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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Bro, what you got?
Welcome to episode 97.
Dang the focus cast.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Almost out of Hyundai , I know this round of episodes.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
We're just doing a little recap.
We're coming towards the end ofthe year and our hundredth
episode anniversary.
We're just trying to wrap it up.
Yeah, we're wrapping up thisseason.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
So we're doing some low, low barrier to entry
episodes?
Yeah, I think no.
We're just talking about whatwe've learned and what we've
started using and implementingin our processes.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
Yeah, it's like all the shit you see on social.
Are people actually?
Is that who they are or arethey just talking about it?
So I mean, we've talked about alot of stuff over a hundred
episodes.
I thought it'd be cool just tokind of hit some of these
subjects and then talk about,like, what's stuck with us.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
What's stuck with us and where are we stuck?
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Yes, because that's 2024's goal, 2024's goal 2024
runner goals.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Sweet bro, I think that's it.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
You want to start this yeah last episode we talked
about Nutropix and cognitiveenhancers.
This time we're going to talkabout productivity tools, some
apps that we're using morearound that productivity subject
how our workflow, what we usefor our workflow.
Podcast, workflow tools, allthat fun shit.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Nice, hell, yeah, all right, let's dig in, let's roll
Jonathan Noel.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
And I'm Brian Noel.
This is the Focus Cast, wherewe help you reduce distractions,
increase focus so you can livea life with intentions.
So yeah, I mean, you know we'vetalked about this quite a bit.
It comes up on a lot ofepisodes.
You know people are distractedbecause of information overload.
Yep, people have poor timemanagement skills.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Yeah, lack of motivation.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
Yeah, lack of motivation, that's a good one.
A lot of that has to do withtheir psyche and their health
and yeah, all that kind of stuff.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
Yeah, potentially the poison the food that's
basically poisoned with theglyphosate and everything around
us is chemical based chemicalpoison basically and
relationship under chemicalwarfare but yeah you know, just
a couple of those things, no bigdeal, just a couple of those
things.
Yeah, and multitasking.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
Yeah, so we're trying to do it all trying to do it
all.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Doing nothing, doing a whole lot of nothing.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Well, and I you know, if you look at some of the
economic reports and just howlike the cost of living versus
the income increase and how Ithink I saw a stat the other day
that said um, I can't rememberthe percentage, I'm not even
going to quote it, but it waspretty high percent of Americans
that have two full time jobs,80 hours a week, just trying to
make make ends meet.
It's fucked up.
(03:03):
Yes, it's pretty wild.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
So yeah, so anyway, that's uh.
Yeah, it's not good.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
So a lot of people are just trying to figure out
you know what's that side hustlethat might turn into a main
muscle?
Yeah, a main hustle, that'sright, you know.
So, um, you know, we're alltrying to figure out ways to be
efficient with the things wehave to do so we can spend more
time doing the things we want todo, yep, or the things that
(03:29):
will put us in the position thatwe're doing more of what we
want to.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
So it's like trying to be efficient is a never
ending goal.
Yeah, which is great.
Yeah, how can we make all thesystems work better?
Yeah, and faster.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
There was a podcast by Rob Deirdic and he was
talking about um, which he's theridiculousness guy.
Yeah, pro skater, a long timeago he was on Robin big um fun
factory.
What was that one called?
Uh, yes, fantasy fantasyfactory, um, but he's he was
talking about and he's like a.
He's like an insane guru.
(04:05):
Now Go listen to some of hispodcasts Very, very inspiring
and he's just the coolest,nicest guy.
But um, he's saying about howthey feel in ridiculousness and
when they started it was um tookall day to do two episodes.
And now they're doing like sixepisodes and like a four hour
block, something like that.
Yeah, he just said I'm justrelentless about building out
systems to increase output andreduce time.
(04:27):
So so yeah, as we kind of roundout the year, we've been
building systems around thepodcast.
We've been building systemsaround Going out and for a
forerunner gunner and gettingshow, getting content and yeah,
in that back Been buildingsystems around making music.
Yeah, the building systemsaround, launching a footwear
(04:48):
company.
Building systems around buildingsystems yeah there's been a lot
of just kind of getting thingsFigured out.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Yeah, I remember when we've, when we first got this,
this studio, yeah, and weweren't doing it on the phone
anymore.
