In this episode, we explore how to deal with the tasks we tend to procrastinate the most. Specifically, tasks that we HAVE to do but don’t want to do. This idea has best been illustrated by the famous Mark Twain quote:

If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it’s your job to eat two frogs, it’s best to eat the biggest one first.

Mark Twain

How does this fit into planning your day? Do we just look for the worst things to do without regard for priority or outcomes? Lets dive in and find out.

Listen to the review but the short and sweet of it is that I recommend it highly! If you’ve read it, post a comment about it – what did you like, dislike, agree, disagree, etc. I’d love to hear it!

Listen and let me know your thoughts. Have you tried anything like this before? Do you have questions about it? Leave them in them in the comments!

• Amazon buying Whole Foods – This is fascinating and I’m excited to see where this goes. Amazon has been experimenting with interesting brick-n-mortar & grocery projects for a little while. Amazon Go is interesting with no lines, no checkout, nothing – just walk in, grab your goods, and walk out. Thanks to your phone and some other cool tracking tech, purchases are made automatically when you leave.  Amazon Fresh has been doing rapid delivery in Metro areas but hasn’t expanded much past that.  Check out what Quartz has to say about it all too.
• Qualcomm demonstrates driving while charging    – The electric car space is a fun one to watch (particularly autonomous electric) and this is kind of tech will get you up in the morning. I’m sure it is way, way, WAY off from any form of production but one can hope…
• Book recommendation: Barking Up The Wrong Tree – This is a fantastic read – entertaining and enlightening. Barker’s approach to revealing the duality of perspectives regarding commonly held beliefs around achievement is awesome. He does so almost entirely through the storied lives of experts, CEOs, success stories, scientists, historical figures and more that he has interviewed over the years for his blog. A read that gets you thinking about your own path to achievement while staying entertaining all along the way.
• Wunderlist getting shut down, explore a few alternatives – If you know much about Akomplish, you will know that we once had an to-do app. To this day, a few key functions that I loved do not exist anywhere and it drives me nuts. Neither here nor there for this article but I know a lot of people who use Wunderlist and with it getting shutdown, you’ll be shopping for something new. This article throws a few options out. Note that there are literally hundreds of alternatives, if not more. One of the biggest challenges in that space is the subjective and personal nature of to-do tracking and productivity preferences.
• Want people to like you? Ask more questions – At least that’s according to some smart people who did some studies and stuff.

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Show Notes:

• Why do people quit their jobs, exactly? 
•  Cloudflare's Quest to Kill a Patent Troll gains Steam
• Fans of Cheap Drugs and Printer Ink Just Won Big in the Supreme Court
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This is a great find - a video from 1980 of a presentation given by Steve Jobs.  The interesting thing here is to see the "why" of early Apple.  How much of this is still accurate? Is the philosophical principle and basis of Apple the same today? Not saying it has to be the same but the deep continuation of principle is a sign of a powerful core.  Take a look and let me know your thoughts!Enter your text here...

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Show Notes:

• The Amazon Echo Look 
• Elon Musk discusses The Boring Company, Tesla, SpaceX, Hyperloop, etc. (video below)
• Artificial Intelligence & Augmented Reality – trending investment thesis
• Facebook Chatbots for marketing

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Show Notes:

• The Action Equation!
  

  (Drive X Urgency)/Resistance = [action or inaction]

• Increase drive through understanding self, your goals, and alignment with your mission and vision, etc.
• Manage urgency by getting clear on importance, self-imposed deadlines, and rewards, etc.
• Decrease Resistance through habits and routines, automation, outsourcing, etc.