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This is Scott Becker with the Becker Business and the Becker Private Equity Podcast. We generally throughout the week give you short episodes around business topics. We covered this week, the private equity funds and how poorly they're performing, Circle Internet, how it surged on Wednesday by something like 30% and a number of other podcasts around real business issues. Then I often try and talk about some of the dumb things that I do. And this will be Saturday's podcast. So we're going to discuss here the Dumbest Things that I Do, Part 2. We talked about in the last podcast how sometimes I'll find myself arguing with a bot on Twitter and often can't help myself. Even we'll go another round with the bot once I realize that's a bot. So that's one phase of stupidity. That was an earlier podcast. We did the Dumbest Things that We Do, Part one. Today's discussion is the Dumbest Thing that We do, part two. So usually every day I put together a list of here's what I got to do today. And I'm one of these people who's quite task oriented. I feel good when I write something off the list. When I knock it off the list, I feel like, okay, I've made progress today. So here's the dumb thing that I do. Sometimes I finish a task and I forgot to put it on my to do list. And of course, if you finish a task and you didn't put in your to do list, there's this great question as to whether you really did the task or not. And so sometimes I've completed a task that I forgot to put on the to do list. And then I'll go ahead and put that task on the to do list even though it's already done, just so I could cross it out to give me the satisfaction of crossing that off the list. And so that is for me, today's discussion the Dumbest Thing that I Do, Part two. I'll know if people hate this or love this episode where I talk about some of the stupider stuff, the dumber things that I do. I'll know by how we end up in the rankings a day or two after this from a business news perspective. But I'd also love if anybody wants, text me at 773-766-5322 and just let me know if you love or hate this episode and whether you should we just stick to this core business, straight business, or you enjoy these kinds of episodes too. We'd really appreciate it. Thank you for listening to the Becker business and the Becker Private Equity podcast. Have a great weekend and a great next week. Thank you so much.
Podcast: Becker Business
Host: Scott Becker
Episode: The Dumbest Things I Do: Part Two
Date: February 28, 2026
In this lighthearted episode, Scott Becker shares a personal anecdote about an everyday "dumb" business habit as part of his ongoing series. Shifting briefly from standard business updates, Scott vulnerably explores the small quirks and self-deprecating behaviors that many productivity-driven people will recognize, focusing on the psychological satisfaction derived from task lists.
Scott contextualizes the episode by referencing both previous business news coverage and the first "Dumbest Things" installment.
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“Then I often try and talk about some of the dumb things that I do. And this will be Saturday's podcast. So we're going to discuss here the Dumbest Things that I Do, Part 2.”
Scott describes his reliance on daily task lists for organizing his work and generating a sense of accomplishment.
“I'm one of these people who's quite task oriented. I feel good when I write something off the list… When I knock it off the list, I feel like, okay, I've made progress today.”
The main “dumb” thing he does:
“Sometimes I finish a task and I forgot to put it on my to do list… then I'll go ahead and put that task on the to do list even though it's already done, just so I could cross it out, to give me the satisfaction of crossing that off the list.”
He frames this as a kind of absurdity that’s both amusing and relatable, questioning whether a task was “really done” if unlogged.
“I'd also love if anybody wants, text me at 773-766-5322 and just let me know if you love or hate this episode and whether… we should just stick to … straight business or you enjoy these kinds of episodes too.”
The episode balances Scott’s usual business focus with personal levity and candid self-reflection, maintaining a friendly, conversational tone throughout.
In “The Dumbest Things I Do: Part Two,” Scott Becker offers a humorous confession about his love of to-do lists—so much so that he’ll add and immediately cross off items already completed. The episode lightens the usual business-heavy lineup, providing a moment of connection with listeners and inviting their input about content direction.