Beyond the To-Do List: Recent Episodes
Erik Fisher
Overwhelmed by all the hats you wear in life? Listen in as Erik Fisher talks with productivity experts as they share how they implement practical productivity strategies in their personal and professional lives. We explore all aspects of productivity and the true end goal of productivity: living a meaningful life.
This week I had a great conversation with Kim Rittberg about her new project the ‘Mom’s Exit Interview Podcast'. Kim and I discuss her checkered career and some of the reasons she chose to leave the corporate world and strike out on her own, producing and consulting on a range of content and media projects. Kim has a wealth of insights and tips for not just Moms, but anyone considering transitioning into a new career or entrepreneurial endeavor. We discuss the importance of establishing your priorities before you make any major career changes and what she has been learning from her guests on the new podcast. Kim Rittberg is a Video Marketing Strategy & Podcaster, former media executive, corporate quitter, and mom. She is an award-winning Video & Content Strategist, On-Camera Coach previously at Netflix, PopSugar, and Us Weekly. Kim is the host of ‘Mom’s Exit Interview Podcast’ where she interviews inspirational moms who are taking control of their lives while achieving (gasp!) true work-life balance: entrepreneurs, stay-at-home moms with side hustles, consultants, part-time workers and more.
This week I was thrilled to speak with Tiago Forte about his groundbreaking new book, Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential. In this conversation, I discovered just what a second brain is and how productivity-minded people like me, (and likely you) can benefit from the methodologies laid out in this book to more powerfully, creatively, and effectively capture life experiences, journal entries, and and musings in order to free our brains of needless clutter and begin to more effectively create and organize our thoughts. This is an exceptional book and has rocketed into my top 10 productivity books of all time and after you listen you will see why. Tiago Forte is one of the world’s foremost experts on productivity and has taught thousands of people around the world how timeless principles and the latest technology can revolutionize their productivity, creativity, and personal effectiveness. He has worked with organizations such as Genentech, Toyota Motor Corporation, and the Inter-American Development Bank, and appeared in a variety of publications, such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, and Harvard Business Review.
This week I was excited to welcome Kate Tellers to the show to help us understand the power, purpose, and practicality of effective storytelling. Kate is the Director of Mothworks at the Moth, a live storytelling podcast that features everyday people sharing powerful, humorous, and insightful stories about their lives and experiences. In this conversation Kate shares her experiences with both helping to craft stories and why effective and well conceived storytelling is so important in both our professional and personal lives. We discuss how storytelling is not only a key element of empathetic, and impactful communication but also how it can be a key productivity tool for laying out your ideas, visions, and concepts in a way that is both authentic and relatable. Kate Tellers is the Director of MothWorks at The Moth, a host of their live storytelling series and Webby award-winning podcast, storyteller and director. Since then she’s developed stories with her heroes from her Pittsburgh childhood to the present day, designed storytelling programs with non-profits including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Kellogg Foundation and Ashoka, as well as Facebook, Nike, Google and the U.S. State Department. Her writing has appeared on McSweeney’s and The New Yorker. Kate’s new book that she co-wrote alongside other storytelling experts is entitled How to Tell A Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Story Telling from The Moth
This week I was excited to welcome Omar Zenhom to the show. Omar is the host of the award-winning podcast The $100 MBA Show and the creator of the popular software tool Webinar Ninja. In this conversation, we cover a range of business and entrepreneurial topics including preparing to make the leap from a nine to five job to an entrepreneurial lifestyle and the challenges involved in that process. We also discuss Omar’s personal journey toward becoming a successful podcast host and content creator as he reflects upon how his early setbacks were actually preparing and teaching him the skills he would need when the right opportunity came along. We conclude by reflecting on both of our journeys and the importance that mentorship, friendships, and support had in shaping our careers. This episode is brought to you by: Canva Pro
Phil Simon is a frequent keynote speaker, recognized collaboration and technology authority, and college professor for hire. He is the award-winning author of a dozen books, most recently Project Management in the Hybrid Workplace. He helps organizations communicate, collaborate, and use technology better. In this conversation Phil talks with Erik about the problem of getting things done in the new world of work. When it comes to project management, the issues breaks down into: Communication, Collaboration, Coordination, and Expectation. We talk about where we are, how we got here, and offer some solutions for moving forward.
This week I had a wonderful conversation with Jason Harris about his new book The Soulful Art of Persuasion: The 11 Habits That Will Make Anyone a Master Influencer. In this chat, Jason dispels some of the toxic chatter about influencers in the internet age and reminds listeners that the art of influence and persuasion is more about compassion, empathy, and finding common ground than Instagram fame or soulless clickbait. We cover his four principles of persuasion: original, generous, soulful, and empathetic by breaking down how each principle is applied and how their application can transform organizations and workplaces from spaces of dysfunctional conversations into communities of healthy and sincere communication. Jason Harris is the CEO of the award-winning creative agency Mekanism and the cofounder of the Creative Alliance. Under his leadership, Mekanism was named to Ad Age’s Agency A-list and twice to their Best Places to Work, and to Creativity’s Creativity 50. Harris has been named in the Top 10 Most Influential Social Impact Leaders, as well as the 4A’s list of “100 People Who Make Advertising Great.” His methods are studied in cases at Harvard Business School. You can follow him on Instagram and Twitter @Jason_Harris. His new book is 'The Soulful Art of Persuasion: The 11 Habits That Will Make Anyone a Master Influencer (https://amzn.to/3b5vcfK)', a revolutionary guide to becoming a master influencer in an age of distrust through the cultivation of character-building habits that are essential to both personal growth and sustained business success. This isn’t a book full of tips and life-hacks. Instead, The Soulful Art of Persuasion will develop the habits that others want to be influenced by. This book is based on a radical idea: Persuasion isn’t about facts and argument. It’s all about personal character. This episode is brought to you by: * Blinkist (http://beyondthetodolist.com/blinkist) - A shortcast is a 7-10 min version of a podcast where you get the core takeaways. Click here (http://beyondthetodolist.com/blinkist) to listen to all the shortcasts of Beyond The To-Do list for free!
This week I had a great conversation with John Brandon focused on his new book, The 7-Minute Productivity Solution: How to Manage Your Schedule, Overcome Distractions, and Achieve the Results You Want. This was an excellent discussion on the power of taking just seven minutes out of key moments of your day in order to more effectively plan for your day, achieve moments of self-reflection, and remove oneself from digital distractions and ubiquitous media and technology that is robbing us of achieving our goals and living a more productive and fulfilling lifestyle. John Brandon has written over 15,000 articles for major publications like Inc. Magazine and Forbes, Wired, Popular Mechanics, Entrepreneur, TechRadar, Popular Science. For the last 10 years before starting at Forbes, he wrote a daily column for Inc.com. His new book is The 7-Minute Productivity Solution: How to Manage Your Schedule, Overcome Distraction, and Achieve the Results You Want (https://amzn.to/3NRkabB) This episode is brought to you by: * Zapier (http://zapier.com/beyond) * Gusto - Get 3 Months Free (http://gusto.com/beyond)!
This week a had a wonderful discussion with Kendra Adachi both about her new book, The Lazy Genius Kitchen as well as her podcast The Lazy Genius, and her previous book The Lazy Genius Way. In this conversation, we discuss how vital it is to give yourself permission to be lazy about things that are not priorities while learning to manage and prioritize the things that matter most. This is truly a productivity lover's dream discussion that offers so many practical principles that can be applied to many aspects of your modern and busy lifestyle. Kendra Adachi (https://www.thelazygeniuscollective.com) is one part systems expert, and one part permission giver. As The Lazy Genius, she aims to help you be a genius about the things that matter and lazy about the things that don't. She is the host of The Lazy Genius Podcast (https://www.thelazygeniuscollective.com/lazy), author of The Lazy Genius Way (https://amzn.to/3IpzB9M), and her new book is The Lazy Genius Kitchen: Have What You Need, Use What You Have, and Enjoy It Like Never Before (https://amzn.to/3AFrjZA). This episode is brought to you by: * Ready for Takeoff by Wix (https://www.wix.com/readyfortakeoff)
This week it was truly my privilege to speak with Dr. Ken Blanchard and Randy Conley about their new book, Simple Truths of Leadership: 52 Ways to Be a Servant Leader and Build Trust. Ken Blanchard needs no introduction to many listeners as he has been a leading voice in business and leadership for decades. In this conversation, Ken and Randy share an abundance of wisdom regarding leadership principles of service, trust, and truth. Dr. Ken Blanchard is the cofounder and Chief Spiritual Officer of The Ken Blanchard Companies, an international management training and consulting firm that he and his wife, Margie Blanchard, began in 1979 in San Diego, California. In addition to being a renowned speaker and consultant, Ken also spends time as a visiting lecturer at his alma mater, Cornell University, where he is a trustee emeritus of the Board of Trustees. Ken is a prominent, sought-after author, speaker, and business consultant, Dr. Blanchard is universally characterized by his friends, colleagues, and clients as one of the most insightful, powerful, and compassionate individuals in business today. Ken is one of the most influential leadership experts in the world and is respected for his years of groundbreaking work in the fields of leadership and management. Randy Conley is the Vice President of Professional Services & Trust Practice Leader for The Ken Blanchard Companies. Their new book is Simple Truths of Leadership: 52 Ways to Be a Servant Leader and Build Trust (https://amzn.to/3HL5GIQ). In the book they present a carefully curated collection of fifty-two essential leadership principles that are easy to implement and practice. The book is a fun, easy read that will make a positive difference in leadership and organizational success, Simple Truths of Leadership will show readers how to incorporate simple but essential practices into their leadership style, build trust through servant leadership, and enhance their own lives and the lives of everyone around them.
This week I had an inspirational conversation with Julie Solomon about her new book, Get What You Want: How to Go From Unseen to Unstopable. Julie was refreshingly candid about her "origin story" and her struggles to break through into a lifestyle of more healthy habits and proper boundaries. This conversation covers a lot of ground as we unpack some of the myths regarding influence and the incredible benefits that can come from hitting rock bottom only to build yourself up stronger. For more than fifteen years, Julie Solomon has been empowering lives—including her own for more than 15 years. In her weekly chart-topping podcast, The Influencer Podcast, she offers up real-time coaching, straight talk, and conversations about business growth and personal development to her millions of listeners worldwide. From her start as a publicist representing some of the top music acts and thought leaders of our generation, Julie has grown to teach tens of thousands of students worldwide. Her new book is Get What You Want: How to Go From Unseen to Unstoppable (https://amzn.to/3tN81Nk). Filled with actionable steps and easy exercises, the book offers a no-nonsense, eye-opening path that enables you to leverage your power and influence to: * Understand and overcome the origin stories that hinder your success * Discover your true purpose and create a new vision * Set (and stick to!) newfound boundaries * Gain the confidence to pitch, negotiate and get anything you want This episode is brought to you by: * Setapp - Check out their awesome Productivity Playlists on Spotify (https://stpp.co/spotify) * Ready for Takeoff by Wix (https://www.wix.com/readyfortakeoff) * Gusto - Get 3 Months Free (http://gusto.com/beyond)!
