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Armen Berjikly is a serial entrepreneur and the recently appointed CTO at BetterUp, a human transformation platform founded in 2013 that employs over 3,000 coaches to help individuals achieve greater clarity, purpose, and passion through expert guidance. Before joining BetterUp, Armen co-founded Motive, which was later acquired by BetterUp, and Kenjoya, acquired by Ultimate Software. He holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and a master's degree in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University.In this conversation, we discuss:The evolution of technology and its impact on the workplace over the past two decades.How Armen's early research at Stanford with professors Clifford Nass and Byron Reeves influenced his career.The development of Experience Project and its role in connecting people through shared experiences and emotions.The journey of Armen's companies, Kenjoya and Motive, and their contributions to understanding and improving employee experiences.Armen's insights on integrating AI with human interaction to enhance emotional intelligence in technology.The unique approach BetterUp takes in combining coaching, technology, and research to drive human transformation and organizational success.ResourceSubscribe to the AI and the Future of Work newsletterConnect with ArmenAI fun fact articleAn episode you might like about extending life with AI

Lo has oído cientos de veces: para ser más productivos hay que hacer una sola tarea. Nada de multitarea.Y, sin embargo, ahí volvemos. Acabamos abriendo el portátil en medio de una reunión. Navegamos por las redes sociales mientras vemos una película. Mandamos un correo al mismo tiempo que hablamos por teléfono.Si deberíamos centrarnos en una sola tarea, en prestar atención a la reunión, en disfrutar de la película o en la conversación con un cliente… ¿por qué demonios es tan difícil centrarse?Ese es el tema principal del programa de esta semana, donde aprenderás cómo y cuándo aplicar la mono o la multitarea en tu vida.Notas de programaLas notas del programa están disponibles en https://kenso.es/episodio/234-multitarea-monotareaÍndice del programa(01:06) El reto de la multitarea(07:41) Dos cerebros(10:36) Multitarea vs Proyectos(12:43) La realidad de la multitarea(18:34) Recomendación: recurso(21:04) El espacio atencional(28:43) Switchtasking(33:13) Atención Parcial Continua(34:58) Recomendación: herramienta(35:51) Multitarea y la creatividad(39:15) Cómo mejorar la concentración(45:57) Resumen(48:35) Tu plan de acción(50:06) ¡Nos escuchamos muy pronto!Recursos mencionadosArtículo: Multicosts of Multitasking de Kevin Madore y Anthony WagnerArtículo: Supertaskers: Profiles in extraordinary multitasking ability de Jason M. Watson y David L. StrayerLibro: Pensar rápido, pensar despacio de Daniel KahnemanArtículo: Cognitive control in media multitaskers de Eyal Ophir, Clifford Nass y Anthony D. WagnerReseña: Hyperfocus de Chris BaileyArtículo: Why is it so hard to do my work? The challenge of attention residue when switching between work tasks de Sophie LeroyAplicación: CalmArtículo: “Switching On” creativity: Task switching can increase creativity by reducing cognitive fixation de Jackson G. Lu, Modupe Akinola y Malia F. MasonEpisodio 46: Crea formaciones legendarias con Juanda SobradoLa página web de KENSOEl canal de Telegram: Efectividad KENSONuestros cursos onlineSuscríbete al boletín electrónico de KENSO Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Con José Miguel Tomasena y Emma Rodero. Ya es posible generar música o imágenes a través de inteligencia artificial. Ya las máquinas ganan a los humanos, de modos inesperados, al ajedrez y al go. Este podcast termina pensando la creatividad de los algoritmos. Y con una confesión de Vosotres, que es toda una sorpresa final. AUTORES CITADOS: Marcus du Santoy, Ed Finn, Kai-Fu Lee, Gred Kohs, Cathy Pearl, Trevor Cox, Jason Mars, Clifford Nass, Diana Deibel, Rebeca Ivanhoe, Kat Vellos, James Vlahos, Holly Herndon.

