\n
813 \n00:37:34,950 –> 00:37:39,170 \ntime in the car now I’m spending a lot<\/p>\n
814 \n00:37:37,589 –> 00:37:44,099 \nmore time in the car<\/p>\n
815 \n00:37:39,170 –> 00:37:46,740 \ntherefore I need to make sure that if<\/p>\n
816 \n00:37:44,099 –> 00:37:49,859 \nthere is anything that can be done<\/p>\n
817 \n00:37:46,740 –> 00:37:53,160 \nproductively while I am in the car for<\/p>\n
818 \n00:37:49,859 –> 00:37:56,670 \nexample making a phone call I have a<\/p>\n
819 \n00:37:53,160 –> 00:38:00,240 \nclear and simple and complete access to<\/p>\n
820 \n00:37:56,670 –> 00:38:05,220 \nbe able to get those phone calls or as<\/p>\n
821 \n00:38:00,240 –> 00:38:08,520 \nmany of those as possible that bring you<\/p>\n
822 \n00:38:05,220 –> 00:38:12,059 \nback even to equipment do I am am i<\/p>\n
823 \n00:38:08,520 –> 00:38:15,230 \nequip enough to have a good phone<\/p>\n
824 \n00:38:12,059 –> 00:38:17,700 \nconversation in the car because if you<\/p>\n
825 \n00:38:15,230 –> 00:38:19,920 \nyou know nothing worse than half the<\/p>\n
826 \n00:38:17,700 –> 00:38:21,930 \nconversation and then the person on the<\/p>\n
827 \n00:38:19,920 –> 00:38:25,020 \nother side is hearing all the noise and<\/p>\n
828 \n00:38:21,930 –> 00:38:29,849 \neverything else oh so all that things<\/p>\n
829 \n00:38:25,020 –> 00:38:32,069 \ncome into play third is okay now if you<\/p>\n
830 \n00:38:29,849 –> 00:38:33,299 \nare now into all these meetings that are<\/p>\n
831 \n00:38:32,069 –> 00:38:35,640 \nthe end of their work and you’re<\/p>\n
832 \n00:38:33,299 –> 00:38:40,069 \ntraveling and spending this amount in<\/p>\n
833 \n00:38:35,640 –> 00:38:43,049 \nthe car how much time you have left<\/p>\n
834 \n00:38:40,069 –> 00:38:45,750 \nbecause that is the other point if you<\/p>\n
835 \n00:38:43,049 –> 00:38:49,650 \nare on the office environment where your<\/p>\n
836 \n00:38:45,750 –> 00:38:52,619 \nsupply is pretty much unlimited and you<\/p>\n
837 \n00:38:49,650 –> 00:38:55,680 \nare now not well then that is and the<\/p>\n
838 \n00:38:52,619 –> 00:38:59,279 \nother element is how fast are you<\/p>\n
839 \n00:38:55,680 –> 00:39:02,910 \nconsuming energy and how can you<\/p>\n
840 \n00:38:59,279 –> 00:39:05,369 \nreplenish that in a faster way and what<\/p>\n
841 \n00:39:02,910 –> 00:39:10,910 \nI mean with that is when you are again<\/p>\n
842 \n00:39:05,369 –> 00:39:15,869 \nin the office most of the time you can<\/p>\n
843 \n00:39:10,910 –> 00:39:18,510 \nmanage how much energy you are consuming<\/p>\n
844 \n00:39:15,869 –> 00:39:21,029 \nwhen you are now meeting to meeting<\/p>\n
845 \n00:39:18,510 –> 00:39:22,890 \nagain in the car drive an hour go to two<\/p>\n
846 \n00:39:21,029 –> 00:39:24,680 \nmeetings to get in the car drive another<\/p>\n
847 \n00:39:22,890 –> 00:39:28,980 \nhour go to a meeting<\/p>\n
