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 38 -- Outsource Your Personal Tasks, Part I
ProdPod: Episode 37 -- Controlling Email: Create a Culture of Communication Protocol
ProdPod: Episode 36: Writing Productivity Quick Tip with Paula Whitacre - Full Circle Communications
ProdPod: Episode 35 -- Emotional Intelligence and a Productive Life
ProdPod: Episode 34 -- FastCustomer, a Productivity Tool for Making Customer Service Better
ProdPod: Episode 33 - Turn Conflict Into Winning Together For Increased Productivity
ProdPod: Episode 32 -- Meditation's Power on Productivity
ProdPod: Episode 31 -- Your Digital Productivity System Needs a Paper-Based Redundancy
ProdPod: Episode 30 -- Two-Minute Book Summary: 18 Minutes by Peter Bregman
ProdPod: Episode 29 -- Personal Stress Audit
ProdPod: Episode 28 -- Creating Flow: Learning to Fully Use Our Current Productivity Tools
ProdPod: Episode 27 -- Parkinson's Law
ProdPod: Episode 26 -- Technology and Simplicity
ProdPod: Episode 25 -- Is your system too complex?
ProdPod: Episode 24 -- Thanksgiving and Interdependence
ProdPod: Episode 23 --
ProdPod: Episode 22 -- Defining procrastination
ProdPod: Episode 21 -- How to Worry Less
ProdPod: Episode 20 -- Self-control & Savings: Productivity for the Long Haul
ProdPod: Episode 19 -- SMART Goals for Project Planning
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