Fewer Things Better
Life is noisy, but your brain doesn't have to be. This quick weekly conversation offers smart, simple ways to retrain your brain to hack your productivity and communicate better. Brain-science-meets-word-nerd host Kristin Graham offers shortcuts on how to navigate our cluttered digital world so you can spend more time enjoying life offline. She's done the research and tried-the-things, so you get the headlines and hacks without all the homework.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 9 minutes
- Episodes
- 175
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Ep. 35 - How to Get ROI on Extra Time
Imagine you got an extra hour added to your day today. How would you spend those bonus minutes? How we spend our time reveals how we value our time. This episode explores …
Ep. 34 - 3 (Easy) Tips to Boost a Tired Brain
In a world that is always on, there is a tangible benefit to making time to turn the brain off. Chronic fatigue is more than just a sleep issue. It ties back into the brain…
Ep. 33 - Ridiculously Small Steps: How Consistency Kickstarts the Brain
This episode explores the concept of the Ridiculously Small Step (RSS) and how a lot can be done by doing just a little. RSS is more than a methodology; it’s tied into the …
Ep. 32 - The Brain Boost of Giving Thanks
There is a crushing consumerism to buy in order to give. This short episode explores how the act of giving thanks returns a gift back to your body and brain. Gratitude is a…
Ep. 31 - The Case for Space: Less Stuff = Happy Brain
We all have places and spaces that have too much stuff, either physically or digitally. A recent experience led me to explore the scientific and psychological impact of mor…
Ep. 30 - How to (Quickly) Make a Connection
As we get back to more people-y activities, there are a few quick tools you can try to turn an interaction into a connection. From extending a quick compliment to posing a…
Ep. 29 – The Secret Productivity Hack: Sleep
Sleep is one of the most overlooked and underrated productivity hacks that we can take in our daily lives. It’s also the thing we often trade in our pursuit of productivity…
Ep. 28 - Brain Food: Recoding Negative Thoughts
Your brain processes 70,000 thoughts each day. These thoughts create patterns that get encoded in our brain. How much of what is encoded is outdated and/or negative inform…
Ep. 27 - Productivity: Cost Per Distraction
The average adult gets interrupted about every 6 minutes. Each distraction comes with a cost – some that we willingly pay and others that cost more than we initially realiz…
Ep. 26 - The Science, Psychology & Math of Coincidence & Bias
Our brain can process 100 pieces of information every second. It does so by scanning the daily horizon and honing in on patterns and preferences that are most relevant to u…
Ep. 25 – Complexity v. Simplicity: Choose Your Own Adventure
Chinese philosopher Confucius one said: Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. That shows up in science and in habits as we tend to trust something …
Ep. 24 - Indecision Is a Decision
The brain, just like the day, is full of activity. Some research has indicated that the average person makes more than 35,000 decisions a day. This episode focuses on the…
Ep. 23 - Productivity: The 7 Day Sprint
Odds are you’re more likely to keep promises to others before you keep one to yourself. And that’s from research, not just popular psychology. There is a neural component t…
Ep. 22 - Brain + Action: The Power of Permission
Giving yourself permission to explore new & big ideas is an important brain exercise. Flexing this mental muscle tips the brain into actively looking for ways to turn dream…
Ep. 21 - Your Brain Offline: Testing a Tech Sabbatical
In this noisy world, technology seems to be knocking on our brain at all hours of the day. This episode explores the idea of a tech sabbath - a set period of time for a dig…
Ep. 20 - How We Power Progress: Friction vs. Fuel
Progress, and productivity, require energy - and that energy has a cognitive and physiological cost. Our brain is one of the hungriest parts of your body. It consumes appro…
Ep. 19 - Productivity: The 10-Minute Kickstart
We often overestimate what we can get done in a day and underestimate the progress that can happen in just a few minutes. This episode outlines the time-based tool of a 10 …
Ep. 18 - Seven Words That Can Change Your Life
This episode explores the powerful potential of words – seven words in particular – and how using them might bring opportunities to different situations in your life. Words…
Ep. 17 - Productivity: The Cost of Convenience
As we seek shortcuts to buy more time, there is a cost to every convenience. Technology has brought many innovations – and it can also add wide layers of aloneness. Every …
Ep. 16 - Your Brain & Trauma: The Mental Art of Kintsugi
When the brain – and the body – is processing a traumatic experience, it’s as if all the wires were pulled out of the wall all at once. The surface functions all still work…