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Turns out we are in fact eating good. This week, Jimmy and Larry are headed to Jolly Old London, but not before podding about living like a Polish man who doesn't know what day of the week it is, erotic thriller season, Susan Sarandon and Mrs. Harris take Japan, all the details surrounding this weekend's epic Throwing Fits and Friends Basic.Space Bazaar, our upcoming World Cup-centric collaboration with Percival (which is why they're headed overseas), whether or not the boys are ready to play some footy, a little Halloween candy and seafood rankings as a treat, your parents calling you to talk about Kanye West, James' romantic getaway to Miami vs. Lawrence's staycation, IG Stories cheeks amplification, the two ways to vacation, stepping on a scale for the first time in a decade and subsequently ruining your life, checking into room 69, the pros and cons of going straight Do Not Disturb Mode at the hotel and much more. For more Throwing Fits, check us out on Patreon: www.patreon.com/throwingfits.
Meet Mandy Thompson, co-founder and CEO of Digital Reach Online Solutions, a full-service digital agency offering holistic solutions that focus on integrations and automations.In this episode, the emphasis is on marketing leadership. You'll hear Mandy and Ashley's fun conversation as they discuss everything from overwhelm, panic, and toxic productivity to the downside of doing rather than being. They also cover the risk of over-accessibility of leaders as marketers. As Mandy says at one point in the chat, "There's nothing good about waking up and feeling like the day is chasing you." It's a shorter episode, but it's down, dirty, and super fun!Notes:- 02.25 Start Your Day Without Feeling Like It's Chasing You- 04:40 Leveraging the "Do Not Disturb" Mode- 05:35 Keeping a Set of Sprint Lists for Reference- 06:40 Managing Slack Communications the Smart Way- 09:20 The Importance of Offboarding Your Day- 10:15 Long-Term Consequences of Being Scattered- 12:00 How Panic Can Push You To Operate at a Lower Level- 14:10 The Only Cure for Overwhelm Is Rest- 16:50 The Conflict of Doing the "Best Work" vs. Being "On Demand"- 18:30 Setting Boundaries and Permissions as a Marketing Leader
Side Hustler’s Series Part 4 of 4: 6 Ways to Carve Out Time to Grind & Execute Outside Your Day Job A PROVEN SYSTEM FOR KNOCKING SHIT OUT EACH DAY Hands down, the #1 thing creatives like you tell me you struggle with the most? Finding time to grind on your side hustle. I’m hella qualified to talk on this topic because I’ve gotten pretty damn good at: carving out pockets of time in my day to knock out my top priorities that align with my main goal/vision. In five years, I’ve been able to build Perspective-Collective, freelance, and handle a weekly podcast all outside of my full-time job. Not to mention, I’m a husband and father to the dopest little dude this side of the Mississippi. This shit isn’t easy, and I’m not trying to brag. I’m just trying to convince you that if I can do it, anyone can. If finding time to grind is one of your biggest pain points, I feel the following system can improve your productivity immediately. Note: I also have this available as a guide in the Side Hustler’s War Chest. In case you missed that, you can download it here. #1. Take One Bite at a Time It’s easy to feel like you’re not doing enough when you see someone else crushing it. Often, our ambition is larger than our reality, and we feel we have to eat the full pizza in one bite. While it’s great you want to start a weekly podcast, vlog, and newsletter all at once, biting off more than you can chew can set yourself up for failure if you: Attempt to do all of this outside a day job Have family responsibilities Don’t have a defined process built into your routine I started posting consistent drawings on Instagram in the spring of 2014. I then took on weekly blogging in June 2015, then added a newsletter in October 2015. I began the weekly podcast in August 2016. In between, I’d sprinkle in some freelancing, public speaking, teaching workshops, and selling products. There’s no way in hell I’d still be trucking along had I attempted to do all of this right from the jump. I suggest taking things slow and steady, as we’re looking to accomplish long-term consistency. Start with one bite at a time by setting ambitious (yet realistic) expectations and taking action. Once you lock down your process, take a bigger bite by slowly baking the next thing into your routine. #2. Plan Your Attack I’m discovering the most successful people I look up to