Odd Lots - Introducing "Works For Me," A New Podcast From Bloomberg

Episode Date: January 9, 2019

On this new show from Bloomberg, hosts Francesca Levy and Rebecca Greenfield navigate the productivity industry by way of their own experiences. In each episode, one of the two becomes a human guinea pig as she tries to solve a specific work-related problem. Using the advice of so-called productivity experts, the duo tackles obstacles like ineffective to-do lists, overflowing inboxes and unruly meetings. Follow along with their attempts, insights and missteps, and maybe find a solution that will work for you. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thanks for listening to OddLots. Follow the show on Amazon Music for more future episodes or just ask Alexa play the podcast, Odd Thoughts on Amazon Music. Happy New Year, Becca. Happy New Year, Francesca. New Year, New Us, right? Yeah. Yeah. What are your New Year's resolutions this year? I would like to be better at my job and my life without actually having to do anything at all to achieve. any of my goals. That seems unreasonable. I know. I'm just being honest with you. What about you? What are your New Year's resolutions? Honestly, I feel the same as you. I'm confident that I can be 100% better in every way, but I have absolutely no plan to do that. But all that changes right now, we're going to do better. It's a new year, and we're going to actually try to change our lives with a podcast. I'm Francesca Levy. And I'm Becca Greenfield.

On our new show works for me, we're going to attempt to fix all of our flaws using the productivity tips and tricks that people claim really truly work. This is how the show is going to work. Each week, one of us will present a common yet persistent workplace problem that we're having. Like me, I cannot focus on a given task for the life of me. Or me, I'm terrible at being a human being in the morning. But we're not just going to complain about our problems. we're actually going to try to fix them. There's a whole world of productivity, ideas, and products out there promising to make us better.

And we're going to try them out on our problems and tell you how it goes. And maybe some of them will also work for you. I don't know about you, but I'm excited to be my best self. I'm sure everything will go smoothly. I'm really messing up. Basically, like, I'm getting black pen in places it shouldn't be. I did press news a couple times. It's just so hard to think about what happens after you get out of bed when you're still in bed.

Okay, I guess that's wishful thinking. Works for Me premieres Friday, January 11th. If you want to be your best self this year, subscribe. You can find Works for Me on Apple Podcasts or Spotify or PocketCaster anywhere you get podcasts. If you want 2019 to work for you, subscribe to Works for Me. See you soon. The news doesn't stop on the weekends. Context changes constantly.

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