This week I had a delightful conversation with Ashish Goel centered on his new book, Drawing on Courage: Risks Worth Taking and Stands Worth Making (https://amzn.to/3y5hS3N). Ashish and I explore ways in which we can summon our inner courage both in times of crisis and in our everyday work lives. Ashish also breaks down some of the ways that fear can deceive and even paralyze us and how we can learn to both cope with fear and deploy courage to overcome it. Ashish Goel is an entrepreneur, designer, former teaching fellow (at the d.school) and is the former head of design at Zomato (India's larger-scale Yelp!). He currently runs Boca, his sparkling water start-up, and advises some of India's top technology companies on design and product management. His new book Drawing on Courage: Risks Worth Taking and Stands Worth Making (https://amzn.to/3y5hS3N) is packed with insights, tools and even comics for anyone who wants to jump this great divide. The book comes via the d.school: The Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford. This episode is brought to you by: Setapp - Check out their new Spotify Productvity Playlists (https://open.spotify.com/user/31gtwasu4ziot5freydei7brfmca?si=a6df73669b264116)
This week I was delighted to speak with Dr. Susie about her new book: Design for Belonging: How to Build Inclusion and Collaboration in Your Communities. We have a wide-ranging discussion on everything from the vital importance of design when developing team-building exercises and curriculums focused on the key role that empathy and belonging have in the modern workplace. In addition to discussing design basics, we also cover how technology has developed additional barriers toward belonging while increasing the odds of othering co-workers even without our awareness. In conclusion, Susie offers up simple techniques for combating this reality both when working from home and in the office. Dr. Susie Wise is a design leader with experience in the education, tech, and social sectors. She coaches leaders in equity design and innovation practices. She teaches at the d.school at Stanford. Previously she founded and directed the K12 Lab at the d.school and co-created Liberatory Design. Susie's new book is Design for Belonging: How to Build Inclusion and Collaboration in Your Communities (https://amzn.to/3xnRBvR). This episode is brought to you by: * Ready for Takeoff by Wix (https://www.wix.com/readyfortakeoff)
This week I had the pleasure of speaking with Abby Marks Beale (https://amzn.to/3Q6vUcC) about her latest book Speed Reading: A little Know Time-Saving Superpower. In this conversation, Abby debunks some of the myths and biases surrounding the practice of speed reading while sharing some practical, and easy-to-use tips on beginning to ramp up both your reading speed plus your focus, and comprehension. Abby is a speed reading educator, author, online course creator and corporate productivity expert, her latest book and ebook is entitled Speed Reading: A Little-Known Time-Saving Superpower (https://amzn.to/3Q6vUcC). This episode is brought to you by: * Canva Pro (http://canva.me/beyond) * Zapier (http://zapier.com/beyond)
This week I had the privilege of speaking with Michael Reddington (https://michaelreddington.com). Michael is an expert forensic interviewer and the President of InQuasive, Inc., which provides businesses and leaders with the tools they need to improve their leadership by activating the truth in all of their business interactions. In his new book, The Disciplined Listening Method: How a Certified Forensic Interviewer Unlocks Hidden Value in Every Conversation (https://amzn.to/3wVWcqo). Reddington details his innovative listening approach for anyone looking to improve their communication and relationship-building skills. Using his background in forensics and his understanding of human behavior through interrogation, Reddington teaches businesses to use the truth to their advantage. This episode is brought to you by: * Manscaped (https://www.manscaped.com) - Get 20% off and free worldwide shipping with code TODO * Gusto (http://gusto.com/beyond) - Get 3 months of Gusto free today!
This week I was excited to welcome back to the show Joshua Becker. Joshua is a best-selling author, speaker, and blogger whose latest book, Things That Matter...Overcoming Distractions to Purse a More Meaningful Life (https://amzn.to/3yX2oQ9) is available now. Joshua and I break down some of the many insights and discoveries covered in the book including the 8 major distractions he has identified as robbing us from living a life of meaning and deeper value. In addition to covering his latest book, we also discuss how the principles and insights of Things That Matter fit into his overall approach and philosophy towards minimalism and living a more simplified and fulfilling life. This epoisode is brought to you by: * Zapier (http://zapier.com/BEYOND) - Try Zapier for Free today! * Gusto (http://gusto.com/beyond) - Get 3 months of Gusto free today!
This week I had the privilege of speaking with Lise Vesterlund about a new book she helped co-author, The No Club: Putting a Stop to Women's Dead-End Work. In this conversation, Lise helps listeners better understand the enormous disparities when it comes to "non-promotable" work tasks that are disproportionally assigned to women in the workplace. We talk about the root causes of this practice while addressing some of the systematic, cultural, and historical business practices that need to be reformed in order to create workplaces with greater equity and shared non-promotable tasks. In addition Lise shares some of the insights she has gleaned after forming a "No Club" with her fellow female faculty at The University of Pittsburg that aims to create a space for women to both share their experiences and promote accountability in saying no to dead-end work. Lise Vesterlund is a behavioral economist whose highly influential work shows how gender differences in competition, confidence, and expectations contribute to the persistent gender gap in advancement. She is one of the authors of the new book: 'The No Club: Putting a Stop to Women's Dead-End Work (https://amzn.to/3txpytl)'. This episode is brought to you by: Canva Pro (http://canva.me/beyond) - Get your FREE 45-day extended trial!
This week I was excited to welcome Ian Sanders to the show. Ian is the author of the new book, 365 Ways to Have a Good Day: A Day-By-Day Guide to Enjoying a More Successful, Fulfilling Life. In this conversation, we explore just a fraction of the year's worth of techniques and tips that Ian has compiled covering everything from mindfulness to gratitude, all in the pursuit of improving our day-to-day lives. Ian reflects on his own personal journey while reminding us all that on this "road trip" called life, it's so vital to take the time to both refuel and reflect daily. Ian Sanders has built an unconventional career out of following his curiosity and sharing what he’s learned along the way. His new book is '365 Ways to Have a Good Day: A Day-By-Day Guide to Enjoying a More Successful, Fulfilling Life (https://amzn.to/3EER4sW)'. This episode is brought to you by: * CircleDNA (https://circledna.com) - Use the code 'ERIK' to get 33% off any DNA Test
This week I had the opportunity to speak with Eric Pliner about his new book, Difficult Decisions: How Leaders Make the Right Call with Insight, Integrity, and Empathy. In this conversation, Eric lays out three steps for making decisions with speed, clarity, and humanity. We talk about decision making and why it's difficult, why it slows us down and how by equipping ourselves with "skilled subjectivity" we can not only improve our productivity and focus but prepare ourselves for difficult decisions we will inevitably face in the future. Eric Pliner is the Chief Executive Officer of YSC Consulting (https://www.ysc.com/team/eric-pliner/). Eric has more than 20 years’ experience in leadership development, organizational culture, diversity and inclusion initiatives. In his new book, 'Difficult Decisions: How Leaders Make the Right Call with Insight, Integrity, and Empathy' (https://www.amazon.com/Eric-Pliner/e/B09PSW1LXS%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share), Eric presents a path to understanding your own subjectivity, and how your morals, ethics, and responsibilities affect how leaders make the most important decisions. This episode is brought to you by: CircleDNA (www.circledna.com) - Use code 'ERIK' to get 33% off any kit
Jon Acuff (https://amzn.to/3yuhlq8) is the New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including his Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller, Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done. He's an INC Magazine Top 100 Leadership speaker and has spoken to hundreds of thousands of people at conferences and companies around the world. His latest book is Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking (https://amzn.to/3yuhlq8). In this conversation he talks about identifying overthinking, calling it what it really is (fear), and offering a simple plan to turn it from a super problem into a superpower. This episode is brought to you by: * Backblaze (http://backblaze.com/beyond)- Use the link to get a 15-day free trial! * CircleDNA (http://CircleDNA.com)- Use code 'ERIK' to get 33% off any kit
Amanda E. White (https://amzn.to/3JDW5Ua) is a licensed therapist and the creator of the popular instagram account @therapyforwomen (https://www.instagram.com/therapyforwomen/). She is the founder and owner of the group therapy practice, Therapy for Women Center (https://therapyforwomencenter.com/2020/01/10/taking-care-of-your-future-self/), based in Philadelphia serving clients across the country. In her clinical work, she specializes in working with individuals with substance use disorders and eating disorders. Her new book is 'Not Drinking Tonight: A Guide to Creating a Sober Life You Love (https://amzn.to/3JNqz6g)' In this conversation, we discuss the vital issue of developing healthy boundaries and truthful self reflection when it comes to alcohol consumption and the tendency of many to use alcohol for self-medication. In the wake of the pandemic, millions of people have been forced to re-evaluate their alcohol intake and ask some difficult questions regarding both their dependency and relationship to drinking. Amanda helps us explore a vast spectrum of questions when it comes to drinking do's and don'ts while reminding listeners that if your drinking habits are no longer a joyful part of a balanced lifestyle, it may be time to ask some deeper questions about your overall wellness. This episode is brought to you by: * Riverside.fm (http://riverside.fm) - Use Coupon Code BEYOND for $10 off any subscription * CircleDNA (http://CircleDNA.com) - Use code ERIK for 33% OFF any CircleDNA kit * Canva (http://canva.me/beyond)
Harry Glorikian has been a healthcare entrepreneur, author, podcaster, and company leader for the last 25 years. He has been at the intersection of the fast-moving science and business of healthcare and biotechnology. His latest book is 'The Future You: How Artificial Intelligence Can Help You Get Healthier, Stress Less, and Live Longer (https://amzn.to/3wCSVwn)'. In this episode, we discuss some of the amazing biotech breakthroughs over the past few years while sharing stories about how each of us has been using technology to improve both our health and productivity. This epoisode is brought to you by: * Riverside.fm (http://riverside.fm) - Use Coupon Code BEYOND for $10 off any subscription * CircleDNA (http://CircleDNA.com) - Use code ERIK for 33% OFF any CircleDNA kit
Eric Zimmer (https://www.oneyoufeed.net/about-eric-zimmer/) is a behavior coach, podcast host, and author inspired by the quest for a greater understanding of how our minds work and how to intentionally create the lives we want to live. Eric is the host of 'The One You Feed'. The show features conversations with experts across many fields of study about how to create a life that has less suffering and more fulfillment and meaning. In this conversation Eric and Erik explore the differences between spirituality and religion and some of the wisdom he has gleaned from a variety of different spiritual practices he has observed over the years. This episode is brought to you by: * Riverside.fm (http://riverside.fm) - Use Coupon Code BEYOND for $10 off any subscription * CircleDNA (http://CircleDNA.com) - Use code ERIK for 33% OFF any CircleDNA kit * Lexus (http://lexus.com/NX)
This week I'm excited to share a conversation I had with Keith Ferrazzi. Keith's new book is entitled Competing in the New World of Work: How Radical Adaptability Separates the Best from the Rest. In this talk, we cover everything from the challenges facing executives and employees returning to offices to the rewards that are in store for companies that are willing to adapt to the changing times. Keith and I also reframe the "Great Resignation" by exploring the movement for what it really is, a great exploration of new opportunities. Keith Ferrazzi is Chairman of Ferrazzi Greenlight and The Greenlight Research Institute. His writing has been published in The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, Inc., and Fast Company. His latest book is 'Competing in the New World of Work: How Radical Adaptability Separates the Best from the Rest (https://amzn.to/3I6lhkv)'. This episode is brought to you by: * Canva (http://canva.me/beyond) * CircleDNA (http://circledna.cpm) - Use code ERIK to get 33% off any kit * Lexus (http://lexus.com/NX)
This week I was excited to speak with fellow podcast host and yoga pioneer Lara Heimann. Laura and I had a fascinating discussion centered on the importance of consistent and effective movement in our everyday lives. If you’re anything like me maybe you have considered yoga as a means for improving your mobility and energy but just never got around to exploring the basics. In this conversation Laura answers all of my questions about how to get started, the array of physical and emotional benefits yoga offers, and how her physical therapy-based practice of "LYT" yoga differs from other more trendy or fashionable techniques. Lara Heimann is the host of the Redefining Yoga Podcast and has an advanced degree in physical therapy and is revolutionizing yoga based on three principles — physiology, kinesiology, and neurology. This episode is brought to you by: * Thesis (https://takethesis.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_campaign=beyond&coupon=BEYOND) * Lexus (http://lexus.com/NX) * Loansteady (https://www.loansteady.com/beyond)
Ryan Jenkins and Steven Van Cohen are co-founders of LessLonely.com (http://Lesslonely.com), the world’s first resource fully dedicated to reducing worker isolation and strengthening team connections. Their new book is Connectable: How Leaders Can Move Teams From Isolated to All In (https://amzn.to/33XWSji). In this conversation they show what’s causing today’s loneliness, the role inclusion plays in solving it, and how you can decrease loneliness and increase belonging, engagement, and performance with employees at every level. This episode is brought to you by: * CircleDNA (http://circledna.com) - Use code 'ERIK' to get 33% off your order * Lexus (http://Lexus.com/NX) * Loansteady (http://www.loansteady.com/beyond)