Yeah, all of a sudden we hadlike we were trying to do four
camera angles.
Yes, so I was editing Fourangles should be like back and
forth between us and then likean overhead.
(05:17):
Yeah, yeah, and it's justEventually.
It's like why?
Speaker 1 (05:21):
yeah now it's one one camera, one camera, yeah you
know what fuck this.
I mean it's audio first.
People are listening more thanthey are watching.
Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
I mean, we're really interesting and, you know, cool
to look at as we stare at eachother.
But I'm not sure how manypeople are watching the episodes
just a couple cougars, bro,just a couple cougs out there.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
So yeah, we're just gonna want to hit some of our
systems and yeah, I think forthe podcast, one of the greatest
things you found was Buzzsprout.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
Yeah, I mean Buzzsprout's a great host, yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
It pushes it out to all the distribution channels.
Yeah, and I've not used anotherone, but yeah, it works, yeah,
and now they've got a new AITool yep helps you with titles
and description and timestampsexactly and we don't use all of
it, everything that they produce, but at least it helps.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
Yeah, for sure.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
So that's been a.
I mean that system alone forthe podcast.
Oh yeah, it's a.
Yeah, you know we're Adobesuite people for the editing and
things like that, but um, yeah,at the whole, this year has
definitely been an Adobe kind ofjumpstart.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
Well, yeah, cuz.
Then now I have, like I put inmy custom shortcuts where it's
like all the shit you need islike right there, super quick.
Yeah and I can sit there andchop, splice whatever, render
Way faster way faster, wayfaster, nice.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
And then for our content calendar and task
management, we use a tool calledClickUp, which I was introduced
to in the last company that wesold out of, and it's one of my
Favorite.
It's essentially a form of aKanban board, your traditional
Kanban board or agile board, andbut I, I love it.
(07:16):
So we got a content calendar.
You know, we, we, yeah, I'm afan of ClickUp as well.
Yeah, we brainstorm, we createa card for different ideas, and
then we record it, we move itdown till it's done.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
It's perfect, honestly, for anyone who has, if
you're doing anything that haslike multiple steps.
Yeah it's amazing, yeah, cuzyou create the card or task
order, whatever what do you wantto call it Mm-hmm?
And you just move it down theline.
Okay, it's now, it's, it's anidea, now it's recorded, now
it's uploaded and now it's done.
You know all that shit.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
Yeah, and I think, for if anyone's tried any of
those, there's Trello, there's,I think, a Jira.
What was that other one?
You were using base camp basecamp which every time I try it,
I always end up abandoning basecamp.
Yeah, I was one of the mostpopular ones, but I like ClickUp
.
Yeah, I mean, but they all workyeah you know it's better than
(08:09):
nothing, it's better than havinglike pieces of paper all over
your yeah, that you lose and youhave to rewrite over and over
again.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
It's like sticky notes on your desk, that kind of
fall off and like end up in thetrash.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
So, yeah, I think the other habit for me is, as far
as productivity, work, g-suite,but I just, I am relentless
about my calendar.
Yeah it, my calendar reflectsmy day always.
Yeah every moment.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
Yeah, I'm stepping into that world more.
Speaker 1 (08:41):
I'm not as.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
I'm not like Brian.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
We had an episode on time blocking and that was
months ago, months ago now andyou were like I should probably
start using the calendar.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
No, I said I actively time block or actively block
time blocking, and I have beenyeah, and it is nice.
It's nice to just look at themonth and see all the big trips
and then yeah.
You know it's.
It makes you feel better,because then you're not like oh
wait, when is this shithappening again?
That's what I did for years.
(09:12):
I'm like I know there'ssomething happening October.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
You're like on Saturday and I'm like, bro, are
you in town next or you want togo for a ride next week?
And you're like, yeah, man.
And then you text me.
You're like I'm going to thebeach for a week.
Forgot that was next week.
Basically yeah, no well, itreally became critical because
we started planning all theseforerunner gunner trips.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
We were like.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
You know we're doing those once a month now, you know
.
So that was like that was amajor calendar impact and I like
having a calendar.
Speaker 2 (09:47):
It feels nice.
You know me, I'll admit it.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
You.
Let me tell you a funny storyof calendars.
What's that so?
My wife has always had a papercalendar.
Mm-hmm and I was.
I was like, babe, you need adigital counter, you need a
digital counter.
So she found one and shestarted using it and she's she's
like fully got into it and then, like it, deleted all of her
stuff.
Now she's back to the paper.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
Well, now she has both, okay but, I say that
wouldn't happen on Google.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
I feel like yeah, I don't remember what it was or
how it happened, but she wasjust like it was hilarious
because she's like see Told youtold you it wasn't gonna work.
Oh, it was funny.
She's like now I don't remember.
Oh my gosh, and then I'm.
I'm one of those email peoplelike Zero in box.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
I unsubscribe to anything I don't want yeah,
sometimes you got to go throughand trim all that shit out.
Yeah, it just happens.
Speaker 1 (10:38):
Yeah, I just can't.
I can't look for the one thingI need among 20 things that I
don't need.
I just can't do that.
Speaker 2 (10:44):
Yeah, it's obnoxious, so I just unsubscribe from your
see people's cell phone and yousee like 10,000 unread emails
right on their home screen.
Speaker 1 (10:51):
Yeah, I feel like this is me judging them because
I'm not them, so this is totaljudgment and bias and mostly
probably wrong maybe.
But I feel like there's likeit's like the big truck, you
know.
It's like how small is yourpenis?
You know we have like anobnoxiously large truck and you
(11:14):
got the nuts hanging out theback, yeah, and like you're like
stomping on the gas and dieselsmokes coming out every year
glad to having 10,000 unreademails.
I think there's a flex there.
No, I think it's a flex.
Speaker 2 (11:26):
I think it's people who just don't care.
Speaker 1 (11:29):
But how?
How can you even?
Speaker 2 (11:33):
They're just too late , not lazy, but they just don't
go in and clear it out.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
Turn that fucking notification off.
See, this is why I know it's ame problem and not a damn
problem.
Speaker 2 (11:42):
Yeah, I mean, I think .
But I think, do you not?
How you're reading it is waydifferent than how I read it.
Speaker 1 (11:46):
I read.
It is like you know someonelooks at your phone and you've
got 10,000 unanswered text.
I feel like people are flexing,like everyone wants to talk to
me and I don't talk to them.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
I'm talking about 10,000 unread emails.
I'm saying someone who Gavetheir email out to 50 different
websites.
They never unsubscribed and nowthey're just getting blasted
and they never went through andjust cleared the inbox.
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
So the notifications on their phone where you can see
it.
You know what I'm talking about.
Yes, yes, how many unreademails they have.
Yeah so I can't my phone number.
What I have?
Zero notifications on zero.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
Yeah zero.
Speaker 1 (12:23):
Number two I don't.
Those bubbles don't show up onany of my icons you turn them
off.
I turned them off because Iwould.
I Would, after lookforOver-Srzyd's, immediately
look at every single one thatcame in.
Speaker 2 (12:35):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:35):
Because I'm a zero, in box zero, notification zero.
I keep everything at zero, soanyway.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
Well interesting.
It just goes to show thatpeople interpret situations
differently.
Speaker 1 (12:49):
Hey, we fill in the gaps.
We did that episode a couple ofepisodes ago where we write our
own narratives.
Speaker 2 (12:55):
Yep, absolutely.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
We get a little bit of fact and write a ton of
fiction and believe it.
Speaker 2 (12:59):
It's just the human experience.
Speaker 1 (13:01):
Yeah, the other tool that I've used for probably 10
years now is Evernote.
So Evernote's an online notestaking system app on your phone
and desktop and Chrome extension.
But I throw all like my billsand all that kind of shit I get
(13:21):
digitally that I don't want to,that I want to keep a record of,
and I can just I can get a billand just snap a button and it
goes off into my Evernote land.
So I've got documents fromforever ago.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
Yeah, so for some reason you're audited.
Worst case scenario yeah, youcan't trust the bank.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
If the bank goes down and they're like you didn't
have $20,000 and you have toprove it.
Speaker 2 (13:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:48):
You know so shit like that.
Speaker 2 (13:50):
Yeah, there's definitely some stuff, something
that bank would do.
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:54):
I think that actually happened to our dad.
He paid off the house and theytold him he didn't.
Yes, it takes steps.
Speaker 2 (14:00):
I remember that story .
Speaker 1 (14:02):
And they were like oh okay, sorry, we got that wrong?
Speaker 2 (14:04):
Yeah, imagine if you didn't have this, didn't?
Speaker 1 (14:07):
have this stuff, yeah , and you're like no, I paid it
off, I know I won't take yourhouse away.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
So Then you end up with the killdozer, the guy who
put the armor around thebulldozer and yeah and took off,
Took him and went towards cityhall Killdozer in that in the
original movie of Mary Poppins,where the bank was trying to
take people's houses.
Speaker 1 (14:29):
Yeah, see, the story's been around for a while.
I don't know why banks have abad name.
Speaker 2 (14:33):
Why do people hate the banks?
I thought they were good, yeah.
Yeah, I don't use it every now,but yeah, sounds effective,
yeah.
Speaker 1 (14:43):
It's been around a while, it's just table.
Speaker 2 (14:45):
Yeah, 60 bucks a year .
Speaker 1 (14:47):
Yeah, that's not bad.
That's all the main stuff, yeah.
Speaker 2 (14:55):
The roadcaster.
That's more gear related.
Speaker 1 (14:58):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (14:58):
That's not efficiency , but it is nice.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
Yeah, I mean, if we talk about some of the gear we
bought, that's super efficientfor the podcast.
Speaker 2 (15:06):
I think it's great because you just plug in the
card, we have our sounds.
Yeah, it's pretty efficient.
Yeah, so we have our sounds,our intro, blah, blah, blah.
I don't have to go in Adobe andadd it.
Speaker 1 (15:17):
I mean we just hit the buttons yeah.
Speaker 2 (15:19):
So that's, great.
Speaker 1 (15:20):
Thank you.
Yeah, that definitely savessome time, so anyway yeah,
that's pretty much, I thinkthat's it.
Speaker 2 (15:28):
Yeah that we use.
Speaker 1 (15:30):
That's the main stuff I use audible.
I've, I've, I've wanted toconsume more books for a long
time, so, but now I've justlearned that, like when I can't
read, I wouldn't read you knowmm-hmm so and and my brain is I
(15:51):
have to have complete silencewhen, I read, because I'll just
not be able to focus and that'shard right now.
Yeah, we live in a small house,but, um, so anyway.
So reading a book when I can,and then audible, definitely
(16:11):
crushing some stuff there.
And then what's the mainpodcast app to use?
Spotify, yeah.
Speaker 2 (16:20):
Just everything on Spotify.
Even though they're horrible toartists, they don't pay shit.
Speaker 1 (16:26):
Yeah, you know both sides of that coin.
You don't get paid shit, butyou use it all the time.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
Hey, they provide a service that I like I've had
Spotify paid like.
I've been paying for it sincelike 2014.
Speaker 1 (16:41):
Wow, have they ever reached out to you and said
thank you?
Speaker 2 (16:44):
I don't know, probably they probably send that
email once a year.
I Just don't look at it becauseI don't clear my inbox.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
Yeah, that's true.
What is it Spotify?
It's a Shitty for artists, butwe keep paying to use it.
Speaker 2 (17:00):
Yeah, what does that say about me?
Speaker 1 (17:01):
Well, I was just thinking that's like our
government.
Speaker 2 (17:05):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (17:05):
We keep paying.
Speaker 2 (17:07):
Yeah, that's true.
That's an abusive relationship.
Speaker 1 (17:10):
Yeah that's what that is.
But as far as streaming andFinding any song in every song
in the world and the userexperience, obviously that's why
they've done such a great job,because it's a great UI.
Speaker 2 (17:21):
Yeah, it's decent, I don't know.
Sometimes it's irritating, likewhen you go to an artist and
you just want to look at thediscography, yeah and.
But I don't know, I have totime.
I'm looking at shit while I'mdriving, so maybe that's why
it's inefficient to me.
Speaker 1 (17:34):
Well, have you ever used Apple podcast?
No.
Have you ever used SoundCloud?
No.
Have you ever used Apple music?
No, I Spotify is one of thebetter ones.
Yeah, because they're worse.
So I believe it, in my opinion,different, different clicks for
different chicks, differentstrokes for different folks.
Yeah, there it is, and thatreally works for both strokes
(17:57):
and clicks.
Yeah, for you a UI joke or UIsaying damn, we better leave
because it's getting nerdy.
Yeah, all right, we out.
