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- Top 3 Productivity Resources [2:48]
- An example of Brooks’ simplification journey [7:08]
- Thanh’s small space experience [9:20]
- What are some tips people can use to have less stuff? [12:33]
- How to remove friction out of getting rid of stuff [15:45]
- Examples of digital decluttering [20:29]
- How to declutter your commitments [23:40]
- Cutting out energy vampires [31:01]
- The “hell yeah!” test [36:33]
Links:
- Shopify
- Indeed
- 25X Productivity Coaching
- Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
- Tidying Up with Marie Kondo
- Scheduled tasks in ChatGPT
- Ninja CREAMi Ice Cream Maker
- Buy Nothing Project
- Inbox Zero: Myth or Must Have? (TPS546)
- Hell Yeah or No: What’s Worth Doing by Derek Sivers
- Productivity Academy
- The Productivity Show on Youtube
- The Productivity Show Youtube Clips
- Become a member of TPS+
- Take the Productivity Quiz
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