Hard Work Smart: Recent Episodes

Jerzy Rajkow-Krzywicki

Today's productivity is an escapist outlet for people. Hustle culture is a trap. My 20+ years of corporate experience has shown that being a contrarian is a very good strategy in this frenetic capitalist world. Also, that a mindful approach to productivity pays off - by having a balanced life and not burning out. Go to https://www.speakpipe.com/hardworksmart and record your question. I am a Legal Management Consultant and business owner that 20 years ago started his corporate career as a Legal Assistant. I gradually broadened my scope of responsibilities since then, acting as a Project Manager, Internal Trainer, IT Director and Operations Director. ===> I TEACH MINDFUL PRODUCTIVITY <===What I teach is a patchwork of the most effective and human-friendly parts of all those smart organization books and productivity strategies. The result is a surprisingly simple yet very well grounded in pragmatism method of approaching all your areas of responsibility in life.My teaching is tested in practice - right now I am responsible for operations, IT, marketing, communication and facilities management at a 100-people law firm office, and additionally I co-founded a product company with my wife.I am also a happy father of two daughters and I have a lot of time every day for playing with them and showing them the world. I also don't have a personal assistant!You can successfully lead various areas of responsibility and different projects in your life without feeling overwhelmed.Let's go!


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Family CRMs have become a popular way to manage day-to-day tasks, keep track of family contacts, and organize family events and activities. We recently decided to give a private family CRM a try, and chose Obsidian as our CRM of choice. Here, we’ll explain why we chose Obsidian, how we use it, what we like and don’t like about it, and whether we would recommend using a family CRM.

  • Where did the idea of using a family CRM come from?
  • Why we choose Obsidian?
  • How we use it? What functions do we use ?
  • What do we like the most in it? What we don't like?
  • Do we recommend using a family CRM?

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Amazon Subscribe&Save is an example of a good use of technology. Still, there is a room for improvement. What is our experience with using S&S?

  • How Amazon Subscribe&Save works?
  • How we are using Amazon S&S?
  • What are the flaws of this service?
  • How Amazon could improve it?

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Why do we not want to give a smartphone to our children? What to do if your child has symptoms of smartphone addiction?* Are teenagers addicted to the smartphone? * Is there a link between depression and phone use? * What to do if our child is overusing smartphone? * What impact does a smartphone have on a child's creativity? * Will we give our child a smartphone? * What impact does social media have on growing children?

Stephanie Gruner Buckley, "My daughter was a creative genius, and then we bought her an iPhone"

https://medium.com/modern-parent/my-daughter-was-a-creative-genius-then-we-bought-her-an-iphone-bf617c0b6ca0

Center for Human Technology, "The Social Dillema"

https://www.humanetech.com/the-social-dilemma

Cal Newport "Digital Minimalism"

https://www.calnewport.com/books/digital-minimalism/


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What happens when we rely on technology too much to manage our daily life? What impact technology has on our capabilities? Are you still able to travel with a paper map?

  • How to use technology wisely?
  • What happens if something goes wrong?
  • Is overreliance on technology dangerous?
  • What impact can outsourcing navigation (GPS) have on our capabilities to orient ourselves?
  • What is the business model of tech firms?

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What is it like to switch from a smart phone to a dumb phone? Lessons learned from two perspectives.

  • What lessons we've learned using dumb phones?
  • About symptoms of smartphone addiction
  • Is technological detox efficient?
  • How is life without smartphone?
  • What is better: Punkt MP02 or Uni hertz Titan Pocket?

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Topics from Podcast #27:* Why listening to podcasts before going to sleep is not good * Why should we give a break to our mind? * How to have higer quality of sleep?

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Topics from Podcast #26:

  • The difference between sharing in your community and in a social media
  • Why sharing is not caring?
  • Sharing in a social media = Informations that nobody really needs

#RodeVideoMicNTG #amianalog #socialmedia


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Topics from Podcast #25:

  • Original vs copied content. Which one is better?
  • Why social media is an intellectual landfill
  • How to become an Influencer on LinkedIn?

linkedin #socialmedia


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Topics from Podcast #24:

  • Why you should never fall into the trap of thinking that you need your smartphone because you need a camera in your smartphone
  • What are really the benefits of having a camera inside a smartphone?
  • The smartphone manufacturer is supporting your goals or not
  • If you want to have good memories ,a camera inside of a smartphone is not helping you
  • A tendency to make gazillions of photos

deityvmicd4duo


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Last 60 years were spent by creating value, making shareholders happy and making the economy work for a certain number of people, but not everybody.Topics from Podcast #23:

  • A deep need for a connection and for businesses that have a soul and that solve problems
  • I am going to start a company focused on people and on connection between people

amianalog #product #company

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Topics from Podcast #22:

  • I have to go from extreme to extreme.
  • How did I discover the intermittent fasting?
  • The situations in life when is better send a sms, not call.
  • What I want and what I don't want to have on my smartphone.
  • An automatic calendar vs paper notepads

BlackBerry #blackberrykey2

The Punkt MP02 #punktmp02

digitalminimalist #extremist


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Topics from Podcast #21:

  • Why you should not be afraid of experimenting?
  • Experimenting is a verification of point of view
  • What bothered me in The Punkt MP02?
  • Why am I experimented with the BlackBerry?
  • Why I prefer a hardware keyboard?
  • How to configure your smartphone in such a way that it's not distracting?
  • What am I scanning with my smartphone?

blackberrykey2


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Topics from Podcast #20:

  • How to deal with rejection?
  • The rejection in the pitching and selling process
  • When you have a relationship and you fear being rejected
  • What does planned rejection mean?
  • When we should try to improve our relationship?

amianalog​ #attitude #rejection #relationship


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Topics from Podcast #19:

  • The lack of choice will also be a choice
  • Why change by design is better than change by disaster?
  • Why you should to review periodically your plans?
  • Change is an inherent part of life.

amianalog​ #digitalminimalism​ #socialdilemma​ #changing​ #disaster​ #design


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Topics from Podcast #18:

  • Some strategies I would use to lower the anxiety.
    1. Start running and start exercising daily in the morning
    1. Focus your attention on the things you can control
    1. Limit your "inputs"
  • How to be in a proactive , no reactive state?
  • Stop Comparing yourself to others
  • How to feel happier and more fulfilled?

amianalog #anxiety #habits #stress


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Topics from Podcast #17:* The fears and your inadequacies as a person - who benefits from it? * Why should you want to be different? * How does the defict advertising affect our social mental healt? * How does the marketing based on deficits take advantage of the moment of your weakness? * How to fight against this kind of advertising?


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Topics from Podcast #16:* How constraints make you more creative and more productive? * What is the Parkinson's law? * How to do more and to be faster and to be more efficient? * What are the four elements you could limit in order to feel better? * What is important for us in our life? * What it is the most fulfilling thing in your life? * Do you thing that limiting our reach in an emotional sense is useful? * What do you think about my list?


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Topics from Podcast #15:* Why should you take notes on paper using a pen? * How to remember more from meetings? * How to be fast and more creative at making decisions? * Does technology have negative associations? * Why today we are use the laptops as a shields? * How to show respect and interest to the interlocutor? * Social aspect of taking notes on paper


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Topics from Podcast #14:

  • What are the benefits of living without a smartphone?
  • Are you really interested in what other people do?
  • How to become calmer and more focused on your life?
  • How to find time for yourself?

#MP02


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Topics from Podcast #13:* What is Barack Obama's advice for handling tough decisions? * Why is time with the family a key element in making tough decisions? * Barack Obama Blog


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Topics from Podcast #12:* What do we teach our children? * What does frustration mean? * Why is it important not to show frustration to your kids? * Is the feeling of frustration closely related to the excessive use of technology? * What is one of the most important places when you travel with kids?


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Topics from Podcast #11:* What are the good effects of a pandemic? * Being in a rush - advantage or disadvantage? * Is it better to be valued for the rapidity at which you execute the task or for the proficiency at which you do it? * My way to handle unforeseen situations in life. * Unforeseen consequences of being fast. * Being the default problem solving person for everybody. * How stress affects your health?


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Topics from Podcast #10:* Why being intentional with technology is a good strategy for life? * Why does technology has completely different goals than you? * Deep need for social justice - why? * What is the obvious reason for an application manufacturer's choice of addicting patterns?


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Topics from Podcast #9:

  • How keeping a daily journal could change your life?
  • Choosing the right journal - factors to consider about journals.
  • What is my favorite journal to write in and why?
  • Which camera is a better choice for vloggers - DJI Pocket 2 vs. DJI Osmo Action?

Contains footage shot on Olympus PEN F, Olympus OMD-EM1 mk2 and DJI Pocket 2.


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Topics from Podcast #8:

  • Why are we bad at reflecting on our lives nowadays - how social media affect this process?
  • How has the world look like without social media and mobile phones - what were the benefits?
  • What are the cons of living in the western world - how the overload of information affects us?
  • Why we should make time for reflection while consuming - how can it change our lives?

Gratitude to all my previous podcast Guests. I'm deeply thankful for your participation in my project.


