Everyday Systems Podcast

No time to read? Hate mindless but necessary chores? Solve both problems at once by listening to audiobooks while you do housework.

12 Mar 20076min

Consolidate well-understood routine tasks into compound tasks. Break up poorly understood novel tasks into more atomic components.

2 Mar 20077min

How I lost 10 pounds, overnight, without even trying.

14 Feb 20077min

Convenience is stronger than you are. Accept this fact. But with a little planning, the convenient thing doesn't have to be too awful. Case in point: "optimize your oatmeal."

7 Feb 20079min

Stop using evasive euphemisms. Own up to "failure" or you become it.

31 Jan 20075min

Moderation isn't mushy. Learn from extremists by drawing hard lines -- just draw them in different places. Get the clarity of cold turkey abstinence without the sweeping deprivation.

25 Jan 20078min

No time to exercise? Get philosophical. Use enlightened self-mockery, a neo-Kantian personal categorical imperative, and an existential leap of action to get you moving.

17 Jan 20078min

How to use index cards for todo lists at the three scales of the chain of command: daily, monthly, yearly.

10 Jan 200711min