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Back to SearchOver-allocated Attention and the Associated Stress - DBR 077
Episode 77
Our attention is over-allocated by a nexus of events. This episode is what to do about that. I'm gonna acknowledge something that I'm not a big fan of. Apparently April is stress awareness month. S…
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Yes! You CAN Be Happy At Work - DBR 076
Episode 76
The happiness at work episode. Yay. I’m happy to be at work. Last time we talked about pessimism versus optimism. A closely related subject is happiness versus misery. I do think that optimism is c…
Published on 4 months, 4 weeks ago
Pessimism Cloaked as Realism Considered Harmful - DBR 075
Episode 75
This one's about optimism and pessimism, and what that has to do with productivity. I and the whole thing is a productivity concern for me. We talk about confidence around these parts. That’s because…
Published on 5 months ago
How We Got Here and Where We're Going - History of Knowledge Work Productivity - DBR 074
Episode 74
I want to talk about the history of knowledge work productivity. And it's going to involve a lot of different names. It's going to involve the triumvirate, well, the quadrumvirate (that’s the real wo…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
Fable: Productivity Rain Dances - Watch Out - DBR 073
Episode 73
I started out talking about the lies of productivity, but I’m going to change to fables because it's just things we collectively believe without much evidence. Plus, I don't think anybody's intention…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
The Modern Productivity Paradox, What Should Knowledge Workers Do? - DBR 072
Episode 72
Most everybody involved in knowledge work is involved with technology. It's what we do. We deal in information, so we deal with information technology. We believe that it makes us more productive – “…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
"Attention Crisis"? What is the Argument and the Evidence - DBR 071
Episode 71
There's an article in The New Yorker "What If The Attention Crisis Is All A Distraction" by Daniel Immerwahr. I think the attention problem (if there is one) is important for us to understand and res…
Published on 6 months ago
The Wrong Mindset May Be Causing Bad Results - DBR 070
Episode 70
It's time to update on philosophy of work; I've got some more info for you. A lot of this is going to be review, but I think it's absolutely critical that we put ourselves in the right mindset toward…
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago
Why you need commonplace books and how to create them - DBR 069
Episode 69
One of the primary uses of information is to help us learn. When we are explicitly learning, we work to collect information. It works the other way, as well. As we are exposed to new information, we …
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago
The History of Paper as a History of Personal Information Management - DBR 068
Episode 68
This episode is about the history of personal information management as viewed through a now ancient technology, PAPER We’ll have a couple of takeaways: One is human beings have been trying to ma…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago