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Doing the thing - a short sharp masterclass on creating focus

Doing the thing - a short sharp masterclass on creating focus

Update: 2025-04-29
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There are a million ways to waste time.


We don't need a million and one ways to be productive.


We just need to - Do The Thing




It's easy to overcomplicate productivity:



  • Over analysing your habits

  • Over examing your past

  • Over sharing your strategies.


These are all effective ways to not be productive.


In this episode, we cut through the fluff and focus on the pure, simple truths.








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Episode: Doing the thing - a short sharp masterclass on creating focus




Chapters:


00:00 The many ways to tackle productivity


01:35 Essay - "Doing the thing"


03:08 Busy vs productive


04:47 Productivity for a podcaster


07:00 False productivity - Hiking


08:43 Psychology of productivity


09:27 Procrastination - Temporal Motivation Theory


10:49 Planning Fallacy


11:26 Zegarknik effect - Just start


13:19 Adverts


13:25 Questions and answers


13:34 When should I do the thing?


13:44 What if I don't have time?


13:58 How do you make time?


14:59 What if it's hard?


15:48 What if I am not ready to do the thing?


18:45 What if I don't know how to do the thing?


20:01 What if I fail?

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Doing the thing - a short sharp masterclass on creating focus

Doing the thing - a short sharp masterclass on creating focus

Sam Webster Harris | Growth Mindset Psychology