Dr. Nate Zinsser is an expert in the psychology of human performance who consults to individuals and organizations seeking a competitive edge. He is the director of west point’s influential performance psychology program. His new book is The Confident Mind: A Battle Tested Guide to Unshakeable Performance (https://amzn.to/3LXOth0). In this discussion, we not only define confidence but debunk some commonly held beliefs on what it means to have confidence in yourself despite that voice in your head that's always saying you're not good enough. This episode is brought to you by: Lexus (http://Lexus.com/NX)
This week it was my pleasure to welcome my friend John Meese back to the show. John and I had a great conversation centered around building the foundations to not simply survive in this period of change but to find the tools, resources, and courage to thrive in it. John Meese (https://surviveandthrivebook.com) is the author of the #1 bestseller Survive and Thrive: How to Build a Profitable Business in Any Economy (Including This One) (https://surviveandthrivebook.com). John is on a mission to eradicate generational poverty by equipping entrepreneurs with the tools and training they need to build thriving businesses from scratch. He is the CEO of Cowork.Inc, co-founder of Notable, and host of the Thrive School podcast. John previously appeared on the show (https://beyondthetodolist.com/296) to talk about giving up social media. This episode is brought to you by: * Lexus (http://Lexus.com/NX) * Ritual (http://ritual.com/beyond)
Daniel H. Pink is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of seven books -- including his latest, 'THE POWER OF REGRET: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward (https://amzn.to/3IYBARo)'. In this episode Daniel provides an array of insights on why reframing, and properly understanding regret can be a poweful step twords rejuvinating our outlook on life, loved ones, and legacy. Daniel was previously on the show (https://beyondthetodolist.com/210) to talk about his previous book 'When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing (https://amzn.to/3LgObS0)'. This episode is brought to you by: * Thesis (https://takethesis.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_campaign=beyond&coupon=BEYOND) * Lexus (http://lexus.com/NX) * Loansteady (http://www.loansteady.com/beyond)
Dr. Priyanka Wali is a licensed and practicing physician who specializes in Internal Medicine and is also a stand up comedian. (Before Covid) Priyanka performs comedy routinely all throughout the United States and abroad, including corporate gigs, casinos and comedy clubs. She is also the co-host of HypochondriActor with Sean Hayes. She truly believes laughter is the best medicine, but likes to cover her bases as a board-certified practicing physician in Internal Medicine too. http://www.apple.co/hypo Follow Priyanka: * Twitter (https://twitter.com/walipriyanka) * Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/walipriyanka/) This episode is brought to you by: * Goodrx (goodrx.com/beyond) * Lexus (http://lexus.com/NX) * Loansteady (www.loansteady.com/beyond)
Jenn Lim has dedicated her career to helping organizations from name-brand industry leaders to innovative governments build workplace cultures that benefit both their employees and their bottom line, with less employee turnover, greater engagement, and higher profits. Her culture consultancy, Delivering Happiness, demonstrates the profound impact happiness can have on businesses' ability to thrive in our ever-changing times. In her new book Beyond Happiness: How Authentic Leaders Prioritize Purpose and People for Growth and Impact https://amzn.to/3qkuFvS Jenn draws on her decades of experience in culture and strategy as a consultant for Zappos and CEO of DH and translates it into a practical “how to” framework for more sustainable workplaces and modern organization design. Jenn guides all of us – no matter our title or role – how to live more meaningful lives through the work we do every day. This episode is brought to you by: Lexus http://lexus.com/NX Net-Results http://net-results.com/beyond Wix http://wix.com/
Catherine Price (http://howtohavefun.com) is a science journalist, speaker, coach, consultant, and author of books including How to Break Up With Your Phone (https://amzn.to/3IabOcC) and Vitamania. Her newest book is called The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again (https://amzn.to/3IabOcC). This episode is brought to you by: * Net-Results (http://net-results.com/beyond) * Ritual (http://ritual.com/beyond) * Wix (http://wix.com)
Michael J. Breus, Ph.D., is a Clinical Psychologist and both a Diplomate of the American Board of Sleep Medicine and a Fellow of The American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Michael was previously on the show to talk about his book The Power of When: Discover Your Chronotype (https://amzn.to/3eW2Qmq) In this conversation Michael talks with Erik about his new book he co-wrote with soulcycle founding instructor Stacey Griffith Energize! (https://amzn.to/3JQXabY) This episode is brought to you by: * Net-Results (http://net-results.com/beyond) * Thesis (https://takethesis.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_campaign=beyond&coupon=BEYOND) * Wix (http://wix.com)
Don Khouri (https://amzn.to/3mtrDCF) has spent decades studying productivity as a PhD in human and organizational systems, corporate VP, speaker, and executive coach. In his quest to understand the secrets of the most productive people, he discovered the missing link in current productivity systems: they tell you how to manage projects and to-do lists, but don't show you how to determine what gets put on your plate in the first place. Don's new book is 'When to say Yes - The 5 Steps to Protect Your Time (https://amzn.to/3mtrDCF)'. In this episode Don shares ways to protect your time, knowing how to triage requests and knowing when to say yes to incoming opportunities. Mentioned in this episode: "Why You Should Eliminate Your Free Time" (https://ceoworld.biz/2021/05/22/why-you-should-eliminate-your-free-time/) This episode is brought to you by: * Lexus (http://lexus.com/NX) * Net-Results (http://net-results.com/beyond) * Wix (http://wix.com)
Katie Krimitsos (http://womensmeditationnetwork.com/podcast) is a long time podcaster and business woman and the creator of The Women’s Meditation Network (http://womensmeditationnetwork.com/podcast) where she produces a number of highly effective meditation podcasts to help women feel more calm, less stress and anxiety and more confident. In this episode Katie lays out her approach to achieving a centered and productive lifestyle, how meditation differs depending on your personality, and how she is achieving balance while managing both a household and a growing business. This episode is brought to you by: * Breathwrk - Get 40% off Breathwrk Pro! (http://breathwrk.com/beyond)
Linda Bonnar is a Personal & Corporate Coach, Author, Trainer and Educational Wellbeing Consultant based in New York City. Her latest book is 'Just Three Things: Bite-size ways to transform your life (https://amzn.to/30kxHWc)'. In this episode Linda addresses dealing with your inner critic, imposter syndrome, managing stress and making change more manageable. This episode is brought to you by: * Breathwrk (https://www.breathwrk.com/beyond) * GoodRX (http://goodrx.com/beyond)
Mike Sturm is the publisher of the weekly newsletter Woolgathering (https://mikesturm.net/woolgathering/), which is intended to help you think better, more creatively, and add more value to your life and work. His first book is Be, Think, Do (https://amzn.to/2TSreZq) Essays on Personal Development and Productivity. His second book is The Wabi-Sabi Way (https://mikesturm.net/wabi-sabi-way/) In this episode Mike shares his personal productivity workflow 'The Today System'. He created this system to achieve what other productivity systems were lacking: a sense of personalization, gamification and daily satisfaction. Mike Sturm https://thetodaysystem.com Previous episodes with Mike Sturm: * Mike Sturm on the Meaning of Productivity (https://beyondthetodolist.com/331) * Mike Sturm on The Wabi-Sabi Way (https://beyondthetodolist.com/332) This episode is brought to you by: * Skylight Calendar (http://skylightframe.com/calendar) * Textexpander (http://textexpander.com/podcast)
Steve Dotto is a Tech geek, Business owner and Entrepreneur. For over 20 years, as host and executive producer of Dotto Tech, a nationally syndicated TV show. His new co-written book is 'No Limit Over 50: What To Do When You’ve Been Let Go, Replaced, Displaced, Or Just Want Something Different From Life' (https://amzn.to/3pgYtaA). In this conversation Steve talks with Erik about the current state of the workforce and how to prepare for the future. This episode is brought to you by: * GoodRX (http://goodrx.com/beyond) * Skylight Calendar (http://skylightframe.com/calendar)
Anne Bogel is an Author (https://www.amazon.com/Anne-Bogel/e/B00MAQ12HW/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1), Podcaster (https://modernmrsdarcy.com/what-should-i-read-next/), and Blogger. Her latest book is My Reading Life: A Book Journal, (https://amzn.to/3cNp5tK) which helps book lovers get more out of their reading lives. This episode is brought to you by: * Skylight Calendar (http://skylightframe.com/calendar) * Setapp (http://setapp.com)
Anne Bogel is an Author (https://www.amazon.com/Anne-Bogel/e/B00MAQ12HW/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1), Podcaster (https://modernmrsdarcy.com/what-should-i-read-next/), and Blogger. This is her third appearance on the show. Anne’s new book is Don't Overthink It - Make Better Dicisions, Stop Second Guessing, and Bring More Joy to Your Life (https://amzn.to/2PHp67m). This podcast is brought to you by: Wild Alaskan Company (http://wildalaskancompany.com/beyond)
Dane Jenson is the CEO of Third Factor where he works to help leaders be more effective, creative and resilient under pressure. In addition to his corporate work, Dane works extensively with athletes, coaches, leaders and boards across Canada’s Olympic and Paralympic sport system to enhance national competitiveness. Dane's new book is 'The Power of Pressure: Why Pressure Isn’t the Problem, It’s the Solution' (https://amzn.to/3om7H4W). In this conversation dane talks about the power of pressure, how to reduce stress, and performing at your best and master the moments that matter. This episode is brought to you by: * Setapp (http://setapp.com)
Carson Tate (https://www.workingsimply.com/work-simply/) is the founder and managing partner of Working Simply, Inc., a business consulting firm that partners with organizations, business leaders and employees to enhance workplace productivity, foster employee engagement, and build personal and professional legacies. The author of the best-selling, Work Simply: Embracing the Power of Your Personal Productivity Style (https://amzn.to/3H0388J). Her newest title is 'Own It. Love It. Make It Work.: How to Make Any Job Your Dream Job' (https://amzn.to/3BZJUfI). This episode is brought to you by: * Textexpander (http://textexpander.com/podcast)
Tonya Dalton is the host of the Productivity Paradox Podcast (https://ppx.inkwellpress.com), a show with actionable strategies & exercises to help you create a life centered around your own personal priorities. Her new book is 'On Purpose: The Busy Woman's Guide to an Extraordinary Life of Meaning and Success (https://amzn.to/3pSx8NT)'. In this conversation Tanya talks about goal setting, reverse engineering actions, and living a intentional life of meaning and success. This episode is brought to you by: * Justworks (http://justworks.com) * Setapp (http://setapp.com)
Tonya Dalton is the host of the Productivity Paradox Podcast (https://ppx.inkwellpress.com), a show with actionable strategies & exercises to help you create a life centered around your own personal priorities. Her new book is The Joy of Missing Out: Live More by Doing Less (https://joyofmissingout.com). In this conversation Tonya and Erik talk about what the "Joy of Missing Out" is, overcoming overwhelm and taking ownership. This episode is brough tot you by: * Gabi Insurance (http://gabi.com/beyond) * Postie (http://postie.com/beyond)
Jeremie Kubicek (https://amzn.to/2Fq4ASL) specializes in getting leaders to a higher level through his speaking, consulting and books. He takes complex concepts and adapts them into powerful tools that are practical and scalable. Jeremie speaks worldwide to audiences of all sizes across various industries and sectors. In this conversation Jeremie and Erik talk about his new book is 'The 100X Leader: How To Become A Person Worth Following (https://amzn.to/2Fq4ASL)'. This episode is brought to you by: * Wild Alaskan Company (http://wildalaskancompany.com/beyond) * Setapp (http://setapp.com)
Jaime Masters (http://eventualmillionaire.com/beyond) is the CEO of Evential Millionaire. She is a Business coach, author, and professional speaker and has hosted one-on-one interviews with over 350 millionaires and billionaires. In this conversation Jaime and Erik talk about 'Absolute Yes', Flow State, Time Tracking and Nootropics. This episode is brought to you by: * Justworks (http://justworks.com) * Textexpander (http://textexpander.com/podcast)
Paul Jarvis is a web designer, best-selling author and gentleman of adventure. Paul has a reputation as the designer whose vision and web design strategy is the prime catalyst for building multi-million dollar businesses. He's worked with Silicon Valley startups, pro sports athletes, Fortune 500 companies, best-selling authors and the world’s biggest entrepreneurs. Paul's new book is 'Company of One: Why Staying Small Is the Next Big Thing for Business' (https://amzn.to/2CrhfU7). In this episode he and Erik talk about staying small and avoiding growth to have freedom to pursue more meaningful pleasures in life, and avoid the headaches that result from dealing with employees, long meetings, or worrying about expansion. Company of One introduces this unique business strategy and explains how to make it work for you. This episode is brought to you by: * LMNT (http://drinklmnt.com/beyond) * Setapp (http://setapp.com)
This is a bonus episode, a shortcast. Shortcasts are something that I've partnered with Blinkist on for a year now. A shortcast is a 10-15 min version of a podcast where you get the core takeaways. This episode is with Nir Eyal on conquering distractions. You can listen to all the shortcasts of Beyond The To-Do list for free by going to blinkist.com/friends (http://blinkist.com/friends) and enter 'beyond' for 14 days of Blinkist for free!
