57: The Gravel Road of the Information Superhighway

Do you feel like you've been literally buried alive in business metaphors? Just missed your black belt in martial arts-inspired jargon? In the second half of their review of The 5 Choices: The Path to Extraordinary Productivity, Max and Caitie explore the book's sage advice for managing schedules, technology, and energy. Caitie critiques the authors' varied imagery—the "gravel" of trivial tasks and notifications, or the Samurai-like "swordlessness" of one who avoids dependence on a particular tool. Max places The 5 Choices into its historical context, and suggests that the book even works as "GTD Light" for those who find David Allen's Getting Things Done overwhelming.  The book’s sleazy antagonist, Carl, returns in these latter pages, too. The authors promise that their advice can handle him, but the Priority hosts don’t believe in leaving things to chance. Their takeaway? Carl must be stopped, at any cost.Links: The 5 Choices: The Path to Extraordinary Productivity by Kory Kogon, Adam Merrill, and Leena Rinne | AmazonThe 5 Choices to Extraordinary Productivity | FranklinCovey CourseThe 5 Choices to Extraordinary Productivity | Free eBookFranklinCovey | WikipediaThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey | Amazon"Big Rocks" by Stephen R. Covey | YouTubeUnbreakalbe Kimmy Schmidt | IMDB / NetflixPriority Episode No. 40: "Mannheim Steamroller Derby" | Previous Episode"Brain Dump or Master List -- What's the Difference?" | Homemakers DailyFocus: Achieving Your Highest Priorities by Stephen R. Covey and Steve Jones | Audible/AmazonGetting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen | AmazonSigmund Freud (Jump to "Feminine Sexuality") | Wikipedia"Hakuna Matata" | Disney VideoMaking It All Work: Winning at the Game of Work and the Business of Life by David Allen | AmazonPriority Episode No. 38: "Pumpkin Spice Metrics" | Previous Episode