ProdPod, a Productivity Podcast
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You know what bartering [http://www.gettingmoneywise.com/2011/12/swap-share-and-land-bartering.html?m=1] is. You have an apple and I want to buy an apple. And, I have an orange and you want an orange. But, neither of us has any currency. So, we decide that instead of buying the fruits from each other or from a market, we'll just exchange your apple for my orange. It turns out that we can translate bartering vis-a-vis your productivity.
Think about everyone in your life: co-workers, spouses, children, other family members, friends, acquaintances, and more. Did you ever find that you like to do certain things in life and others in your life enjoy doing the things you find difficult, boring and time-consuming? Why not swap tasks for greater efficiencies? For example, do you hate grocery shopping but love doing laundry? Ask your friend who lives nearby if s/he would be willing to swap duties. Or, perhaps you have to send out holiday cards every year and you always struggle to get them out on time, and your mother is great at the task but needs some help every year wrapping all the grandchildren's presents and that happens to be something you enjoy doing. Why not barter the card-writing for the gift-wrapping? I'm giving very simple examples, but get creative. You'd be surprised what your support network doesn't want to do and would be willing to do for you not to have to do their own stuff. You will find the efficiencies remarkable when you realize how little work it is to do a bit extra work doing what you enjoy and not do the things you really don't want to or never get around to doing.
In the final episode in this series, I'll give you a quick-start guide on how to begin personal tasks bartering.
ProdPod: Episode 58 -- Paperless 2013
ProdPod: Episode 57 -- Banish New Year's Resolutions!
ProdPod: Episode 56 -- Software Overview: Remember The Milk
ProdPod: Episode 55 -- The Purpose of Your Productivity System
ProdPod: Episode 54 -- "Pull Method" for More Productive Relationships, Part Two
ProdPod: Episode 53 - "Pull Method" for More Productive Relationships, Part One
ProdPod: Episode 52 -- Overflowing Inbox: Try Some Email Overload Relief
ProdPod: Episode 51 -- Two-Minute Book Summary: The Four-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss
ProdPod: Episode 50 -- Productivity Tips for Fitness with Noelle McKenzie of Fitness a Way of Life
ProdPod: Episode 49 -- Pareto Principle of Productivity
ProdPod: Episode 48 -- Author Interview: 25 Tips for Productivity with Augusto Pinaud
ProdPod: Episode 47 -- Conquering Negative Self-Speak for Greater Productivity
ProdPod: Episode 46 -- Talking Yourself Into Better Productivity
ProdPod: Episode 45 -- Productivity and Whole-Being Fitness
ProdPod: Episode 44 -- Human Potential Movement's Mark on Your Personal Productivity
ProdPod: Episode 43 -- How to Kick-Start Hardcore Decluttering: Psychic Clutter and Digital Clutter
ProdPod: Episode 42 -- How to Kick-Start Hardcore Decluttering: Knowing Where Your Clutter Is
ProdPod: Episode 41 -- Outsourcing Tasks for Greater Productivity...For Free, Part II
ProdPod: Episode 39 -- Outsource Your Personal Tasks, Part II
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