Cheryl Platz—Rosenfeld Media author, emcee of our Advancing Research and Enterprise Experience conferences, puppeteer, and Principal UX Designer at Gates Foundation—shares the inspiration that drove her new book Design Beyond Devices: Creating Multimodal, Cross-Device Experiences (due out in late 2020). If you’re an interaction designer, you’ll want to listen as Cheryl dramatically expands our understanding of one of interaction design’s final frontiers. Cheryl recommends: Wired for Speech by Clifford Nass and Scott Brave:https://www.amazon.com/Wired-Speech-Activates-Human-Computer-Relationship/dp/0262640651 Follow Cheryl: https://twitter.com/funnygodmother Get updates on her new book:https://rosenfeldmedia.com/books/design-beyond-devices/

Sponsored by Project Voice CatalystProject Voice Catalyst is for companies working with voice and AI, whether heavily involved or just starting, it uses an extensive network to connect companies working with voice tech and conversational AI to new customers, partners, media, or investors, depending on needs and business objectives.Accelerating your business months ahead of where you otherwise would be.No matter what industry - publishing, healthcare, automotive, banking, gaming, hospitality - Project Voice: Catalyst is helping others and can help you.Contact Ray Kyle, Score Publishing's Director of Business Development, at Ray@ScorePublishing.us or (781) 929 1098 if you're interested in learning more.[/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]Multi model design for Google AssistantWe first spoke about multi modal design with Jan König of Jovo on one of the very first episodes of the VUX World podcast. Back then, Jan described Jovo's vision for a multi modal future, where the best interface is the closest interface you have to hand, whether that's your watch, your headphones, your speaker or you phone. And that the experience you have with your assistant should depend on the device you're using. Context should be carried across devices and modalities so that your experience remains personalised, yet tuned to the device you're using.In 2018, this was merely a vision. Google Assistant existed on Android and in a smart speaker and almost all design was contained to the audible conversation.Since then, Google Assistant has exploded. It's on over 1 billion devices of all shapes and sizes. Yes, it still runs on Android, and on Google's line of Nest smart speakers. But it's also now on iOS, on Nest Hub smart displays, car head units, headphones, smart home objects, watches, TVs, all in over 30 languages. And it's expanding into new environments with new languages seemingly every couple of month.Jan's vision has been brought to life by Google.How, then, does Google make sure that the experience of using Google Assistant is consistent across device types? How does a screen change the dynamics of the interaction? How does the context of someone being outside wearing headphones impact design choices? And how should the experience differ and grow over time?Then there's the fact that Google doesn't control where Google Assistant lives. Any manufacturer can put Google Assistant into any device and potentially create new contextual environments and new multi modal dynamics. How do you manage that?Daniel Padgett, Head of Conversation Design at Google, joins us on the show this week to explain.LinksConversation design guidance from GoogleGoogle's design principles at design.googleBooksWired for speech by Clifford Nass and Scott BraveThe man who lied to his laptop by Clifford NassDesigning voice user interfaces by Cathy PearlVoice user interface design by James Giangola and Jennifer Balogh See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

No matter how great your software is, poor copy can still ruin the entire user experience. How do we choose the right words then? Our guest today is Yael Ben-David, a UX writer and thought leader. We talk how UX writing process works in real life, how to develop (and capture) voice and tone for your product, and how to improve your microcopy using simple proven methods.Podcast feed: subscribe to https://feeds.simplecast.com/4MvgQ73R in your favorite podcast app, and follow us on iTunes, Stitcher, or Google Play Music.Show NotesYael's blog on MediumEpisode 134: UX Writing with Yuval KeshtcherTranscript of the interview I never had — Yael's article that inspired this episodeJohn Saito — a famous UX writer at DropboxMailchimp Content Style GuideMicrocopy: The Complete Guide — a book by Kinneret YifrahOne voice, many hands — an article by Slack teamContent Design — a book by Sarah Richards (she coined the term)The Man Who Lied to His Laptop — a book by Clifford Nass and Corina YenDon't Make Me Think — a timeless book by Steve KrugLetting Go of the Words — a book by Ginny RedishConversational Design — a book by Erica HallFollow Yael on Twitter: @YaelBenDavidToday's SponsorThis episode is brought to you by Lightmatter. Lightmatter helps some of the world’s fastest growing companies design and develop their software applications. Whether you don’t yet need an in-house engineering team, or you’re busy growing the next unicorn and can’t hire fast enough, there’s an immense value in working with a group of experts like Lightmatter. Check them out at lightmatter.com/uibreakfast to learn more.Interested in sponsoring an episode? Learn more here.Leave a ReviewReviews are hugely important because they help new people discover this podcast. If you enjoyed listening to this episode, please leave a review on iTunes. Here's how.

