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The Daily 5 with Aurooba

Aurooba Ahmed•thedaily5.xyz
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A daily 5 minute podcast looking inwards. Topics are usually around productivity, tech, entrepreneurship, motivation, work/life balance, etc.
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What you want vs what you want to want

This is part of the same thought I had yesterday around generalists vs specialists, but tackles the desire angle instead. (a full transcript is available on the website)

Feb 12, 2023•5 min•Season 1Ep. 48

Generalist vs Specialist

Exploring the idea of a generalized specialist – an unfinished thought I want to explore over a few days. Using a new microphone today, and clearly the audio needs some adjustment. (a full transcript is available on the website)

Feb 11, 2023•5 min•Season 1Ep. 47

Forgiving yourself for your mistakes.

Let's just not beat ourselves up about our mistakes and deal with the aftermath more productively, yeah? (a full transcript is available on the website)

Feb 10, 2023•5 min•Season 1Ep. 46

How to do great work ahead of your deadline.

Sharing some of the tactics I've used in the past to help myself perform better without being under the gun. (a full transcript is available on the website)

Feb 09, 2023•5 min•Season 1Ep. 45

Notice. Wait. Take Action.

An unfinished thought about when to take action when you notice something going wrong. Not a big fan of the audio quality in this episode, you have been forewarned. (a full transcript is available on the website)

Feb 05, 2023•5 min•Season 1Ep. 41

On Balance

A very raw thought on balancing the different parts of our lives and context switching. (a full transcript is available on the website)

Feb 04, 2023•5 min•Season 1Ep. 40

Don't grow too quickly.

An unfinished thought about growing too quickly and too much. (a full transcript is available on the website) The news about Apple – https://www.indiatimes.com/worth/news/how-apple-has-so-far-avoided-mass-layoffs-591615.html Balsamiq's company articles – https://balsamiq.com/company/how-we-run-our-business/

Feb 03, 2023•5 min•Season 1Ep. 39

Deliberate Practice

Thinking back to a time when I employed deliberate practice, then riffing on what it means and what we could do with it. (a full transcript is available on the website) I was right! Anders Ericsson did talk about "deliberate practice" – https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02396/full

Feb 01, 2023•5 min•Season 1Ep. 37

Writing off the day.

This is more of a ramble than anything else, on the idea of a "cheat day". (a full transcript is available on the website) Ali's "Reitoff Principle" – https://aliabdaal.com/the-reitoff-principle-for-productivity/

Jan 31, 2023•5 min•Season 1Ep. 36

Be excellent to each other.

(a full transcript is available on the website) Andy's post – https://andy-bell.co.uk/dont-snark-on-people-who-are-learning/ Stuart's post – https://www.alwaystwisted.com/articles/were-all-reading-the-same-book-but-were-all-on-different-pages "Be excellent to each other", scene from the movie – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVXGC896Jdw

Jan 30, 2023•5 min•Season 1Ep. 35

Aim to be 1 percent better everyday.

(a full transcript is available on the website) The 1 Percent Better Everyday line graph from James Clear – https://jamesclear.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/tiny-gains-graph.jpg

Jan 28, 2023•5 min•Season 1Ep. 33

What we measure, we improve.

(a full transcript is available on the website) I first read about the Seinfeld Strategy when Gina Trapani wrote about it on Lifehacker – https://lifehacker.com/jerry-seinfelds-productivity-secret-281626

Jan 27, 2023•5 min•Season 1Ep. 31

Boundaries at work.

(a full transcript is available on the website) Energy management leads to time management – https://thedaily5.xyz/s1/18 Be in charge of how you spend your time – https://thedaily5.xyz/s1/2

Jan 25, 2023•5 min•Season 1Ep. 29

Do The thing.

(a full transcript is available on the website)

Jan 23, 2023•5 min•Season 1Ep. 27

Something is better than nothing.

(a full transcript is available on the website) What do you do when things don't go according to plan? – https://thedaily5.xyz/s1/17

Jan 22, 2023•5 min•Season 1Ep. 26

If you can't sleep, get out of bed.

(a full transcript is available on the website) Look at that! My technique isn't just something random! – https://www.sleepfoundation.org/insomnia/treatment/what-do-when-you-cant-sleep

Jan 21, 2023•5 min•Season 1Ep. 25

Balance is overrated.

(a full transcript is available on the website) I found this old article of James Clear's where he talks about the 4 burners theory – https://jamesclear.com/four-burners-theory

Jan 19, 2023•5 min•Season 1Ep. 23

Move more so you can think better.

(a full transcript is available on the website) Move when you're stuck – https://thedaily5.xyz/s1/15

Jan 17, 2023•5 min•Season 1Ep. 21
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