Sleep is productive
Since I really need sleep today, sleep is what we're chatting about.
Feb 10, 2024•4 min•Season 2Ep. 40
The Daily 5 with Aurooba
A daily 5 minute podcast looking inwards. Topics are usually around productivity, tech, entrepreneurship, motivation, work/life balance, etc.
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Episodes
On cycling your attention
How do we cycle our attention? Could we do it better?
Feb 08, 2024•5 min•Season 2Ep. 39
Your Ideal Day
What does your Ideal Day look like?
Feb 07, 2024•5 min•Season 2Ep. 38
Success as a side effect
What if your end goal wasn't the end goal, but it got you to the end goal anyway?
Feb 06, 2024•5 min•Season 2Ep. 37
The conundrum of commitment
Commitment is tough for a lot of reasons. FOMO is definitely one of them.
Feb 05, 2024•5 min•Season 2Ep. 36
Feeling like an imposter is okay
In no particular order, some links to concepts in this episode: The first 20 hours - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MgBikgcWnY The Paper Clip Strategy - https://jamesclear.com/paper-clips 10,000 hours rule - https://jamesclear.com/deliberate-practice-strategy That scene from Suits
Feb 04, 2024•5 min•Season 2Ep. 35
Some thoughts on hyper independence
Some thoughts on hyper-ndependence and its consequences in our lives.
Feb 03, 2024•5 min•Season 2Ep. 34
Hard things are hard
We don't like doing hard things, do we?
Feb 02, 2024•5 min•Season 2Ep. 33
Celebrate
Why you should take the time to celebrate regularly
Feb 01, 2024•4 min•Season 2Ep. 32
Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.
It's funny how many good sayings and practices come out of the military. This is another good one.
Jan 31, 2024•5 min•Season 2Ep. 31
Hiccups happen and that's okay
Hiccups happen but don't let them stop your progress.
Jan 31, 2024•5 min•Season 2Ep. 30
How often do you experience delight?
A short musing on everyday delight.
Jan 29, 2024•5 min•Season 2Ep. 29
Don't break the chain
It seems the original article isn't online anymore, but there is this follow up. https://lifehacker.com/jerry-seinfelds-productivity-secret-281626
Jan 28, 2024•5 min•Season 2Ep. 28
Remaining fluid and adaptive
Analogies and reflection abound in this episode on adaptivity and its value.
Jan 28, 2024•5 min•Season 2Ep. 27
Welcome to The Slog
Chapter 2 begins! And a story about fasting.
Jan 26, 2024•5 min•Season 2Ep. 26
How to start well
The last episode of Chapter 1, The Start.
Jan 26, 2024•5 min•Season 2Ep. 25
The destination matters
The journey is still more important, but the destination still matters. And we'll dig into Lord of the Rings a little bit (LoTR diehards don't come at me for the slight butchering I'm about to do)
Jan 24, 2024•5 min•Season 2Ep. 24
Moving the needle
Overwhelmed? I've got just the question for you.
Jan 23, 2024•5 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Opportunity or distraction?
Here's the annual review I mention in the episode: https://syedbalkhi.com/this-happened-to-me-in-2023-year-in-review/
Jan 22, 2024•5 min•Season 2Ep. 22
What are you optimizing for?
The answer to that question may change your decision when you really think about it.
Jan 21, 2024•5 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Are you breaking your contract?
Your resolutions are contracts even if you didn't think they were. And if you're breaking them, let's unpack why thinking of them as contracts could help. That episode of Suits, I reference? It's Season 2, Episode 6. :)
Jan 20, 2024•5 min•Season 2Ep. 20
Try to find ways to like what you do
A quick little thought about the value of liking what you do.
Jan 19, 2024•4 min•Season 2Ep. 19
Be sincere, not serious
How would things change for you in a situation if you approached it with sincerity rather than seriousness?
Jan 18, 2024•5 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Starting small
I have no idea where that post from Leo is anymore, it's possible he got rid of it. This is the closest thing I could find on his blog now: https://zenhabits.net/beginners-guide-to-running
Jan 17, 2024•5 min•Season 2Ep. 17
What does self care look like?
If eating a tub of ice cream in one sitting isn't self-care, then what is it exactly? Is it self-care or self-sabotage?
Jan 17, 2024•5 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Reset and start again
Didja stumble? It's okay. Reset and start again. And maybe read this James Clear piece: https://jamesclear.com/get-back-on-track
Jan 15, 2024•5 min•Season 2Ep. 15
The Needs of the Now and Future Now
I offer no solution for how to balance the now with the future, I offer only the idea that it's important to consider and why.
Jan 14, 2024•5 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Revisiting the fundamentals
How often do you revisit the fundamentals? Why should you?
Jan 13, 2024•5 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Thinking through some of the elements of the Pyramid of Success
You knew at some point I was going to end up journalling out loud right? Let's think through some of the elements of the Pyramid of Success together.
Jan 12, 2024•5 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Pyramid of Success
John Wooden's Pyramid of Success
Jan 12, 2024•5 min•Season 2Ep. 11
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