Episode 4: 5 Tips to Stay Focused While Working From Home

1. Set up rituals. 2. Pick 3 most important tasks. 3. Find your spot. 4. Signal concentration. 5. Be flexible. See Venessa’s bio at svchange.com/Venessa

Episode 45: To Make Change, Go Smaller than You Think – Senia Maymin

Many people believe that change is made when you are inspired enough and motivated enough. I don’t believe that. A big why is not enough. I don’t believe you should strive for 10 times what you want to achieve. Moonshots are cool, but they are not the way people change their lives. I believe that change needs to be very incremental and that you need to enjoy it in order for change to stick. Let me explain flimsy frameworks and small goals. Do a little bit, walk away, come back, and do some more. For more Work Remote Strategies, visit mycoach.zone/workremote/ Senia’s dissertation discussing flimsy frameworks is here: stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:hy081dn7407/Thesis_SeniaMaymin_May_2013-augmented.pdf

Episode 48: Ask Me Anything about Strategies for Working Remotely – SVC Coaches

All My Questions Answered with Senia Maymin and Brian Branagan. Here are the questions that came up today: 1. Right now, there are a lot of things going on in the world, and I’m not sure what to do. What should I do to start understanding what actions I should take? 2. You recently had a talk about small habits that people can build at this time that will sustain them even beyond the coronavirus time. How do I even get started with my first small habit? Visit Brian’s bio at svchange.com/Brian See more Work Remote Strategy videos at mycoach.com/WorkRemote

Episode 51: Creating Forcing Functions to Reinforce Desirable Habits – Senia Maymin

Today’s topic is about positive forcing functions, small actions that make it more likely that you do things you want to do. Senia presents 3 that she calls breakfast, lunch, and dinner versions. * Breakfast: Remind yourself to take your vitamins by putting the bottle on the table the night before * Lunch: Put yourself on mute during after-lunch conference calls to slow down your responses so you don’t speak up in the heat of the moment. Just a few seconds can help you cool down. * Supper: Take the batteries out of your remote control so that you don’t reflexively watch TV after supper. For more videos in the Work Remote Strategies series, visit mycoach.zone/workremote/

Episode 54: How to Make Change? The Prochaska Model – Senia Maymin

What can people do to make a change they want to make? First, understand how change occurs. The Prochaska model helps us understand change dynamics. Stages occur in a spiral, meaning there’s a lot of backtracking: * Precontemplation – I don’t even know I need to change. * Contemplation – I want to, and I don’t want to change. * Preparation – Getting ready to changing. * Action – Actually making the change * Maintenance – Keeping the change going * Termination – The change is such a part of your life that you don’t need to invest effort any more. View Senia’s bio at svchange.com/Senia These videos are sponsored by MyCoach at mycoach.zone

Episode 57: Triggered? Use the REACH Model – Senia Maymin

Something happens that triggers a strong response. Try using the REACH model to handle it: * Rational: Is what I’m thinking true? * Emotional: How did it make me feel? * Authenticity: Why does this affect me so strongly? * Choices: What choices do I have right now? * Habits: What habits for dealing with stressful situations are effective for you? More about each element, including more questions in the video. Visit Senia’s bio at svchange.com/Senia These videos are sponsored by MyCoach at mycoach.zone

Episode 62: The Thing You Start Today Is The Thing You Start Today WITH Senia Maymin

Senia is a fan of Kaizen and small habits. So she proposed two small habits to keep projects moving. * Take an external step. An internal step is thinking about the project. An external step is getting somebody else to think about it. Publish something or send an email to somebody who can influence the way the project works out. * If the external step doesn’t work, turn it around and try again elsewhere. Think of Ray Bradbury mailing stories to the next publisher on his list the same day he received a rejection letter. Get it in process somewhere else. View Senia’s bio at svchange.com/Senia These videos are sponsored by MyCoach at mycoach.zone

Episode 65: Overwhelmed? Batch your work – Senia Maymin

Only 2% of people are good at multi-tasking. For the rest of us, switching between tasks can reduce productivity by up to 40%. To be more productive using this strategy: 1) Set up batch categories of work: categories where you can keep working without flip-flop costs. 2) Schedule blocks of time in which you focus on one category only. 3) Identify your most productive time of the day or week. Use it for your deepest, most creative work. View Senia’s bio at svchange.com/senia Watch all the videos in this series at mycoach.zone/workremote

Episode 68: Magical stories that help you achieve goals – Senia Maymin

How do magical stories lead to goal achievement? As I was growing up, I believe that I learned a lot about right and wrong through fairy tales. Today’s story: 7th day of the 7th month: Tanabata. Based on a Japanese fairy tale. * Make a wish that you can work on. (I want to become a …) * Write it and hang it on a tree. * If it doesn’t rain, your wish will come true. A whimsical way of thinking about the world. What wish could you make today? A flimsy framework that could make a difference. View Senia’s bio at svchange.com/Senia You can find the whole series at mycoach.zone/workremote