Dorie Clark (https://amzn.to/3zzMGr2) is an Adjunct Professor of Business Administration at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and a Visiting Professor for IE Business School in Madrid. She has guest lectured at Harvard Business School, the Harvard Kennedy School, Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, the Wharton School, the MIT Sloan School of Management, and more. Her new book is The Long Game: How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World (https://amzn.to/3zzMGr2). In it she shares unique principles and frameworks you can apply to your specific situation, as well as vivid stories from her own career and other professionals' experiences to give long term strategy to your goals. This episode is brought to you by: * Setapp (http://setapp.com) * Wild Alaskan Company (http://wildalaskancompany.com/beyond) * Postie (http://postie.com/beyond)
This is a bonus episode, a shortcast. Shortcasts are something that I've partnered with Blinkist on for a year now. A shortcast is a 10-15 min version of a podcast where you get the core takeaways. This episode is with Laura Vanderkam on remote work productivity. You can listen to all the shortcasts of Beyond The To-Do list for free by going to blinkist.com/friends (http://blinkist.com/friends) and enter 'beyond' for 14 days of Blinkist for free!
Megan McNealy (https://www.meganmcnealy.com) has devoted her career to helping others achieve their highest potential-- by helping clients attain financial freedom through her wealth management career, and by helping readers and audiences master total well-being through her impactful work as a well-being and success thought leader. In Reinvent the Wheel (https://amzn.to/2O1fYZJ), McNealy takes on the mistaken belief that doing well is more important than being well. In executive summary style, with to-the-point research combined with poignant stories, McNealy shows that well-being, in fact, drives, promotes and accelerates success. This episode is brought to you by: * LMNT (http://DrinkLMNT.com/beyond) - Get a free sample pack! * LinkedIn Jobs (http://linkedin.com/beyond) - Post your job free!
This is a bonus episode, a shortcast. Shortcasts are something that I've partnered with Blinkist on for a year now. A shortcast is a 10-15 min version of a podcast where you get the core takeaways. This episode is with Stanley Robertson on Why Quitting is the Last Principle of Success. If you're interested, you can listen to all the rest of the shortcasts of Beyond The To-Do list for free by going to blinkist.com/friends (http://blinkist.com/friends) and enter 'beyond' for 14 days of Blinkist for free!
Aaron Dignan (https://amzn.to/2tXVp6I) is the founder of The Ready (https://theready.com/), an organization design and transformation firm that helps institutions like Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft, Airbnb, and charity: water change the way they work. He is a co-founder of responsive.org, an investor in purpose-driven startups, and a friend to misfit toys. Aaron’s new book is Brave New Work: Are You Ready to Reinvent Your Organization? In this conversation, Aaron talks about challenging the assumptions about the future of work, the organizational operating system and making the necessary changes to move forward. This episode is brought to you by: * Textexpander - Get 20% off your first year! (http://textexpander.com/podcast)
This is a bonus episode, a shortcast. Shortcasts are something that I've partnered with Blinkist on for a year now. A shortcast is a 10-15 min version of a podcast where you get the core takeaways. This episode is all about the power of habits and how to create them, and is created from my episode with James Clear the author of Atomic Habits (https://amzn.to/3DKf7G1). If you're interested, you can listen to all the rest of the shortcasts of Beyond The To-Do list for free by going to blinkist.com/friends (http://blinkist.com/friends) and enter 'beyond' for 14 days of Blinkist for free!
Juliet Funt (https://www.julietfunt.com) is a renowned keynote speaker and tough-love advisor to the Fortune 500. She is an evangelist for freeing the potential of companies by unburdening their talent from busywork. Her new book is 'A Minute to Think: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work (https://amzn.to/2WTYWFg)'. In this conversation Juliet talks about how to reclaim creativity, conquer busyness, and do your best work using strategic pauses. This episode is brought to you by: * LMNT (http://drinklmnt.com/beyond) * Setapp (http://setapp.com)
Grant Crowell (https://www.linkedin.com/in/grantcrowell/) is a virtual events trainer, a creative communication skills facilitator, a neurodiversity speaker and author. His book is 'GRANTASMS: Creative twisted words for cool people! (https://amzn.to/3mLyVmm)'. In this conversation, Grant talks about how to use creative techniques to improve workplace communication. This episode is bought to you by: * Postie (http://postie.com/beyond) * Setapp (http://setapp.com)
Ron Friedman, an award-winning social psychologist who specializes in human motivation. Ron has served on the faculty of the University of Rochester, Nazareth College, and Hobart and William Smith Colleges, and has consulted for some of the world’s most successful organizations. Ron's new book is Decoding Greatness: How the Best in the World Reverse Engineer Success (https://amzn.to/3stApT0). In this conversation, Ron shares how using reverse engineering helps to master new skills faster. This episode is brought to you by * LinkedIn Jobs - Post your job for free! (http://linkedin.com/beyond)
Jeff Brown (https://readtoleadpodcast.com) is a podcaster, mentor, and speaker. He is the host of the Read to Lead podcast (https://readtoleadpodcast.com), and co author of the new book: Read to Lead: The Simple Habit That Expands Your Influence and Boosts Your Career (https://readtoleadbook.com). In this conversation, Jeff talks about the power of creating a reading habit and how to optimize it. This episode is brought to you by: * Brain fm (http://beyondthetodolist.com/brainfm) Boost your reading speed and comprehension and get 20% off your first year!
Dr. Stanley G. Robertson is the author of the book 'Quit: The Last Principle of Success (https://amzn.to/2P9PIif)'. In this conversation, Stanley and Erik discuss: * The stigma of quitting * The steps of qutting well * Bad reasons to quit things * Why our brain can't let it go This episocde is brought to you by: * Textexpander (https://textexpander.com/podcast?utm_source=beyond-the-to-do-list&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campa ign=textexpander-May-2021)
Jessica Cording (https://amzn.to/2OF4sUV), MS, RD, CDN, INHC is a registered dietitian, health coach, and writer with a passion for helping people streamline their wellness routine and establish a balanced relationship with food and exercise. Through her writing, consulting, public speaking, and counseling, she works with individuals, corporations, and the media to help make drama-free healthy living approachable and enjoyable. Her new book is The Little Book of Game-Changers: 50 Healthy Habits For Managing Stress & Anxiety (https://amzn.to/2OF4sUV). In this converdsation, she and Erik talk scheduling time to worry, getting the right amount of caffeine, and having a plan for loneliness. This episode is brought to you by: * Textexpander (https://textexpander.com/podcast?utm_source=beyond-the-to-do-list&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campa ign=textexpander-May-2021) * Sit Down, Startup by Zendesk (https://www.zendesk.com/campaign/sitdownstartup/)
Scott Shute is the Head of Mindfulness and Compassion at LinkedIn, and Author of 'The Full Body Yes: Change Your Work and Your World from the Inside Out (https://amzn.to/3rsl1pl)'. In this conversation Scott talks about how companies can best help their employees, the place mindfulness and compassion take in the workplace, and The impact that moving from a "Me" to "We" mindset can have on an organization. This episode is brought to you by * Sit Down, Startup by Zendesk (https://www.zendesk.com/campaign/sitdownstartup/)
Greg McKeown is the author of the New York Times Bestseller, 'Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less (https://amzn.to/2Vy2vjt)'. His new book is 'Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most (https://amzn.to/2VEd4S9)'. He is also the host of the 'What's Essential Podcast (https://gregmckeown.com/podcast/)'. In this conversation, Greg talks about what Essentialism is and making the most essential activities the easiest ones, so you can achieve the results you want, without burning out. This episode is brought to you by: * Sit down, Startup by ZenDesk (https://www.zendesk.com/campaign/sitdownstartup/) * LinkedIn Jobs (http://linkedin.com/beyond)
Shawn Stevenson is an author of Sleep Smarter: 21 Strategies to Sleep Your Way to A Better Body, Better Health, and Bigger Success (http://amzn.to/2i7RhJD). He is also the creator of The Model Health Show (http://theshawnstevensonmodel.com/podcasts), featured as the #1 Health podcast in the country on iTunes. A graduate of The University of Missouri, St. Louis, Shawn studied business, biology and kinesiology, and went on to be the founder of Advanced Integrative Health Alliance, a company that provides wellness services for individuals and organizations worldwide. This episode is brought to you by: Streak (http://streak.com/beyond) Unidragon (http://unidragon.com) - Use code 'beyond' for 10% off!
James Beshara (https://beyondcoffeebook.com) is a startup founder and investor in San Francisco, CA. After developing a heart condition in 2013 from excess caffeine consumption, James became fascinated by the science and research backing up alternatives to caffeine for energy, productivity, and focus. His new book is 'Beyond Coffee: A Sustainable Guide to Nootropics, Adaptogens, and Mushrooms' (https://amzn.to/37zSnY2). In this conversation Erik and James talk about James past relationship with caffeine, decreasIng stress and improving productivity. This episode is brought to you by: * Magic Mind - Use code 'todo20' for 20% off! (http://magicmind.com/todo) * Setapp (http://setapp.com) * Sit down, Startup Podcast by Zendesk (https://www.zendesk.com/campaign/sitdownstartup/)
Corbett Barr (https://corbettbarr.com) is a founder/CEO of Fizzle. He's been self employed on the Internet since 2005, earning a living from blogging, podcasting, online courses, memberships, SaaS and more. Recently Corbett announced he was doing a digital house cleaning or online presence reboot. In this conversation Corbett talks with Erik about what he is pruning and keeping digitally, This episode is brought to you by: * Usual Wines (http://usualwines.com) Use code 'beyond' for $8 off! * Streak (http://streak.com/beyond)
Miles Adcox is an entrepreneur, speaker, host, and coach. He is the Owner and CEO of Onsite, an internationally-known emotional wellness lifestyle brand that delivers life-changing personal growth workshops, inspiring content, leadership retreats, and emotional treatment. In this conversation Miles talkes with Erik about prioritizing emotional wellness and mental health and margin. Mentioned in this episode: * Setapp (http://setapp.com) * Donald Miller - Scary Close (https://amzn.to/2T4VIst) * Donald Miller - Beyond the To-Do List 1 (https://beyondthetodolist.com/57) * Donald Miller - Beyond the To-Do List 2 (https://beyondthetodolist.com/94)
Nir Bashan (https://amzn.to/3v9hzjS) is a world-renowned creativity expert. He has taught thousands of leaders and individuals around the globe how to harness the power of creativity to improve profitability, increase sales, and ultimately create more meaning in their work. His new book is The Creator Mindset: 92 Tools to Unlock the Secrets to Innovation, Growth, and Sustainability (https://amzn.to/3v9hzjS). In this conversation Nir talks about unlocking The Creator Mindset creativity for non-creative people and training your mind to think in a creative way. This episode is brought to you by: * Textexpander (https://textexpander.com/podcast?utm_source=beyond-the-to-do-list&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campa ign=textexpander-May-2021) * Unidragon Puzzles (http://unidragon.com) - Use code 'BEYOND' for 10% off
This bonus episode is an appearance Erik made on the Simplify podcast by Blinkist. In it you will hear lessons from almost 10 years of podcasting about productivity. blinkist.com/friends (https://www.blinkist.com/friends/?v=beyond) and enter 'beyond' for 14 days of Blinkist for free! Link to original episode https://simplify.simplecast.com/episodes/erik-fisher-get-the-right-work-done
Ximena Vengoechea (https://amzn.to/3fNOKVw) is a user researcher, writer, and illustrator whose work on personal and professional development has been published in Inc., The Washington post, Newsweek, and Huffington Post. She is the author of the new book, 'Listen Like You Mean it: Reclaiming the Lost Art of True Connection' (https://amzn.to/3fNOKVw). This episode is brought to you by: * Otis (http://meetotis.com/beyond) * Unidragon Puzzles (http://unidragon.com) Use code 'beyond' for 10% off
Jason Scott has personally overseen the global transformational efforts within organizations such as DirecTV, Trader Joe's, Blizzard Entertainment, Sony Pictures, Mattel, and others. His book 'The Irreverent Guide to Project Management: An Agile Approach to Enterprise Project Management (https://amzn.to/3vAiJpm)' offers comprehensive, step-by-step instruction and best practice techniques to help you move your project forward aggressively and achieve optimum results. This episode is brought to you by: * Otis (http://meetotis.com/beyond) * Setapp (http://setapp.com) * Usual Wines (http://usualwines.com) - use promo code 'beyond' for $8 off!
Jon Acuff is the New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including his Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller, Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done. He's an INC Magazine Top 100 Leadership speaker and has spoken to hundreds of thousands of people at conferences and companies around the world. His latest book is Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking (https://amzn.to/3yuhlq8). In this conversation he talks about identifying overthinking, calling it what it really is (fear), and offering a simple plan to turn it from a super problem into a superpower. This episode is brought to you by: * Streak (http://streak.com/beyond) * Otis (http://meetotis.com/beyond) * Usual Wines (http://usualwines.com) - Use promo code 'beyond' for $8 off!
Dee Ann Turner (https://amzn.to/3y1W3zX)spent three decades leading teams and coaching staff members at Chick-fil-A. In her new book 'Crush Your Career: Ace the Interview, Land the Job, and Launch Your Future (https://amzn.to/3y1W3zX)' Dee Ann draws on that experience to create a guide that is part roadmap, part proactive push to understand ourselves and our goals better. In this conversation, Dee Ann talks with Erik about: * Finding a job * Preparing for an interview * Conquering the first 90 days * Managing work relationships * Getting started in a career now, * Making career transitions, entering into second acts, * Finding a career that gives work life meaning This episode is brought to you by: * Ladder Life Insurance (http://ladderlife.com/beyond) * Canva (http://canva.me/beyond) * Setapp (http://setapp.com)
Dave Crenshaw (https://amzn.to/3h6bGR0) is the author of 'The Myth of Multitasking: How “Doing It All” Gets Nothing Done (https://amzn.to/3h6bGR0)'. His courses on LinkedIn Learning have been viewed tens of millions of times. His five books have been published in eight languages, the most popular of which is The Myth of Multitasking (https://amzn.to/3h6bGR0)—a time management bestseller. In this conversation Dave talks with Erik about how and why multitasking doesn’t work and how to be more effective by doing one thing at a time. This episode is brought to you by: * OTIS (http://meetotis.com/beyond) * Textexpander (https://textexpander.com/podcast?utm_source=beyond-the-to-do-list&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campa ign=textexpander-May-2021)
Dr. Mary Rensel and Ali Hively have backgrounds in academic medicine and life coaching. Their company, BrainOps Group (https://www.brainopsgroup.com) helps professionals optimize their brain for stress management, productivity and performance. In this conversation they talk about ways to optimize your brain health and function through sleep, physical activity, nutrition and much more. This episode is brought to you by: * Canva (http://canva.me/beyond) * Setapp (https://setapp.com/?utm_source=sponsorship&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=beyon dthetodolist)
Julie Fast (https://amzn.to/3v6QUEM) is a critically acclaimed international author, researcher, educator and sought after expert in the mental health field. She is regarded as a mental health pioneer for her groundbreaking, comprehensive approach to treating bipolar disorder, unipolar depression, anxiety and schizoaffective disorder using both mainstream and self created management strategies. She is also the author of Get It Done When You're Depressed (https://amzn.to/3v6QUEM), now with a 2nd edition. In this conversation Julie talks about easy to follow and practical strategies for anyone trying to live a more productive life when dealing with depression, like how to know when your brain is lying to you and many more strategies for keeping your life on track. This episode is brought to you by: * Setapp (http://setapp.com) * Vidyard (http://vidyard.com/beyond)
Ariel Garten is a Neuroscientist, former psychotherapist and cofounder of Muse - The Brain Sensing Headband (http://beyondthetodolist.com/muse). Muse (http://beyondthetodolist.com/muse) tracks your brain during meditation to give you real-time feedback on your meditation, guiding you into the “zone” and solving the problem most of us have when starting a meditation practice. Muse (http://beyondthetodolist.com/muse) lets you know when you are doing it right. In this conversation, Ariel talks about: * What meditation is * What meditation is NOT * How to get started * The benefits of meditation * How Muse (http://beyondthetodolist.com/muse) works and helps meditation This episode is broguth to you by: * Setapp (http://setapp.com) * Vidyard (http://vidyard.com/beyond)
Megan Hyatt Miller is the chief executive officer at Michael Hyatt & Co. She is also the co-host of the Lead to Win podcast. Her new book, co-authored with her father Michael Hyatt is 'Win at Work & Succeed At Life: 5 Principles to Free Yourself From the Cult of Overwork (http://winandsucceedbook.com/beyond)'. In this conversation Megan talks about work/life balance, the cult of overwork and implementing the double win in your organization and at home. This episode is brought to you by: * Vidyard (https://www.vidyard.com/beyond/) * Textexpander (https://textexpander.com/podcast?utm_source=beyond-the-to-do-list&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campa ign=textexpander-Apr-2021)
Michael Dietrich-Chastain (http://thechangesbook.com) is a psychotherapist, an executive coach, and an organizational consultant at his firm Arc Integrated. He is also the author of the book CHANGES: The Busy Professional’s Guide to Reducing Stress, Accomplishing Goals, and Mastering Adaptability (https://amzn.to/37yWyV4). Mentioned in this episode: Blinkist - Get Shortcasts of this podcast! (beyondthetodolist.com/blinkist)
Charlie Gilkey (http://startfinishingbook.com) is the founder of Productive Flourishing (https://www.productiveflourishing.com), a website that helps changemakers (creatives, leaders, and entrepreneurs) start finishing the stuff that matters. Productive Flourishing is routinely placed in the Top 50 websites for planning, productivity, creativity, and team development for creative folk. Charlie's book Start Finishing (https://amzn.to/34fQw9t) presents a 9-step method for converting an idea into a project by addressing the challenges you'll face and getting the project on a reality-based schedule. Check out shortcasts of this podcast on Blinkist! (http://beyondthetodolist.com/blinkist)
Kim Foley (https://amzn.to/3cJZbXH)founded Smartphone Video Production Academy and trains organizations how to produce and edit professional-quality mobile video. In addition, she consults with corporations on how to create better quality virtual meetings. Her new book is Virtual Meetings With Power And Presence: The Ultimate Guide To Online Meetings (https://amzn.to/3cJZbXH). In this conversation, Kim talks about how you can be your best in virtual meetings, from tech to clothing and apprearance. This episode is brought to you by: * The Great Courses Plus - Get a full unlimited month free at TheGreatCoursesPlus.com/beyond (http://thegreatcoursesplus.com/beyond) * Mint Mobile (http://mintmobile.com/todo)
John Lee Dumas is the founder and host of the award winning podcast, Entrepreneurs On Fire. His first traditionally published book, The Common Path to Uncommon Success (http://UncommonSuccessBook.com) is available for pre-order now at UncommonSuccessBook.com (http://UncommonSuccessBook.com). In this conversation John talks about lessons learned in podcasting, entrepreneurship, writing the book, and how discipline and mentorship helped him get started. This episode is brought to you by: * The Great Courses Plus - Get a full month FREE at TheGreatCoursesPlus.com/beyond * Vital Choice (http://vitalchoice.com) - Use Code BEYOND10 to get 10% off one order
Cal Newport is the author of Deep Work (https://amzn.to/2N6I3hm) and So Good They Can’t Ignore You (https://amzn.to/2EaHn83) and Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World (https://amzn.to/2Ee4yyh). Cal's new book is A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload (https://amzn.to/3r8T3yb). In this conversation Cal talks about the real problem with modern knowledge work, how email and other tech plays into it, how the problem started and how to start getting ahead in the new world of knowledge work that is coming soon. Tweet or DM me (http://twitter.com/erikjfisher) your questions for an upcoming Q & A episode with Cal! Make sure to check out Cal's article 'When Did Productivity Become Personal?' (https://www.calnewport.com/blog/2020/11/17/when-did-productivity-become-personal/)for further reading on this topic. This episode is brought to you by: Textexpander - Get 20% your first year! (https://textexpander.com/podcast?utm_source=beyond-the-to-do-list&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=t extexpander-Mar-2021)
Eric Partaker (https://www.ericpartaker.com) is a certified coach by the High Performance Institute. Eric coaches a limited number of entrepreneurs and leaders throughout the world, helping them reach peak levels of performance, in both their businesses and lives. He draws from his work experiences, cutting-edge research, and behavioral science from Stanford University, as well as the approaches and techniques used in the worlds of elite sports and the military - areas where peak performance is key. In this conversation Eric talks about his new book The 3 Alarms: A Simple System to Transform Your Health, Wealth, and Relationships Forever (https://amzn.to/3pRBxNh). This episode is brought to you by: * The Great Courses Plus - Get 1 month Unlimted for free! (http://thegreatcoursesplus.com/beyond) * Vital Choice (http://vitalchoice.com) - Use code 'BEYOND10' for 10% of one order * Otis - Get a free 14 day trial and $50 credit (http://meetotis.com/beyond)
Jeffrey and Jami Downs (https://www.streakingmastery.com) of StreakingMastery.com (https://www.streakingmastery.com) are the authors of the new book Streaking: The Simple Practice of Conscious, Consistent Actions That Create Life-Changing Results (https://amzn.to/3bsQUGI). In this conversation they talk with Erik about the power of streaking, how streaks are different from habits, the rules of streaking, choosing the right streaks, and how to recover from a broken streak. This episode is broguth to you by: The Great Courses Plus - Get 1 month Unlimted for free! (http://thegreatcoursesplus.com/beyond) Otis - Get a free 14 day trial and $50 credit (http://meetotis.com/beyond) Mint Mobile - Cut your wireless bill to $15 a month (http://mintmobile.com/todo)