848 \n00:39:24,680 –> 00:39:32,609 \nit gets more challenging to manage<\/p>\n
849 \n00:39:28,980 –> 00:39:35,730 \nenergy mostly even in the best of your<\/p>\n
850 \n00:39:32,609 –> 00:39:40,109 \nabilities you are now running almost all<\/p>\n
851 \n00:39:35,730 –> 00:39:42,840 \nthe time that said there are things you<\/p>\n
852 \n00:39:40,109 –> 00:39:46,830 \ncan do to try to slow the<\/p>\n
853 \n00:39:42,840 –> 00:39:49,380 \nto try to recover energy and and to<\/p>\n
854 \n00:39:46,830 –> 00:39:53,870 \ncontinue doing some of the good stuff<\/p>\n
855 \n00:39:49,380 –> 00:39:56,850 \nyou used to do before so at this<\/p>\n
856 \n00:39:53,870 –> 00:39:59,760 \nparticular point for me has been a more<\/p>\n
857 \n00:39:56,850 –> 00:40:01,560 \nexploratory process than a solution<\/p>\n
858 \n00:39:59,760 –> 00:40:04,110 \nhence the reason I wanted to make this<\/p>\n
859 \n00:40:01,560 –> 00:40:08,580 \ncall to see if there was a clear answer<\/p>\n
860 \n00:40:04,110 –> 00:40:11,280 \nor element that I was missing on the<\/p>\n
861 \n00:40:08,580 –> 00:40:16,350 \nassessment I was doing interestingly<\/p>\n
862 \n00:40:11,280 –> 00:40:20,120 \nenough it wasn’t it seems that part of<\/p>\n
863 \n00:40:16,350 –> 00:40:24,000 \nthe answer it’s more complicated than<\/p>\n
864 \n00:40:20,120 –> 00:40:25,320 \nthan the simple I seems to show I wanted<\/p>\n
865 \n00:40:24,000 –> 00:40:27,990 \nto spend a little bit of time here just<\/p>\n
866 \n00:40:25,320 –> 00:40:29,400 \ndoubling back on the part of the<\/p>\n
867 \n00:40:27,990 –> 00:40:33,060 \ndiscussion we were talking about with<\/p>\n
868 \n00:40:29,400 –> 00:40:35,880 \nregard to how to identify when it’s time<\/p>\n
869 \n00:40:33,060 –> 00:40:37,920 \nto actually look at your system to<\/p>\n
870 \n00:40:35,880 –> 00:40:40,620 \nidentify whether or not you’re creating<\/p>\n
871 \n00:40:37,920 –> 00:40:44,660 \nthe right next actions appropriate to<\/p>\n
872 \n00:40:40,620 –> 00:40:48,210 \nthe new potential contexts of your life<\/p>\n
873 \n00:40:44,660 –> 00:40:49,680 \ncontext being not in just GTD context<\/p>\n
874 \n00:40:48,210 –> 00:40:52,020 \nbut really you know what’s happening<\/p>\n
875 \n00:40:49,680 –> 00:40:54,150 \nwhat’s the circumstance of life and so<\/p>\n
876 \n00:40:52,020 –> 00:40:57,570 \nthere is in psychology something called<\/p>\n
877 \n00:40:54,150 –> 00:40:58,590 \nthe Holmes ray life stress inventory and<\/p>\n
878 \n00:40:57,570 –> 00:41:02,550 \nI’ll put a link to this in the show<\/p>\n
879 \n00:40:58,590 –> 00:41:06,720 \nnotes and what it does is it uses 43<\/p>\n
880 \n00:41:02,550 –> 00:41:10,020 \ndifferent units to identify whether or<\/p>\n
881 \n00:41:06,720 –> 00:41:12,360 \nnot you are having major life stress or<\/p>\n
882 \n00:41:10,020 –> 00:41:14,730 \nnot and it uses a point scale and so and<\/p>\n
883 \n00:41:12,360 –> 00:41:16,170 \nso forth that that’s really used for<\/p>\n
