The Essentials: Being Productive
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Why is it that we often wake up with big plans — and seemingly enough energy to complete the tasks on our to-do list — and go to bed lamenting all the unfinished work?

A social worker joins Emily to pose questions about productivity to Alice Boyes, a former clinical psychologist. Alice shares the planning, creativity, and decision making that her success and satisfaction hinges on — and how she manages to ignore everything else. She highlights mental mistakes that prevent people from accomplishing their most meaningful work, and she gives guidance for overcoming them.

Guests:

Alice Boyes, a former clinical psychologist, is the author of two books on mental health, *The Anxiety Toolkit *and The Healthy Mind Toolkit. She’s writing her third book about productivity.

**Kate Troutman **is a social worker.

**Resources: **

• “5 Mental Mistakes That Kill Your Productivity),” by Alice Boyes

• “Don’t Let Perfection Be the Enemy of Productivity),” by Alice Boyes

• Getting Work Done), by Harvard Business Review

• HBR Guide to Being More Productive), by Harvard Business Review

• HBR Guide to Getting the Right Work Done), by Harvard Business Review

• Getting It All Done), by Harvard Business Review

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