Chris Byers, CEO of Formstack (https://www.formstack.com), an online form and data-collection platform. He has helped Formstack grow from 7 to 200 employees in the past 10 years and pioneered a highly relational remote culture. Formstack also produces the Ripple Effect Podcast (https://www.formstack.com/podcasts). In this conversation Chris talks with Erik about building a remote culture, maintaining that culture during the pandemic, onboarding remote workers, and OKR planning. This episode is brought to you by: Otis (http://meetotis.com/beyond) Vital Choice (http://vitalchoice.com) - Use code 'BEYOND10' for 10% of one order
Annie Duke is a decision strategist, poker champion, and the bestselling author of Thinking in Bets (https://amzn.to/3cAmsN1). Her new book How to Decide: Simple Tools for Making Better Choices (https://amzn.to/3nUZkLm). In this episode Annie talks about how to make better decisions, identifying and dismantling hidden biases, and making better choices. This episode is brought to you by: * Vital Choice - Use code BEYOND10 to 10% off one order (http://vitalchoice.com) * The Great Courses Plus - Get Unlimted Access Free for 1 Month! (http://thegreatcoursesplus.com/beyond) * Textexpander - Get 20% off 1 year! (https://textexpander.com/podcast?utm_source=beyond-the-to-do-list&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=t extexpander-Nov-2020)
Allison Fallon (https://amzn.to/39o0wTk) is an award winning author, sought after public speaker, and nationally recognized writing coach. She has coached hundreds of thousands of writers (https://findyourvoice.com) - from NYT Bestselling authors to total beginners to help them finally get their books written and on shelves. Grab the first chapter free here (http://thepowerofwritingitdown.com). Her most recent book The Power of Writing Things Down (https://amzn.to/39o0wTk) walks anyone - even those who swear they aren't "real" writers - through a simple daily practice they can use to reduce anxiety, curb depression, improve their confidence and gain clarity in their life. This episode is brought to you by: * The Great Courses - Get one month Unlimited FREE (http://thegreatcoursesplus.com/beyond)
Jon Acuff is the New York Times Bestselling author. In this conversation Jon talks with Erik about his book Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done (http://amzn.to/2uQOWKv) about completing goals. Jon also has a new podcast called 'All It Takes Is A Goal (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-it-takes-is-a-goal/id1547078080)'. This episode is brought to you by: Mint Mobile (http://mintmobile.com/todo) Brain.fm (http://beyondthetodolist.com/brainfm)
For decades, Dr. Samantha has helped people to transform their lives with her innovative approach. Now you can use the same tested tools and guidance to experience the freedom of better health, greater resilience, and peace of mind. Samantha's new book is Overcoming Overwhelm: Dismantle Your Stress from the Inside Out (https://amzn.to/2Lu8wsK). In this episode she and Erik talk about overcoming overwhelm, dismantling stress and achieving greater resilience. This episode is brought to you by: * ExpressVPN (http://expressvpn.com/todo) * Brain.fm (http://beyondthetodolist.com/brainfm)
Cait Flanders (https://caitflanders.com) is the author of Wall Street Journal bestseller, The Year of Less (https://amzn.to/2MqIc2T). Her new book is Adventures in Opting Out: A Field Guide to Leading an Intentional Life (https://amzn.to/395SeOC). In this conversation Cait and Erik talk about how to opt-out of expectations and live a more intentional life. This episode is brought to you by: * Textexpander (https://textexpander.com/podcast?utm_source=beyond-the-to-do-list&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=t extexpander-Nov-2020) * Brain.fm (http://beyondthetodolist.com/brainfm)
David G. Smith and W. Brad Johnson (http://workplaceallies.com) are gender-in-the-workplace experts. Their new book is Good Guys: How Men Can Be Better Allies for Women in the Workplace (https://amzn.to/2WZC1F8). In this conversation they talk about: * How men can partner with their female colleagues to advance women's leadership and equality * Overcoming unconscious biases * Creating productive and respectful working relationships with women This episode is brought to you by: * Setapp (https://setapp.com/?utm_source=sponsorship&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=beyon dthetodolist) * Betterhelp (http://betterhelp.com/beyond)
David Shar (https://www.illuminatepmc.com) is a keynote speaker, consultant, and trainer specializing in helping organizations improve their leadership and culture, combat burnout, and design meaningful work. In this conversation David talks with Erik about identifying the signs of burnout, ways to prevent it, and dealing with burnout when you have it. Make sure to check out David's Burnout-Proof Culture Model (http://zc.vg/d2taz). This episode is brought to you by: * ExpressVPN (http://expressvpn.com/todo) * Setapp (https://setapp.com/?utm_source=sponsorship&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=beyon dthetodolist)
Melissa Steginus (https://melissasteginus.com) is a mindfulness teacher and productivity coach helping people structure their work and lives to be intentional, empowering, and fulfilling. With a background in social work and over a decade of experience as a counsellor, coach, yoga instructor, and world traveller, Melissa has helped thousands of people transform their personal and professional lives. Her new book is 'Everyday Mindfulness: 108 Simple Practices to Empower Yourself and Transform Your Life (https://amzn.to/3nkytJ7)'. In this conversation Melissa and Erik discuss the importance of mindfulness and getting started daily mindfulness practices. This episode is brought to you by: * Fight Camp (http://joinfightcamp.com/beyond) * NuCalm (http://beyondnucalm.com)
John Jantsch (https://amzn.to/2RM90uY) is a marketing consultant, speaker and best selling author Duct Tape Marketing, Duct Tape Selling, The Commitment Engine, The Referral Engine and SEO for Growth. He is the creator of the Duct Tape Marketing System and Duct Tape Marketing Consulting Network that trains and licenses small business marketing consultants around the world. John Returns to the show this time to talk about specific entries in the month of August from the book centered around resilience, perseverance, and perspective. John's new book is 'The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur: 366 Daily Meditations to Feed Your Soul and Grow Your Business (https://amzn.to/2RM90uY)'. This episode is brought to you by: Setapp (https://setapp.com/?utm_source=sponsorship&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=beyon dthetodolist) Betterhelp (http://betterhelp.com/beyond)
In this episode, Erik runs through his top suggestions for holiday gifts to give or ask for in 2020. Kiwi Co - Promo code: beyond (http://kiwico.com) Fight Camp (http://joinfightcamp.com/beyond) Setapp (https://setapp.com/?utm_source=sponsorship&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=beyon dthetodolist) Textexpander (https://textexpander.com/podcast?utm_source=beyond-the-to-do-list&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=t extexpander-Nov-2020) X-Stand - Portable Standing Desk (http://etsy.me/2HlXKTw) Ember Mug (https://amzn.to/36riind) Oculus Quest 2 (https://amzn.to/2Vo14RC) Swanwick (https://amzn.to/3lrRLdJ) Muse (https://mbsy.co/3bDtfz) Brainfm (http://beyondthetodolist.com/brainfm) AirPods (https://amzn.to/3mrP4KD) Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones (https://amzn.to/2VnLsgO) Top 5 Productivity Books (https://beyondthetodolist.com/347)
Greg Audino (https://gregaudino.com) is the host of the Optimal Living Advice podcast. In this conversation Greg talks with Erik about the concept of control, ownership, agency and mindset. This episode is brough to you by: NuCalm (http://beyondnucalm.com) KiwiCo (http://kiwico.com/) Use code 'beyond' to get 50% off your first month and free shipping!
Firdaus Kharas (http://chocmoose.com) is an Author, Speaker and Founder of Chocolate Moose Media. His new book is 'Creativity: The Key to a Remarkable Life (https://amzn.to/32Wd3K7)'. In this conversation, Firdaus talks with Erik about what creativity is and is not, how to tap into it, how to use it through focus and distraction, and how to lead a creative life. This episode is brought to you by: ExpressVPN (http://expressvpn.com/todo) Athletic Greens (http://athleticgreens.com/beyond) Betterhelp (http://betterhelp.com/beyond)
Ed Hess (https://www.edhess.org) is a Professor of Business Administration, Batten Fellow and Batten Executive-in-Residence at the Darden Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia. He is the author of 13 books and over 150 practitioner articles and over 60 Darden cases, etc. dealing with growth, innovation and learning cultures, systems and processes. The common themes of his work is high individual and organizational performance. In this conversation Ed talks with Erik about his new book: Hyper-Learning: How to Adapt to the Speed of Change (https://amzn.to/2UmWdiZ) and how humans can stay relevant In the workplace using hyper-learning to excel cognitively, behaviorally, and emotionally in ways that technology can't. This episode is brought to you by: Fightcamp (http://fightcamp.com/beyond) Kiwico - Get 50% off your first month and free shippoping with promo code 'Beyond' (http://kiwico.com) Betterhelp (http://betterhelp.com/beyond)
Bryan Falchuk (https://amzn.to/38fq3xM) is a Certified Personal Trainer and Behavior Change Specialist who has coached many people to improve their lives. In his professional career, Bryan has been a management consultant and executive in the Financial Services sector for nearly 20 years, having lead large teams, managed significant budgets, and turned around struggling operations. In this episode Bryan talks with Erik about the message of his book The 50 75 100 Solution: Build Better Relationships (https://amzn.to/38fq3xM). This is Bryan's 2nd appearance on the show. He previous appeared here. (https://beyondthetodolist.com/205) This episode is brought to you by: * KiwiCo (http://kiwico.com) - Use code 'BEYOND' for 50% off your first month and free shipping! * Textexpander (https://textexpander.com/podcast?utm_source=beyond-the-to-do-list&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=t extexpander-Nov-2020)
Ashley Whillans (https://amzn.to/2TxA9BU) Is an assistant professor at Harvard Business School and author of TIME SMART: How to Reclaim Your Time and Live a Happier Life (https://amzn.to/2TxA9BU). In this conversation, Ashley talks about finding time, spending time, funding time, Happiness dollars and how we can reframe our decisions around time and money to make happier choices. This episode is brought to you by: * Athletic Greens (http://athleticgreens.com/beyond) * Betterhelp (http://betterhelp.com/beyond)
This week Erik counts down his top five personal productivity books! The Top 5 Personal Productivity Books: * The Getting Things Done Workbook (https://amzn.to/3kkVo5A) - David Allen * Free to Focus: A Total Productivity System to Achieve More by Doing Less (https://amzn.to/3jn7qKi) - Michael Hyatt * Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life (https://amzn.to/2IOnwjv) - Nir Eyal * Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (https://amzn.to/3mbwSEt) - James Clear * The Motivation Code: Discover the Hidden Forces That Drive Your Best Work (https://amzn.to/36kc5Kn) - Todd Henry Honorable Mentions: * The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery (https://amzn.to/3odVkXv) - Ian Morgan Cron * Now, Discover Your Strengths (https://amzn.to/2Hq0EGA) - Don Clifton Reading Tools: * Brain.fm (http://beyondthetodolist.com/brainfm) * Blinkist (http://blinkist.com/fisher) Deeper Listening: * David Allen on Developing the Skill of Outcome and Action Thinking (https://beyondthetodolist.com/335) * Michael Hyatt on Energy, Clarity and Focus (https://beyondthetodolist.com/190) * Michael Hyatt on Achieving the Freedom to Focus and Eliminating Distractions Through Digital Minimalism (https://beyondthetodolist.com/268) * Nir Eyal on Overcoming Internal and External Distractions (https://beyondthetodolist.com/321) * James Clear on Building Good Habits and Breaking Bad Ones (https://beyondthetodolist.com/320) * Todd Henry on Discovering the Hidden Forces of Motivation That Drive Your Best Work (https://beyondthetodolist.com/344) * Ian Morgan Cron on The Enneagram 101 (https://beyondthetodolist.com/333) * Ian Morgan Cron on Overcoming the Productivity Hangups of Each Enneagram Type (https://beyondthetodolist.com/334)
Rob Hatch (https://robhatch.com) is the co-founder and President of Owner Media Group, providing strategies and skills for the modern business. He is also a highly sought after business coach and advisor serving executives and owners of organizations large and small. Rob's new book is 'Attention!: The Power of Simple Decisions in a Distracted World (https://amzn.to/2GnwFyo)'. In this conversation Rob talks with Erik about creating a flexible approach that gives you the space to focus your attention on what is important, the power to make decisions aligned with your goals, and the ability to take action. This episode is brought to you by: Brain.fm (http://beyondthetodolist.com/brainfm) Betterhelp (http://betterhelp.com/beyond)
Dave Delaney (https://www.davedelaney.me) is a recognized leader, consultant and keynote speaker on digital marketing, social media strategy, and business networking. His book is New Business Networking (https://amzn.to/3iB4iu4) and his Newsletter is The Nice Maker (https://www.davedelaney.me/nice-maker). Dave recently took two months off social media. In this conversation, Dave and Erik talk about the lead up to that, the steps he took, and lessons learned. This episode is brought to you by: Athletic Greens (http://athleticgreens.com/beyond) Woven (http://woven.com/podcast/beyond) Textexpander (https://textexpander.com/podcast?utm_source=beyond-the-to-do-list&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=t extexpander-Oct-2020)
Todd Henry (https://amzn.to/36kc5Kn) write books, podcasts and speaks internationally on creativity, leadership, productivity, and passion for work, and help people and teams generate brilliant ideas. Todd has been on the show three times previously. In this conversation, Todd talks with Erik about his new book The Motivation Code: Discover the Hidden Forces That Drive Your Best Work (https://amzn.to/36kc5Kn) Help me improve the show for you by going to PodcastListenerSurvey.com (http://PodcastListenerSurvey.com)! This is episode is brought to you by: Green Chef (http://greenchef.com/todo80) Woven (http://woven.com/podcast/beyond)
Julie Morgenstern (https://amzn.to/2QpV1XR) is a well known expert on organization and time management. The author of five best-selling books, Morgenstern has appeared on Oprah, The Today Show, and helped thousands of people transform their homes, businesses, and attitudes about every kind of clutter. Her new book is called Time to Parent: Organizing Your Life to Bring Out the Best in Your Child and You. (https://amzn.to/2QpV1XR) In this conversation Julie and Erik talk about: - Simple strategies to stay truly present and focused, whether you’re playing with your kids, enjoying a meal with your significant other, or getting ahead on that big proposal for work.
