Chapter
Coping with Low Mood and Improving Productivity
1:15:01 - 1:19:00 (03:59)
The speaker suggests two tactics to cope with low mood and improve productivity. First, prioritizing fixing the mood and preventing it from spiraling. Second, assessing productivity over a larger chunk of time, instead of individual days.
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The speaker suggests prioritizing your mental health when your mood is low, in order to increase productivity.
1:15:01 - 1:16:25 (01:24)
Summary
The speaker suggests prioritizing your mental health when your mood is low, in order to increase productivity. By putting action into place right away, you can prevent a decrease in productivity from your low mood.
ChapterCoping with Low Mood and Improving Productivity
Episode#612: Will MacAskill of Effective Altruism Fame — The Value of Longtermism, Tools for Beating Stress and Overwhelm, AI Scenarios, High-Impact Books, and How to Save the World and Be an Agent of Change
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
Instead of assessing the individual day, shift the focus to a larger chunk of time.
1:16:25 - 1:18:25 (02:00)
Summary
Instead of assessing the individual day, shift the focus to a larger chunk of time. This helps in avoiding beating oneself up for having a bad day and enables them to come back refreshed later.
ChapterCoping with Low Mood and Improving Productivity
Episode#612: Will MacAskill of Effective Altruism Fame — The Value of Longtermism, Tools for Beating Stress and Overwhelm, AI Scenarios, High-Impact Books, and How to Save the World and Be an Agent of Change
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
The speaker discusses the challenge of using a Scottish accent while maintaining a proper tone when discussing the philosophy of effective altruism.
1:18:25 - 1:19:00 (00:35)
Summary
The speaker discusses the challenge of using a Scottish accent while maintaining a proper tone when discussing the philosophy of effective altruism.