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- Yesterday7 min
Q4 Is Shorter Than You Think
How many productive weeks do you really have left this year? Probably fewer than your calendar suggests. After more than a decade of running Asian Efficiency, Thanh has seen the same pattern every year, in his own business and with his clients: the last stretch of the year quietly disappears long before December 31st. In […]
- 3 days ago43 min
How to Buy Back Time: 3 Strategies for Everyday People (TPS633)
How much would you pay to never stand in a grocery line again? It’s a question most of us never think to ask, because we assume outsourcing and executive assistants are only for CEOs and millionaires. But when time is the one thing you can’t make more of, using a little money to get some […]
- 1 weeks ago8 min
Grow Where You Work: Designing a Space That Helps You Focus
When did you last look at your desk and ask whether it’s helping you or holding you back? We put a lot of thought into apps and systems. But the space where you spend eight hours a day might be doing more to your focus and energy than any tool you use. In this encore […]
- 1 weeks ago48 min
AI Isn’t Saving You Time Yet: Diagnose the Workflow Blockers First (TPS632)
AI usually fails to save time for one simple reason: the bottleneck is not the model, it is the workflow around it. In this episode, we break down the most common blockers, like unclear prompts, messy source material, too many tools, review overhead, trust issues, and missing definitions of done. We also show you how […]
- 2 weeks ago7 min
What a Coffee Shop Walk Taught Me About Focus
How many hours did you work straight through yesterday without once stepping away from your screen? For years, Thanh believed that powering through from morning to evening was the secret to getting more done. Then, while coworking with a friend at an Austin coffee shop, he got an unexpected invitation: a 10-minute walk, right in […]
- 2 weeks ago42 min
Stop Managing Your Time. Start Managing Your Energy and Attention (TPS631)
In this episode, we break down why clock-based planning often fails and why the real bottlenecks are energy, attention, and cognitive load. We talk about protecting peak hours, matching the right task to the right mental state, reducing attention residue, and planning recovery on purpose. We also share practical ways to notice how sleep, stress, […]
- 3 weeks ago8 min
Heck Yeah or No: How to Say No, Even to Your Boss
Did you say yes to something recently and regret it before the calendar invite even arrived? Thanh once turned down an opportunity he was excited about, and it was tied to something he loves. Find out why he said no, and why it turned out to be one of his better decisions. When the request […]
- 3 weeks ago47 min
The Productivity Rules We Stopped Following (and What We Do Instead) (TPS630)
A lot of popular productivity advice sounds smart until you actually try to live by it. In this episode, Thanh and Brooks share the rules they’ve stopped following, from inbox zero and rigid morning routines to building elaborate note systems and optimizing every minute. More importantly, they explain what replaced them: flexible systems, useful constraints, […]
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