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Topics from Podcast #7:

  • What was first in Piotr's life - productivity or music?
  • How did Piotr's adventure with productivity begin?
  • Who was the special guest at Piotr's second concert?
  • How can productivity be connected to slow living?
  • What is the 80/20 productivity rule? Benefits of using this method.
  • How to optimize the way that we spend our energy and achieve productivity balance?
  • What are Piotr's strategies to avoid procrastination?
  • Can digital detox help us fight the mechanisms of smartphone addiction?
  • Peter's experiences with fasting - what are the positive effects of cleansing our body?
  • What are Piotr's favorite analog strategies?
  • The Importance of Mindfulness - what are the benefits of a state of consciousness?
  • What are Piotr's favorite applications?

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Carl Pullein is a productivity and time management coach who has helped thousands of people around the world to get better at managing their time and become more productive using technology they carry around every day.

Topics from Podcast #6:

  • How did Carl's career path look like - why didn't he end up as an attorney and finally decided to become a productivity coach?
  • Why did Carl start to teach English in Asia - for what reasons has he chosen to live in Korea?
  • How does technology affect our productivity - what tools do we need to plan our organization system?
  • What are the reasons to start a digital detox - is it necessary in today's world? -
  • Why has Carl chosen Todoist as his task manager tool?
  • How does Carl's organization system look like - what strategies he uses in order to increase his productivity?
  • Carl's morning routine - what kind of journaling does Carl prefer?
  • Why has Carl decided to exercise daily - what are the benefits of being active?
  • How to find inner motivation and set measurable goals - why constancy is a must-have when you are willing to succeed?
  • What is the definition of failure - is it always such a bad thing or is it just our perception?
  • What is the one analog thing that Carl would have chosen?

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Why you shouldn't consider quitting your current job? Don't change your job until you hear about these 3 reasons.

Topics from Podcast #5:

  • Outsourcing the control over your feelings. You should be the person who is in control of your own thoughts and emotions - don't make them dependent on external factors.
  • Discomfort = growth. The fact that you are feeling unwell in a situation is an opportunity for a change. Discomfort might stimulate your development.
  • You have not explored all the options. You should check all the opportunities that the job offers and then make a reasonable choice.

You are responsible for your own life experiences.


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Greg Albrecht is the guest of today's episode. Greg is an executive advisor and strategist, a coach, an investor, and a co-founder at Albrecht&Partners. We are going to talk about how to use coaching to improve business capability and also about all the analog things that are not technically related.

Topics from Podcast #4:

  • What has Greg's path looked like - did he always know that he will become a coach and an advisor?
  • At what point did Greg decide that he needs to find a coach for his personal development - how did it affect his life?
  • What is the difference between psychotherapy and coaching - how to choose the best option for yourself?
  • Is there a certain cause that more and more people need therapy and coaching nowadays - how does the availability and awareness of these tools affect it?
  • What are Greg's favorite strategies that he uses in helping people to rearrange their lives - what kind of technics Greg applies as a coach?
  • Why exploring is a good tactic for coaching - how the details of the situation can give you the answers you need?
  • How to deal with people who are not ready for a change - how to balance between opportunity and stability?
  • How meditation can affect your personal and business life - what kind of benefits can you expect?
  • Is it possible to use technology wisely - what are the upsides and downsides of using the internet?
  • What are Greg's favorite analog rituals - what kind of productivity tools does Greg use?

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Why law firm employees are in a deep need for life coaching? I'm going to share observations based on my 16 years of career experience in the legal industry.

  • Working in a law firm is a very challenging job - the hierarchy structure of the law firms is complicated. The law firm employees are under a lot of stress because of the high expectations of their clients.

  • Law firms are poorly organized, which manifests itself in making bad organization decisions. Partners of law firms often feel that they are experts in every field.

  • The resistance to the digital transformation - we could experience it during the pandemic when we had the chance to work remotely.

  • Law firms don't react to bullying behaviors and miscommunications between the employees - there is a diffusion of responsibility.

  • Multiplying exceptions over exceptions - it is difficult to understand the company values and culture.

  • The decisions made in the law firms are usually made out of fear and under pressure - those choices don't harmonize with the long-term strategy.

Feel free to join a life coaching community that I'm creating – we will be talking about improving our lives.


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How life is never uniquely happy or uniquely sad - it's our decision on how to see events in our lives and how we feel about them.

  • Let yourself feel emotions - our emotions serve a wide variety of purposes - even those negative ones play an important role in our life.
  • Even negative events in our lives can turn into changes that will lead you to better alternatives. You might finally find the time to do things you always wanted.

Exercise for today: write down the situations in your life that were difficult but also turned out positively. 

Share your experience with me, in the comments. 

Feel free to book a coaching session with me - a discovery call. Let's find out if we are a good match for each other. https://www.analogpark.net/coaching


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In this episode I tell you why I have decided to finally publish a podcast in English and what this podcast will be about.

There will be 4 main themes or sections of this podcast, all of which I describe in this episode.

If you want to contact me feel free to write an email at hi@analogpark.net

Talk to you soon!