In this episode we look at how Stanford professor of Communications and voice personality researcher Clifford Nass employed the personality model developed by psychologist Jerry Wiggins to guide voice designers in developing more persuasive voices. We'll also map three financial services brands to this model: eTrade, Charles Schwab and Vanguard.Episode blog posthttp://arrovox.com/2018/07/31/ep-01-wiggins-voice-personality-model/Resources"Wired for Speech", by Clifford Nasshttps://www.amazon.com/Wired-Speech-Activates-Human-Computer-Relationship-ebook/dp/B001949SMM/ CreditsHost: Doug SchumacherTwitter: @MemeRunnerProduction: Arrovox.comContact: d@arrovox.com

I'm hungry for productivity. I want ways to get more done in less time. We all do. Time is one of our most limited resources in the day and age. The are thousands of articles, books, systems, workshops and products geared toward making us more productive. One of the things we all do to get more done is multitask. Whether it's geared toward increasing work output or just that we're afraid we'll miss something if we don't, we tend to multitask our way through life. We listen to podcasts or television while we cook. We scroll facebook while we watch Netflix. We talk or listen while we drive or walk. We listen to a webinar while we answer emails. We email while we're in a meeting. My son watches or listens to YouTube while he plays games on his computer. And he's not alone. Dr. Clifford Nass, a psychology professor at Stanford University, says (and I'm quoting from an interview on NPR), “the top 25 percent of Stanford students are using four or more media at one time whenever they're using media. So when they're writing a paper, they're also Facebooking, listening to music, texting, Twittering, et cetera. And that's something that just couldn't happen in previous generations even if we wanted it to.” Lest you think this is just a new media problem or a bash technology episode, it's not. This quote, “To do two things at once is to do neither.” Wasn't said by a 21st-century researcher. It's attributed to Publilius Syrus, a Roman slave in the first century B.C. Obviously, this issue of multitasking has been around long before smartphones. I routinely walked around with an open book in front of my face reading when I was a kid. I know this has always been an issue for me. Let's take the lid off though and see how effective it actually is. First, I need to say that you can go ahead and consider yourself a fantastic multi-tasker. You absolutely are. Supremely talented even. Because you're breathing, moving, walking, reaching, digesting your lunch, doing all sorts of things that are involuntary and second nature while you're accomplishing tasks that take more thought. It's the more complex tasks, the ones that take more thought that tend to trip us up, though. We think we can do several of those at the same time. But, we actually can't. I mean it might look like I'm listening to a podcast and cooking a new recipe for dinner, but I'm actually not multi-tasking. I'm switch-tasking. My brain is doing only one of those things at the same time. It's switching back and forth between the two tasks. It's doing so pretty quickly, but it's only actually processing information from one of those activities at a time. If I really think about that, I know it's true. If I'm doing something I don't use a recipe for, something like a stir-fry, where I'm just chopping vegetables and not measuring, reading a recipe or following a real instructional list, it's much easier to listen to something and cook. There's a good chance I'm more distracted than I think I am though because I'll routinely forget to include something I'd intended to. If I'm following a recipe, though, it's much tougher. I'll re-read. I'll lose track of where I am, I'll realize that I've either done one or the other thing. I've either read and understood the recipe or I've listened to the audio. I'll often miss audio while I'm paying attention to the recipe or have to re-read the recipe because I was paying attention to the audio. Generally, a loss in productivity or forgetting to put the mushrooms in a stir-fry just means dinner takes a little longer to cook and I have mushrooms for an omelet in the morning. But, that loss of productivity is a bigger deal at work. Conservative estimates are that we have a 40% loss in productivity when we multitask. We might think we're being more efficient, but we're not. A 40% loss. That's a big deal. Actually, the news is worse than that. Studies show that multitasking results not only in the 40% reduction in productivity, but also higher cortisol or stress levels, up to a 10 or 15 point drop in IQ (that's more than smoking weed by the way), more mistakes, decreased memory function, higher anxiety, impaired creativity, an inability to reach or maintain a flow state, and an inability to process visual input. So, I suppose, if you have more productivity, creativity, and IQ than you need, or if you could use more stress, mistakes, and anxiety, I'd say, go ahead. Multitask to your heart's content. But, for the rest of us mere mortals, we need to seriously re-think some habits and approaches to our work. Here are several suggestions for reducing multitasking. Block out specific time for single activities. Spend a specific amount of time on one task. Be ruthless. Do whatever you need to do to not switch tasks. This will be really tough, but, it does get easier with practice. Batch process activities. Rather than return phone calls as they happen, set aside time to do them all at once. Rather than choose your meals for the week during each day, choose all your meals for the week at a specific time on Sunday evening. This is an efficiency practice. A productivity hack. But, the relationship to today's topic is that you're doing only that thing at that time. By batching them together you don't have the start-stop time that your brain needs to end one task and start another. You don't incur the productivity losses that switching tasks causes. Do not leave your inbox open all the time. Choose a twenty-minute window to do all your email. This is batch processing and blocked out time all at once, but email is such a major offender in the realm of multitasking, that it's worth calling it out. Eliminate your phone and laptop notifications. Turn the sounds off. Wean yourself from those little red circles or the sounds that trigger a reach for the phone every single time someone wants to share a piano-playing cat video with you. And lastly, let's talk about driving for just a moment. I could spend an entire episode here, but I'm not, You already know this. I'm just going to remind you and point a few things out. Distracted driving is deadly. If you wouldn't drive drunk, don't drive distracted. From distraction.gov comes this statistic: Five seconds is the average time your eyes are off the road while texting. When traveling at 55mph, that's enough time to cover the length of a football field essentially blindfolded. It's not just texting, being on social media, or checking email. It's talking on the phone as well. The University of Utah published a statistic that says that “Using a cell phone while driving, whether it's hand-held or hands-free, delays a driver's reactions as much as having a blood alcohol concentration at the legal limit of .08 percent” If you're like me and have said that talking on a cell phone is no different than talking to passengers, well, we're wrong. Studies show that conversations with people in the same vehicle are markedly different and less distracting than cell phone conversations due to the behavior of both the passengers and the drivers in those conversations. You might be thinking right now, “This whole episode doesn't apply to me. I'm really good at multitasking.” I'm here to burst your bubble. Are you Ready? The Stanford psychologist I quoted earlier, Dr. Clifford Nass, says, The research is almost unanimous, which is very rare in social science, and it says that people who chronically multitask show an enormous range of deficits. They're basically terrible at all sorts of cognitive tasks, including multitasking…we have scales that allow us to divide up people into people who multitask all the time and people who rarely do, and the differences are remarkable. People who multitask all the time can't filter out irrelevancy. They can't manage a working memory. They're chronically distracted. Plus, people who think they are good at multitasking generally have a lower capacity for simultaneous thought. They're actually less good at it than people who consider themselves less skilled. So, if you've been thinking all along that you're the exception, the odds are overwhelming that you're not. I wish I'd done this experiment last week, but I didn't. I ran across an article by Peter Bregman in The Harvard Business Review detailing a week-long experiment on himself. He tried to completely eliminate multitasking and see what happened. I'm going to quickly summarize the six things he says he learned. It was delightful. He was surprised at how much more deeply engaged he became with the people and surroundings in his life. He made significant progress on challenging projects. Instead of distracting himself when things got hard, he persisted and experienced breakthroughs. His stress level dropped significantly. He lost all patience for things he felt were not a good use of his time. He had no tolerance for wasted time because he wasn't distracting himself during it. He had tremendous patience for things he found worthwhile and enjoyable. Like family and relationships. There was no downside. He lost nothing by not multitasking. I think that's really interesting. It's not a generic study. It's a real guy with a real family and real work projects who surprised himself by bearing out the results of the science. Could you do it? Could you go a whole week without multitasking? Could you go a day? One car trip? I challenge you to try.