Bro, what you got?
Welcome to episode 97.
Dang the focus cast.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Almost out of Hyundai , I know this round of episodes.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
We're just doing a little recap.
We're coming towards the end ofthe year and our hundredth
episode anniversary.
We're just trying to wrap it up.
Yeah, we're wrapping up thisseason.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
So we're doing some low, low barrier to entry
episodes?
Yeah, I think no.
We're just talking about whatwe've learned and what we've
started using and implementingin our processes.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
Yeah, it's like all the shit you see on social.
Are people actually?
Is that who they are or arethey just talking about it?
So I mean, we've talked about alot of stuff over a hundred
episodes.
I thought it'd be cool just tokind of hit some of these
subjects and then talk about,like, what's stuck with us.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
What's stuck with us and where are we stuck?
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Yes, because that's 2024's goal, 2024's goal 2024
runner goals.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Sweet bro, I think that's it.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
You want to start this yeah last episode we talked
about Nutropix and cognitiveenhancers.
This time we're going to talkabout productivity tools, some
apps that we're using morearound that productivity subject
how our workflow, what we usefor our workflow.
Podcast, workflow tools, allthat fun shit.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Nice, hell, yeah, all right, let's dig in, let's roll
Jonathan Noel.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
And I'm Brian Noel.
This is the Focus Cast, wherewe help you reduce distractions,
increase focus so you can livea life with intentions.
So yeah, I mean, you know we'vetalked about this quite a bit.
It comes up on a lot ofepisodes.
You know people are distractedbecause of information overload.
Yep, people have poor timemanagement skills.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Yeah, lack of motivation.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
Yeah, lack of motivation, that's a good one.
A lot of that has to do withtheir psyche and their health
and yeah, all that kind of stuff.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
Yeah, potentially the poison the food that's
basically poisoned with theglyphosate and everything around
us is chemical based chemicalpoison basically and
relationship under chemicalwarfare but yeah you know, just
a couple of those things, no bigdeal, just a couple of those
things.
Yeah, and multitasking.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
Yeah, so we're trying to do it all trying to do it
all.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Doing nothing, doing a whole lot of nothing.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Well, and I you know, if you look at some of the
economic reports and just howlike the cost of living versus
the income increase and how Ithink I saw a stat the other day
that said um, I can't rememberthe percentage, I'm not even
going to quote it, but it waspretty high percent of Americans
that have two full time jobs,80 hours a week, just trying to
make make ends meet.
It's fucked up.
(03:03):
Yes, it's pretty wild.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
So yeah, so anyway, that's uh.
Yeah, it's not good.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
So a lot of people are just trying to figure out
you know what's that side hustlethat might turn into a main
muscle?
Yeah, a main hustle, that'sright, you know.
So, um, you know, we're alltrying to figure out ways to be
efficient with the things wehave to do so we can spend more
time doing the things we want todo, yep, or the things that
(03:29):
will put us in the position thatwe're doing more of what we
want to.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
So it's like trying to be efficient is a never
ending goal.
Yeah, which is great.
Yeah, how can we make all thesystems work better?
Yeah, and faster.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
There was a podcast by Rob Deirdic and he was
talking about um, which he's theridiculousness guy.
Yeah, pro skater, a long timeago he was on Robin big um fun
factory.
What was that one called?
Uh, yes, fantasy fantasyfactory, um, but he's he was
talking about and he's like a.
He's like an insane guru.
(04:05):
Now Go listen to some of hispodcasts Very, very inspiring
and he's just the coolest,nicest guy.
But um, he's saying about howthey feel in ridiculousness and
when they started it was um tookall day to do two episodes.
And now they're doing like sixepisodes and like a four hour
block, something like that.
Yeah, he just said I'm justrelentless about building out
systems to increase output andreduce time.
(04:27):
So so yeah, as we kind of roundout the year, we've been
building systems around thepodcast.
We've been building systemsaround Going out and for a
forerunner gunner and gettingshow, getting content and yeah,
in that back Been buildingsystems around making music.
Yeah, the building systemsaround, launching a footwear
(04:48):
company.
Building systems around buildingsystems yeah there's been a lot
of just kind of getting thingsFigured out.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Yeah, I remember when we've, when we first got this,
this studio, yeah, and weweren't doing it on the phone
anymore.
