Would you put your whole life “on hold” to follow your passion?
This week our guest did just that. After graduating college, he took the $12,000 he had and invested everything into his passion for learning and living productivity.
In this episode he shares with you the secret to living the most productive life possible (and it’s a lot simpler than you think).
Welcome to episode 71 with Chris Bailey.
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The School of Greatness Podcast
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- What led Chris Bailey to the Productivity Project
- How to define productivity
- What the Pomodero Technique is and how to use it
- If iPhones and technology help us to be more productive or are they an energy suck?
- The powerful lessons from binging on 296 TED talks in a weekend
- The best TED talks for productivity
- How Chris Developed the Experiments of the Year of Productivity?
- How to Maximize Time, Energy and Attention
- About a year of productivity
Continue Seeking Greatness:
- The most powerful TED talks:
- Ken Robinson: How schools kill creativity
- Andrew Solomon: Love, no matter what
- Benjamin Zander: The transformative power of classical music
- Russell Foster: Why do we sleep?
- Watch an interview TED did with Chris about the “70 Hours of TED” experiment
- Learn more about Chris’s work:
A Year of Productivity | A Life of Productivity | Chris’s Productivity Coaching
- Chris’s Most Popular Articles for AYOP:
- The Top 10 Lessons from A Year of Productivity
- 100 time, energy, and attention hacks to be more productive
- The Productivity Experiments Mentioned in this Episode:
- Working 90-hour weeks
- Using my smartphone for an hour a day, for three months
- Watching 296 TED talks in a week
- Meditating for 35 hours in a week
- Being a total slob for a week
- Living in total isolation for 10 days
- Drinking only water for a month
- Taking a three-hour afternoon siesta
- Check out Onnit and their optimal performance products. Use the code “greatness” to get 10% off your next order:
- Music Credit: Pyramid Scheme by J Rabbit
Did you enjoy the podcast?
Do you find yourself getting caught it the “can’t get things done” distractions of the world where it’s hard to stay focused to get your major projects done? If so, what have you found to be the best thing to keeping you on track to get things done and be more productive? Please share in the comments section below .
Great podcast, thank you.
Hey, Lewis, what’s that meditation you used to do, but stopped doing for ten years and then started? Anywhere I can get it?
One of the best podcast, thank you for sharing!
Thanks for listening 🙂
WynnMulcahy Thank you! 🙂
Lewis, what is the guided mediation program you mentioned in this podcast?
Lewis, I’d also like to know what guided meditation product you use! I appreciate you and your service to the world.
Looks like I have the same question as everyone else about the guided meditation you are using. Would love to get that resource!
Ge_Lab adsp.roomies.cl/6x6u #that
Productivity DREAM:
Haven’t had the chance to listen to this one yet, BUT I did wanted to share in advance one thing that has saved me 10-15 minutes EVERY day, and it doesn’t cost a dime.
www.Unroll.me (btw, as spammy as I sound, I have no affliation with them) is an amazing site where you simply enter your email address, and it scans ALL of the subscriptions you have through your account. You are then able to quickly go through the list and delete all (or most) of your subs within their site. For the actual useful subscriptions like emails from Hubspot of even Lewis Howes, you can send them to a “Roll-Up”, which aggregates them to an account separate from your email.
Tired of hitting unsubscribe to the 6 different Groupon/Travel Zoo/Twitter subscriptions? This will make your life easy. Again, I have no affiliation with them, just sharing this because it’s helped me a ton. I think they ask for a facebook like to do over 10 un-subs, but it’s worth it!
Sweet!!!
Loving your school of greatness! Keep it up Lewis!
Jason Womack… havent listened yet
I watched Chris Bailey’s YouTube video & also listened to the podcast where Lewis Howes interviewed him about his year of productivity experiment. Very insightful & inspiring. I need to implement a lot of his disciplines in my life. The School Of Greatness podcasts & overall website is AWESOME!
Ya that dude is awesome. Hope you’re well John 🙂
I’m well brotha, still married 5 years in and going strong. Also new to Fatherhood like you, my daughter has me wanting to step up my game in all areas of my life, little girls are so powerful.I know u know that by now, lol.Love You Bro! Keep changing the world & touching lives like you have been 😉 Dale you are a rare special person who God has been using to do MIGHTY things while spreading KNOWLEDGE, LOVE & TRUTH! I’m proud to say I know you 🙂
Wow thanks man, that means the world 🙂 Back at you 😉
Great podcast, thank you.
Hey, Lewis, what’s that meditation you used to do, but stopped doing for ten years and then started? Anywhere I can get it?
One of the best podcast, thank you for sharing!
Thanks for listening 🙂
WynnMulcahy Thank you! 🙂
Lewis, what is the guided mediation program you mentioned in this podcast?
Lewis, I’d also like to know what guided meditation product you use! I appreciate you and your service to the world.
Looks like I have the same question as everyone else about the guided meditation you are using. Would love to get that resource!
Ge_Lab http://adsp.roomies.cl/6x6u #that
Sweet!!!
Productivity DREAM:
Haven’t had the chance to listen to this one yet, BUT I did wanted to share in advance one thing that has saved me 10-15 minutes EVERY day, and it doesn’t cost a dime.
www.Unroll.me (btw, as spammy as I sound, I have no affliation with them) is an amazing site where you simply enter your email address, and it scans ALL of the subscriptions you have through your account. You are then able to quickly go through the list and delete all (or most) of your subs within their site. For the actual useful subscriptions, can also send them to a “Roll-Up”, which aggregates them to an account separate from your email.
Tired of hitting unsubscribe to the 6 different Groupon/Travel Zoo/Twitter subscriptions? This will make your life easy. Again, I have no affiliation with them, just sharing this because it’s helped me a ton. I think they ask for a facebook like to do over 10 un-subs, but it’s worth it!
Loving your school of greatness! Keep it up Lewis!
Jason Womack… havent listened yet
I watched Chris Bailey’s YouTube video & also listened to the podcast where Lewis Howes interviewed him about his year of productivity experiment. Very insightful & inspiring. I need to implement a lot of his disciplines in my life. The School Of Greatness podcasts & overall website is AWESOME!
Ya that dude is awesome. Hope you’re well John 🙂
I’m well brotha, still married 5 years in and going strong. Also new to Fatherhood like you, my daughter has me wanting to step up my game in all areas of my life, little girls are so powerful.I know u know that by now, lol.Love You Bro! Keep changing the world & touching lives like you have been 😉 Dale you are a rare special person who God has been using to do MIGHTY things while spreading KNOWLEDGE, LOVE & TRUTH! I’m proud to say I know you 🙂
Wow thanks man, that means the world 🙂 Back at you 😉
very helpful! definitely gonna give the Pomodoro technique a try