In this episode, Lee and Ellen discuss looking ahead to when things go back to "normal," and what we can be doing now to prepare ourselves. Together they look at: • Working on things we want to accomplish during this "pause" • Controlling the things you can control and taking advantage of them • Letting go of things that don't serve you • The importance of staying in touch and how to do it • The power of micro habits to move you towards your goals Produced by Wayne Duncan Contact Lee at LeeSilbe...
Apr 27, 2020•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Lee and Ellen look at ways you can get focus time in when WFH. Together they look at: • The best way to think of focus • Apps to help you focus including Flipd ( http://www.flipdapp.co/ ) Timeout, SelfControl ( https://selfcontrolapp.com/ ) • The importance of knowing your strengths, and setting up an environment that plays to your strengths Recorded and produced at Studio D, Wayne Duncan producer Contact Lee at LeeSilber@LeeSilber.com Contact Ellen at Ellen@EllenGoodwin.com...
Apr 20, 2020•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Lee and Ellen continue sharing information they have gleaned from working at home for 25 years each. Together they look at: • The importance of knowing your technology (and being redundant about what you have) • Why you need to be acknowledged (and how to do it) • What you need in your optimal home office • Why it's important to avoid your productivity pitfalls (and how to do just that) Recorded and produced at Studio D, Wayne Duncan producer Contact Lee at LeeSilber@LeeSilber.c...
Apr 13, 2020•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Lee and Ellen look at more ways you can work at home (when you aren't used to working from home.) Together they look at: • The secret productivity tool in your kitchen • Why accountability is so important • How to add a little humanity into your connections • Why scheduling distractions is important • Ways to prepare you for your workday, even if you aren't getting in a car and commuting Recorded at Studio D, Wayne Duncan, producer Contact Lee at LeeSilber@LeeSilber.com Contact ...
Apr 06, 2020•7 min•Ep 145•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Lee and Ellen continue to look at ways you can make working from home work for you. Including: • Making your phone and video calls better • Being proud of your past successes • Establishing work/home boundaries • Using household tasks as a reward • Setting yourself up for success first thing in the day • The importance of rituals Recorded at Studio D, Wayne Duncan producer Contact Lee at LeeSilber@LeeSilber.com Contact Ellen at Ellen@EllenGoodwin.com...
Mar 30, 2020•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast While both Lee and Ellen are veterans of WFH - not everyone is, so in this episode, they share some ways technology can make WFH easier including the importance of clearing out your inbox, using music to track time, being prepared to see people, and the importance of turning off your notification sounds. Apps mentioned in this episode: unroll.me/ sparkmailapp.com/ coffitivity.co toggl.com/toggl-desktop/ freedom.to/ Lee at LeeSilber@LeeSilber.Com Ellen at Ellen@EllenGoodwin.com...
Mar 23, 2020•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Lee and Ellen (and Wayne Duncan, the podcast producer) look at how getting a band set up and playing live music is a lot like getting things ready in life. Together they look at how: • Paying attention to what needs to happen makes everyone be on the same track. • How wasting less time means you can leverage the time you do have • How efficiency in music, really translates to efficency in life Recorded and produced at Studio D, Wayne Dunan, producer Contact Lee at LeeSilber@LeeS...
Mar 16, 2020•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Lee and Ellen look at the importance of always moving forward. Rather than adhering to the idea of always staying in the same lane, they look at staying on the same highway and picking the easiest lane that will help you build momentum. Look at the lane that will move you the fastest, and in the easiest way. Rather than being someone who needs to get everything in order before starting, start then correct as you go along. Keep moving down your highway, switching lanes as needed,...
Mar 09, 2020•6 min•Ep 141•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Ellen and Lee discuss how failure is not only ALWAYS an option, but it's a great form of education as well. Together they look at how to learn from failure, how failure shows you what works and doesn't work for you, and how it can stop you from continuing down the wrong road. Recorded and produced at Studio D, Wayne Duncan producer Contact Ellen at Ellen@EllenGoodwin.com Contact Lee at LeeSilber@LeeSilber.com...
Feb 24, 2020•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Ellen and Lee look at the reasons WHY you want to be efficient, and what you can be doing with the time that you save. Together they look at why it is important to know what you want to do with the time that you save, and why it is important to enjoy the moments you have now -- and not push them off onto an uncertain future. Recorded at Studio D, Wayne Duncan producer Contact Lee at LeeSileberWLeeSilber.com Contact Ellen at Ellen@EllenGoodwin.com
Feb 17, 2020•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Lee and Ellen look at both why it's important to know when to stop, and easy ways to do just that. It's important to know when to stop working on something, so starting with a hard deadline and a Definition of Done are going to help you right away. Still having issues with stopping? Think about delegating your task so someone else takes care of it. Recorded and produced at Studio D, Wayne Duncan producer Contact Lee at LeeSilber@LeeSilber.com Contact Ellen at Ellen@EllenGoodwin....
Feb 10, 2020•5 min•Ep 137•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Lee and Ellen continue looking at how technology is changing our world. This time, with work. Together they look at how Automation is changing how we talk with co-workers, how you can find a template for everything -- letters, websites. How as designers, Lee and Ellen are both obsolete because YouTube has all the answers (which isn't a bad thing!) How video calls can save you more time, and why it's important to make sure that technology doesn't become a timewaster for you. Reco...