Phone addiction is causing loneliness, anxiety and depression in many, and has been considered in a new study as substance abuse. Some phone vendors are telling Android users that they have the latest security updates while it’s not so. And in search of the perfect voice for virtual personal assistants. All of this on WRLWND Radio for this week. Show Notes In a new study published in NeuroRegulation, argues that overuse of smart phones is just like any other type of substance abuse. The study pointed out that, “behavioral addiction of smartphone use begins forming neurological connections in the brain in ways similar to how opioid addiction is experienced by people taking Oxycontin for pain relief.” Android updates A German security firm found that many Android phone vendors fail to make patches available to their users, or delay their release for months; they sometimes also tell users their phone's firmware is fully up to date, even while they've secretly skipped patches. The company tested the firmware of 1,200 phones, from more than a dozen phone manufacturers, for every Android patch released in 2017. The devices were made by Google itself as well as major Android phone makers like Samsung, Motorola, and HTC, and lesser-known Chinese-owned companies like ZTE and TCL. Their testing found that other than Google's own flagship phones like the Pixel and Pixel 2, even top-tier phone vendors sometimes claimed to have patches installed that they actually lacked. Virtual Assistant Voice IT research firm Gartner predicts that many touch-required tasks on mobile apps will become voice activated within the next several years. So, the voice feature on our devices are becoming more common these days. In the book Wired for Speech: How Voice Activates and Advances the Human-Computer Relationship, the authors Clifford Nass and Scott Brave explored the relationships among technology, gender and authority. According to their research, men like a male computer voice more than a female computer voice. Women, like a female voice more than a male one.

