How do you start a project? Build the things you know, or tackle the hard stuff you don't? Based on an idea from Annie Duke's book "Quit", we discuss how we approach these common issues.

Grit versus Quit - different sides of the same coin? How do we decide what we stick to or let go? Justin and Stu talk about their experiences.

Summer is in full beat, and Stu and Justin live in warmer climates. How do we deal with the heat and what tips do we have to help you deal with the joys of summer?

Stu runs a training company and loves alliteration in the title. This week, we discuss our different techniques to kill the to-do list.

Consumption versus creation. Is it a war of attention, or does one need the other? Stu and Justin examine our thoughts on this interesting and often championed topic.

Virtual Headsets, AI, and Machine Learning - are all in the news lately. Justin and Stu discuss where we think these will add value and how the future of computing will develop.

Inspired by a newsletter email from Greg McKeown, we discuss the ideas of Problem Finding versus Problem Solving. And present some ideas from our own experience.

Who am I optimizing to become? A question from a book that brought interesting and passionate responses from at least one of the hosts!

Are you feeling burned out? We deal with it too. And in this episode, we talk about some causes and remedies. In short, retire early, and live in the Mediterranean.

In this final episode in our series on GTD, we discuss reflecting and engaging and sum up our thoughts and takeaways about GTD.

We continue deep diving into Getting Things Done and discuss the critical organizing stage. We talk about our systems and approaches to organizing our tasks.

Stu tries to upset everyone on the internet and give the fussy editor a heart attack! And we carry on our journey along the path of GTD this week, focusing on Clarify.

Stu is reimplementing a complete Getting Things Done system, and we want to discuss best practices. We start this week by talking about CAPTURE. How do we get things out of our minds and into a Trusted System?

What is deep work, and how do you set up for it? In this episode, Justin and Stu discuss our practices for Deep Work.

Two privileged, middle-aged white guys are talking about productivity books. It seems it's a thing. This week, we wonder why productivity books are written mainly by guys and wonder what we are missing from other essential viewpoints.

What will work look like in 50 years? In this episode, we discuss our thoughts on it. One of us is much more optimistic than the other.

This week, we talk about Stu's reality and Justin's fantasy - what would we do if you didn't have to work...interesting and different ideas, for sure!

101...always a basics course. And in this episode, we go back to the basics of what we are doing with the podcast. Our conclusion - it's a conversation between friends, including you, the audience!

Stu and Justin celebrate our 100th anniversary by talking about noting and journalling. This topic is how we met and started chatting, and here we are two years later.

Stu and Justin reflect on what went well in our careers and what didn't. We think there are ideas and takeaways for everyone at any stage of their careers.