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057: Everything is UI with Christina Morillo
01:08 – Christina’s Background and Superpower: Multitasking and Automation
See Also: GTC 056: Systematize Your Hustle with Kronda Adair
04:42 – Automation Processes: Discovery and Reconnaissance, and When Human Judgement and Input is Necessary
10:03 – Multitasking Timescales and Context Switching
16:39 – Decision-making Functions
23:28 – Being Kind to Your Busy Self and Choosing What NOT To Do
We’re Going to Need More Wine: Stories That Are Funny, Complicated, and True by Gabrielle Union
32:03 – Making Accomplishments Visible to Yourself and Having a Culture of Acknowledgement
For more discussion on congressive/ingressive behavior, see also: GTC Episode 038: Category Theory for Normal Humans with Dr. Eugenia Cheng
Operant Conditioning Chamber (Skinner Box)
Reflections:
Rein: Being self-aware of how much is on your plate, how you’re feeling about it, and then being able to say no, which is really saying yes to what YOU want to do, what YOU want to spend time on, and how YOU want to live YOUR life.
Janelle: Taking the time to remember and that remembering takes time.
Jessica: Choosing the group that you’re being generative with.
Christina: UX is everything and everywhere.
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