884 \n00:41:14,730 –> 00:41:18,810 \nwhether or not you’re going to have a<\/p>\n
885 \n00:41:16,170 –> 00:41:22,170 \nmental or physical health breakdown<\/p>\n
886 \n00:41:18,810 –> 00:41:23,790 \nright some level of trauma happening in<\/p>\n
887 \n00:41:22,170 –> 00:41:27,360 \nyour life and therefore you need to<\/p>\n
888 \n00:41:23,790 –> 00:41:29,190 \naddress that health risk I like to look<\/p>\n
889 \n00:41:27,360 –> 00:41:31,650 \nat it from the perspective that those<\/p>\n
890 \n00:41:29,190 –> 00:41:34,860 \nare opportunities whenever any of those<\/p>\n
891 \n00:41:31,650 –> 00:41:36,750 \nthings happen to assess your system is<\/p>\n
892 \n00:41:34,860 –> 00:41:38,640 \nmy system appropriate to the<\/p>\n
893 \n00:41:36,750 –> 00:41:41,610 \ncircumstances of life right now in life<\/p>\n
894 \n00:41:38,640 –> 00:41:44,370 \nand work and so I have just 15<\/p>\n
895 \n00:41:41,610 –> 00:41:46,050 \ncategories that cover these things and<\/p>\n
896 \n00:41:44,370 –> 00:41:47,370 \nI’ll put I’ll put I’ll copy these into<\/p>\n
897 \n00:41:46,050 –> 00:41:48,630 \nthe show notes so you have them but I<\/p>\n
898 \n00:41:47,370 –> 00:41:51,450 \njust wanted to list them off here really<\/p>\n
899 \n00:41:48,630 –> 00:41:53,460 \nquickly so people are aware of them the<\/p>\n
900 \n00:41:51,450 –> 00:41:54,930 \nfirst one is birth second is death so<\/p>\n
901 \n00:41:53,460 –> 00:41:55,410 \nwhen if you have a birth or death in the<\/p>\n
902 \n00:41:54,930 –> 00:41:56,730 \nfamily<\/p>\n
903 \n00:41:55,410 –> 00:41:58,500 \nthat’s really a time to<\/p>\n
904 \n00:41:56,730 –> 00:42:00,750 \ntake assessment to whether or not you<\/p>\n
905 \n00:41:58,500 –> 00:42:03,440 \nhave prioritized the right things but<\/p>\n
906 \n00:42:00,750 –> 00:42:06,240 \nalso are you setting up actions<\/p>\n
907 \n00:42:03,440 –> 00:42:07,140 \nappropriate to the time now you have<\/p>\n
908 \n00:42:06,240 –> 00:42:09,210 \navailable to you<\/p>\n
909 \n00:42:07,140 –> 00:42:12,900 \nprofessional transitions and those<\/p>\n
910 \n00:42:09,210 –> 00:42:15,510 \ninclude demotion promotion higher being<\/p>\n
911 \n00:42:12,900 –> 00:42:18,710 \nhired being terminated in some way shape<\/p>\n
912 \n00:42:15,510 –> 00:42:21,720 \nor form whether involuntary or by choice<\/p>\n
913 \n00:42:18,710 –> 00:42:23,190 \nchanges in in careers that is switching<\/p>\n
914 \n00:42:21,720 –> 00:42:26,880 \nin transitioning from one career to<\/p>\n
915 \n00:42:23,190 –> 00:42:30,350 \nanother starting school first job moving<\/p>\n
916 \n00:42:26,880 –> 00:42:33,210 \nhome moving offices downsizing homes<\/p>\n
917 \n00:42:30,350 –> 00:42:35,610 \nstarting retirement for some people<\/p>\n
918 \n00:42:33,210 –> 00:42:37,860 \nmarriage or some type of long term<\/p>\n
