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In this episode, Lee and Ellen look at how to make reading more efficient. Together they discuss:
• How audiobooks make it easier to read
• Finding condensed versions of the books you want to read
• Using the power of a Library Card to get free audiobooks (and why Libby is your friend)
• How to use reading as a reward to getting things done
• Harnessing the power of accountability to get more reading done (yay! Book Clubs!)
• Use the biggest shortcut you can - Wikipedia, to learn more things
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 ways to make travel more efficient. Together they look at:
• The little things you do that add up to a more efficient trip
• What savvy travelers know ab out car rental
• Why Ellen doesn't like CLEAR
• How taking a cab can be more efficient than car-sharing
• What you can do to pack fewer clothes
• The importance of having a "go bag"
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 how your energy affects your efficiency and what you can do to have high energy when you need it most. Together they look at:
• What to do when something brings you and your energy down
• How to get bad, negative thoughts out of your brain
• What Ellen does when energy-sucking thoughts show up
• Determine how your day is going to go by managing your energy
• Why it's important to remember: "Where energy goes, efficiency flows"
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 what you can do to make December the best month of your year. Together they look at:
• Why you should do simple things that you enjoy - but you've been putting off
• How you can harness the Primacy Effect to your advantage
• What Lee does with index cards to bring him joy
• Why Ellen loves a seasonal bucket list (and why you might too)
• What french fries with ranch dressing have to do with anything
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 Gratefulness can make you more efficient. Together they look at:
• How being grateful gives you more energy
• Why we pay attention to the bad stuff rather than the good stuff in our lives
• What sitting and thinking of three good things can do for you
• The importance of a solid mindset
• What you can do each morning to set yourself up for 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 use the last 6 weeks of the year to get a jump on 2025. Together they discuss:
• The importance of "greasing the skids" for any goals or plans you have in 2025
• How to slowly add in new elements of habits
• What "Getting Ready to Get Ready" can do for you
• Why you don't have to commit completely to changes now, but what you should do instead
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 the efficiency of proper labeling. Together they discuss:
• Lee's right-brained problem with naming files (using emotional labels instead of factual)
• Picking a labeling system and using it to more easily locate files
• The effectiveness of visual file icons
• The efficiency of having a labeling system (it might be boring, but it works)
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 different ways to track your progress as you set out to achieve boals. Together they look at:
• Lee is a big fan of filling in bubbles to track progress
• ellen discusses the genius of Star Charts and how they work for adults as well as children
• Lee remembers S & H Green Stamps and why getting rewarded for accumulating points is motivating
• Why you shouldn't shot for one final goal (and look for milestones along the way)
• What using Red Dots and Green Dots has taught Lee about his patterns
• How to use "Don't Break The Chain" to accomplish more
• How to leverage visually seeing your progress to achieve more
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 some basic ways that you can be more efficient in your life. Together they discuss:
• Four ways to be more efficient at home
• Why doggy doors help you to get more done
• How finding the veggie chopper that you love, will save you time
• What fake plants can do for your efficiency
• When you need a bigger trash can -- and what it does for you
• Four ways to be more efficient at work
• Why the buffet is more efficient than table service
• What the people who order online at Starbucks know about saving time
• How the OHIO rule can save you time
• Why avoiding "reply all" is the best thing you can do
Edited at Stuido D, Wayne Duncan, producer
Your co-hosts: www.LeeSilber.com and www.EllenGoodwin.com
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In this episode, Ellen looks at 4 ways you can bring focus back into your life. There's a lot going on in the world right now, which makes it hard to focus on the important things in our lives. But all is not lost! Ellen shares 4 simple things you can do to get focus back on your side.
• Forget setting a timer to get things done (shocking! Especially coming from Ellen). Instead go for the quality of your focus not your quantity
• Get out the post-it notes!
• Jump in to do a thing when you aren't ready.
• When you're distracted, stop yourself and ask one simple question.
• Don't try and solve the problems others are experiencing. Focus on what you can do now
Edited at Studio D, Wayne Duncan, producer
Your co-hosts: www.EllenGoodwin.com and www.LeeSilber.com
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In this episode, Ellen and Lee look at the most efficient way to make progress toward any goal you might be working on. Together they discuss:
• The one thing adults think that stops them in their tracks when moving forward
• Why accepting "Beginners Mind" will put you on the track to success
• Ellen shares what she is going through with exercise and what she has had to accept as truth
• Why having help improves your success rate
• What everything you've heard about shortcuts is wrong
• The mantra you should be using when it comes to progress
Edited at Studio D, Wayne Duncan, producer
Your co-hosts: www.EllenGoodwin.com and www.LeeSilber.com
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In this episode, Ellen and Lee look at how to be more focused by getting rid of distractions. Together they look at:
• Why it's so easy to let our phones distract us
• What we could be doing with the time we spend getting dopamine hits
• Why urgent things crowd out the important things we want to do
• Three easy ways to ignore your distractions (and how to do them)
• The importance of doing the hard things in our lives
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 how money can multiply your efficiency. Together they discuss:
• Money can make you more efficient by:
- paying someone to do what you don't want to do
- getting better equipment
- opens you up to have the time and space to do you want• Think of ways to increase the money coming in
• Lee discusses using money to make money
• How money lets you think more creativity
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 timers you can find in your environment. Together they look at:
• Why brushing your teeth is a great way to time yourself
• How music is specifically structured to be an excellent timer
• The key thing you need to have for efficiency
• What a playlist can help you do
• One of Ellen's favorite apps for timing (Interval Timer - Tabata Timer on the App Store)
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 the most efficient person that Lee knows, and what we can learn from them. Together they look at:
• What steps his friend takes to get things done right away
• Why lists and maps make this person efficient
• How finding out what they love to do makes them more efficient
• Ellen shares how she discovered what she wasn't efficient at doing
• Why knowing your strengths makes you more efficient
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 scheduling time for doing things that otherwise get pushed aside. Together they look at:
• What building a wine rack has taught Lee about getting things done
• Why important tasks get pushed aside
• How to schedule tasks so they get done
• Why hoping for things to get things done never works
• How scheduling can save you money
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 ways to make your wardrobe more efficient. Together, they discuss:
• Picking out your clothes with efficiency in mind
• Eliminating the time and money that go into clothes that need dry cleaning
• Why Lee wants to bring back ABBA, the BeeGees, and Polyester
• How the appliance industry is making washing clothes more efficient
• Tips for making your wardrobe more efficient
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 one of the easiest ways to be efficient: putting things away immediately! Together they look at:
• The pros and cons of leaving things out
• Why having a place for items only works if you use it
• Ellen and Lee compare various ways to be efficient with things when traveling
• What Lee does with the tools in his garage (hint: he does not outline them on a pegboard!)
• How you can be like the late-great Jimmy Buffett
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 trackers can make your life more efficient. Together they discuss:
• What the loss of keys at Lee's house taught him about trackers
• Recognizing when we do too little too late
• Why it's important to do the thing you don't think you need to do (and when you need to do it)
• How Lee ALMOST lost his suitcase
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 the Carrot or the Stick can help you to be more efficient. Together they look at:
• Knowing if you are motivated by rewards or by punishment - and why it matters
• Lee uses this pleasure or pain system to get things done...and get rewards
• Being award of where you have resistance to getting things done and figuring out how to decrease it
• Why you need to have rewards for your milestones -- instead of just at the completion of a project
Edited at Studio D, Wayne Duncan, producer
Your co-hosts: www.EllenGoodwin.com and www.LeeSilber.com
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