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In this episode, Lee and Ellen look at ways to be efficient when waiting for things that are out of our control. Together they discuss:
• Tom Petty was completely right
• Lee is waiting for someone to make a decision and what he is doing about it
• The importance of remember that we can only control what we can control
• Remembering that we can control our environment and our mental health
• How writing down your options allows you to get out of your brain
Edited at Studio D, Wanye Duncan, producer
Your co-hosts, www.EllenGoodwin.com and www.LeeSilber.com
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In this episode, Lee and Ellen discuss how to look at perfectionism differently so it doesn't slow you down.
Together they look at:
• How the 80-20 rule applies to getting things done
• Doing the best you can with what you have
• Why you should never go to Lee for brain surgery
• The importance of knowing the time and place for being perfect
• The magic of the words "for now"
Edited at Studio D, Wayne Duncan, producer
Your co-hosts: www.LeeSilber.com and www.EllenGoodwin.com
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In this episode, Ellen and Lee look at the art of the comeback. Whether you're having a bad day, bad week, or a bad month, you can get yourself back on track by doing some of the following:
• Ask for help to get you over the finish line
• Admitting you aren't in the best place and asking for help
• Learning the messages that failure teaches you
• Running your own race and the power of small wins
Edited at Studio D, Wayne Duncan, producer
Your co-hosts: www.EllenGoodwin.com and www.LeeSilber.com
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In this episode, Lee and Ellen discuss building shortcuts into your activities. Together they look at:
• Why Lee has mixed feelings about shortcuts
• How Phil Collins used his shortcuts to write music that the brass players could understand (eventually)
• How shortcuts make it easier to get started on a project
• What shortcuts can look like and how to use them
• The power of a 10-minute burst of energy
Edited at Studio D, Wayne Duncan, producer
Your co-hosts: www.LeeSilber.com and www.EllenGoodwin.com
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In this episode, Lee and Ellen look at how the idea of van living can be applied to your life to make you more efficient. Together, they look at:
• How to combat the natural law that states: "Stuff expands to fille the space available."
• Understanding that the less stuff you have, the less time it takes to maintain it.
• Looking at ways to live a simplified life in a complicated world
• Eliminating tools that accomplish only one thing in your kitchen and your life
• How reducing your choices and options improves your efficiency
Edited at Studio D, Wayne Duncan, producer
Your co-hosts: www.LeeSilber.com and www.EllenGoodwin.com
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In this episode, Ellen and Lee look at how you can find the best place to be hyperfocused. Together they look at:
• What physical therapy taught Ellen about hyperfocus
• The importance of examining where you focus best -- and recreating it
• Lee shares how he recreated airplane time
• Why hyperfocus is important
Edited at Studio D, Wayne Duncan, producer
Your co-hosts, www.LeeSilber.com and www.EllenGoodwin.com
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In this episode Ellen and Lee look at how leveraging fun can make you more efficient. Together they look at:
• Why its hard to be efficient in the summer
• The easy combination that will help you get more done
• Why watching tv at the gym makes the most sense for Lee
• Setting up your office in unexpected, but fun places
• How gamification can make it easier to get things done
Edited at Studio D, Wayne Duncan, producer
Your co-hosts, www.LeeSilber.com and www.EllenGoodwin.com
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In this episode Lee and Ellen look at easy ways you can use your cellphone camera to be more efficient. Together they look at:
• How making folders and notebooks can make your life easier
• The various things in your home that you can photograph and why
• Making these notebooks work with you when you are traveling
Edited at Studio D, Wayne Duncan, producer
Your co-hosts, www.LeeSilber.com and www.EllenGoodwin.com
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In this episode, Lee and Ellen look at taking ordinary things and using them as a way to be more efficient. Together they look at:
• Lee's traveling hack (and why it involves socks)
• Building stations around your house to keep things all in one place
• How what you wear to bed can make you more efficient
• Do you have efficiency hacks you'd like to share? Send them to us!
Edited at Studio D, Wayne Duncan, producer
Your co-hosts: www.LeeSilber. com and www.EllenGoodwin.com
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In this episode, Ellen and Lee look at why effectiveness is always better than efficiency, and what difference it can make in achieving your goals. Together, they look at:
• The definition of effectiveness and why it matters
• The one question you should always be asking yourself
• The point system that Lee uses to ensure he is effective with his time
• Why it's important to choose effectiveness over efficiency
Edited at Studio D, Wayne Duncan, producer
Your co-hosts: www.EllenGoodwin.com and www.LeeSilber.com
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In this episode, Lee and Ellen look at ways you can make your phone more efficient. Together, they discuss:
• The simple thing you can do each week to make your phone run better
• Why it's important to clear out your apps regularly
• Taking the time to remove the things that slow your phone down
• The day-by-day way to reduce your photos
Edited at Studio D, Wayne Duncan, producer
Your co-hosts: www.LeeSilber.com and www.EllenGoodwin.com
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In this episode Lee and Ellen look at how using the Eisenhower Matrix can make it easier to know what you should be working on. Together they look at:
• What an Eisenhower Matrix is (click here for a printable version of a Matrix.)
