RR 398: Productivity with Mani Vaya

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Panel:

• Eric Berry
• Charles Max Wood
• Nate Hopkins
• Dave Kimura
• David Richards
• Brian Hogan
• Andrew Mason

Special Guest: Mani VayaEpisode SummaryIn this episode Mani Vaya — founder of 2000books.com and former programmer — discusses productivity. He speaks on the following subtopics: the importance of planning out one’s day; identifying priorities and getting the top 3 done each day;  taking time to get things done without any distractions - the benefits of single tasking as opposed to multi-tasking; the attention space in one’s brain; the importance of meditation; focusing on the important as opposed to the urgent; the importance of measurement; and lastly project orientation vs outcome orientation and when to use each.Mani helps motivate and inspire productivity in all aspects of a coder’s life.Links:

• Double Your Productivity by 5 PM Tomorrow
• Never Procrastinate Again Program
• Learn to Meditate
• 2000 Books Podcast iTunes
• 2000 Books Podcast Android
• 2000 Books YouTube Channel
• 2000 Books Website
• The Organized Mind by Daniel J. Levitin
• Deep Work - Cal Newport
• Mani's Meditation Program
• The One Thing by Gary Keller
• The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covery
• 10x Productivity

PicksDavid:

• The Pragmatic Programmer by Andrew Hunt and David Thomas

Nate:

• Paul Graham - Maker's Schedule, Manager's...