The 5 Cognitive Biases Destroying Your Productivity (And How to Beat Them) (TPS609)
The Productivity Show
00:00
Why your brain—not tools—is the bottleneck
Brooks and Tan explain that cognitive biases in the brain, not apps, most often reduce productivity.
Play episode from 05:50
Transcript
Top 3 Productivity Resources 
Why your brain — not your tools — is the real productivity bottleneck 
Why spending $40 on tickets might cost you a good night's sleep 
The cognitive trap that was wrecking Brooks's sleep before concerts 
The billion-dollar version of that thing you do with your gym membership 
Why your brain erases all the annoying parts when estimating how long things take 
The buffer time trick that turns chaotic schedule blowouts into clean handoffs 
Why designing your environment beats relying on willpower every time 
What judges reveal about why you make worse decisions after lunch 
The counterintuitive reason Brooks banned snacks from his car 
The three hidden biases that are skewing your decisions right now 
How Thanh uses AI to surface and audit his own past decisions 