Yeah, all of a sudden we hadlike we were trying to do four
camera angles.
Yes, so I was editing Fourangles should be like back and
forth between us and then likean overhead.
(05:17):
Yeah, yeah, and it's justEventually.
It's like why?
Speaker 1 (05:21):
yeah now it's one one camera, one camera, yeah you
know what fuck this.
I mean it's audio first.
People are listening more thanthey are watching.
Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
I mean, we're really interesting and, you know, cool
to look at as we stare at eachother.
But I'm not sure how manypeople are watching the episodes
just a couple cougars, bro,just a couple cougs out there.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
So yeah, we're just gonna want to hit some of our
systems and yeah, I think forthe podcast, one of the greatest
things you found was Buzzsprout.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
Yeah, I mean Buzzsprout's a great host, yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
It pushes it out to all the distribution channels.
Yeah, and I've not used anotherone, but yeah, it works, yeah,
and now they've got a new AITool yep helps you with titles
and description and timestampsexactly and we don't use all of
it, everything that they produce, but at least it helps.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
Yeah, for sure.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
So that's been a.
I mean that system alone forthe podcast.
Oh yeah, it's a.
Yeah, you know we're Adobesuite people for the editing and
things like that, but um, yeah,at the whole, this year has
definitely been an Adobe kind ofjumpstart.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
Well, yeah, cuz.
Then now I have, like I put inmy custom shortcuts where it's
like all the shit you need islike right there, super quick.
Yeah and I can sit there andchop, splice whatever, render
Way faster way faster, wayfaster, nice.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
And then for our content calendar and task
management, we use a tool calledClickUp, which I was introduced
to in the last company that wesold out of, and it's one of my
Favorite.
It's essentially a form of aKanban board, your traditional
Kanban board or agile board, andbut I, I love it.
(07:16):
So we got a content calendar.
You know, we, we, yeah, I'm afan of ClickUp as well.
Yeah, we brainstorm, we createa card for different ideas, and
then we record it, we move itdown till it's done.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
It's perfect, honestly, for anyone who has, if
you're doing anything that haslike multiple steps.
Yeah it's amazing, yeah, cuzyou create the card or task
order, whatever what do you wantto call it Mm-hmm?
And you just move it down theline.
Okay, it's now, it's, it's anidea, now it's recorded, now
it's uploaded and now it's done.
You know all that shit.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
Yeah, and I think, for if anyone's tried any of
those, there's Trello, there's,I think, a Jira.
What was that other one?
You were using base camp basecamp which every time I try it,
I always end up abandoning basecamp.
Yeah, I was one of the mostpopular ones, but I like ClickUp
.
Yeah, I mean, but they all workyeah you know it's better than
(08:09):
nothing, it's better than havinglike pieces of paper all over
your yeah, that you lose and youhave to rewrite over and over
again.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
It's like sticky notes on your desk, that kind of
fall off and like end up in thetrash.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
So, yeah, I think the other habit for me is, as far
as productivity, work, g-suite,but I just, I am relentless
about my calendar.
Yeah it, my calendar reflectsmy day always.
Yeah every moment.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
Yeah, I'm stepping into that world more.
Speaker 1 (08:41):
I'm not as.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
I'm not like Brian.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
We had an episode on time blocking and that was
months ago, months ago now andyou were like I should probably
start using the calendar.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
No, I said I actively time block or actively block
time blocking, and I have beenyeah, and it is nice.
It's nice to just look at themonth and see all the big trips
and then yeah.
You know it's.
It makes you feel better,because then you're not like oh
wait, when is this shithappening again?
That's what I did for years.
(09:12):
I'm like I know there'ssomething happening October.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
You're like on Saturday and I'm like, bro, are
you in town next or you want togo for a ride next week?
And you're like, yeah, man.
And then you text me.
You're like I'm going to thebeach for a week.
Forgot that was next week.
Basically yeah, no well, itreally became critical because
we started planning all theseforerunner gunner trips.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
We were like.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
You know we're doing those once a month now, you know
.
So that was like that was amajor calendar impact and I like
having a calendar.
Speaker 2 (09:47):
It feels nice.
You know me, I'll admit it.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
You.
Let me tell you a funny storyof calendars.
What's that so?
My wife has always had a papercalendar.
Mm-hmm and I was.
