How to Say No to Protect Your Time with Jason Fried

01/19/22 • 113 min

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With so much information, and gadgets and access and hustle and email and ...and.. aren’t you overloaded at work!? It’s understandable and it’s a real problem. If this describes you or someone you love...you’ll LOVE this episode of the show.

Enter: Jason Fried. He’s the brilliant NYT best-selling author and co-founder of the software firm, Basecamp. Since long before meeting Jason in person he’s always caught my eye as perhaps THE outspoken thinker / critic of the current status of work, our unhealthy habits around our jobs, and our addictions to busy-making. Whether it’s the toxic hustle, the grow-at-all-cost mentality, or the idea of working your fingers to the bone...Jason helps us all see why 99% of this approach is rubbish. And within 3 minutes of meeting him / listening to this episode, I’m banking you’ll be in agreement with him.

The one refreshing difference with Jason? He also gives us a roadmap to fix what we’ve broken. In this episode we talk about his latest book (co-authored with previous CJLIVE podcast guest David Heinemeier Hansson) called It Doesn’t Have to be Crazy at Work, which lays out a play-by-play on how to avoid all exhaustion, stress, and burnout and how to find tools for reshaping success, habits, trust, self care, and gaining that much-needed fresh perspective.

In this episode, we cover

How hard work and hours are not the same thing. In fact, long hours leads to burn out.
Why instant communication (slack, messenger, text etc) is making us slaves to our devices, less effective, and spending more time on the conveyor belt of information consumption than doing any real work.
Some insights and strategies for regaining control over our screen time, our sleep patterns, and where we put our our attention.
A re-framing of our always-busy culture around the JOYS of missing out. Not FOMO...we’re talking JOMO.
Why regaining control of our time starts with learning how to say no.
...and that’s all in the first 10 minutes. Just kidding but you get the point. This episode of the podcast is chock full of inspired virtues for reclaiming our spirit, doing GREAT work and loving life in the process.

Enjoy!

Have a question? Text me 1-206-309-5177 Tweet me @chasejarvis

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In this episode, we cover

How hard work and hours are not the same thing. In fact, long hours leads to burn out.
Why instant communication (slack, messenger, text etc) is making us slaves to our devices, less effective, and spending more time on the conveyor belt of information consumption than doing any real work.
Some insights and strategies for regaining control over our screen time, our sleep patterns, and where we put our our attention.
A re-framing of our always-busy culture around the JOYS of missing out. Not FOMO...we’re talking JOMO.
Why regaining control of our time starts with learning how to say no.
...and that’s all in the first 10 minutes. Just kidding but you get the point. This episode of the podcast is chock full of inspired virtues for reclaiming our spirit, doing GREAT work and loving life in the process.

Enjoy!

Have a question? Text me 1-206-309-5177 Tweet me @chasejarvis

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Not Your Typical Goal Setting Session

We all want to be more productive, creative and fulfilled. This show is literally built on that premise, and there are an infinite number of ways to get there. On today's show I share 6 prompts with the goal to give you the scaffolding to engage in meaningful self-reflection.

Pro tip: discomfort and anxiety mean you're going in the right direction. The deeper you dig, the better.

You don't need a pen and paper to do this exercise.

List of prompts:

Assessing life harmony vs. balance
Burnout level.
Physical manifestation of stress?
One year from now, what do you hope to have accomplished?
What can you let go of?

Hit me up via text at 206-309-5177 or on social with a brief message about how you are going to change your habits in 2022.

Enjoy.

Next Episode

How You Talk to Yourself Matters

How often do you catch yourself in a storm of self-defeating thoughts? Do you tend to be self-critical and drift toward worry regardless of the circumstances? How do you usually talk to yourself? Are you your own cheerleader? How often do you hear in your head statements like “I’m no good”? You can’t reason with your reptilian brain, but the good news is that it learns through action. Every time you take action and survive, it learns a new lesson. In other words, the process of facing fear, acknowledging it, taking action, is like a muscle. The more you work it, the easier it becomes. This is one of the best mechanisms that I know for reducing the volume of negative self-talk because taking even small actions in the face of fear helps you become more confident. Today's episode is a reminder to evaluate how you talk to yourself. Timestamps:

[00:00] Intro

[01:05] Language is incredibly powerful, and you’re in charge of writing your life script.

[02:47] Fear is a gift, a precious instinct.

[04:09] Take action despite fear.

[05:21] Naysayers are not in the room with you right now. Is fear doing a table read?

[06:36] Actions plus positive self-talk will be your ticket to writing your own script in life. Do not let your monkey brain rehearse lines from old scripts.

[07:55] Just do it!

Enjoy!

Have a question? Text me 1-206-309-5177 Tweet me @chasejarvis