“Growing up, “instigator” always had a negative connotation… …So I looked up what it means. And it’s someone who stirs the pot in a good way; and instigates change.” ~ Marvin Towler Two Fit Crazies and a Microphone Podcast Episode 28 with Marvin Towler – Trainer/Speaker/Instigator/Athlete In Episode 28, Christine and Brian sit down for a fun and thought-provoking conversation with admitted instigator Marvin Towler. Marvin is a talented Success Coach, coaching others in clarifying goals and working towards personal and professional success. He has worked with some of the biggest names in the personal development industry. Along his path to self-mastery he came across Gary Keller and Jay Papasan’s #1 best seller The ONE Thing, which had such an impact on him that he decided to become one of the first 40 people in the world to be certified to teach the powerful principals of productivity. We discuss the importance of setting practical goals, developing positive habits, the myth of productivity via multi-tasking and the interesting benefits of having experienced adversity in our lives. And much, much more! And one interesting side note, Marvin becomes our second straight guest to forgo a legal career to pursue greater passions in life. Ah, The Universe!!!! A life-long student and consciousness explorer, Marvin Towler is constantly evolving and unfolding! Episode 28! Enjoy! Two Fit Crazies and a Microphone! https://www.marvintowler.com/ https://www.the1thing.com/ Also mentioned: Seth Godin The Slight Edge Multitask Research Study – Prof. Clifford Nass. Stanford University

Biographic Sketch, Marc Rounsaville Rounsaville is currently one of the principles and a Senior Advisor for O4R Organizing for Resilience as well as the managing director of Bluejack Consulting. These firms specialize in leadership development, risk management and executive coaching. Clients from petroleum, banking, healthcare and emergency management industries seek out the technology and skills of these two companies. Both organizations serve individuals, organizations and governments with education, coaching, mentoring, professional leadership development, advanced emergency management and principles-based thinking. The diverse clients served include, US Forest Service, Dialogos International, Hospital Performance Improvement, Corsican Fire Department, Statoil, TOTAL, European Organization for Security and the Norwegian Oil and Gas Board. Prior experience includes; Special Assistant for Continuous Improvement and Risk Management, Deputy Director -- Operations US Forest Service Fire and Aviation, Area Commander, and Type 1 Incident Commander. In these roles Rounsaville led men and women in emergency response for fires, hurricanes, events and terror attacks. Program management duties during this period encompassed training, preparedness and risk management for emergency response and aviation activities across the Untied States. Book Recommendations: Team of Teams by Chris Fussell, David Silverman, Stanley A. McChrystal, and Tantum Collins The Invisible Gorilla by Christopher F. Chabris and Daniel Simons The Man Who Lied to His Laptop by Clifford Nass and Corina Yen Contact: http://www.org4resil.com/

If you've wanted more time in your day, greater success, or to achieve dreams so big you'd scare yourself silly, then do we have the show for you! Today we'll be talking with Jay Papasan, vice-president and executive editor at Keller Realty, co-owner Papasan Properties Group (with his wife) and co-author of best-seller The One Thing, to me, one of the greatest business books of all time… right up there alongside Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich. And so today, while I want to ask Jay questions about dozens of topics, we're gonna focus on The ONE THING, and that one thing can make your days easier, help you build the life you desire, give you MORE time, and quite possibly greater success than you could ever imagine. That plus we'll talk about the power of dominos, going small, why big isn't bad, why will power isn't always on will-call, what in the world's a time block, and why we almost all fail at the marshmallow test. Questions and Topics Include: How Jay Papasan stopped writing a book on focus, and lost focus to write a different book. What it means to go small What is the key battle-cry of The One Thing What dominos have to do with the One Thing What it means that one thing can do many things, in business or in life. How Dominos can move exponentially. Why a plateau is not necessarily a plateau but a foundation for explosive future growth What the Six Big Lies in Life and Business are. Why all things are not equal. What does the Paredo effect have to do with our to-do lists Why we need a success list, not a to-do list. Why it's not about what you do, but what you accomplish. A three minute technique to radically improve your to-do list and improve your time management. Why multi-tasking is a lie – Clifford Nass former Harvard then Stanford behavioral scientist who did a study on multitasking. Why you need to minimize your transition time What is time-blocking for time management Why it's so important to use your morning's for the One Thing Why it's so important to have an assigned time for things in a calendar over your to do list Why success is not about your will power. Baba Shiv Stanford motivation study What was learned from an Israeli Parole board about motivation What's the important of energy management. Why it's never about motivation Why big is not bad Why successful people aren't trading time for success Why it was said during a Greg Cardone by Jay “why wealthy people buy time, while poor people sell it.” What is the focus question, the one most important question to ask yourself. Why it's better to say “I do” then to say “yes” The importance on learning how to say “no” how to protect your commitments, and say yes to yourself The importance of lining up your dominos What's the importance of taking a mental health day One important tip on time management How Jay went from 240 to 199. Seinfeld's secret to success How to use your calendar for success – and why you want to show it to others. Why you want to take 5 minutes a day for your One Thing. Jay Papasan Shares The Secret to Success & Extraordinary Life, The One Thing! Inspiration | Motivation | Career | Entrepreneur | Spiritual | Spirituality | Mindfulness | Meditation | Inspirational | Motivational | Self-Improvement | Self-Help | Inspire For More Info visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

