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Multitasking Is Killing Your Productivity - Thatcher Wine - #449 Mar 19, 2022

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Thatcher Wine is professional book curator, founder of Juniper Books and an author.

Multi-tasking will make you less effective, less productive, less happy and more prone to making errors in work and life. The question of why we're all so tempted to do it and how we can stop seems an obvious next step.

Expect to learn whether multi-tasking is just a modern phenomenon, how monotasking can result in more work being done at a higher quality, how technology has permanently changed the landscape for attention, the usefulness of walking between tasks, why tasks can get more difficult before they get easier again and much more...

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(00:00) Intro (00:20) Thatcher’s Multitasking Journey (06:35) Why is Multitasking Bad? (18:09) Experiencing Cancer (27:19) Advantages of Reading (39:14) Why Listening is a Skill (43:48) Benefits of Regular Walking (49:08) Learning & Teaching (57:42) Where to Find Thatcher

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Are Women In Charge Of The Dating Market? - Jon Birger - #448 Mar 17, 2022

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Jon Birger is an award-winning magazine writer, a contributor to Fortune, a dating expert and an author.

Typically men are the sexual protagonists. They're the ones who make the first move, they're the ones who come up with cheesy chat-up lines and deal with approach anxiety and rejection. But in a world where women are struggling to find men they're attracted to, what happens if this role is reversed and women start to be more proactive?

Expect to learn why the changing sex ratios on university campuses is creating a problem for men and women's dating prospects, how an experiment on dating approach-strategies earned a Nobel Prize, why it is always statistically in your advantage to make the first move, whether we can fix the problem of raising up men's outcomes in life and much more...

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(00:00) Intro (03:20) Increase of Assortative Mating (10:55) Responses to Jon’s Book (17:13) The Boy Problem in Education (27:07) How #MeToo Impacted Dating (37:20) Office Romances (41:23) Distinguishing Flirting (47:44) Advantages to Women Dating Earlier (57:10) Complications for Female Choice (1:08:28) Competitive Edges for Women (1:19:20) Where to Find Jon

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The Psychology Of Human Motivation - Ayelet Fishbach - #447 Mar 14, 2022

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Ayelet Fishbach is a Professor of Behavioural Science and Marketing at the University of Chicago and an author.

The ability to motivate ourselves to do the things we want to do and stop doing the things we don't would be a superpower. Sadly, motivation tends to be fleeting if it's not outright elusive and relying on YouTube motivational speeches can only help so much.

Expect to learn why your goal setting is probably all wrong, why plans to not do something are much less likely to succeed, how to overcome motivation dips, how to deal with negative feedback, why you shouldn't rely on willpower and self-control, the solution to juggling multiple goals at once and much more...

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(00:00) Intro (00:27) New Year’s Resolutions (04:29) Intrinsic & Extrinsic Motivation (10:12) What We Get Wrong About Motivation (14:33) Setting the Right Goals (23:29) Maintaining Determination (33:50) Dealing with Feedback (40:59) Balancing Multiple Goals (46:18) Motivational YouTube Videos (58:12) The ‘Signed Book in a Tote Bag’ Study (1:04:08) Where to Find Ayelet

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The UFC's Cutting-Edge Training Protocols - Dr Duncan French - #446 Mar 12, 2022

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Dr Duncan French is the Vice President of Performance at UFC's Performance Institute.

The UFC has some of the world's top athletes, now backed by cutting edge data-driven interventions from some of the most advanced protocols and coaches on the planet. Duncan is using everything from diagnostic tools to recovery, VR training, psychedelic supplementation, scientifically-backed rep range protocols and peri-training nutrition.

Expect to learn how Duncan navigates the politics between fighters' gyms and the UFC's central performance institute, how athletes manage the psychological strain of fight week, what key metrics Duncan's team analyse to judge athlete's health, how to maximise muscle growth from two sessions a week and much more...

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Does Anyone Care About Men's Mental Health? - Matt Rudd - #445 Mar 10, 2022

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Matt Rudd is Deputy Editor at The Sunday Times Magazine and an author.

Men between the ages of 45 and 49 are at the highest risk of attempting to take their own life. In a world filled with accusations of patriarchal overreach, it seems odd that men are suffering so much with their mental health. It's not good for them, or their wives, or their children. Matt researched men of all ages to work out why men are unhappy and what we can do about it.

Expect to learn why your 40's might be the weirdest period of your life, why men would rather be a workaholic than face their internal fears, the challenges with the male denial of mental health problems, why men feel indulgent shame if they're sad, why boys are trained to be competitive in school, how to tell if you're genuinely getting old and much more...

