What character will you choose today? 👾

2024-05-29 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:39 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Productivity and time · mode: Explanation and tutorial · tags: Feel-Good Productivity thesis

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Choosing a character to bring play into work

★★★ To bring more play into work, Ali suggests choosing a character to approach a task with, as on a video game's character selection screen: he enjoyed telling stories as a child, so he asks how the storyteller in him would approach a PowerPoint presentation, Zoom call or sales talk. — 00:00:00 · play, power, people, Zoom
★★ Approaching a PowerPoint presentation as the storyteller, Ali says, he might bring more playfulness to it and work out a three-act structure he would not normally have used. — 00:00:29

refine · How do you make boring work more enjoyable? — To bring more play into work, Ali suggests choosing a character to approach a task with, as on a video game's character selection screen: he enjoyed telling stories as a child, so he asks how the storyteller in him would approach a PowerPoint presentation, Zoom call or sales talk. (00:00:00)

Central: play, power, people

Also: Microsoft PowerPoint · Zoom