• Episode 385 - The Efficiency of Tracking Your Progress
    Nov 4 2024

    In this episode, Lee and Ellen look at different ways to track your progress as you set out to achieve boals. Together they look at:

    • Lee is a big fan of filling in bubbles to track progress

    • ellen discusses the genius of Star Charts and how they work for adults as well as children

    • Lee remembers S & H Green Stamps and why getting rewarded for accumulating points is motivating

    • Why you shouldn't shot for one final goal (and look for milestones along the way)

    • What using Red Dots and Green Dots has taught Lee about his patterns

    • How to use "Don't Break The Chain" to accomplish more

    • How to leverage visually seeing your progress to achieve more

    Edited at Studio D, Wayne Duncan, producer

    Your co-hosts: www.LeeSilber.com and www.EllenGoodwin.com

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    6 mins
  • Episode 384: Efficency 101 - How to Be More Efficient at Home and At Work
    Oct 28 2024

    In this episode, Lee and Ellen look at some basic ways that you can be more efficient in your life. Together they discuss:

    • Four ways to be more efficient at home

    • Why doggy doors help you to get more done

    • How finding the veggie chopper that you love, will save you time

    • What fake plants can do for your efficiency

    • When you need a bigger trash can -- and what it does for you

    • Four ways to be more efficient at work

    • Why the buffet is more efficient than table service

    • What the people who order online at Starbucks know about saving time

    • How the OHIO rule can save you time

    • Why avoiding "reply all" is the best thing you can do

    Edited at Stuido D, Wayne Duncan, producer

    Your co-hosts: www.LeeSilber.com and www.EllenGoodwin.com

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    6 mins
  • Episode 383: 4 Ways to Bring Focus Back Into Your Life
    Oct 21 2024

    In this episode, Ellen looks at 4 ways you can bring focus back into your life. There's a lot going on in the world right now, which makes it hard to focus on the important things in our lives. But all is not lost! Ellen shares 4 simple things you can do to get focus back on your side.

    • Forget setting a timer to get things done (shocking! Especially coming from Ellen). Instead go for the quality of your focus not your quantity

    • Get out the post-it notes!

    • Jump in to do a thing when you aren't ready.

    • When you're distracted, stop yourself and ask one simple question.

    • Don't try and solve the problems others are experiencing. Focus on what you can do now

    Edited at Studio D, Wayne Duncan, producer

    Your co-hosts: www.EllenGoodwin.com and www.LeeSilber.com

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    6 mins
  • Episode 382 - The Efficient Way to Consistently Make Progress
    Oct 14 2024

    In this episode, Ellen and Lee look at the most efficient way to make progress toward any goal you might be working on. Together they discuss:

    • The one thing adults think that stops them in their tracks when moving forward

    • Why accepting "Beginners Mind" will put you on the track to success

    • Ellen shares what she is going through with exercise and what she has had to accept as truth

    • Why having help improves your success rate

    • What everything you've heard about shortcuts is wrong

    • The mantra you should be using when it comes to progress

    Edited at Studio D, Wayne Duncan, producer

    Your co-hosts: www.EllenGoodwin.com and www.LeeSilber.com

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    6 mins
  • Episode 381: How to Successfully Deal with Distractions (and why it matters)
    Oct 7 2024

    In this episode, Ellen and Lee look at how to be more focused by getting rid of distractions. Together they look at:

    • Why it's so easy to let our phones distract us

    • What we could be doing with the time we spend getting dopamine hits

    • Why urgent things crowd out the important things we want to do

    • Three easy ways to ignore your distractions (and how to do them)

    • The importance of doing the hard things in our lives

    Edited at Studio D, Wayne Duncan, producer

    Your co-hosts: www.EllenGoodwin.com and www.LeeSilber.com

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    7 mins
  • Episode 380: How Money Multiplies Your Efficiency
    Sep 30 2024

    In this episode, Lee and Ellen discuss how money can multiply your efficiency. Together they discuss:

    • Money can make you more efficient by:
    - paying someone to do what you don't want to do
    - getting better equipment
    - opens you up to have the time and space to do you want

    • Think of ways to increase the money coming in

    • Lee discusses using money to make money

    • How money lets you think more creativity

    Edited at Studio D, Wayne Duncan, producer

    Your co-hosts: www.LeeSilber.com and www.EllenGoodwin.com

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    6 mins
  • Episode 379: How to Use Your Environment as a Timer
    Sep 23 2024

    In this episode, Ellen and Lee look at the efficiency of timers you can find in your environment. Together they look at:

    • Why brushing your teeth is a great way to time yourself

    • How music is specifically structured to be an excellent timer

    • The key thing you need to have for efficiency

    • What a playlist can help you do

    • One of Ellen's favorite apps for timing (Interval Timer - Tabata Timer on the App Store)

    Edited at Studio D, Wayne Duncan, producer

    Your co-hosts: www.EllenGoodwin.com and www.LeeSilber.com

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    6 mins
  • Episode 378: The Most Efficient Person Lee Knows (and what we can learn from them)
    Sep 16 2024

    In this episode, Lee and Ellen discuss the most efficient person that Lee knows, and what we can learn from them. Together they look at:

    • What steps his friend takes to get things done right away

    • Why lists and maps make this person efficient

    • How finding out what they love to do makes them more efficient

    • Ellen shares how she discovered what she wasn't efficient at doing

    • Why knowing your strengths makes you more efficient

    Edited at Studio D, Wayne Duncan, producer

    Your co-hosts: www.LeeSilber.com and www.EllenGoodwin.com

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    6 mins