The most powerful productivity and wellbeing technique is way more fun than you imagine

07/04/24 • 18 min

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Better Than Yesterday with Osher Günsberg

Anyone who’s said “I’ll race you” to get their kid to the bathroom/dinner table/daycare/doctor - knows that working play into things is a very effective motivator.

In recent times it’s been called “Gamification”.

But how much play is in your life?

And besides getting things done - what other value can play bring to you as an adult?

Following on from his chat with Dr Ali Abdaal (https://www.oshergunsberg.com/the-secret-to-maximising-productivity-is-play-and-other-insights-from-dr-ali-abdaal/), Osher explores the surprising benefits of using play as an adult - as well as some mind-blowing examples of how some of the biggest brains every to walk the earth deliberately used play to in their work.

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Anyone who’s said “I’ll race you” to get their kid to the bathroom/dinner table/daycare/doctor - knows that working play into things is a very effective motivator.

In recent times it’s been called “Gamification”.

But how much play is in your life?

And besides getting things done - what other value can play bring to you as an adult?

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Previous Episode

The secret to maximising productivity is play (and other insights from Dr. Ali Abdaal)

Dr Ali Abdaal is a world-renowned expert in Productivity.

He spent a few years working with the NHS in the UK before leaning full time into the videos he was making, initially to help other med students pass their exams.

This grew into a larger offering around making sure your work ethic and your values are aligned in the best way possible...

Today Osher and Ali speak about scientific ways of approaching productivity, methods to make sure that we’re doing more good work in less time, and therefore giving us the free time to recharge, recoup, reflect, and perhaps just think - so that when we’re back on the tools we come with a fresh perspective, fresh ideas, and the ability to produce higher quality work than if we’re up at 3am trying to finish something.

He’s a fascinating man, his YouTube is epic - and his latest book is a New York Times bestseller, “Feel Good Productivity“.

If you've never done a values quiz before, they can be very valuable to help with decision making: https://azimuthpsych.com/values-navigator

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Next Episode

Rule Number 7: The moment your heart doesn’t race when you turn on the microphone, get out of the chair and give someone else a go.

Osher is slowly working his way through the 101 Rules of Show Business and today's rules a doozy. Even if you never work in entertainment, it’s a rule that can remind you when it’s time to step aside from something (even a relationship!).

Also Rule 9 will blow your mind.

You’ll never think about getting fired the same way.

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