I’m getting annoyed by all the silos for tv and movie content. I’d rather have something similar as the music business, where most of the content is available on all services.
I’m getting annoyed by all the silos for tv and movie content. I’d rather have something similar as the music business, where most of the content is available on all services.
Meetings are the worst form of productivity. The “doing” gets done outside of meetings. Doing happens when you have time to think.Doers schedule thinking.
As Jason Fried once said, meetings should be like salt on a meal.
Focus and scattterfocus is all that matters.
Time and attention aren’t the same thing. They're barely related.
This is hilarious. Salvador Dali participating in a tv game show.
Yes!
This is factastic! Somebody made an app to scan the QR code from the EU Covid passport and save it in Apple Wallet or PassAndroid.
Is there a perfect productivity system?
No
When making yearly or quarterly plans, I always fail to account for my diminished productivity in august due to the really hot afternoons.
The mornings are alright, but after 15:00 I usually feel too lazy to get out of the sofa to do anything useful.
But that is ok. I just have to accept the facts, make the most of my mornings and use my afternoons to relax at the pool without feeling guilty.
That last part is obviously the most difficult …
Since the beginning of the year I have listened almost every week to Andrew Huberman’s podcast (even though his episodes come in with at least a whopping 90 minutes) and learned a ton.
Last week’s episode is fantastic, since he basically summarizes all scientifically proven protocols from all episodes about optimizing your body and mind.
I have sooo many little habits to adjust!
How to Optimize Your Brain-Body Function & Health
I prefer ‘surgical reading’ over ‘speed reading’.
Currently reading: The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller 📚
📷 The end of an era is also a new beginning
Forget about time management.
Productivity is not at all about having planners.
Finished reading: Creativity Inc by Ed Catmull 📚
Wondering: Does the fact that I did not publish during my vacation mean that I consider blogging as work???
📷 After the storm
📷 Luxury is… finding an empty beach in July 🏖
How we make decisions:
We like to think we make complicated decisions based on rational analysis, but most of the time, we actually make an emotional decision and then invent a rational analysis to justify it.
Much time management and getting things done is not about time: it's about scale.
Home, sweet home 📷
This caught my attention:
Taken as a whole, these results suggest that, sometimes, attention can mislead us about the world. This is not to say that attention always distorts our knowledge of the world, but it does suggest that it might not be the unproblematic guide to knowledge that we originally thought.
Something I observed on my vacation: The Netherlands are quickly becoming a cashless society. Many places don’t ask how you want to pay and immediately pass you the credit card terminal.
Such a great article by Joe Zadeh: The Tyranny Of Time
This made me wonder: under which circumstances should I follow ‘clock time’ and when should I listen to nature’s rhythm?
Investing advice:
A recommended daily habit: Replace one hour of screen time with one hour of reading in your job's subject area.
📷 Donostia
Now that was a wonderful weekend full of music, art, spectacular landscapes, friendship and great food.
Slow down!
An easy trick to slow down is to ask: “Why the rush?” and to take a step back. Is speed really adding to the quality of the output?