Feb 03, 2020•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Lee and Ellen look at the efficiency of getting feedback. Together they look at: • Why it's important to know what you don't know • How asking for specific feedback is efficient -- "How could this have been better." • Why being open to accepting help and guidance can help you shorten the learning process Recorded and produced at Studio D, Wayne Duncan producer Contact Lee at LeeSilber@LeeSilber.com Contact Ellen at Ellen@EllenGoodwin.com...
Feb 02, 2020•5 min•Ep 140•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Lee and Ellen look at how technology has changed the way we do things, and why it's important for us to stop and think if there is a way that technology can help us do a task faster, easier, or better. Together they look at technology when it comes to your morning: getting coffee, driving (and multi-tasking), learning and navigating. Recorded and produced at Studio D, Wayne Duncan producer Contact Lee at LeeSilber@LeeSilber.com Contact Ellen at Ellen@EllenGoodwin.com...
Jan 27, 2020•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Lee and Ellen talk about getting rid of more stuff. Because you pay for things with your time, having fewer things to worry about, gives you more time to enjoy life. Together they look at how getting rid of things you don't regularly use is easier now than it's ever been thanks to apps like Offer Up and Buy Nothing. With less stuff to worry about, you have more time to enjoy life! Recorded and produced at Studio D, Wayne Duncan producer Contact Lee at LeeSilber@LeeSibler.com Con...
Jan 20, 2020•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast ( This episode was recorded on January 8, after the first weekend of NFL Playoff football. ) In this episode, Lee and Ellen look at the importance of Clock Management when it comes to being efficient with your time. Managing your own personal clock means knowing when to have a sense of urgency and how to look at each hour as a game. Clock Management also means Energy Management and making the most of your high energy times throughout the day. Recorded and produced at Studio D, Wayne Duncan produ...
Jan 13, 2020•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Lee and Ellen look at why it is important to look and see the truth and act on it, no matter how painful it might be. Together they look at: • Lee's relationship to his speaking agent and why he needed to break it off • Why we need to be honest with ourselves when we see that things aren't working • Why being safe and secure in our comfort zone is the worst place to be Recorded and produced at Studio D, Wayne Duncan, producer Contact Lee at LeeSilber@LeeSilber.com Contact Ellen ...
Jan 06, 2020•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Ellen looks at what worked and didn't work when it came to productivity in 2019 (and what she is going to do about it going forward.) Worked: • Timers • Consistency • Habit stacking Didn't work: • Establishing boundaries • Blocking distractions • Meditation 50/50 (sort of worked, sort of didn't): • Eliminating Moments of Choice Overall, it was a great year, and next year will be better! Recorded and produced at Studio D, Wayne Duncan producer Contact Ellen at Ellen@EllenGoodwin....
Dec 30, 2019•8 min•Ep 131•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Ellen looks at why New Year's resolutions don't work, and what you can do instead. She looks at: • The structural reason resolutions don't work • The easy steps you can take to make resolutions bullet-proof • Why planning ahead makes your resolutions even stronger • How making her resolutions stronger, enabled her to finish and publish her book this year Recorded and produced at Studio D, Wayne Duncan producer Contact Ellen at Ellen@EllenGoodwin.com Contact Lee at LeeSilber@LeeS...
Dec 22, 2019•7 min•Ep 130•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Ellen discusses the idea of making progress when you feel like you aren't making progress. She talks about: • A simple system to follow to get things done when you feel like you can't get things done. • Why incremental progress is the best thing you can do • How simple Post-it Notes can help you make progres Contact Ellen at Ellen@EllenGoodwin.com Recorded and produced at Studio D, Wayne Duncan, producer...
Dec 16, 2019•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Lee and Ellen look at what cartoons and comics can teach us about being efficient and effective. Together they look at: • The Road Runner and the power of persistence as well as the value of trying something new • Underdog and why it's important to have people you can call on to help you • The Wonder Twins and the value of working with your own, individual strengths • Why thinking of your life as a cartoon will enable you to find one of the most important life skills - seeing th...
Dec 09, 2019•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Lee and Ellen look at how having a Wild Idea Club can help you be more efficient. together they look at: • How learning from others can help you continuously improve all areas of your life • What you need to start a Wild Idea Club • Ways you can build a virtual Wild ideas Club with or without others • How the holidays are a perfect time to start a Wild Ideas Club with your family Recorded and produced at Studio D, Wayne Duncan producer Contact Lee at LeeSilber@LeeSilber.com Cont...
Dec 02, 2019•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Lee and Ellen look at the importance of putting things out into the world, whether they are perfect or not. Together they look at: • Why things don't always have to be perfect • Why done is better than perfect • How getting things done allows you to move on to other things • How perfection is a perfect way to stay in fear Recorded and produced at Studio D, Wayne Duncan producer Contact Lee at LeeSilber@LeeSilber.com Contact Ellen at Ellen@EllenGoodwin.com...
Nov 25, 2019•7 min•Ep 127•Transcript available on Metacast 
