Alexis Haselberger, a productivity coach who’s taught 170,000+ people and worked with Google and CapitalOne, on improving our effectiveness at work by tweaking our systems (#12)

Alexis understands the stress and challenges of having too much to do and not enough time to do it. When faced with these pressures, she had to find smarter ways to tackle her workload to maintain both productivity and well-being. Now, she shares these strategies—and many others—with her clients, who include large multinationals and corporate workers. Alexis is well-versed in overcoming distractions, measuring our behaviour and performance more effectively, and setting ourselves up for success. Timestamps Overview of her work (1:51) Framing changes as experiments (3:17) Focusing on inputs over arbitrary deadlines (7:04) Changing default times for meetings (9:43) Addressing distractions (12:04) Understanding how we work best (17:50) Rapid-fire questions (22:05) Maximising the utility of plans (25:29) Hypothetical scenarios (30:00) Calendar vs todo list (35:17) Question for me (37:59) Alexis' Links Distraction Action Plan | Online courses Website  | Youtube | Podcast Insta | FB | FB Group Episode Links Jerry Uelsmann's Story - Quantity vs Quality Group Performance vs Process-Oriented Goals: Speedy Meeting Setup + Ending Meetings Early 40% Task-Switching Loss Evidence 97.5% Not Multitaskers Evidence Four Tendencies Quiz by Gretchen Rubin ADHD and Entrepreneurship How to Change - Katy Milkman TickTick Productivity App 4000 Weeks - Time Management Pomodoro Technique Overview Building a Second Brain by Tiago Forte Making Things 1% Better (Continuous Improvement)