Hey there,

Hope everyone's weekend is off to a great start.

In honor of Monday's free Q&A with the legendary David Allen (of Getting Things Done fame) I recorded a short video (during which I gesticulate a lot):

I promise, this event is for you if you're looking to:

• Tame your out-of-control task list
• Move the needle on what actually matters
• Hit your long-term (and big hairy audacious) goals

Plus it's totally free for members of the RadReads community.

3 ways to create more time

Ready to feel crappy about your life?

This old productivity meme originated on Molly-Mae Hague's Diary of a CEO podcast.

Now putting aside that Queen Bey has a supporting team of nearly 100 people, there's a kernel of truth here.

There are a fixed amount of hours in each day.

Which means there's a limit to what can be accomplished by Queens, Kings and ordinary plebes.

And when it comes to time, there are only 3 ways win some of it back.

Here are this week's top reads:

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On meaningless careers

7 minutes | Young Money by Jack Raines
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Here's a very thougtful take on Quiet Quitting from the target demographic themselves: a 25 year old. Raines makes the argument that kids these days do want to work. But to use a video game analogy, most jobs are just "unplugged controllers." (Ahem, $10 Work machines.) But if they're connected to something bigger (than just formatting spreadsheets), this generation sees the "beauty in the suck." I recently discovered Jack's Newsletter and it's dope.

→ Read the post​

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How much time and energy do we waste toggling between applications?

7 minutes | Harvard Business Review
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Most of us spend a lot of time going back and forth between apps and websites at work (after all, $10 work is a dopamine machine). But how much is a lot? One study showed that workers toggle around 1,200 times per day (which leads to upwards of four hours spent reorienting post-toggling). Is this an inevitability of doing digital work? Or an unexamined choice employers and employees are making without fully understanding the consequences?

→ Read the article​

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What savvy news readers notice that you don't

3 minutes | Gillett Memos
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One of the most fundamental skills of critical thinking is asking good questions. And this definitely applies to what we’re reading. A few helpful ones to keep in mind when reading news reports? Is this report original (if not, where is the original)? How were the sources chosen? And, always, always inquire about the incentives. Why was the article written in the first place?

→ Read the post​

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Do retirees actually spend their money?

4 minutes | Dollars and Data
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I'm semi-obsessed with the traditional concept of retirement. After all, what's not to like about busting your *ss for 40 years and then reaping the rewards as a snowbird in Florida? But the data shows the opposite. Retirees underspend, live frugally and ultimately don't bounce that last check. So one must ask, is this all part of the traditional retirement plan? I also strongly recommend Nick's book Just Keep Buying: Proven ways to save money and build your wealth.

→ Read the post​

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It's time to stop living the American scam

7 minutes | NYT
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Headlines such as “Gen Z and Millennials Would Rather be Unemployed than Unhappy in a Job” demonstrate a tectonic change in the employee-employer contract. (And possibly, some naïveté). One thing that’s clear is that busy-ness is no longer a virtue, busywork won’t be tolerated and a 9-to-5 without flexibility is a non-starter. Is this lazy entitlement? Or a fundamental shift in how we work?

→ Read the article​

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Below the Fold
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LAST WEEK'S MOST READ

• ​A simple flow-chart for getting things done (RadReads, 733 clicks)
• ​Should this be a meeting? (Nobl, 442 clicks)

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And finally, corn (it's such a beautiful thing)!

With gratitude,

Khe

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