If you've wanted more time in your day, greater success, or to achieve dreams so big you'd scare yourself silly, then do we have the show for you! Today we'll be talking with Jay Papasan, vice-president and executive editor at Keller Realty, co-owner Papasan Properties Group (with his wife) and co-author of best-seller The One Thing, to me, one of the greatest business books of all time… right up there alongside Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich. And so today, while I want to ask Jay questions about dozens of topics, we're gonna focus on The ONE THING, and that one thing can make your days easier, help you build the life you desire, give you MORE time, and quite possibly greater success than you could ever imagine. That plus we'll talk about the power of dominos, going small, why big isn't bad, why will power isn't always on will-call, what in the world's a time block, and why we almost all fail at the marshmallow test. Questions and Topics Include: How Jay Papasan stopped writing a book on focus, and lost focus to write a different book. What it means to go small What is the key battle-cry of The One Thing What dominos have to do with the One Thing What it means that one thing can do many things, in business or in life. How Dominos can move exponentially. Why a plateau is not necessarily a plateau but a foundation for explosive future growth What the Six Big Lies in Life and Business are. Why all things are not equal. What does the Paredo effect have to do with our to-do lists Why we need a success list, not a to-do list. Why it's not about what you do, but what you accomplish. A three minute technique to radically improve your to-do list and improve your time management. Why multi-tasking is a lie – Clifford Nass former Harvard then Stanford behavioral scientist who did a study on multitasking. Why you need to minimize your transition time What is time-blocking for time management Why it's so important to use your morning's for the One Thing Why it's so important to have an assigned time for things in a calendar over your to do list Why success is not about your will power. Baba Shiv Stanford motivation study What was learned from an Israeli Parole board about motivation What's the important of energy management. Why it's never about motivation Why big is not bad Why successful people aren't trading time for success Why it was said during a Greg Cardone by Jay “why wealthy people buy time, while poor people sell it.” What is the focus question, the one most important question to ask yourself. Why it's better to say “I do” then to say “yes” The importance on learning how to say “no” how to protect your commitments, and say yes to yourself The importance of lining up your dominos What's the importance of taking a mental health day One important tip on time management How Jay went from 240 to 199. Seinfeld's secret to success How to use your calendar for success – and why you want to show it to others. Why you want to take 5 minutes a day for your One Thing. Jay Papasan Shares the Secret to The One Thing and How This Simple Technique Can Create The Success, Happiness, and Life You Desire! Plus Extreme Time Management!!! Business | Career | Health | Inspiration | Motivation | Entrepreneur | Self-Help | Inspire For More Info visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

