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Two friends talk about how they manage their busy lives, the technology they use and the challenges they come up against in the modern world (and how they try to overcome them)
On this episode, your hosts reflect on 2021, and set their themes for 2022. Dan waxes lyrical about his garage inventory and Joe describes his descent into madness.
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James Hoffman - Coffee Guy
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As the title suggests, your hosts rather stupidly decided to choose the month of December to see whether removing refined sugar from their diets did anything to improve their focus, sleep and mood.
Buckle up folks, this one’s a doozie.
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This week, Dan has new clients, Joe gets no sleep, and they reflect on the last 30 days having removed social media from their lives.
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The Productivity Hack-speriment continues. Joe tries not to buy a Macbook, Dan gushes over Rocket Books and they both set the scene for Season 2 of the productivity hack-speriment.
Rocket Book
The Kombucha King - Youtube
Joe nails a presentation and then sets fire to his Mac, Dan starts time tracking and job hunting, and they both discuss how taking a break from the grind to reassess your priorities and strategies is arguably the most productive thing you can do!
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This week, we talk bout the different apps and services we use to get work done exclusively on our iPhone
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In the first ever in person recording, Dan & Joe discuss the concept of marginal gains; making small changes in different aspects of your life in order to be more effective.
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Dan and Joe tried intermittent fasting for 2 weeks and discuss the impact it had on their function and productivity.
On this week's Episode, Dan and Joe talk about their experiences with Meditation based on what they'd hoped to achieve: Increased Discipline, More Focus and Reduced Stress.
This week is ground zero. Dan & Joe start from the beginning and share some advice for those who want to be more productive, but don’t know where to start.
Continuing the big productivity hack-speriment, Dan and Joe review their experiences of waking up at 4:30am every day for 2 weeks. Dan’s house saga continues, Joe talks about Notion integration and they both enjoy a meal in real life.
This week, we recap on the 2 weeks we spent trying cold therapy. Did we love it or hate it? Joe spoils the fun by making some bleak predictions.
Taking a step away from our day jobs, on this episode Dan and Joe discuss their workflows for their creative endeavours.
This week is part 1 and introduction to a 5 part series where Dan and Joe put the most written about productivity hacks through their paces, so you don't have to.
The Wim Hof method
Jocko Wilink - why you should get up at 4:30am every day
Headspace app
Zero app
We've spent the last few months jumping in deep on automation in various parts of our workflows, and as a result have found the potential golden chalice that is "contextual computing". This week, we share some examples of the fruits of our labour, the benefits they've brought to us and some things we want to try next.
With the ever increasing expectations of our professional lives, and the almost mandatory requirement for anyone to have a side hustle; life can get overwhelming.
This week, we talk about how we identify the signs we’re close to burn out, what we do in the moment to manage the symptoms, and what we then do to rebalance the books.
BBC - How to avoid burnout in a pandemic
Thomas Frank - 5 steps to tame your overwhelming todo list
Lots of people focus on actions and goals, but how do you make sure your actions and goals align with your long term objectives? How do you make sure that all of your goals will get you further on the journey of the person you want to become? This week, we share our methods of capturing our values and aligning them from the macro to the micro.
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Joe’s Value example: Be a top performing sales person
Lots has changed over the last 12 months. As the UK is starting to come out of lockdown, Joe and Dan reflect on what they've learned about themselves and about their work during lockdown.
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This week is a peek behind the curtain to find out whether Dan and Joe are actually as productive as we think we are. Our chosen measure: looking at our screen time data.
Screen time screenshots
With the announcement of the new API available for Notion, Dan and Joe take a break from their regular programming to discuss the possibilities of what the API could bring. Warning: Joe is very excited!
Iquinix F96
Notion
IFTTT
Zapier
Automate.io
On this Episode, Dan & Joe talk about how they use Notion to make their lives better, the various things they use notion for, how it has enriched their work and/or personal lives, and how they might expand their use of Notion in the future
Thrive Writes - Dealing with Failure
Our workflows naturally went through a number of iterations to get them to where they are now. In this episode, we talk about what really didnt work for us and what we learned from the failures.
Oculus Quest 2
OmniFocus
TickTick
Microsoft Todo
OneNote
Things
Trello
Notion
August Bradley on YouTube - How Notion changes everything
Everyone has failures. Whilst Dan & Joe feel pretty comfortable and content with the way life is going today, they certainly had setbacks and failures along the way. This episode, they talk about failed dreams, projects and side hustles - and what they learned from them.
Simba Pro Mattress
Elgato Streamdeck
Thrive Writes: Dealing with Failure
Life is full of distractions and distractions are synonymous with not achieving your potential. In this episode, Dan & Joe talk about how they deal with distractions from a mindset and technology point of view, and bounce around what they could be doing better to stay in laser mode.
Make Time on Amazon
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Our desks have changed massively over the past 12 months - we've both gone from working from home sometimes, to working from home all the time and we've seen this evolve quite a bit.
On this episode we talk about the journey our home working environments have gone from and to, the reasons why we've made the changes and the benefits we realised from the investments.
Dan's set up:
Shure MV7
Shure SM7B Boom Arm Mic Stand
MacBook Pro M1
Acer Nitro VG270bmipx
NexiGo N930AF
HUANUO Dual Monitor Stand
Hue Portable light
Flexispot Standup desk
Elgato Stream Deck
VAKO Docking Station
Joe's set up:
Shure MV7
Rode PSA1 Stand
MacBook Air M1
Dell Ultrasharp 27 inch
Logitech c920 webcam
Supter Monitor Arm
12 south BookArc
Knodel Desk Pad
Hue lightstrip
SecretLab Titan Chair
Flexispot desk
Elgato Stream Deck
Joe's Desk Evolution
Part 2 in the series of managing things no one likes!
Files, like email, are something that everyone has to deal with. Dan & Joe talk about their process of what they do when they create or receive a document and how we have tried to automate managing files with some cool tech.
Joe and Dan’s desktops
In this episode we talk about how email rules our roles (even when it shouldn’t). We share our tactics on how we tame our inboxes and focus on the important work
In this episode we talk about what habits we have (good and bad), how we try and instill new habits, the tech we use to track them and why.
Apps we talk about today:
Notion
Streaks
External Links:
Atomic Habits: James Clear
Yearly Themes: CGP Grey
Cortex Podcast 110: 2021 Yearly Themes
Disconnecting can be tough. We talk about what we struggle with and share our ways of disconnecting from work.
In this episode, we talk about task management - a deep dive on how we manage our tasks and actions; how we prioritise, contextualise and energise.
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