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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.22,0:00:02.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A few years ago, my obsession\Nwith productivity
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.86,0:00:06.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,got so bad that I suffered\Nan episode of burnout
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.37,0:00:08.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that scared the hell out of me.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.28,0:00:12.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm talking insomnia,\Nweight gain, hair loss -- the works.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.12,0:00:14.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was so overworked that my brain
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.49,0:00:17.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,literally couldn't come up\Nwith another idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.14,0:00:21.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That indicated to me that my identity\Nwas linked with this idea of productivity.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.54,0:00:24.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[The Way We Work]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.87,0:00:29.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you feel guilty if you haven't\Nbeen productive enough during the day?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.57,0:00:31.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you spend hours\Nreading productivity hacks,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.91,0:00:34.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying new frameworks\Nand testing new apps
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.18,0:00:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get even more done?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.52,0:00:38.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've tried them all --\Ntask apps, calendar apps,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.29,0:00:39.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,time-management apps,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.51,0:00:41.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things that are meant to manage your day.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.50,0:00:43.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've been so obsessed with doing more
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.93,0:00:45.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we've missed\Nthe most important thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.01,0:00:48.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of these tools aren't helping.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.25,0:00:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're making things worse.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.04,0:00:52.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, let's talk about\Nproductivity for a second.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.03,0:00:55.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Historically, productivity\Nas we know it today
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.80,0:00:58.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was used during the industrial revolution.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.03,0:01:01.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a system that measured performance\Nbased on consistent output.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.81,0:01:03.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You clocked into your shift
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.21,0:01:05.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and were responsible\Nfor creating X number of widgets
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.79,0:01:07.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the assembly line.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.21,0:01:09.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the end of the day,\Nit was pretty easy to see
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.61,0:01:11.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who worked hard and who hadn't.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.66,0:01:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we shifted to a knowledge economy,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.88,0:01:16.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people suddenly had tasks\Nthat were much more abstract,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.01,0:01:19.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things like writing,\Nproblem-solving or strategizing,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.57,0:01:21.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tasks that weren't easy to measure.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.44,0:01:23.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Companies struggled to figure out
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.24,0:01:25.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to tell who was working\Nand who wasn't,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.74,0:01:29.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they just adopted\Nthe old systems as best as they could,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.56,0:01:32.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leading to things\Nlike the dreaded time sheet
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.04,0:01:33.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where everyone is under pressure
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.98,0:01:37.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to justify how they spend\Nevery second of their day.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.09,0:01:38.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's just one problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.36,0:01:41.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These systems don't make a lot of sense\Nfor creative work.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.13,0:01:44.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We still think of productivity\Nas an endurance sport.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.99,0:01:47.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You try to churn out as many blog posts
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.13,0:01:49.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or we cram our day full of meetings.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.78,0:01:53.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this model of constant output\Nisn't conducive to creative thought.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.86,0:01:57.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, knowledge workers\Nare facing a big challenge.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.44,0:02:01.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're expected to be constantly\Nproductive and creative
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.06,0:02:02.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in equal measure.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.60,0:02:04.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's actually almost impossible
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.34,0:02:06.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for our brains to continuously\Ngenerate new ideas
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.82,0:02:08.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with no rest.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.10,0:02:11.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, downtime\Nis a necessity for our brain
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.83,0:02:14.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to recover and to operate properly.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.05,0:02:16.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Consider that according\Nto a team of researchers
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.39,0:02:18.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the University\Nof Southern California,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.75,0:02:22.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,letting our minds wander\Nis an essential mental state
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.16,0:02:24.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that helps us develop our identity,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.44,0:02:26.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,process social interactions,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.36,0:02:29.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it even influences\Nour internal moral compass.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.00,0:02:34.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our need for a break flies in the face\Nof our cultural narrative about hustling,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.34,0:02:37.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in other words, the stories\Nthat we as a society
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.15,0:02:39.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tell each other\Nabout what success looks like
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.54,0:02:41.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what it takes to get there.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.05,0:02:42.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stories like the American Dream,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.75,0:02:45.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is one of our most\Ndeeply rooted beliefs.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.67,0:02:48.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This tells us that if we work hard,\Nwe'll be successful.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.89,0:02:50.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there's a flip side.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.44,0:02:52.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you aren't successful,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.35,0:02:55.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it must mean that you're not\Nworking hard enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.95,0:02:58.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you don't think\Nyou're doing enough,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.24,0:03:00.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of course you're going to stay\Nlate, pull all-nighters
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.92,0:03:03.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and push yourself hard\Neven when you know better.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.60,0:03:06.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Productivity has wrapped\Nitself up in our self-worth,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.59,0:03:09.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that it's almost impossible\Nfor us to allow ourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.87,0:03:11.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to stop working.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.10,0:03:15.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The average US employee only takes half\Nof their allocated paid vacation leave,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.92,0:03:18.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,further proving\Nthat even if we have the option
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.27,0:03:20.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take a break, we don't.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.71,0:03:23.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To be clear, I don't\Nthink that productivity
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.20,0:03:25.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or trying to improve\Nour performance is bad.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.63,0:03:29.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm just saying that the current models\Nwe're using to measure our creative work
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.69,0:03:30.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't make sense.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.96,0:03:33.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need systems\Nthat work with our creativity
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.33,0:03:34.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not against it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.66,0:03:35.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[SO HOW DO WE FIX IT?]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.91,0:03:38.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no quick fix for this problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.25,0:03:39.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know, I know, that sucks.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.98,0:03:42.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one loves a good framework\Nor a good acronym
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.80,0:03:43.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,better than me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.98,0:03:47.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the truth is everyone\Nhas their own narratives
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.07,0:03:48.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they have to uncover.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.44,0:03:51.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't until I started digging\Naround my own beliefs around work
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.77,0:03:55.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I began to unravel\Nthe root of my own work story,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.34,0:03:58.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,finally being able to let go\Nof destructive behaviors
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.30,0:04:00.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and make positive, long-lasting changes.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.84,0:04:02.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the only way to do that
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.36,0:04:05.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is by asking yourself some hard questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.47,0:04:07.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does being busy make you feel valuable?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.73,0:04:10.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who do you hold up\Nas an example of success?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.26,0:04:12.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where did your ideas\Nof work ethic come from?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.63,0:04:15.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How much of who you are\Nis linked to what you do?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.87,0:04:18.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your creativity, it has its own rhythms.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.55,0:04:22.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our energy fluctuates daily,\Nweekly, even seasonally.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.29,0:04:25.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that I'm always more energetic\Nat the beginning of the week
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.47,0:04:26.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than at the end,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.65,0:04:29.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I front-load my workweek\Nto account for that fact.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.31,0:04:32.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a proud night owl, I free up\Nmy afternoons and evenings
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.45,0:04:33.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for creative work.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.65,0:04:35.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know I'll get more writing done
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.51,0:04:38.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the cozy winter months\Nthan during the summer.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.14,0:04:39.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's the secret.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.45,0:04:42.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dismantling myths,\Nchallenging your old views,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.41,0:04:43.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,identifying your narratives --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.87,0:04:46.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is the real work\Nthat we need to be doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.76,0:04:48.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We aren't machines,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.22,0:04:50.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think it's time\Nthat we stopped working like one.