919 \n00:42:35,610 –> 00:42:40,200 \ncommitment has been engaged and then<\/p>\n
920 \n00:42:37,860 –> 00:42:41,880 \nanytime of long long term commitment<\/p>\n
921 \n00:42:40,200 –> 00:42:43,410 \nends whether that be through divorce<\/p>\n
922 \n00:42:41,880 –> 00:42:45,660 \nseparation or ending a long term<\/p>\n
923 \n00:42:43,410 –> 00:42:48,030 \nrelationship so those are the 15 of them<\/p>\n
924 \n00:42:45,660 –> 00:42:50,430 \nthat really are the the questions I<\/p>\n
925 \n00:42:48,030 –> 00:42:52,650 \nactually ask clients all the time you<\/p>\n
926 \n00:42:50,430 –> 00:42:56,850 \nknow oh if they’re if they’re<\/p>\n
927 \n00:42:52,650 –> 00:42:59,640 \nexperiencing some level of trauma to say<\/p>\n
928 \n00:42:56,850 –> 00:43:01,230 \nhey that is trauma to their productivity<\/p>\n
929 \n00:42:59,640 –> 00:43:03,780 \nsystem not necessarily mental emotional<\/p>\n
930 \n00:43:01,230 –> 00:43:06,690 \ntrauma but are these major life events<\/p>\n
931 \n00:43:03,780 –> 00:43:11,790 \nhappening and if they are then we need<\/p>\n
932 \n00:43:06,690 –> 00:43:14,940 \nto reassess the system Frances those are<\/p>\n
933 \n00:43:11,790 –> 00:43:16,310 \nreally cool I’ll share the share my high<\/p>\n
934 \n00:43:14,940 –> 00:43:18,840 \ncliff there in the show notes as well<\/p>\n
935 \n00:43:16,310 –> 00:43:20,760 \nfor these things by the time the stroke<\/p>\n
936 \n00:43:18,840 –> 00:43:24,360 \nactually comes out but I could share<\/p>\n
937 \n00:43:20,760 –> 00:43:25,830 \nsome of the others that I looked at how<\/p>\n
938 \n00:43:24,360 –> 00:43:27,930 \noften do you wish you had more spare<\/p>\n
939 \n00:43:25,830 –> 00:43:32,280 \ntime you know how often does the thought<\/p>\n
940 \n00:43:27,930 –> 00:43:34,560 \ncome up do you run late for meetings and<\/p>\n
941 \n00:43:32,280 –> 00:43:38,340 \nappointments it’s sort of a basic one<\/p>\n
942 \n00:43:34,560 –> 00:43:39,750 \nare you meeting your due dates do you<\/p>\n
943 \n00:43:38,340 –> 00:43:41,460 \nhave a good reputation or has your<\/p>\n
944 \n00:43:39,750 –> 00:43:42,990 \nreputation been suffering lately for<\/p>\n
945 \n00:43:41,460 –> 00:43:45,810 \nbeing and delivering on time are you<\/p>\n
946 \n00:43:42,990 –> 00:43:49,140 \ntelling you that you have a problem<\/p>\n
947 \n00:43:45,810 –> 00:43:51,510 \nI also added on something about space<\/p>\n
948 \n00:43:49,140 –> 00:43:54,590 \nand seeing my personal space has piles<\/p>\n
949 \n00:43:51,510 –> 00:43:57,960 \nso I can’t find stuff when I need it is<\/p>\n
950 \n00:43:54,590 –> 00:44:04,290 \nthat a factor or is that has that<\/p>\n
951 \n00:43:57,960 –> 00:44:06,240 \nincreased lately and then that may be<\/p>\n
952 \n00:44:04,290 –> 00:44:07,860 \nthe last last one I’ll sure here is I’m<\/p>\n
953 \n00:44:06,240 –> 00:44:09,339 \nawakened in the middle of the night by<\/p>\n
954 \n00:44:07,860 –> 00:44:13,089 \nthe thought of a task I<\/p>\n