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(00:00) Intro (00:26) Getting Through Adult Life (11:36) Men’s Mental Health (15:45) Becoming Old (21:54) The Broken Patriarchy (30:22) Positive Effects of Being Content (39:22) Education’s Role in Developing Men (44:16) Man’s Relationship with Technology (55:01) Common Traits of Successful Men (1:09:40) Where to Find Matt

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Modern Society Is Failing Men & Women - Mary Harrington - #444 Mar 07, 2022

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Mary Harrington is a writer and contributing editor at UnHerd.

It's hard to say that either men or women have a firm place to stand right now. The age-old wisdom which both groups traditionally relied on is out of the window and we're now TikTok dancing our way through an existential apocalypse where Girlbosses and Men Going Their Own Way battle it out for nihilistic supremacy. I wanted Mary to help me conduct a post-mortem.

Expect to learn why the porn you start out watching is going to lead you down a dark rabbit hole, how the introduction of the pill lead to fewer weddings and more awkward situations for women, why men need their own spaces back, what Mary thinks about the pornification of everything, why young girls are developing tourettes from TikTok and much more...

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(00:00) Intro (00:24) Challenges of Parenting (04:24) Invasion of Ukraine (09:00) Internet Sub-cultures (19:38) War on Relationships (27:33) Breaking Down Sexual Norms (38:00) Abortions & Shotgun Weddings (42:04) The Anti-sexual Revolution (52:14) Long-term Solutions (1:03:21) Stats on Motherhood (1:08:26) Where to Find Mary

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The Financial Impact Of Russia's Invasion - Tom Nash - #443 Mar 05, 2022

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Tom Nash is a financial analyst, investor and a YouTuber.

The stock market has had a wild couple of years. Rounding that off with a full scale Russian invasion makes understanding the current global financial situation and how to not end up on the receiving end of some market and currency movements even more complex. Thankfully Tom is Russian and he's here to help.

Expect to learn why Russia's economy has started struggling so quickly. just how big of a deal being taken off SWIFT is, what it's like to hear Vladimir Putin speak if you can understand Russian, Tom's advice on how not to invest your money over the coming months, whether crypto is the answer, what's happening with real estate and much more...

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00:00) Intro (05:34) Financial Context for Russia’s Invasion (16:17) Financial Sanctions Imposed on Russia (24:00) Current Atmosphere in Russia (34:57) Financial Tips in Crises (50:05) Becoming a Father (59:37) Complications of Financial Advice (1:09:41) YouTube Recommendations (1:16:26) Vladimir Putin’s Ego (1:25:08) Where to Find Tom

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What Is Life Like On The Ground In Ukraine? - Jake Hanrahan - #442 Mar 03, 2022

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Jake Hanrahan is a conflict journalist, documentary filmmaker and the founder of Popular Front.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been going for a week but it's felt like a year. Social media, YouTube and news channels have been awash with stories from on the ground and even the Wikipedia page has had over 500 contributors and is more than 20,000 words long. I wanted to find out what life is actually like on the ground in Ukraine from someone who's been there.

Expect to learn what protection the Ukrainian citizens have access to from bombings, where civilians are getting all their guns from, how you coordinate citizen-militias with zero military training, whether world champion boxers are are actually helping the effort, how skeptical Jake is of the press coverage, how many Russians actually want this war and much more...

Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro (01:45) Current Civilian Life in Ukraine (08:53) Russian Strategy (14:07) Armed Civilian Response (23:46) Logistics of Ukraine’s Defence (30:16) Polarised Views of the Invasion (36:41) Social Media Coverage (50:35) Opinionated Soldiers (56:49) The Next Few Weeks (1:07:50) Reality Check for the West (1:17:58) Where to Find Jake

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The Danger Of Obsessing Over Productivity - Anna Codrea-Rado - #441 Feb 28, 2022

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Anna Codrea-Rado is a productivity journalist, author and a podcaster.

Productivity Dysmorphia is the persistent feeling of dissatisfaction after working, no matter how much you've got done. It's the inability to see your own success, to acknowledge the volume of your own output. And it's everywhere. I wanted to ask Anna how we can deal with this modern malady.

Expect to learn why you can't hack creativity, how Anna deals with her workaholism, what the AntiWork subreddit has got right, whether any social movement can avoid being coopted by communists, the dangers of admiring productivity gurus online, how to take pride in the work you've done and much more...

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(00:00) Intro (00:22) Anti-productivity Week (11:16) Engendering Creativity (22:53) Productivity Dysmorphia (30:06) Working in an Office (37:34) The Anti-work Movement (48:02) Deriving Satisfaction from Work (1:01:06) Finding Balance (1:09:05) Psychology of Wealth (1:17:22) Where to Find Anna

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