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Clever tips to make the most of in-between time―Just 5-15 minutes of your undivided attention has a huge impact on kids.
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Permission to take personal time without feeling guilty, and the science and case studies that show how important self-care is and how to make time for it.
This episode is brought to you by: * Woven (http://woven.com/podcast/beyond) * Betterhelp (http://betterhelp.com/beyond) Mentioned in this episode: * Time to Parent: Organizing Your Life to Bring Out the Best in Your Child and You * Time to Parent Podcast
Paul Casey is the owner of Growing Forward Services, and has partnered with his corporate and individual clients to transform their vision, their habits, and their lives. In this conversation Paul talks with Erik about time management as an aspect of productivity, make better use of our calendars and blocking out time. Make sure to check out Paul's 'Control My Calendar Checklist (https://takebackmycalendar.com)'! This episode is brought to you by: * Podcast Movement Virtual (https://virtual.podcastmovement.com/) - Use Code BEYOND for a great discount! * Woven (http://woven.com/podcast/beyond)
Andy Andrews (https://amzn.to/3lHCfvz) is an author of over 20 books and sought after corporate speaker. Andy Andrews is the author of the New York Times bestsellers How Do You Kill 11 Million People?, The Noticer, and The Traveler’s Gift, and is also an in-demand speaker for the world’s largest organizations. In this conversation, Andy talks about his New book Just Jones (https://amzn.to/3bKb1Qr), the third book in The Noticer Trilogy (https://amzn.to/3bKb1Qr). Andy and Erik talk about lessons from that book including the power of thought, having the proper focus, changing perspective, and being truthful with yourself This episode is brought to you by: * Athletic Greens (http://athleticgreens.com/beyond) * Betterhelp (http://betterhelp.com/beyond)
Andy Andrews (https://amzn.to/3lHCfvz) is an author of over 20 books and sought after corporate speaker. Andy Andrews is the author of the New York Times bestsellers How Do You Kill 11 Million People?, The Noticer, and The Traveler’s Gift, and is also an in-demand speaker for the world’s largest organizations. In this conversation, Andy talks about his book The Noticer Returns and the topic of perspective and how powerful changing perspective can be. This episode is brought to you by: * Podcast Movement (https://virtual.podcastmovement.com) - Use Code BEYOND for a great discount! * Textexpander (https://textexpander.com/podcast?utm_source=beyond-the-to-do-list&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=t extexpander-Sep-2020)
Bruce Tulgan (https://amzn.to/2FMhgY3) is a leading expert on young people in the workplace and one of the leading experts on leadership and management. Bruce is a best-selling author, an adviser to business leaders all over the world, and a sought-after keynote speaker and management trainer. His latest book is The Art of Being Indispensable at Work: Win Influence, Beat Overcommitment, and Get the Right Things Done (https://amzn.to/2FMhgY3). In this conversation Bruce talks about how to beat overcommitment, understand Influence and when to say no, and how to say yes. This episode is brought to you by: * Woven (http://woven.com/podcast/beyond) * Betterhelp (http://betterhelp.com/beyond)
Laura Vanderkam (https://amzn.to/3aEl497) is the author of several time management and productivity books, including Off the Clock, I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours. This is her 5th appearance on the show. Her new book is The New Corner Office: How the Most Successful People Work from Home (https://amzn.to/3aEl497). In this conversation Laura Vanderkam draws from her 18 years of experience working remotely to share strategies for productivity, creativity, and health in the world of remote work. This episode is brought to you by: * Podcast Movement Virtual (https://virtual.podcastmovement.com) Use code BEYOND for a great discount! * Woven (http://woven.com/podcast/beyond)
Cal Newport is the author of Deep Work (https://amzn.to/2N6I3hm) and So Good They Can’t Ignore You (https://amzn.to/2EaHn83). Cal’s latest book is Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World (https://amzn.to/2Ee4yyh). In this conversation, Cal and Erik talk about the premise of the book: Technology is intrinsically neither good nor bad. The key is using it to support your goals and values, rather than letting it use you. This episode is brought to you by: * Athletic Greens (http://athleticgreens.com/beyond) * Woven (http://woven.com/podcast/beyond) * Betterhelp (http://betterhelp.com/beyond)
Brooke McAlary of The Slow Your Home Podcast talks about creating Rhythms, Rituals and Routines to slow down and have more simplicity in your life. Her book is Destination Simple: Everyday Rituals for a Slower Life (http://amzn.to/2xEjrXl). This episode is brought to you by: * Woven (http://woven.com/podcast/beyond) * Textexpander (https://textexpander.com/podcast?utm_source=beyond-the-to-do-list&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=t extexpander-Aug-2020)
David Allen (https://amzn.to/2NMVoxT) is the originator of GTD. GTD is the shorthand brand for “Getting Things Done“. GTD enables greater performance, capacity, and innovation. It alleviates the feeling of overwhelm—instilling focus, clarity, and confidence. In this conversation David talks about the new Getting Things Done Workbook (https://amzn.to/2NMVoxT), developing the skill of outcome and action thinking and overcoming the biggest objections to the GTD methodology. This episode is brought to you by: * Betterhelp (http://betterhelp.com/beyond) * Setapp (https://setapp.com?utm_source=sponsorship&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=beyondthetodolist)
Ian Morgan Cron (https://ianmorgancron.com) is a bestselling author, Enneagram teacher, nationally recognized speaker, psychotherapist, and Episcopal priest. In his book 'The Road Back to You (http://amzn.to/2vWB8k5)', Ian presents an approachable and practical path to access the wisdom of the Enneagram. He also hosts the Typology Podcast (https://www.typologypodcast.com). Ian covered the basics of the Enneagram in the last episode (https://beyondthetodolist.com/333). In this conversation Ian covers the productivity hangups of each enneagram type and how to overcome them. This podcast is brought to you by: * Athletic Greens (http://athleticgreens.com/beyond) * Miro (http://miro.com/beyond) * Betterhelp (http://betterhelp.com/beyond)
Ian Morgan Cron (https://ianmorgancron.com) is a bestselling author, Enneagram teacher, nationally recognized speaker, psychotherapist, and Episcopal priest. In his book 'The Road Back to You (http://amzn.to/2vWB8k5)', Ian presents an approachable and practical path to access the wisdom of the Enneagram. He also hosts the Typology Podcast (https://www.typologypodcast.com). In this conversation Ian Morgan Crongives gives an overview of what the Enneagram is and the key attributes of a healthy and unhealthy version of each of the 9 types. This podcast is brought to you by: * Setapp (https://setapp.com?utm_source=sponsorship&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=beyondthetodolist) * Betterhelp (http://betterhelp.com/beyond)
Mike Sturm (https://mikesturm.net/wabi-sabi-way/) is the publisher of the weekly newsletter Woolgathering (https://mikesturm.net/woolgathering/), which is intended to help you think better, more creatively, and add more value to your life and work. His first book is Be, Think, Do (https://amzn.to/2TSreZq) Essays on Personal Development and Productivity. Mike's new book is The Wabi-Sabi Way (https://mikesturm.net/wabi-sabi-way/). In this conversation Mike talks with Erik about what Wabi Sabi Is, and how to talk The Wabi-Sabi Way. This episode is brought to you by: * Betterhelp (http://betterhelp.com/beyond) * Textexpander (https://textexpander.com/podcast?utm_source=beyond-the-to-do-list&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=t extexpander-Jul-2020)
Mike Sturm is the publisher of the weekly newsletter Woolgathering (https://mikesturm.net/woolgathering/), which is intended to help you think better, more creatively, and add more value to your life and work. His first book is Be, Think, Do (https://amzn.to/2TSreZq) Essays on Personal Development and Productivity. This episode is brought to you by: * Setapp (https://setapp.com?utm_source=sponsorship&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=beyondthetodolist)
Mike Robbins (https://mike-robbins.com/together/) is an author, thought leader and sought-after speaker who teaches people, leaders, and teams to infuse their lives and businesses with authenticity and appreciation. As a leadership expert, he partners with some of the top organizations in the world helping enhance performance, trust, and belonging. His new book is 'We're All in This Together: Creating a Team Culture of High Performance, Trust, and Belonging (https://amzn.to/2BzSeJO)'. In this conversation Mike and Erik talk about the 4 pillars of how to create a team culture of high performance, trust, and belonging. This episode is brought to you by: Miro (http://miro.com/beyond)
Liz Fosslien (https://amzn.to/2MB1df5) is a consultant on product design and experience design projects with companies including Salesforce, SYPartners, and Ernst & Young. Her work has been featured by The Economist, The Financial Times, NPR, Quartz, Fast Company, the Freakonomics Blog, and LifeHacker. Her book 'No Hard Feelings: Emotions At Work and How They Help Us Succeed (https://amzn.to/2MB1df5)' (co-author Mollie West Duffy) takes a look at how emotions profoundly affect key aspects of professional life. The book serves as a deeply researched guide to un-repressing emotions at work, finding constructive channels even for jealousy and anxiety, and demystifying digital interactions and coworker communication styles. This episode is brought to you by: * Setapp (https://setapp.com?utm_source=sponsorship&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=beyondthetodolist) * UCI (https://ce.uci.edu/about/trending/toolkits.aspx?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=paid-social&ut m_campaign=Beyondtodo&utm_term=19-20)
Melissa Steginus (https://melissasteginus.com) is a mindfulness teacher and productivity coach helping people structure their work and lives to be intentional, empowering, and fulfilling. With a background in social work and over a decade of experience as a counsellor, coach, yoga instructor, and world traveller, Melissa has helped thousands of people transform their personal and professional lives. Her book is Self Care at Work: How to Reduce Stress, Boost Productivity, and Do More of What Matters. (https://amzn.to/37l6vG2) You can find her course on Skillshare here (https://www.skillshare.com/classes/Self-Care-for-Productivity-Creating-an-Action-Plan-for-Wellness-at-Work/137518673?via=user-profile). In this conversation Melissa and Erik discuss common excuses and hangups that keep people from making an intentional plan for self-care, the importance of self-care, and how to make it personal, purposeful and practical. This episode is brought to you by: Miro (http://miro.com/beyond) Setapp (https://setapp.com?utm_source=sponsorship&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=beyondthetodolist)
