Self-discipline? What is it? How can you make it easier? Will it quench my insatiable thirst for the blood of the innocent? All of this and MORE on this aptly named episode of the r/Productivity podcast. ^_^
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General Recommendations
Hello Internet (Podcast featuring CGP Grey and Brady Haran)
Cortex (Relay FM podcast, featuring CGP Grey and Mike Hurley)
Getting Things Done (GTD) website (for David Allen’s book) ShownotesLefie’s video (Self-Discipline with Minimal Effort)
If you’re curious about the other Leafy I mentioned…
If you’d read Atomic Habits, you may understand this episode’s topic as “Make it easy”.
Why you should NOT drink coffee when you’re tired (58:36 - 1:00:50)
Self-Discipline definition “To train oneself to do something in a controlled and habitual way.”
Source: Oxford Dictionary of English | Copyright © 2010, 2022 by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
The willpower cookie experiment
Don’t know what a Rube Goldberg machine is? Here’s an impressive video that’ll give you an idea
Sleep Cycle site (scroll down to the bottom for mobile app store links)
(I recommend keeping an alarm on even if you use this because it’s not as reliable as I would hope.)
The Apple device shortcut for waking up in the morning was a bit too complicated to share and it can vary depending on your needs. If you need help to make it, please just reach out to me via our email: r.productivitypodcast@gmail.com with the subject “Shortcut Help”.
Four Thousand Weeks book recommendation
“You thought you could escape fear by running away to dreamland. But fear exists in the one place you can never escape: Your mind.” - The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava Girl
“Reddit Karate teacher” - for some reason this is everywhere except YouTube 🤷♂️:
Twitter X
TikTok
Where I found it on Reddit, but it’s likely stolen from the above sources
Further reading (or rather, watching)... LEMMiNO made a Q&A video, where he mentions eliminating distractions when working: 3,000,000 - Q&A
Desire paths!
“Please use the purpose made paved path provided”, or as we think it should be called, “Please pertain per purposely paved path provided, people!” 😆
Source
Reminds me of The Simpsons haha
r/DesirePath
Cycling desire path, as seen on the Path of least resistance Wiki.
Desire path wiki.
Michigan State University and Ohio University desire paths.
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