78: Ultraworking with Sebastian Marshall
We all freak out about things from time to time. Ben becomes neurotic about feedback, but fellow Tuple team members have different triggers that put them into a tailspin. Fortunately, Ben has found ways to better handle stress.
\n\nIn this episode, Ben and Derrick are joined by Sebastian Marshall, co-founder of Ultraworking. In previous episodes, Ben has mentioned Ultraworking and how he has benefitted from it.
\n\nToday\u2019s Topics Include:
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- Using what he learned about monthly planning from Ultraworking, Ben did March for Tuple \n
- Ben met meditation goal via Ultraworking\u2019s Lights spreadsheet, accountability partners \n
- 10 to 10: Ben\u2019s theme for March; wants to win the night and beginning of the day by going to bed at the right time and developing a morning routine to be more alert and energetic \n
- Ben\u2019s doing Tuple demos and getting positive feedback; promising things are happening \n
- Derrick decided to move forward with notifications feature for Level; shipping it soon \n
- Note about Level\u2019s performance improvement offers positive sentiment and sanity check \n
- How much do you trust your own emotional memory, if you feel like you\u2019re making progress or not? Do a data-driven review of week to assess and analyze headway \n
- Track where your time is spent using start and end time; only track most important work \n
- Defining wasted vs. leisure time; aren\u2019t they the same? Depends on how you feel afterwards? Good or bad? \n
- Two categories of \u201cbad\u201d time: Neurotic flow and regret agreeing to something \n
- Average day in the life of Sebastian at Ultraworking; what makes or breaks his week \n
- Building a company and keeping it alive; Ben\u2019s \u201cduh\u201d moment about delegating \n
- Ultraworking\u2019s Work Cycles: Doing work (creative, technical, etc.) in structured way \n
Links and resources:
\n\n\n\nDerrick Reimer Website
\n\nDerrick Reimer on Twitter
\n\nBen Orenstein Website
\n\nBen Orenstein on Twitter
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUltraworking: Monthly Planning
\n\n\n\nUltraworking: Lights Spreadsheet
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