Teacher Milena Flix | #52 - The Productivity Superpower You Didn't Know You Had

Gente!!! Sendo esta a aula de n�mero #52 e considerando que um ano tem 52 semanas, estamos comemorando o primeiro ano do Flix! Uhu!!!!! And today, a lesson on productivity ;) TIM FERRISS has been listed as one of Fast Company's "Most Innovative Business People," one of Forbes's "Names You Need to Know," and one of Fortune's "40 under 40." He is an early-stage technology investor/advisor (Uber, Facebook, Shopify, Duolingo, Alibaba, and 50+ others) and the author of four #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers, including The 4-Hour Workweek and his latest, Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers. The Observer and other media have called Tim "the Oprah of audio" due to the influence of The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, which has exceeded 100 million downloads and has been selected for "Best of iTunes" three years running. ORIGINAL VIDEO

TRUE OR FALSE

1. Tim Ferriss is not the only author who defends that single-tasking is a superpower.

2. Author Neil Strauss doesn?t access the internet during his writing sessions.

3. Remit Sethi has started with a small blog and built a big business.

4. Most people lose focus when task switching.

5. Tim Ferriss has at least two deep sessions of creative work every day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.

MATCH:

1. That means in a digital economy where

2. You're able to do deep work and connect dots

3. When he writes, he uses an app called Freedom which blocks you from

4. The next one would be blocking out

5. And last, I would say this came up with multiple

a) that aren?t connected.

b) having access to Wi-Fi or the internet for that matter

c) periods of time in your calendar

d) people but I use this myself

e) distraction is a currency...

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ENGLISH TRANSCRIPT

So here's an idea, this comes up again and again in Tools of Titans which is single-tasking is a superpower. What does that mean? That means in a digital economy where distraction is a currency... If you can focus on one thing for three to five hours at a time and block out all distractions you have a huge leg up you're able to do deep work and connect dots that aren?t

connected

For instance here are a couple of specific tactics. Neil Strauss, eight-time New York Times best selling author. When he writes, he uses an app called Freedom which blocks you from having access to Wi-Fi or the internet for that matter. You're unable to access the Internet and that will force him to batch all of the items he needs to research into one document and he'll do all of his research at one time as opposed to task switching - there is where most people kill themselves and lose the race. So, Freedom.

The next one would be blocking out periods of time in your calendar. Ramit Sethi, who built a mega mega multi-million dollar business out of a tiny blog sets out, I think it is, three to five hours every Wednesday for learning. I do the same thing but I label it ?creation? and it's blocked out of my calendar; for me it's 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Wednesdays and I defend that just as I would a conference call or a meeting or anything else and that is time for doing deep work which is impossible to do if you are just connecting 15 minutes here, 15 minutes there adding up to four hours, they're not the same thing.

And last, I would say this came up with multiple people but I use this myself, which is turning my phone onto airplane mode and not turning it off of airplane mode until I've had at least one deep session of creative work, say 2 to 3 hours 2 to 4 hours in the morning before lunch and then I turn my phone on to accept the flood of interruptions and everyone else's agenda for my time.

But first and foremost the principle is remembering that single tasking in a digital world is a super if you cultivate it.

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PORTUGUESE TRANSLATION

Ent�o, aqui est� uma ideia, isso aparece repetidamente em ?Ferramentas de Tit�s?, que � fazer uma tarefa por vez � uma superpoder. O que isso significa? Isso significa que em uma economia digital onde a distra��o � uma moeda ... Se voc� pode se concentrar em uma coisa por tr�s a cinco horas de cada vez e bloquear todas as distra��es voc� tem uma grande vantagem, voc� � capaz de fazer trabalho profundo e conectar pontos que n�o est�o conectados.

Por exemplo, aqui est�o algumas t�ticas espec�ficas.

Neil Strauss, oito vezes autor mais vendido pelo New York Times. Quando ele escreve, ele usa um aplicativo chamado Freedom, que impede que voc� tenha acesso a Wi-Fi ou � Internet. Voc� n�o consegue acessar a Internet e isso o for�ar� a reunir todos os itens que ele precisa para pesquisar em um documento e ele far� todas as suas pesquisas de uma s� vez em vez de alternar entre tarefas - a� � onde a maioria das pessoas se mata e perde a corrida. Ent�o, Freedom.

O pr�ximo seria bloquear per�odos de tempo no seu calend�rio. Ramit Sethi, que construiu um mega mega neg�cio multibilion�rio de um pequeno blog separa, acho que �, de tr�s a cinco horas toda quarta-feira para aprendizagem. Eu fa�o a mesma coisa, mas eu o chamo de "cria��o" e � bloqueado do meu calend�rio; para mim, � das 9:00 �s 13:00 �s quartas-feiras e eu defendo isso como eu faria uma teleconfer�ncia ou uma reuni�o ou qualquer outra coisa e esse � tempo para fazer trabalho profundo que � imposs�vel de se fazer se voc� estiver conectando 15 minutos aqui, 15 minutos ali, somando at� quatro horas, eles n�o s�o a mesma coisa.

E por �ltimo, eu diria que isso apareceu com v�rias pessoas, mas eu uso isso eu mesmo, que � colocar meu telefone em modo avi�o e n�o tir�-lo do modo avi�o at� que eu tenha tido pelo menos uma sess�o profunda de trabalho criativo, digamos 2 a 3 horas de 2 a 4 horas de manh� antes do almo�o e, em seguida, ligo o telefone para aceitar a enxurrada de interrup��es e a agenda de todos os demais para o meu tempo.

Mas acima de tudo o princ�pio � lembrar que fazer uma tarefa de cada vez em um mundo digital � superpoder se voc� cultiv�-lo.

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VOCABULARY:

FOR THAT MATTER - *used to indicate that a subject, though mentioned second, is as relevant as the first.

TO COME UP = to appear

CURRENCY = moeda corrente

TO HAVE A LEG UP = to have an advantage, to be ahead

TO BATCH - to group, to bring together

FIRST AND FOREMOST - "above all", o mais importante

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FILL IN THE GAPS:

So here's an idea, this comes up again and 1.___ in Tools of Titans which is single-tasking is a superpower. What 2.___ that mean? That means in a digital economy where distraction is a currency... If you can focus 3.___ one thing for three to five hours at a 4.___ and block out all distractions you have a huge leg 5.___ you're able to do deep work and connect dots that 6.___ connected

7.___ instance here are a couple of specific tactics. Neil Strauss, eight-time New York Times 8.___ selling author. When he writes, he uses an app 9.___ Freedom which blocks you from having access to Wi-Fi or the internet 10.___ that matter.

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ANSWERS

TRUE OR FALSE 1.T 2.T 3.T 4.T 5.F

MATCH: 1.e 2.a 3.b 4.c 5.d

FILL IN THE GAPS:

1.again

2.does

3.on

4.time

5.up

6.aren?t

7.For

8.best

9.called

10.for

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See you next week, on year 2 of TMF :)