Biweeklycast 19: The To-Don't List

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📺 Watch this episode on YouTube (https://youtu.be/LziXVfbjYPM) Dima explores an idea of to-don't list for make room for new tasks and responsibilities and Slava challenges this entire concept and thinks of more productive alternatives. * Brief follow up on networking: apps with geo-location features like Strava (https://www.strava.com/) can help find people with similar interest in real life * The Breakfast app (https://thebreakfast.app/) * Focused #175 The To-Don’t List (https://www.relay.fm/focused/175) * Dima's definition of a to-don't list: list of things that should not get on a to-do list * Why Everyone Should Have a To-Don't List, According to This Harvard Professor (and 8 Ideas on What to Add to Yours) (https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/why-everyone-should-have-a-to-dont-list-according-to-this-harvard-professor-and-8-ideas-on-what-to-add-to-yours.html) * I tried making a ‘to-don’t list’ instead of a to-do list. Here’s what I learned (https://www.fastcompany.com/90617576/i-tried-making-a-to-dont-list-instead-of-a-to-do-list-heres-what-i-learned) * The state of flow (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology)) * Difficulties of expressing vague and deeply felt ideas "It's not prioritization until it hurts" * Pushing back on meeting requests and challenges of this process * Slava's method: personal retrospective * Finding an ally is a great first step towards any change, especially a big one * How to start a movement (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbaemWIljeQ) by Derek Sivers Next episode: book club discussion of The Decision Book (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9793361-the-decision-book).