Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchManaging the Operational Aspects of Your Life - DBR 027
Episode 27
Systems and creativity – managing the Operational Aspects of your life I talk about Attention Compass as a system and a set of workflows. A lot of people say, hey, look, I want to be creative, I wa…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
What is 'Calm Productivity'? - DBR 026
Episode 26
What is "Calm Productivity"? I’ve spent a few episodes letting you know how to implement Attention Compass, but why would you WANT TO do that? I'm constantly talking to people about this idea of ca…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Don't overuse Alarms, do this instead - DBR 025
Episode 25
Today I'm going to talk about our need for more reminders and fewer alarms in our lives. This is critical for two reasons: one – we use the wrong tool for the wrong job, with predictable results…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
What is Attention Compass - Workflows 3 & 4 - DBR 024
Episode 24
This finishes the series on Attention Compass nuts and bolts. This is my coaching in a three-part, three-hour presentation. I want you to have this so you can start implementing. Why should you imple…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
What is Attention Compass - Workflows 1 & 2 - DBR 023
Episode 23
What is Attention Compass - Workflows 1 & 2 I want you to have information that will allow you to implement your own Attention Compass, if you want to do that. Attention compass needs some support …
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
What is Attention Compass and How will it help me? - DBR 022
Episode 22
What is Attention Compass and How will it help me? This is one of a series of posts that are going to discuss Attention Compass in detail. Attention Compass is my proprietary tool and workflow to put…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
Formal Education and Getting Better, what are some options? - DBR 021
Episode 21
Is more education the only way to get better? The thing I want to get to is this notion of getting better and improving what you do and, and really drill down on that because I think most of my liste…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Procrastination vs. Postponement and Tracking Our To-Dos - DBR 020
Episode 20
I wanted to talk about procrastination... I think that we have a fair amount of confusion about procrastination. One of the clear points I want to make is that procrastination is not some moral fai…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
How Do We Avoid Perfectionism and Still Manage Quality? - DBR 019
Episode 19
How Do We Avoid Perfectionism and still Manage Quality? I did an episode on perfectionism recently. I argued that it is wasteful and thus should be eliminated. But, in some cases, it seems to be our …
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Lies - perfection should be the target of your work - DBR 018
Episode 18
The lie: Perfection should be the underlying goal of your work Or (rephrased) you should pursue ‘excellence’ in everything you do. The truth is that technical perfection is both unrealistic and unnec…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago