
Everyday Systems Podcast #27: Audiodidact (Output)
Talk to yourself -- and record it. Why? Autotherapy. Catch all those great ideas that would have gotten away otherwise. Nag yourself into doing impossible tasks. Keep an even-keel diary that reflect...
28 Mar 20079min

Everyday Systems Podcast #26: Audiodidact (Input)
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

Everyday Systems Podcast #25: Compound and Atomic Tasks
Consolidate well-understood routine tasks into compound tasks. Break up poorly understood novel tasks into more atomic components.
2 Mar 20077min

Everyday Systems Podcast #24: Put the Scale in Perspective
How I lost 10 pounds, overnight, without even trying.
14 Feb 20077min

Everyday Systems Podcast #23: Intelligent Dietary Defaults
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

Everyday Systems Podcast #22: In Defense of "Failure"
Stop using evasive euphemisms. Own up to "failure" or you become it.
31 Jan 20075min

Everyday Systems Podcast #21: Extreme Moderation
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

Everyday Systems Podcast #20: When you don't have 14 minutes
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



