don’t roll out of bed and shit productivity—they schedule their success. When I stopped winging it and planned my daily attack, it made decision-making so much easier. Here’s how I plan my attack: 1. MAKE A WEEKLY TASK LIST ON SUNDAY You can list these by hand or with digital apps like Wunderlist, Notion, or Evernote. Update your list accordingly as things pop up during the week Carry over the remaining tasks from the previous week. 2. PRIORITIZE THEM WITH MY CREATIVE GRIND (ABC) SYSTEM* List up to 7 tasks per each letter (7 days in a week = 1 task a day) A1-A7: High Priority Tasks to Attack that move the needle forward B1-B7: Medium Priority Tasks that are cooking on the Back Burner -C1-C7 Low Priority Tasks that would be Cool to get done or should be delegated D: Insignificant Tasks should be Destroyed *Those in my coaching program get to be the first guinea pigs for a basic and more advanced version of my Creative Grind System. 3. PLAN YOUR FOLLOWING DAY’S TASKS Here’s a quick glimpse of how I list my next day’s attack: Each night, I plan out the next day’s blocks of time I have to grind (morning, lunch, breaks, evenings) I’ll create fields for tasks A1-A3, B1, and C1 I’ll then pluck from the top weekly tasks list and plug them into the designated fields When you knock out your A1 task, cross it off your daily attack and weekly list. Then proceed to A2 and A3. Sometimes, you may only have a small window of time so knocking out the B1 task makes sense. Only knock out the C task if you get through all A and B tasks for that day. THE GOAL The goal is to knock out and cross off AT LEAST one A task a day. Crossing that A task off your list becomes a productivity habit-forming addiction! Depending on your schedule and goals, tweak this and find what works for you! #3. Eat the Worm I’m a night owl by default, but waking up early and eating the worm has been the catalyst for the growth of my side hustle. There are three reasons why mornings are my jam: It creates more time to grind: It prioritizes my dream first I put a large dent in my A1 task before going to the day job For me, productivity lies in doing the most important task first—the one that will scale my business. These big tasks typically require the most willpower. Oddly enough, the most important tasks that move my business forward and require the most willpower have nothing to do with drawing—they have everything to do with writing. Writing is the backbone to my side hustle. I write practically every day with the podcast, the coaching program, workshops, speeches, Instagram captions, product details, landing pages, email campaigns, etc. Working a day job and opening myself up to the world’s distractions takes a massive toll on my willpower. There’s no way I have the focus or desire to do my best writing after I clock out from work or after I put my son to bed. Getting up early and eating the worm sucked in the beginning and still sucks today. I had to adjust by using the hack of getting up 10-20 minutes earlier each week. This significantly helped me adjust instead of making the switch from 6:30 am to 4:30 am. This is an example of a bite-sized change mentioned in #1. Grinding before the world wakes up provides the best focus for me, and maybe it could for you. To get the results you’ve never had, you have do something you’ve never done. I’ve made hard changes in my routine to chase that productivity-high. It gets easier to adjust when you begin to see the progress. I realize there isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution to this, as everyone’s schedules and responsibilities are different. Start by determining when you have the most willpower in the day. Then carve out time and act on your A1 task. #4. Play UNO Playing Uno ties into #2 and is my way of saying “focus on doing one thing each day that will help get you the best results.” Looking at that massive to-do list can be overwhelming. It’s hard to know where to start, so you become paralyzed from taking action. This is why we take that weekly task list and prioritize it to create a plan of attack. Focusing on the one thing you planned the night before (the A1 task) makes the game winnable and easier to manage. Note: to reiterate #2, when you knocked out the A1 task for the day, you then shift your target to A2. It’s hard not to feel accomplished and experience progress when you knock the main thing off your list each day. You and momentum become best friends when you optimize your system for maximum badassery. #5. Eliminate Distractions It’s so easy for us to get distracted because we’ve become glued