Episode Description:
productivity, deadly, organize, info, batch, examine, technology,
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Check your listening ability:
1. What does review mean?
2. What did Mr. Dreyer mean when he said “sitting is the new smoking?”
A. Sitting is as unhealthy for you as smoking.
B. People take sitting breaks instead of smoking breaks.
C. There are designated sitting areas in public locations now.
D. The new public health danger is sitting when it used to be smoking.
3. Summarize the sixth sin of productivity.
4. T/F We are in control of our time and schedule when we commit this sin.
5. Americans send/receive _________ million emails every minute and spend an average of _________ hours a day checking email.
6. What is a recommendation for how to batch your responses?
7. A ___________ is someone who hates technology.
8. Summarize the seventh sin.
9. List reasons the newest technology is not always the newest or best for you.
10. Which of the following is NOT one of Adam Robinson’s three B’s of productivity?
A. Busy
B. Bed
C. Bath
D. Bus
Answer Key:
1. re- again; view- look at. review- look at again
2. D. The new public health danger is sitting when it used to be smoking.
3. Responding constantly and immediately to calls, e-mails, and texts.
4. False. Those that contact us control our schedule
5. 200; 6.3
6. Respond to calls, texts, and e-mails 3-4 times a day, at the beginning of your day, before and/or after lunch, and before you leave the office.
7. Luddite
8. Always switching to the newest technology to alleviate your problems and increase efficiency.
9. New technology has a learning curve. The next generation is already being developed when you purchase the most recently shelved items. New technology is expensive and can eat into your budget. New technology has its own bugs and problems.
10. A. Busy
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