Episode Description:
Deadly Sins of Productivity (Part 2) Continuing our series from speaker and author Michael Hyatt, today we look at “deadly sins” 3, 4, and 5: Track Obsessively, Ignore Disorder, and Expand Access to me.We will discuss these three pitfalls and some ways to overcome them.
Word of the Day: clutter (noun, verb) unwanted trash and stuff, that gets in our way
Question of the Day: What is one part of your life that has too much clutter? A desk? Closet? Email inbox? How would your life be different if you could unclutter that one place?
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1. At 2:11, what does tongue in cheek mean?
A. sore throat
B. swollen tongue
C. half joking
D. passive aggressive
2. What does “chronically” mean at 3:37 and 3:44?
A. recurring
B. related to the intestine
C. subsequent
D. severely
3. What can we learn from President Lincoln’s illustration about being given a few hours to chop down a tree?
4. T/F A to-do list is inherently good.
5. What is the 1 or 2 minute rule?
6. What are the Ta Da and Could Do lists?
7. Outward disorder produces inward ____________. Outward ____________ produces inward ____________.
8. Instead of sin 4, ____________ ____________, we should ____________ and ____________ it.
9. How can we limit others’ access to us?
10. At 17:01, what does “burned out” mean?
A. overheated
B. filtered from hot water
C. a term used in blacksmithing
D. exhausted
Answer Key:
1. C. half joking
2. A. recurring
3. Because he says he would spend half of his time sharpening his saw, we learn to prepare ourselves and be ready before we take on a project.
4. False. There is a place for a to-do list at times, but it can be a source of stress if it is overloaded.
5. If your task takes one or two minutes to complete, don’t write it down. Half that time is spent writing it down just to be crossed off.
6. The Ta Da List replaces your to-do list by celebrating the things you have completed. It helps you recognize what you have done rather than what you have to do. The Could Do list shows you everything you need to get done eventually, or could do at some point. A to do list sets you up for failure because if you don’t finish everything on it, you have failed yourself. If you work off the things you could do, you will not fail.
7. calm; disorder. tension
8. ignoring disorder; confront; face
9. We can turn off our phones and edit notification settings.
10. D. exhausted
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