to our phones, computers, smartwatches, and TVs. We’re “too connected” and don’t want to miss out on anything and everything. I’ve had to discipline myself to eliminate distractions. When it’s grind time, I have to prepare my environment so I can get into the zone. KILL SOCIAL MEDIA NOTIFICATIONS For me, I kill all notifications on my phone except for texts and calls in case of an emergency. I personally have a strong belief that you do not need social media notifications on your phone. That shit will distract you from keeping the main thing the main thing. USE DND MODE I always have Do Not Disturb Mode set on my phone from 9 PM–6 AM, so nothing distracts me before bed until after I eat the worm and play Uno. I’ll even turn on DND Mode when I need to practice a speech, record the podcast, or get lost in a drawing. SET APP LIMITS & NOTIFICATIONS On iOS, you can set App Limits to put time constraint reminders on apps you tend to overuse. You can also enable notifications to let you know how much screen time you’ve been using to keep yourself in check. OPTIMIZE YOUR ENVIRONMENT For me, having a clean desk/office, closing the door, and having one screen on for willpower tasks like writing helps me find my zone. As much as I love my cats, having them crawl all over me and knocking shit over on my desk while I work is a no-go. Overall, protect and value the time you’ve carved out for yourself to grind—no one else will do that for you. #6. Say NO, so You Can Say YES Your secret weapon for creating more time is a muscle you don’t flex often enough. You gotta learn how to say NO, NOPE, and NAH, I’M GOOD. If you constantly use the excuse of “I never have time,” it’s times to switch your language to “I haven’t made it a priority.” I should know because this excuse was my default for everything. Any margin of time I had got filled up because I was a professional over-committer who didn’t understand the power of saying NO. Of course, you can’t make something a priority because you said YES to something else when you should’ve said NO! It’s really simple: saying YES fills your time and saying NO creates more time for what’s most important. THE HELL YES FILTER Create a filter for yourself—if an opportunity comes your way, and it’s not an instant HELL YES that aligns with your main vision, then it’s an immediate HELL NO. THE HELL NO LIST Another step to help you frame your Hell-Yes filter is by creating a list of No’s and Hell-No’s. That way, you have set guidelines to stick to when decent opportunities come knocking. This filter and list will clamp down on letting people and stupid, non-essential tasks steal your time. Take Yourself Seriously Everyone has what it takes to execute their side hustle outside their day job. The problem is that people struggle to grind on their side hustle because they lack a system and some discipline. Regardless if you’re a night owl or early bird, make notes of these ideas—I know they can help you see results ASAP. It all boils down to—how badly do you want it? Are you ready to take yourself and your work seriously? Need Some Extra Help? Check out The Side Hustler's Coaching Program If you're finding that you want some extra hand-holding and accountability to take the next step, sign up for the Side Hustler's Coaching Program now to join the waitlist for September 16th's launch week. Enjoy This Episode? If you enjoyed and found this episode value, I need your help spreading it! Please, share a screenshot or video of the episode you're listening to and tag me on Instagram at @prspctv_cllctv and @perspectivepodcast—and let’s connect. Shownotes The Happy Ever Crafter TV Episode James Victore's Episode Download your FREE Side Hustler’s War Chest Get your FREE audiobook download from Audible Join our Private Global Facebook Community of Creators Listener of the Week: bhhhgr of USA Podcast Editor: Aine Brennan Shownotes Editor: Paige Garland Video Editor: Colton Bachar Podcast music: Blookah Want to Support the Show? 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This week on the pod we're talking about "Useful Idiot," including those WTF final few minutes, the fine line between profound and gratuitous, and what we can expect from the last three episodes of the season (and why Saul needs to please chill for 20 minutes). (Alternate titles: "Too Much Carrie," "It Felt Like Days," "Do Not Disturb Mode," "Let's Place a Bet," "You Tried. Shrug.")
"Do Not Disturb: Mode" is track 3 of the podcast album 'Purpose' by Diego Bedoya. Follow, Like, Subscribe & Share! Copyright © 2017 DBV Holdings LLC ® All Rights Reserved.
