On this episode, I chat with author and writer Scott Young about his new book, Get Better at Anything: 12 Maxims for Mastery. I hope you enjoy the conversation—about learning, mastery, and how to get better at pretty much anything. Listen (and subscribe) to the podcast below! The post Podcast: How to Learn Anything appeared first on Chris Bailey.

Takeaway: If time blocking hasn’t stuck for you, become less rigid with it. Trying jotting down how many hours you’ll want to have worked on tasks by day’s end to take a looser approach to time blocking. Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes, 39s.   I’ve never been a big fan of time blocking—defining ahead of time what I’ll do for every hour...

On this episode, we chat about the science behind meetings—and how to get more value out of them. Topics covered include: The four helpful roles meetings have; Questioning your recurring meetings; Considering relationship dynamics in meetings; Becoming a good steward of other peoples time; Designating a meeting leader; Not attending meetings...

On this episode, we chat about the science behind meetings—along with the value and annoyances they bring. Topics covered include: Chris’s review of the Staples coworking space; What makes meetings so draining; The four main purposes of meetings; How many meetings we have a week; Collaborative versus focused work; The incremental cost of meetings;...

Takeaway: Material purchases that scream “look at me” are usually a waste of money and don’t make you any happier. Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes, 12s.   As a total nerd, one of the things I love reading each year is Warren Buffet’s annual letter to the shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway. In 2022’s letter (PDF), he offhandedly mentioned...

On this episode, we chat about strategies for time blocking your day—including the ones we use. Topics covered include: The benefits of time blocking; The “rolling” time blocking method; How long our blocks are; How autonomy interacts with time blocking; Making time blocking sustainable. You can listen (and subscribe) to the podcast below!...