In this episode, Ellen and Lee look at how you can use the last 6 weeks of the year to get a jump on 2025. Together they discuss:

• The importance of "greasing the skids" for any goals or plans you have in 2025

• How to slowly add in new elements of habits

• What "Getting Ready to Get Ready" can do for you

• Why you don't have to commit completely to changes now, but what you should do instead

Edited at Studio D, Wayne Duncan, producer

Your co-hosts: www.EllenGoodwin.com and www.LeeSilber.com

In this episode, Lee and Ellen look at the efficiency of proper labeling. Together they discuss:

• Lee's right-brained problem with naming files (using emotional labels instead of factual)

• Picking a labeling system and using it to more easily locate files

• The effectiveness of visual file icons

• The efficiency of having a labeling system (it might be boring, but it works)

Edited at Studio D, Wayne Duncan, producer

Your co-hosts: www.LeeSilber.com and www.EllenGoodwin.com

In this episode, Lee and Ellen look at different ways to track your progress as you set out to achieve boals. Together they look at:

• Lee is a big fan of filling in bubbles to track progress

• ellen discusses the genius of Star Charts and how they work for adults as well as children

• Lee remembers S & H Green Stamps and why getting rewarded for accumulating points is motivating

• Why you shouldn't shot for one final goal (and look for milestones along the way)

• What using Red Dots and Green Dots has taught Lee about his patterns

• How to use "Don't Break The Chain" to accomplish more

• How to leverage visually seeing your progress to achieve more

Edited at Studio D, Wayne Duncan, producer

Your co-hosts: www.LeeSilber.com and www.EllenGoodwin.com

In this episode, Lee and Ellen look at some basic ways that you can be more efficient in your life. Together they discuss:

• Four ways to be more efficient at home

• Why doggy doors help you to get more done

• How finding the veggie chopper that you love, will save you time

• What fake plants can do for your efficiency

• When you need a bigger trash can -- and what it does for you

• Four ways to be more efficient at work

• Why the buffet is more efficient than table service

• What the people who order online at Starbucks know about saving time

• How the OHIO rule can save you time

• Why avoiding "reply all" is the best thing you can do

Edited at Stuido D, Wayne Duncan, producer

Your co-hosts: www.LeeSilber.com and www.EllenGoodwin.com

In this episode, Ellen looks at 4 ways you can bring focus back into your life. There's a lot going on in the world right now, which makes it hard to focus on the important things in our lives. But all is not lost! Ellen shares 4 simple things you can do to get focus back on your side.

• Forget setting a timer to get things done (shocking! Especially coming from Ellen). Instead go for the quality of your focus not your quantity

• Get out the post-it notes!

• Jump in to do a thing when you aren't ready.

• When you're distracted, stop yourself and ask one simple question.

• Don't try and solve the problems others are experiencing. Focus on what you can do now

Edited at Studio D, Wayne Duncan, producer

Your co-hosts: www.EllenGoodwin.com and www.LeeSilber.com

In this episode, Ellen and Lee look at the most efficient way to make progress toward any goal you might be working on. Together they discuss:

• The one thing adults think that stops them in their tracks when moving forward

• Why accepting "Beginners Mind" will put you on the track to success

• Ellen shares what she is going through with exercise and what she has had to accept as truth

• Why having help improves your success rate

• What everything you've heard about shortcuts is wrong

• The mantra you should be using when it comes to progress

Edited at Studio D, Wayne Duncan, producer

Your co-hosts: www.EllenGoodwin.com and www.LeeSilber.com

In this episode, Ellen and Lee look at how to be more focused by getting rid of distractions. Together they look at:

• Why it's so easy to let our phones distract us

• What we could be doing with the time we spend getting dopamine hits

• Why urgent things crowd out the important things we want to do

• Three easy ways to ignore your distractions (and how to do them)

• The importance of doing the hard things in our lives

Edited at Studio D, Wayne Duncan, producer

Your co-hosts: www.EllenGoodwin.com and www.LeeSilber.com

In this episode, Lee and Ellen discuss how money can multiply your efficiency. Together they discuss:

• Money can make you more efficient by:
- paying someone to do what you don't want to do
- getting better equipment
- opens you up to have the time and space to do you want

• Think of ways to increase the money coming in

• Lee discusses using money to make money

• How money lets you think more creativity

Edited at Studio D, Wayne Duncan, producer

Your co-hosts: www.LeeSilber.com and www.EllenGoodwin.com