Special guest Cillian Dwyer returns to That Old Pod to share his thoughts on this week's WWDC conference. Conversation dives into how Apple's announcement positions them relative to their competitors, what surprised us, and how we see the tools and advancements announced this week impacting the future. Longer discussion around the impacts of Apple joining the AR/VR revolution. Show Notes:What is WWDC 2017?Watch Apple’s 2017 WWDC Keynote which is the basis of today’s conversation, watching this first will drastically improve the listening experienceGoogle has their own version every year called Google I/O and its held each year in late MayMicrosoft's conference is named Microsoft Build which is generally held in early May each yearA seasoned Apple Developer commenting on the relaxed atmosphere of WWDC being held in San JoseTV and tvOSAmazon Prime tvOS app announcementHere’s Apple’s product page for watchOS 4Apple has opened up the future of Bluetooth accessories working directly with WatchWhat is NFC?Apple is opening up NFC to developers in iOS 11, which has been a subject of some contentionWatch satisfaction rates are through the roof, consistent across all the companies wearablesPotential glucose monitoring for WatchApple Watch health measurement’s accuracy is best in classWatch compared to proper chest monitorsWatch distance calculation is best in classApple allowing gym equipment providers to directly sync with WatchCustomers call using Pay on the watch a magical experiencewatchOS 2 to 3 was a major overhaul of the user experienceRecent comparison studies into Siri’s accuracy have shown room for improvement, although the results are fairly inconsistentSiri speaks 21 languages and 36 localizations, Cortana speaks 8, Google Assistant 4 and Alexa is merely bilingualYou can read Apple’s privacy page which does a terrific job of explaining how Apple prioritizes your privacy; the section on Siri has yet to be updated for iOS 11 where your device will sync the Siri data with each other, but that data will not be available to Apple; the best way I’ve seen this described was Horace Dediu who framed it that “Siri knows you, Apple does not”Siri’s learned behaviors are synced between your devices with iCloud in iOS 11The Wall Street Journal’s recent hit piece on Siri has garnered lots of attention recently, I felt the sourcing was pretty light for such a heavy tone, and it looks like I’m not the only oneUnderstanding extensions, released with iOS 8 in 2014, possibly one of the most underused power features of iOSExtensions allow the user to pass data between apps, something Android has allowed in a far less elegant form I believe since 2008 when the OS first launched, but certainly since 2009 when Cupcake added support for widgets I’ve shared my thoughts before on Android Wear 2.0’s adoption of cell radio supportApple announces MacOS High SierraWhat is Apple File System (APFS)?Many of the features of APFS such as full disk encryption and modern concepts such as snapshots and clones will theoretically allow Apple to provide drastically better solutions for system wide file encryption than File Vault, or system wide backup with Time MachineWhat is this ZFS Lucio speaks of?Remembering Mac OS X 10.6 Snow LeopardZFS support stripped from Snow LeopardWhat is HFS+? John Siracusa changed my life with these elegant write ups of file systems and backup solutionsApple to enforce 2FA as mandatory in iOS 11What is 2FA for Apple accounts?Mac OS Sierra and iOS 11 support HEVC, what is it?Apple announces Metal 2What is an eGPU?What is DirectX?Many windows machines powered by DirectX 11, but all machines running Windows 10 are powered by DirectX 12I had trouble finding the exact article Cillian was quoting to compare frame rates of World of Warcraft in Mac OS Sierra and Windows 10, but apparently performance in metal is terrificXamarin enables development of iPhone apps on Windows without a MacNew iMacs announcedNvidia explains why GPUs are so important for tasks such as augmented reality/virtual reality/mixed reality/machine learning/neural networksApple finally making desktop caliber video cards standard in all its 4k and 5k iMacs with the Radeon Pro 500 seriesHow does Radeon 580 Pro compare with Nvidea GTX 1080?AMD and it’s new Radeon Vega lineJohn Knoll, co-developed Photoshop with his brother and later started Industrial Light and Magic which has produced such movies as The Abyss, Pirates of the Caribbean, Speed Racer, Avatar, Hugo and all the modern Star Wars movies among many othersIndustrial Light and Magic (ILM)Cost of a graphics cardsApple stuns the world with the iMac ProCost of iMac Pro is stunningly lowApple’s 5k displays are getting ridiculousAffinity Photo appAffinity Photo demoCost of a last generation 8-core Xeon processor ranges from around $400 - $900What is ECC RAM?what is a teraflop?22 Teraflops is 4x more powerful than the Xbox Microsoft has teased releasing sometime this year codenamed ScorpioMicrosoft Surface StudioAppleCare+ for MacMacbook can now be configured with Intel’s i5 and i7 kaby lake chipsAre these processors custom Intel