When you’re busy all the time, it’s hard to pause, slow down and rest. But the busier you are, the more you need to recover and recharge.

In episode 70 of The Incrementalist, you will learn:

1) Wanting to rest is not a sign of weakness or laziness 0:00
2) What is rest 0:53
3) The benefits of passive rest, like Niksen (the Dutch term for doing nothing) 1:21
4) The advantages of active rest, like tactile hobbies or meditative activities 2:20
5) Rest can be mentally restorative, physically recharging, or spiritually renewing, or a combination of all three 2:44
5) The two main branches of the nervous system 4:19
6) Polyvagal Theory and the importance of the vagus nerve and Ventral Vagal State 5:25
7) The four types of responses to stress 8:21
8) Rest allows you to use your nervous system more effectively and activate the Ventral Vagal State to destress 8:36
9) Rest is key to creating big results in small steps 9:26

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Learning is a meta skill for thriving, growing, and doing better. When you don’t learn, you stay stuck and repeat the same mistakes. While learning might not be as urgent as performing tasks, producing output and meeting deadlines, it’s just as important.

Your performance is at its lowest when you’re purely performing or purely learning. You’re most likely to succeed when you have the ideal mix of both.

In episode 69 of The Incrementalist, you will learn:

1) Chronic performance is counterproductive
2) The difference between having a fixed mindset and a growth mindset
3) 7 big ideas from Eduardo Briceño’s book, The Performance Paradox, to break out of chronic performance and turn the power of mindset into action

2:42 Big Idea #1
3:20 Big Idea #2
4:09 Big Idea #3
4:54 Big Idea #4
7:34 Big Idea #5
10:07 Big Idea #6
12:25 Big Idea #7

Website: http://www.dyanwilliams.com/

The Incrementalist: A Simple Productivity System to Create Big Results in Small Steps, is available on Amazon and Leanpub:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CFHYHGFZ
(Pros: lowest price for readers and readily available on Kindle)

https://leanpub.com/incrementalist
(Pros: price flexibility for readers and 60-day money back guarantee)

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Uncertainty makes it harder to make progress and find flow in meaningful things. In easy conditions, progress is a straight line toward an end point. But when there’s uncertainty, progress is more like a feedback loop.

In episode 68 of The Incrementalist, you will learn:

1) 0:09 When faced with the unknown, you can either do something or do nothing.

2) 0:26 The difference between uncertainty and ambiguity and why they both cause frustration.

3) 1:03 The Paradox of Control and how we create anxiety.

4) 1:47 How good anxiety works for you and bad anxiety works against you.

5) 2:09 The Progress Principle and ways to leverage it.

6) 4:03 How to step into uncertainty to make progress and find flow:
4:08 Tip 1
5:15 Tip 2
6:23 Tip 3 (stage 1 of flow cycle)
8:36 Tip 4 (stage 2 of flow cycle)
9:37 Tip 5 (stage 3 of flow cycle)
11:23 Tip 6 (stage 4 of flow cycle)

7) 13:02 Benefits of the Flow Cycle
8) 13:08 Benefits of the Progress Loop

9) 14:03 I'm making an online course currently titled "The Busyness Trap: How to Escape Overload and Focus on What Matters." To get updates on the course launch and registration process, subscribe to my e-newsletter at dyanwilliams.com or The Incrementalist YouTube channel or podcast.

Website: http://www.dyanwilliams.com/

The Incrementalist: A Simple Productivity System to Create Big Results in Small Steps, is available on Amazon and Leanpub:

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Theme Music by: Sebastian Brian Mehr. Album – Olemus; Song – La Nieve.