Episode 83: Habits with Senia Maymin

Habits make behavior change easier. Habits are a way of outsourcing problems out of the mind. Profit from the Positive – amzn.to/3mEPvSc Research studies about habit formation From Wendy Wood (Good Habits, Bad Habits – amzn.to/2FTukei ) * Different Context (5:33) * Default Option (7:30) From BJ Fogg (Tiny Habits – amzn.to/33NeolZ ) * Small actions (10:20) For more videos in this series, visit mycoach.zone/workremote

Episode 97: What Does *Organized* Really Mean? with Annmarie Brogan

Senia interviewed Annmarie Brogran, author of Beyond Tidy – amzn.to/33rrCov * True organization is mindset and behavior. * Are you set up in a way that supports the way you want to show up in the world? * There are different types of clutter: by type, by location, by reason. * Living an organized life frees us from stress and releases energy for other purposes. For more videos in this series, see mycoach.zone/workremote

Episode 99: The Magic of Habits, Routines, and Rituals in Uncertain Times with Sharon Danzger

Routines, habits, and rituals help us to create a sense of control. Use routines to delineate when you’re at work and when you’re at home. * Habits happen automatically. * Routines take self control, but can become habits. * Rituals are routines that have meaning beyond what you’re doing, often spiritual. Start small. Link new routines to something you are already doing. To read the LinkedIn article based on this video, visit www.linkedin.com/pulse/magic-habits-routines-rituals-sharon-dantzger-senia-maymin/ For more videos in the series, check out the Tools menu at mycoach.zone

Episode 117: Three Quick Ideas to Spur Us into Action with Senia Maymin

Audience Questions (0:00) 1. Springboard action (6:10) 2. Start 3 habits together (8:12) 3. Someone who has inspired you (9:30) Learn more about Senia at svchange.com/Senia View more videos in this series at mycoach.zone/workremote BJ Fogg’s book, Tiny Habits – amzn.to/3kom98T

Episode 118: Off the Beaten Time with Senia Maymin

How can you use time more creatively, be “off the beaten time”? Examples… * Cook dinner after dinner. * Reserve 90 minutes every day at YOUR prime time for strategic work. * During the pandemic, use staying at home to do things at unusual times. When do you want to do your most strategic, creative work? For more videos in this series, visit mycoach.zone/workremote

Episode 120: Stop-Start-Continue Model with Senia Maymin

To move in a new direction: * Continue something already doing well: (3:40) * Start something new (4:18) * Stop something (5:12) Senia’s personal continue-stop-start (8:07) For an article based on this broadcast, see www.linkedin.com/pulse/stop-start-continue-model-senia-maymin-senia-maymin For more videos in this series, check out mycoach.zone/workremote

Episode 151: Hello, Habits, My Old Friend with Senia Maymin

Habits are a way to outsource things you need to get done. Four ways to invite habits back into your life. 1) I do this because it’s easy – Tiny Habits 2) I do this because I paired with something I already do – Stacking Habits 3) I do this because I care about the result – Big Why 4) I do this because this is ME – Identity For more videos in this series, visit mycoach.zone/workremote

Episode 157 Procrastination Aikido with Kathryn Britton

It is possible to use differences in motivation to unlock energy for difficult tasks. * Called “Procrastination Aikido” because it involves redirecting energy deliberately. * If you find yourself stalling on a task, think of something you want to do even less. For more in the work remote series, visit mycoach.zone

Episode 159: Incremental Improvement with Senia Maymin

Research Senia did on incremental improvement versus taking big steps * Group 1 worked on job search 15 minutes per day * Group 2 worked on job search for 3 hours at a time Group 1 got more done and better results. Start small and build your base. This episode is part of the cello series and the work remotely series. For more in the work remotely series, see mycoach.zone

Episode 162: How can you train your goal like you’d train a dog?

The flamenco video: youtu.be/nbMDH3-lBqM?t=692 The Jennifer Lopez flamenco video: youtu.be/goBc-Uq2FAk?t=490 * We make more progress if we act as if we were performing rather than just practicing. * Somebody is always getting trained. Is it you or your dog? For more videos in this sequence, see mycoach.zone For the LinkedIn article, see www.linkedin.com/pulse/10000-negotiations-sean-doyle-senia-maymin

Episode 212: What’s Your New Hobby as of TODAY with Senia Maymin

Episode 8: 3 Simple Things You Can Do To Create The Best Day Possible – Ilene Schaffer

Ask yourself this question: “How do I want to feel at the end of the day?” 1) A night-time ritual can’t do all the work to prepare you for restful sleep. 2) What are you doing during the day to set yourself up for a successful evening? 3) Three common mistakes people make during the day (including the plow-through-the-day mentality) 4) Three things that you want to do during the day to set up a restful evening and sleep (including colorful sprinkles as a visual cue to sprinkle moments of joy throughout the day). Visit Ilene’s bio at svchange.com/Ilene