parts? I can’t find it listed anywhereKaby LakeiOS memory management16GB ram limit for Macbook ProsApple’s official dev kit for eGPUThe Talk Show goes live with Craig Federighi andPhil SchillerHTC ViveFinal Cut Pro XiOS 11 previewNew App Store design aestheticWhat is Aqua?Here’s a terrific history on the evolution of the Mac’s user interface designiTunes design evolution on the MacApple Music design has set the standard we are now seeing everywhereThere are currently around 2.2 million apps available in the App StoreNetflix prediction algorithms are gaining notorietyNetflix paralysis is being used to study human’s response to overwhelming optionsWhat is dogfooding?iMessage sync with iCloud and the new iMessage App drawerApple Pay with person to person payments in iOS 11Square provides a fantastic user experienceSplit view has been an option on the iPhone since the launch of iPhone 6 and iOS 9, provided you are not in zoomed modeControl center is redesigned to one page and is now customizableWhat is jailbreaking?All about Notification CenterA nice comprehensive look at all the design changes in iOS 11Airplay 2 and it’s support for multiple roomsWhat is a QR code?The iPhone camera app is now a basic QR code readerWhen guests are attempting to join your wifi network, iOS 11 will prompt you to provide your wifi passwordApple adds indoor maps for airports and mallsApple Maps gaining lane guidance and a specialized automatic Do Not Disturb Mode1PasswordSherlocking is a reference to an Operating System (OS) taking a third party app’s functionality and making it part of the native system, thus destroying the app’s market viability, R.I.P Sherlock1Password showing off their new iPad experienceiCloud keychain works within apps in iOS 11OS level integration of Facebook and Twitter was introduced in iOS 6, now removedWhat is iCloud keychain and how do I use it?Two step verification with Apple, which is different from 2FAWhat is Authty?Hacking with fan noiseWhat is an air gapped computer?The myth of security by obscurityMusic starts with workouts on watchOS 4Apple and silence is a dangerous comboThis is the biggest you can see album art in iTunes 12Lots of wasted space in Apple Music, look how small those navigation letters are!New iPad Pro, including new 10.5” screen sizeOG iPadiPhone upgrade programiPad Pro 12.9” offers 2732 x 2048 which is 5,595,136 at a density of 264 pixels per inch; the 15” MacBook Pro offers 2880 x 1800which is 5,184,000 pixels (about 2% more) with a density of 220 PPIUnderstanding ProMotion and the variable refresh rate displayBattery testing difficultiesiPad Pro performance improvementsPrevious gen iPad performance was already astoundingApple launches ARKit, a tool to allow developers to make augmented reality appsMicrosoft HoloLens is available today, but as this picture shows the limitations are still severeARKit demos are already absolutely mind boggling, remember these are being made by people on their iPhones and iPads less than 4 days after the tool launched while all of these people have been busy at the conference it was announced at (i.e., no free time)Understanding the new Depth APIMaui Jim sunglassesPlatforms State of the Union KeynoteARKit supports all A9 and A10 devicesPalm rejectionThis drag and drop demo from 3-5 minutes is absolutely stunningWhat are permissions?A10X SoC with 3x performance cores, 3x efficiency cores and a 12 core GPUApple announces the HomePod Apple MusicSpotifySpotify collaborative playlistsWhat is Chiptune?Reviews of quality of sound for the HomePod are very positiveBen Bajarin, Lucio butchers last namesHomePod spatial awarenessiPod HiFiLucio always assumes “late in the year” means the 2nd week in December, thus he is basically guaranteed to be correct or pleasantly surprisedSonos Play 3A8 processor in the HomePod, same as the current AppleTVHomePod does have a display, and according to Neil Cybart it’s the whole top, not the Siri waveformMagic LeapMicrosoft Satya Nadella, again, Lucio butchers last namesLucio and Cillian have discussed in much further depth on the topics of AR/VR here and on AMD here and hereThanks for listening! Lucio will be posting a written form of his WWDC impressions as soon as he can finish it.
Propane Podcast Episode 56 In this episode Jonny and Yusef play a quick fire game of Would you Rather? discuss faecal transplants, Yusef's fan club, how to be politically correct when discussing your significant other and today's hot topic - 5 tips for increased productivity. If you like the Propane Podcast, please subscribe and give us a review on iTunes. Time Stamps and References 00:01 A quick fire round of "Would you rather?" 08:18 Tip 1: Going Paperless, Evernote the Prosthetic Brain 14:13 Tip 2: Doing the Dishes - you can only do what you can do 19:14 Tip 3: Turning off Notifications - make your phone serve you instead of being a servant to your phone 31:38 Tip 4: Control Access To You - schedule Do Not Disturb Mode 38:43 Tip 5: Manage your Energy - create the space to focus Evernote Loving What Is - 4 questions that can change your life Optimized App Unroll.me