If you are reading this then you are most likely to be a high-achiever or on the road to becoming one. You see, only 10% of people read or listen to material with the sole intent of self-improvement. You probably read productivity blogs, business magazines or listen to industry leaders, in your particular employment sector, talking about the future so that you can stay one step ahead of your competition. Whatever you are doing, you are doing it because you want to be more informed and, in doing so, become more productive. As you’ve most probably noticed, the top high-achievers seem to be calm, confident and, above all, incredibly productive. The amount they write, talk and accomplish is phenomenal. They seem to be able to do it all - they have truly mastered the art of multitasking. How can you be as awesome at multitasking as them, for surely here lies the holy grail of productivity? Or does it? Formula 1 World Champion, Lewis Hamilton, does not multitask.At this year’s Malaysian Grand Prix, on Lap 41, Lewis was in second place and struggling with the team’s current tyre choice and pit stop strategy. He’d recently used the radio to complain about the tyres when suddenly his team accidentally broadcast a message from Mercedes technical director, Paddy Lowe. Hamilton responded: “I can hear you. I don't know what I'm supposed to be doing. Paddy says I might be doing another stop!”There was confusion in the cockpit.But Lewis kept on pushing - he had only 14 laps in which to catch the race leader and he was only 14 seconds behind. He was focused.And then, another radio call came through. It said that if Hamilton kept pushing he could catch Vettel with 5 laps remaining.But that one radio call almost ended the race for Hamilton. He was entering a corner when the radio call came and his attention was momentarily diverted - he struggled to keep the car on the racetrack.‘Don’t talk to me through the corners! I nearly just went off!’ he responded to his race engineer.Yes, real world champions - they don’t multitask. Those at the top, the high-achievers we all aspire to be, they do one thing at a time and they do it very well.You see multitasking actually does two things to your brain; it makes you less productive and it reduces your Emotional Intelligence (EI).Stanford University professor Clifford Nass, who studied the social and psychological impacts of media, says that multitasking and the swapping back and forth between different types of interactive media makes us less not more efficient."The research is almost unanimous, which is very rare in social science, and it says that people who chronically multitask show an enormous range of deficits, they're basically terrible at all sorts of cognitive tasks." says Nass.He says that not only are those who multitask less productive than those who focus on one task at a time but they tend to be socially and emotionally immature and find it hard to read people in social situations. They also prefer to hide behind a text or email rather than call someone.When was the last time you called someone instead of sending them a text?Multitasking lowers your performance because your brain can only focus on one thing at a time, your brain works sequentially, so when you attempt to do two things at once you perform badly at both.Let’s look at some everyday examples.Watching TV whilst eating and using your phone or tablet to look something up on the internet.Writing an email whilst in a business meeting.Texting whilst driving.Working out whilst listening to music and reading a book.Cooking, talking on the phone, texting, watching YouTube and uploading photos of the awesome meal you’ve just made.When was the last time you were driving and turned the radio off so you could concentrate? A common example is when you are driving in a busy city and looking for a parking space.Pilots don’t multitask either - it might look like they do, but they are just prioritising a task list.  Pilots have a process that organises the most important functions above the less important ones and they call this mantra - 'Aviate, Navigate, Communicate'. At a recent presentation I gave, to business leaders in the health industry, I told them that they need to look at what their core daily task was and priortise their focus in that area. If they strayed off their primary task and start doing other things then they must come back to it, periodically. In flying that primary task is to ‘Aviate’ - ie. fly the aircraft.Take instrument flying for example - when in cloud, you have to prioritise the main instrument that shows your aircraft’s attitude over all other activities. If you look away from it for a second, to change a radio frequency, check the fuel or look up details of the approach you’re about to fly you must always come back to the primary instrument else the aircraft’s attitude can change, resulting in unintentional height, heading or speed changes. So, we are starting to see why focusing on one thing at a time is so important.Aircraft generally aren’t very good at flying themselves when in dynamic situations and that’s why we still have pilots - for the moment, anyway! If a pilot gets distracted, especially when in formation, at low-level or taking-off or landing then crashes can happen - distraction is a killer; we prioritise the flying of the aircraft over all other things. After ‘Aviate’ come ‘Navigate’ - knowing where you are and where you are going and lastly, ‘Communication’.The picture in this paragraph was taken on last Friday morning just after 0800 local. I had climbed to 9000 ft over Snowdownia National Park, Wales. I had a radio failure but it didn’t matter as I was in control of the aircraft and knew where I was. I can deal with the radio problem later.So, when Lewis almost left the racetrack in Malaysia he was focusing on one thing - driving fast and catching Vettel. When his team made the poorly timed radio call he was instantly forced to multitask and, as we’ve just seen, humans are exceptionally poor at this.So, the next time you find yourself trying to complete a multitude of activities just stop and think about focusing on doing one thing at a time.Only then will you be truly on the road to becoming that calm, confident and incredibly productive high-achiever that you aspire to be. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Humans aren’t the fastest or strongest animal, but we do make the best tools. From plows to pacemakers, we’ve always used technology to transcend our human limits. This week, we ask how far that project can go. We’ll tell you how the first farmers in history transcended the limits of meat and muscle, only to create a very different kind of boundary. And we’ll present the story of two scientists excited to leave their human skin behind. Also, the story of a man who cannot walk, but who can fly; why PCs can be our friends; and finally, robot phenomenology. Host: Mischa Shoni Producers: Charlie Mintz, Rachel Hamburg Featuring: Ian Morris, Byron Reeves, BJ Fogg, Edward Maibach, Shyam Sundar, Laurie Mason, Henry Evans, Jackson Roach Music used during transitions: Fabrizio Paterlini (Veloma); Gillicuddy (Porthlaze Glove); Podington Bear (Delphi); Latché Swing (Hungaria) image via flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/1080p/2421386153 For more information, visit storytelling.stanford.edu Intro Story: Feeding Back Into Us After the last ice age, we humans moved from hunting and gathering to farming. With the plow, farming became a whole lot easier -- but there was a dark side too. Producer: Charlie Mintz, Bojan Srbinovski Featuring: Ian Morris Music: Broke For Free (Night Owl, The Gold Lining, Only Knows); Wilted Woman (Turing); Podington Bear (Dole It Out,); Black Hoods (Talking Cure) Story 1: Robots Are My Freedom As an adult, Henry Evans suffered a medical trauma that left him paralyzed and unable to speak. Then the second half of his life began. Producers: Eileen Williams, Miles S. Featuring: Henry Evans Links: Robots For Humanity Music: Broke For Free (My Always Mood,One And, Budding); Audionautix (Atlantis) Story 2: With 18 Arms And Compound Eyes A scientist visits a relative in the hospital and finds the best available cures lacking. He and a partner go to work at the next frontier of medicine. They wind up bumping into the question of what makes us human. Producer: Jack Dewey, Rachel Hamburg Featuring: Xander Honkala, Andre Watson Links: Ligandal Music: Podington Bear Christian Bjoerklund Rolemusic Story 3: Sympathy For The Dell This story is a tribute to the late Stanford professor Clifford Nass. Friends and colleagues described him as one of the most human humans you could ever meet. He discovered ways that computers can be human too, and one consequence of that research is coming to a hospital near you. Producers: Charlie Mintz, Josh Hoyt Featuring: Clifford Nass, Byron Reeves, BJ Fogg, Laurie Mason, Edward Maibach, Shyam Sundar, Chris Corio Link: Engineered Care Music: Podington Bear (Lake Victoria, Formless) Broke For Free (Note Drop, Like Swimming, Luminous, Blown Out, One And); memotone (This Is The Room, Fractal, Sleeping With the Insects) ; 2ndMOUSE (Arc Reactor); Audionautix (Namaste) Story 4: The Simulation Deck A radio play about the strawberry-sized gap between humans and machines. Producer: Jackson Roach Featuring: Andrew Brassel, Matthew Libby. Links: Robot voice created by Cepstral Voices.