955 \n00:44:09,339 –> 00:44:15,729 \nwhat about a sort of a jumping out of<\/p>\n
956 \n00:44:13,089 –> 00:44:17,979 \nyour sleep in a panic wondering if and<\/p>\n
957 \n00:44:15,729 –> 00:44:19,989 \nif that happens that’s a probably not a<\/p>\n
958 \n00:44:17,979 –> 00:44:24,460 \ngood idea that a good indicator that<\/p>\n
959 \n00:44:19,989 –> 00:44:28,200 \nit’s time to look at your your blend of<\/p>\n
960 \n00:44:24,460 –> 00:44:30,969 \npractices habits tools and apps<\/p>\n
961 \n00:44:28,200 –> 00:44:33,910 \nremarkably I’ve never been awakened by<\/p>\n
962 \n00:44:30,969 –> 00:44:35,799 \nmy own thoughts in sleep I I’m I’m a<\/p>\n
963 \n00:44:33,910 –> 00:44:38,499 \nfairly light and sensitive sleeper so<\/p>\n
964 \n00:44:35,799 –> 00:44:41,369 \nI’m lookin by many different things<\/p>\n
965 \n00:44:38,499 –> 00:44:43,450 \nmaybe they sound or light you know<\/p>\n
966 \n00:44:41,369 –> 00:44:46,539 \nthings happening in my certain<\/p>\n
967 \n00:44:43,450 –> 00:44:56,099 \nenvironment but I am a sound sleeper<\/p>\n
968 \n00:44:46,539 –> 00:44:59,289 \notherwise you’ve been spared system I<\/p>\n
969 \n00:44:56,099 –> 00:45:03,099 \nthink in a situation yeah in a situation<\/p>\n
970 \n00:44:59,289 –> 00:45:05,469 \nlike this one more information is needed<\/p>\n
971 \n00:45:03,099 –> 00:45:08,619 \nbefore decisions start getting made as<\/p>\n
972 \n00:45:05,469 –> 00:45:12,009 \nto how to make changes so my<\/p>\n
973 \n00:45:08,619 –> 00:45:15,759 \nrecommendation to you Augusto is to take<\/p>\n
974 \n00:45:12,009 –> 00:45:18,579 \na deeper dive into what’s not working<\/p>\n
975 \n00:45:15,759 –> 00:45:21,549 \nwhat’s failing what’s what is causing<\/p>\n
976 \n00:45:18,579 –> 00:45:23,440 \nstress Nadja to try to isolate those<\/p>\n
977 \n00:45:21,549 –> 00:45:25,660 \nitems and then tackle those because<\/p>\n
978 \n00:45:23,440 –> 00:45:28,599 \nright now this sounds like a really big<\/p>\n
979 \n00:45:25,660 –> 00:45:31,210 \npizza to eat and you need to get it down<\/p>\n
980 \n00:45:28,599 –> 00:45:33,900 \ninto some smaller slices agree and I I<\/p>\n
981 \n00:45:31,210 –> 00:45:38,259 \nthink there are many people most people<\/p>\n
982 \n00:45:33,900 –> 00:45:41,440 \nwho struggle in the same way especially<\/p>\n
983 \n00:45:38,259 –> 00:45:44,469 \npeople who have a sort of productivity<\/p>\n
984 \n00:45:41,440 –> 00:45:47,170 \nsmart because they can’t understand why<\/p>\n
985 \n00:45:44,469 –> 00:45:50,109 \nthe system they have put together all of<\/p>\n
986 \n00:45:47,170 –> 00:45:52,269 \na sudden doesn’t work and it’s not it<\/p>\n
987 \n00:45:50,109 –> 00:45:55,299 \noften times they try to work their<\/p>\n
988 \n00:45:52,269 –> 00:45:57,549 \nsystem even harder or they try to follow<\/p>\n
989 \n00:45:55,299 –> 00:46:00,430 \ntheir same approach with more rigor or<\/p>\n
