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Brief Summary & Bio:
Today we talk about the overwhelming amount of information we deal with in this modern era. How many of your daily distractions are within your control, and how many of your productive hours are absorbed by the continuous onslaught of incoming emails? I brought my own business coach on the show, Alan P. Brown, and he's got plenty of tips and hacks to help us deal with the overwhelm.
As a productivity coach and host of Crusher™TV, Alan P. Brown teaches productivity hacks to crazy-busy professionals and entrepreneurs. The #1 Best-Selling author of “Zen and the Art of Productivity” and a featured speaker in the U.S. and Europe, including TEDx, he uses his online TV show, at CrusherTV.com, to help people live to their potential by “unleashing the power of their brains.
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RESOURCES mentioned in this episode:
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Points of Discussion:
2 of the biggest time-wasters:
- non-work related social media
- web browsing
Gadgets and sites are designed to be addictive
- dopamine rewards
- 3 common triggers: Fatigue, boredom, hunger.
- Also notifications and the presence of your phone
- it’s a form of procrastination and avoidance
Tristan Harris fighting for consumers against technology addiction
- The principle of least resistance
Alan’s “4 noble escapes,” types of “reset rituals’
- Don’t reach for carbohydrates reach for protein.
- Set a timer for 10 to 20 minutes and lay down with your eyes closed. Nap or no nap you feel refreshed
- Try one minute of meditation
- Try two minutes in a “power pose”
- Ask yourself “what is the purpose of me doing this?” to be sure it’s worth it.
- Allow yourself these escapes when they are scheduled ahead. Set boundaries like “no social media before noon”
- Wasting just 10 minutes day on something unintended is the equivalent of wasting 52 hours or an entire work week each year
Email overwhelm, top email mistakes
- Remember, emails represent other peoples’ agendas
- don’t let your email inbox determine your to-do list
- schedule your
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