109: Cone of Silence

QUIT! with Dan Benjamin

Dan and Haddie talk about the soul-destroying addiction of workaholism, creative environments and creative teams, Millennials and saving for buying a home, and the detrimental effects of multitasking (and a solution).

Links for this episode:

• Jason Fried on Twitter: "Pathetic… even Apple is promoting workaholism now. Check out this ad for their Planet Of The Apps show. https://t.co/PKn30pWWgn"
  
• Creative Environments Lead to Creative Teams – Thinking Design by Adobe – Medium
  
• Millennials Want to Buy Homes but Aren’t Saving for Down Payments - WSJ
  
• Want to be more productive? Quit multitasking. | | Dropbox Blog
  
• Rework: Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson: 9780307463746: Amazon.com: Books
  
• The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses: Eric Ries: 9780307887894: Amazon.com: Books
  
• The Ray Bradbury Theater - S01E01 - Marionettes, Inc. (Aired 5-21-85) - YouTube
  
• Most millennials want to buy a home—but about half have nothing saved
  
• Multi-taskers are Bad At It | Productivity
  
• Multitasking won’t make you more productive. Here’s what will. | Dropbox Blog
  

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