• Why putting your tasks through the matrix allows you to be more efficient
• The questions you should be asking yourself regarding your work
• How to make sure what you work on is important to you (and not urgent to others)
• What happens if a task doesn't have a deadline and urgency
• Why ignoring or delegating a task is important
Edited at Studio D, Wayne Duncan, producer
Your co-hosts: www.LeeSilber.com and www.EllenGoodwin.com
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In this episode, Ellen and Lee discuss the importance of strong focus when it comes to achieving your goals. Together they look at:
• Ellen's story of a serious fall and how focus was essential in achieving the outcome when wanted
• The importance of ignoring the things that don't help you
• How airplane flights help Lee with his focus
• Knowing what's important to your outcome and prioritizing
Edited at Studio D, Wayne Duncan producer
Your co-hosts: www.EllenGoodwin.com and www.LeeSilber.com
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In this episode, Lee and Ellen look at different kitchen tools and appliances you can use to be more efficient. Together they look at:
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• The importance of making chores fun
• A quick way to separate eggs by dunking them
• How to make slicing hard boiled eggs easier
• The best way to hard boil eggs so their shells just slide off
• Lee's favorite new tool for timing pasta
• The easy way to use olive oil that's not messy (or difficult to clean up)
• The snippy way to chop herbs
Edited at Studio D, Wayne Duncan, producer
Your co-hosts: www.LeeSilber.com and www.EllenGoodwin.com
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In this episode, Lee and Ellen discuss how to deal with Time-Suckers. Together they look at:
• How Time-Sucker affected Lee trying to prepare for a presentation
• Simple guidelines to follow with people who don't respect your time
• The importance of establishing boundaries in all parts of your life
• Why putting yourself first works most of the time
Edited at Studio D, Wayne Duncan producer
Your co-hosts: www.LeeSilber.com and www.EllenGoodwin.com
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In this episode, Lee and Ellen discuss how taking five minutes to do something can save you in the long term. Together they look at:
• Lee got hacked -- and the FBI and FTC are now involved
• The importance of taking the time to make small changes (passwords anyone?) can save you a lot of time in the future
• Accepting that sometimes we have to use pain to push us to do things
• Paying attention when things seem too good to be true
Edited at Studio D, Wayne Duncan, producer
Your co-hosts: www.LeeSilber.com and www.EllenGoodwin.com
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In this episode, Ellen and Lee look at the efficiency of doing little bits of "dirty work" every month. together they discuss:
• How doing your taxes can be easier with month dirty work
• The power of doing the small things consistently
• Leveraging the "good" power of Artificial Intelligence to be more efficient
• Letting a machine take care of your necessary unemotional tasks
• Not using AI for creative endeavors
Edited at Studio D, Wayne Duncan producer
Your co-hosts: www.LeeSilber.com and www.EllenGoodwin.com
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Our 350th episode! And it wouldn't have happened if we hadn't followed through on an idea we had almost 7 years ago. In this episode, we talk about:
• Celebrating the smaller milestones on the way to your goals
• Not listening to your own excuses for why you can't do something (hate to say it, but you do lie to yourself more than you should. We all do.)
• What Lee has figured out about getting things done by finishing the first draft of his 26th book
• The importance of having support and a partner who pushes you
Edited at Studio D, by the wonderful Wayne Duncan who has produces all 350 of our episodes
Your co-hosts: www.EllenGoodwin.com and www.LeeSilber.com
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In this episode, Lee and Ellen look at why it's more efficient to be the small fish in a big pond (so to speak). Together they look at:
• The importance of being around people who inspire you
• How Quentin Tarantino inspired Lee to push himself
• Learning to push your limits by being around others
• Why being the smartes person in the room inhibits your growth
• Being open to trying a new approach to improve yourself
Edited at Studio D, Wayne Duncan, producer
Your co-hosts: www.LeeSilber.com and www.EllenGoodwin.com
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in this episode, Lee and Ellen look at the power of doing (and possibly being) just a little bit extra. Together they look at:
• Do what you say you're going to do, but then do it better
• Improving your impact on others
• How you can add the extra oomph to someone's day (and why you should)
• Picking something small (and extra) to make others happier
• Why this one small thing has a big effect
Edited at Studio D, Wayne Duncan producer
Your co-hosts: www.LeeSilber.com and www.EllenGoodwin.com
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