990 \n00:45:57,549 –> 00:46:03,279 \nmore discipline or more energy or more<\/p>\n
991 \n00:46:00,430 –> 00:46:05,920 \nsomething and it’s frustrating when that<\/p>\n
992 \n00:46:03,279 –> 00:46:08,140 \ndoesn’t work and they they’re not able<\/p>\n
993 \n00:46:05,920 –> 00:46:10,599 \nto see the far bigger pickles that it<\/p>\n
994 \n00:46:08,140 –> 00:46:12,549 \nhas to do with capacity and capacity is<\/p>\n
995 \n00:46:10,599 –> 00:46:15,099 \nno respecter of the system that you use<\/p>\n
996 \n00:46:12,549 –> 00:46:17,049 \nat some point we all want the capacity<\/p>\n
997 \n00:46:15,099 –> 00:46:19,900 \njust because we keep creating more tasks<\/p>\n
998 \n00:46:17,049 –> 00:46:22,540 \nso it’s almost like an inevitable must<\/p>\n
999 \n00:46:19,900 –> 00:46:25,120 \nhappen in the life of all of us<\/p>\n
1000 \n00:46:22,540 –> 00:46:27,790 \nquestion is where can they find the<\/p>\n
1001 \n00:46:25,120 –> 00:46:31,180 \ntargeted support that goes beyond the<\/p>\n
1002 \n00:46:27,790 –> 00:46:32,980 \ntop 10 list or here read this book and I<\/p>\n
1003 \n00:46:31,180 –> 00:46:35,320 \nthink it the safe diagnosis is a<\/p>\n
1004 \n00:46:32,980 –> 00:46:39,130 \nself-evaluation the critical part of<\/p>\n
1005 \n00:46:35,320 –> 00:46:41,770 \nthat well I for one know I don’t have a<\/p>\n
1006 \n00:46:39,130 –> 00:46:44,020 \ndefinite answer to the problem but I’m<\/p>\n
1007 \n00:46:41,770 –> 00:46:47,220 \nreally happy of the discussion because<\/p>\n
1008 \n00:46:44,020 –> 00:46:51,120 \none of the things that has been<\/p>\n
1009 \n00:46:47,220 –> 00:46:54,070 \nfrustrating to a point is how many<\/p>\n
1010 \n00:46:51,120 –> 00:46:56,830 \ndirections this problem seems to turn<\/p>\n
1011 \n00:46:54,070 –> 00:46:59,020 \nand how many heads it shows you know in<\/p>\n
1012 \n00:46:56,830 –> 00:47:01,090 \na way it’s like fighting with a Hydra<\/p>\n
1013 \n00:46:59,020 –> 00:47:03,040 \nyou know just cut two heads it’s a great<\/p>\n
1014 \n00:47:01,090 –> 00:47:05,950 \nI’m moving forward suddenly and you now<\/p>\n
1015 \n00:47:03,040 –> 00:47:08,410 \nhave four heads in front of you like<\/p>\n
1016 \n00:47:05,950 –> 00:47:11,590 \ngroups if this is not going at the<\/p>\n
1017 \n00:47:08,410 –> 00:47:13,780 \ndirection I was planning but the<\/p>\n
1018 \n00:47:11,590 –> 00:47:17,260 \ndiscussion shows that it’s not<\/p>\n
1019 \n00:47:13,780 –> 00:47:21,040 \nnecessarily a single cut answer and it<\/p>\n
1020 \n00:47:17,260 –> 00:47:24,030 \nmay require even going to a more basic<\/p>\n
1021 \n00:47:21,040 –> 00:47:26,770 \nlevel than what I originally thought<\/p>\n
1022 \n00:47:24,030 –> 00:47:29,380 \nwell gentlemen this brings us to the end<\/p>\n
1023 \n00:47:26,770 –> 00:47:31,180 \nof this episode of productivity cast the<\/p>\n
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