I was like, babe, you need adigital counter, you need a
digital counter.
So she found one and shestarted using it and she's she's
like fully got into it and then, like it, deleted all of her
stuff.
Now she's back to the paper.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
Well, now she has both, okay but, I say that
wouldn't happen on Google.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
I feel like yeah, I don't remember what it was or
how it happened, but she wasjust like it was hilarious
because she's like see Told youtold you it wasn't gonna work.
Oh, it was funny.
She's like now I don't remember.
Oh my gosh, and then I'm.
I'm one of those email peoplelike Zero in box.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
I unsubscribe to anything I don't want yeah,
sometimes you got to go throughand trim all that shit out.
Yeah, it just happens.
Speaker 1 (10:38):
Yeah, I just can't.
I can't look for the one thingI need among 20 things that I
don't need.
I just can't do that.
Speaker 2 (10:44):
Yeah, it's obnoxious, so I just unsubscribe from your
see people's cell phone and yousee like 10,000 unread emails
right on their home screen.
Speaker 1 (10:51):
Yeah, I feel like this is me judging them because
I'm not them, so this is totaljudgment and bias and mostly
probably wrong maybe.
But I feel like there's likeit's like the big truck, you
know.
It's like how small is yourpenis?
You know we have like anobnoxiously large truck and you
(11:14):
got the nuts hanging out theback, yeah, and like you're like
stomping on the gas and dieselsmokes coming out every year
glad to having 10,000 unreademails.
I think there's a flex there.
No, I think it's a flex.
Speaker 2 (11:26):
I think it's people who just don't care.
Speaker 1 (11:29):
But how?
How can you even?
Speaker 2 (11:33):
They're just too late , not lazy, but they just don't
go in and clear it out.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
Turn that fucking notification off.
See, this is why I know it's ame problem and not a damn
problem.
Speaker 2 (11:42):
Yeah, I mean, I think .
But I think, do you not?
How you're reading it is waydifferent than how I read it.
Speaker 1 (11:46):
I read.
It is like you know someonelooks at your phone and you've
got 10,000 unanswered text.
I feel like people are flexing,like everyone wants to talk to
me and I don't talk to them.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
I'm talking about 10,000 unread emails.
I'm saying someone who Gavetheir email out to 50 different
websites.
They never unsubscribed and nowthey're just getting blasted
and they never went through andjust cleared the inbox.
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
So the notifications on their phone where you can see
it.
You know what I'm talking about.
Yes, yes, how many unreademails they have.
Yeah so I can't my phone number.
What I have?
Zero notifications on zero.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
Yeah zero.
Speaker 1 (12:23):
Number two I don't.
Those bubbles don't show up onany of my icons you turn them
off.
I turned them off because Iwould.
I Would, after lookforOver-Srzyd's, immediately
look at every single one thatcame in.
Speaker 2 (12:35):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:35):
Because I'm a zero, in box zero, notification zero.
I keep everything at zero, soanyway.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
Well interesting.
It just goes to show thatpeople interpret situations
differently.
Speaker 1 (12:49):
Hey, we fill in the gaps.
We did that episode a couple ofepisodes ago where we write our
own narratives.
Speaker 2 (12:55):
Yep, absolutely.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
We get a little bit of fact and write a ton of
fiction and believe it.
Speaker 2 (12:59):
It's just the human experience.
Speaker 1 (13:01):
Yeah, the other tool that I've used for probably 10
years now is Evernote.
So Evernote's an online notestaking system app on your phone
and desktop and Chrome extension.
But I throw all like my billsand all that kind of shit I get
(13:21):
digitally that I don't want to,that I want to keep a record of,
and I can just I can get a billand just snap a button and it
goes off into my Evernote land.
So I've got documents fromforever ago.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
Yeah, so for some reason you're audited.
Worst case scenario yeah, youcan't trust the bank.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
If the bank goes down and they're like you didn't
have $20,000 and you have toprove it.
Speaker 2 (13:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:48):
You know so shit like that.
Speaker 2 (13:50):
Yeah, there's definitely some stuff, something
that bank would do.
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:54):
I think that actually happened to our dad.
He paid off the house and theytold him he didn't.
Yes, it takes steps.
Speaker 2 (14:00):
I remember that story .
Speaker 1 (14:02):
And they were like oh okay, sorry, we got that wrong?