Clifford Nass talks about why the automobile is so central to modern life. He discusses the future of autonomous vehicles and describes the human element of auto-mobility. (October 31, 2012)

Speakers: Nicholas Carr, Author, "The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains". Cathy Davidson, Ruth F. DeVarney Professor of English and John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Duke University. Clifford Nass, Thomas M. Storke Professor, Stanford University. Sherry Turkle, Abby Rockefeller Mauze Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology, MIT. Moderator: Dennis Kneale, Senior Correspondent, Fox Business Network. Put down the iPad and pay attention: Technology may be rewiring your brain. Scientists say our ability to focus is being undermined by Twitter feeds, smartphones and other digital distractions. Many experts believe excessive use of technology can make users more impatient, impulsive, forgetful and even narcissistic. It may reduce the ability to process information and think deeply and creatively. Distracted drivers have become a menace on the roads. Even worse, tech-obsessed parents spend less quality time with their children, causing not only hurt feelings but potentially stunting a child's vocabulary and development. At the same time, studies show Internet users are more efficient at finding information, and gamers develop better visual acuity. Is the technology that was intended to make us more productive actually dumbing us down? Is its use in the classroom counterproductive? How does it change our culture and society in general?

Michael Shanks, Chris Gerdes, Clifford Nass, and Sebastian Thrun -- all leading inventors and researchers at Stanford's new Center for Automotive Research at Stanford (CARS) -- investigate the topic of current, present, and future automobilles. (May 22, 2010)

In this lecture Clifford Nass describes how the human brain and body are "wired" for speech: The sound of a voice, whether from a person or machine, causes us to respond as we respond to actual people. (August 7, 2008)

In this lecture Clifford Nass describes how the human brain and body are "wired" for speech: The sound of a voice, whether from a person or machine, causes us to respond as we respond to actual people. (August 7, 2008)