The Zack Arnold Podcast Task Management and Establishing Rituals with Asian Efficiency
"There just aren't enough hours in the day" is no longer an excuse once you become "Asian Efficient." In this episode I speak with returning guest Zack Sexton of Asian Efficiency about AE's new 'Rituals' program, and we also do a deep dive into task management with my new favorite program on the planet - OmniFocus - and their product OmniFocus Premium Posts.
Topics of conversation include:
- Up to 45% of the things we do every day are unconcious, and how to intentionally set more behaviors on "auto pilot" to increase productivity
- The basics of establishing rituals
- The concept of decision fatigue and how it applies to post-production on a daily basis
- How do you actually make something a habit?
- The concept of the "trigger" and the "reward"
- How many days does it actually take to form a habit?
- How to establish triggers to stop forgetting to do certain things on a daily basis
- An example of establishing a healthy morning ritual
- How to establish a 10-minute morning stretching routine
- The difference between 'rituals' and 'habits'
- How to manage tasks with OmniFocus Premium Posts
- How OmniFocus changed my entire daily workflow
- No longer having to remember anything thanks to the GTD method
Useful Links:
Screenshot of the podcast review random drawing
2006 Duke Study on daily habits
Podcast Ep 23 "Hacking Your Productivity" with Zack Sexton
"Time to Make the Donuts" Dunkin Donuts Commercial
Podcast Ep 31 "Managing Stress With HRV"
"The Power of Habit" by Charles Duhigg
Podcast Ep 33 "Rich Food, Poor Food" pt 1
Podcast Ep 34 "Rich Food, Poor Food" pt 2
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This episode was edited by Kristin Martin, and the show was executive produced by Kanen Flowers. We are a member of the THAT STUDIO podcast network.
The music in the opening and closing of the show is courtesy of Dorian Cheah from his brilliant album ARA.