Speaker 2 (14:04):
Yeah, imagine if you didn't have this, didn't?
Speaker 1 (14:07):
have this stuff, yeah , and you're like no, I paid it
off, I know I won't take yourhouse away.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
So Then you end up with the killdozer, the guy who
put the armor around thebulldozer and yeah and took off,
Took him and went towards cityhall Killdozer in that in the
original movie of Mary Poppins,where the bank was trying to
take people's houses.
Speaker 1 (14:29):
Yeah, see, the story's been around for a while.
I don't know why banks have abad name.
Speaker 2 (14:33):
Why do people hate the banks?
I thought they were good, yeah.
Yeah, I don't use it every now,but yeah, sounds effective,
yeah.
Speaker 1 (14:43):
It's been around a while, it's just table.
Speaker 2 (14:45):
Yeah, 60 bucks a year .
Speaker 1 (14:47):
Yeah, that's not bad.
That's all the main stuff, yeah.
Speaker 2 (14:55):
The roadcaster.
That's more gear related.
Speaker 1 (14:58):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (14:58):
That's not efficiency , but it is nice.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
Yeah, I mean, if we talk about some of the gear we
bought, that's super efficientfor the podcast.
Speaker 2 (15:06):
I think it's great because you just plug in the
card, we have our sounds.
Yeah, it's pretty efficient.
Yeah, so we have our sounds,our intro, blah, blah, blah.
I don't have to go in Adobe andadd it.
Speaker 1 (15:17):
I mean we just hit the buttons yeah.
Speaker 2 (15:19):
So that's, great.
Speaker 1 (15:20):
Thank you.
Yeah, that definitely savessome time, so anyway yeah,
that's pretty much, I thinkthat's it.
Speaker 2 (15:28):
Yeah that we use.
Speaker 1 (15:30):
That's the main stuff I use audible.
I've, I've, I've wanted toconsume more books for a long
time, so, but now I've justlearned that, like when I can't
read, I wouldn't read you knowmm-hmm so and and my brain is I
(15:51):
have to have complete silencewhen, I read, because I'll just
not be able to focus and that'shard right now.
Yeah, we live in a small house,but, um, so anyway.
So reading a book when I can,and then audible, definitely
(16:11):
crushing some stuff there.
And then what's the mainpodcast app to use?
Spotify, yeah.
Speaker 2 (16:20):
Just everything on Spotify.
Even though they're horrible toartists, they don't pay shit.
Speaker 1 (16:26):
Yeah, you know both sides of that coin.
You don't get paid shit, butyou use it all the time.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
Hey, they provide a service that I like I've had
Spotify paid like.
I've been paying for it sincelike 2014.
Speaker 1 (16:41):
Wow, have they ever reached out to you and said
thank you?
Speaker 2 (16:44):
I don't know, probably they probably send that
email once a year.
I Just don't look at it becauseI don't clear my inbox.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
Yeah, that's true.
What is it Spotify?
It's a Shitty for artists, butwe keep paying to use it.
Speaker 2 (17:00):
Yeah, what does that say about me?
Speaker 1 (17:01):
Well, I was just thinking that's like our
government.
Speaker 2 (17:05):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (17:05):
We keep paying.
Speaker 2 (17:07):
Yeah, that's true.
That's an abusive relationship.
Speaker 1 (17:10):
Yeah that's what that is.
But as far as streaming andFinding any song in every song
in the world and the userexperience, obviously that's why
they've done such a great job,because it's a great UI.
Speaker 2 (17:21):
Yeah, it's decent, I don't know.
Sometimes it's irritating, likewhen you go to an artist and
you just want to look at thediscography, yeah and.
But I don't know, I have totime.
I'm looking at shit while I'mdriving, so maybe that's why
it's inefficient to me.
Speaker 1 (17:34):
Well, have you ever used Apple podcast?
No.
Have you ever used SoundCloud?
No.
Have you ever used Apple music?
No, I Spotify is one of thebetter ones.
Yeah, because they're worse.
So I believe it, in my opinion,different, different clicks for
different chicks, differentstrokes for different folks.
Yeah, there it is, and thatreally works for both strokes
(17:57):
and clicks.
Yeah, for you a UI joke or UIsaying damn, we better leave
because it's getting nerdy.
Yeah, all right, we out.
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