Elizabeth Emens is a Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, and the author of Life Admin: How I Learned to Do Less, Do Better, and Live More (https://amzn.to/2MZjdQr). Elizabeth Emens was a working mother with two young children, swamped like so many of us, when she realized that this invisible labor was consuming her. Desperate to survive and to help others along the way, she conducted interviews and focus groups to gather favorite tips and tricks, admin confessions, and the secrets of admin-happy households. Life Admin (https://amzn.to/2MZjdQr)tackles the problem of admin in all its forms, from everyday tasks like scheduling doctors appointments and paying bills, to life-cycle events like planning a wedding, a birth, a funeral. Emens explores how this labor is created, how it affects our lives, and how we might avoid, reduce, and redistribute admin whenever possible—as individuals and as a society. This episode is brought to you by: * Textexpander (https://textexpander.com/podcast?utm_source=beyond-the-to-do-list&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=t extexpander-Jun-2020) * Brain.fm (http://beyondthetodolist.com/brainfm)
Mamie Kanfer Stewart (https://amzn.to/2TEssdi) founded Meeteor, a global venture providing meeting management solutions. Through consulting and technology, Meeteor enables teams and organizations to develop a healthy and productive meeting culture. Her book is Momentum: Creating Effective, Engaging and Enjoyable Meetings (https://amzn.to/2TEssdi). In this episode Made talks about how to the your meetings where they have been to where they could be: a huge collaborative tool towards greater goals. This episode is brought to you by: * UCI (https://ce.uci.edu/about/trending/toolkits.aspx?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=paid-social&ut m_campaign=Beyondtodo&utm_term=19-20) * Setapp (https://setapp.com?utm_source=sponsorship&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=beyondthetodolist) * Betterhelp (http://betterhelp.com/beyond)
Chris Bailey (https://amzn.to/2LEhSMJ) turned down lucrative job offers to pursue a lifelong dream—to spend a year performing a deep dive experiment into the pursuit of productivity, a subject he had been enamored with since he was a teenager. Erik and Chris talked about his first book The Productivity Project during the last episode he appeared on. Chris is back to talk about his new book Hyperfocus: How to Be More Productive in a World of Distraction (https://amzn.to/2LEhSMJ). In this conversation Chris talks with Erik about: * Hyperfocus * Scatterfocus * Attention Residue * Mental RAM * Boredom This episode is broguth to you by: * Setapp (https://setapp.com?utm_source=sponsorship&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=beyondthetodolist) * Betterhelp (http://betterhelp.com/beyond)
Lacy Boggs (https://lacyboggs.com) is director of The Content Direction Agency (https://lacyboggs.com). She helps small businesses and solopreneurs teach them how to drive their own content marketing with strategies and frameworks that make content easier and more effective to produce. In this conversation Lacy talks with Erik about how she built her business putting in just 20 hours a week, has maintained flexibility and work life balance, and made time for herself and family along the way. This episode is brought to you by: LinkedIn Learning (http://linkedinlearning.com/todo)
Michael J. Breus, Ph.D (https://thepowerofwhenquiz.com)., is a Clinical Psychologist and both a Diplomate of the American Board of Sleep Medicine and a Fellow of The American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Michael joins Erik in this episode to talk about discovering your chronotype, and the difference that can make not only to your sleep quality and quantity, but to your day to day productivity as well! In this Michael’s book ‘The Power of When: Discover Your Chronotype (https://amzn.to/2A4HW3y)–and the Best Time to Eat Lunch, Ask for a Raise, Have Sex, Write a Novel, Take Your Meds, and More’ is out now, and a must read! This episode is brought to you by: * Setapp (https://setapp.com?utm_source=sponsorship&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=beyondthetodolist) * Textexpander (https://textexpander.com/podcast?utm_source=beyond-the-to-do-list&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=textexp ander-May-2020)
Matt Bodnar is also the Creator and Host of The Science of Success Podcast. (https://www.successpodcast.com) He was named to "Forbes 30 Under 30” and partner in multiple "Inc Fastest Growing Companies," is a deal maker and strategy expert who has scaled businesses across multiple industries. Bodnar has acquired more than 25 private businesses. In this conversation Matt talks with Erik about the Psychology of Business and Decision Making, Contemplative routines, the 80/20 Principle And keeping a work journal.
Nir Eyal (https://amzn.to/2yE7aoQ) is the bestselling author of 'Indistractable: 'How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life' (https://amzn.to/2yE7aoQ). In this conversation Erik And Nir talk about the secret of finally doing what you say you will do and the hidden psychology driving us to distraction. He describes why solving the problem is not as simple as swearing off our devices. This show is broight to you by: PolicyGenius Textexpander (https://textexpander.com/podcast?utm_source=beyond-the-to-do-list&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=textexp ander-Apr-2020)
James Clear (https://amzn.to/2EofwCm) is an author and speaker focused on habits, decision-making, and continuous improvement. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Entrepreneur, Time, and on CBS This Morning. He is a regular speaker at Fortune 500 companies and his work is used by teams in the NFL, NBA, and MLB. Through his online course, The Habits Academy, Clear has taught more than 10,000 leaders, managers, coaches, and teachers. In this episode James talks with Erik about his new book Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (https://amzn.to/2EofwCm) This podcast is brought to you by: * LinkedIn Learning (http://linkedinlearning.com/todo) * Betterhelp (http://betterhelp.com/beyond)
In this brief 15 min episode, Erik takes a few minutes to talk about two previous crisis from his past in hopes of being real about how there is no 'one size fits all' approach to life and productivity when a crisis hits. Mentioned in this episode: * Anne Bogel on Overthinking, Decision Making and Self-Awareness (https://beyondthetodolist.com/315) * Jess Cording on Managing Stress and Anxiety (https://beyondthetodolist.com/311) * Kate Swoboda on Courage as a Habit and Emotional Resilience (https://beyondthetodolist.com/318) * James Beshara on Caffeine Alternatives for Energy and Productivity (https://beyondthetodolist.com/312) * Brainfm - Get 20% off a year! (http://beyondthetodolist.com/brainfm)
Kate Swoboda is author of 'The Courage Habit: How to Accept Your Fears, Release the Past, and Live Your Courageous Life (https://amzn.to/2JASV6h)'. She's also Director of the Courageous Living Coach Certification where she teaches people how to change old patterns of self-doubt and create courageous habits (and courageous lives) using the principles of habit-formation. She has been a consultant for teams within businesses, and she's spoken at conferences and seminars on the topic of courage as it relates to personal development, releasing overwhelm, business and marketing, money mindset, wellness, increasing emotional resilience, and healthy goal-setting using habit-formation techniques. This show is brought to you by: * Listables (http://listables.com) * Textexpander (https://textexpander.com/podcast?utm_source=beyond-the-to-do-list&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=textexp ander-Apr-2020)
Michael Hyatt (https://visiondrivenleader.com/beyond) is the founder and CEO of Michael Hyatt & Company (https://visiondrivenleader.com/beyond) and no stranger to this podcast! His newest book is 'The Vision Driven Leader: 10 Questions to Focus Your Efforts, Energize Your Team, and Scale Your Business (https://visiondrivenleader.com/beyond)'. In this conversation Michael and Erik discuss the need for a vision script instead of a vision statement, energizing your team and creating a vision script for growth of your organization. This episode is brought to you by: LinkedIn Learning (http://linkedinlearning.com/beyond) Sunbasket (http://sunbasket.com/beyond) Promo code 'beyond' for $35 off your first order
Grant Baldwin (https://amzn.to/2Qxgxwl) is the founder and CEO of TheSpeakerLab.com, a training company for public speakers. He is the best-selling author of "The Successful Speaker (https://amzn.to/2Qxgxwl)" and also host of "The Speaker Lab Podcast." In this episode Grant and Erik talk about getting started as a speaker and productivity tips for speakers just getting started or further on in their journey. This episode Is brought to you by: * Betterhelp (http://betterhlp.com/beyond) * Brainfm (http://beyondthetodolist.com/brainfm)
Anne Bogel is an Author (https://www.amazon.com/Anne-Bogel/e/B00MAQ12HW/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1), Podcaster (https://modernmrsdarcy.com/what-should-i-read-next/), and Blogger. This is her third appearance on the show. Anne’s new book is Don't Overthink It - Make Better Dicisions, Stop Second Guessing, and Bring More Joy to Your Life (https://amzn.to/2PHp67m). This podcast is brought to you by: Betterhelp (http://betterhelp.com/beyond) Listables (http://listables)
Merlin Mann (http://www.merlinmann.com) is an independent writer, speaker, and broadcaster based in San Francisco. Merlin mostly makes podcasts: Do By Friday (http://dobyfriday.com/), Reconcilable Differences (http://relay.fm/rd), Roderick on the Line (http://www.roderickontheline.com/), and Back to Work (http://5by5.tv/b2w). Covered in this episode: Examining the known inboxes you have in your life The inboxes we have accepted How thoughts effect our feelings and vice versa Fear vs Anxiety Interruptions vs distractions This podcast brought to you by: * Betterhelp (http://betterhelp.com/beyond) * Sunbasket (http://sunbasket.com/beyond) * Textexpander (http://textexpander.com/podcast)
Merlin Mann (http://www.merlinmann.com) is an independent writer, speaker, and broadcaster based in San Francisco. Merlin mostly makes podcasts: Do By Friday (http://dobyfriday.com/), Reconcilable Differences (http://relay.fm/rd), Roderick on the Line (http://www.roderickontheline.com/), and Back to Work (http://5by5.tv/b2w). Covered in this episode: Different definitions of the word ‘productivity’ Merlin’s superhero origin story as a productivity student The creation of 43Folders, the transition from then to today Getting Things Done by David Allen ©DavidCo, 2001. (https://amzn.to/3bZAyEU) Mentioned in this episode: * Betterhelp (http://betterhelp.com/beyond) * LinkedIn Learning (http://linkedinlearning.com/todo)
James Beshara (https://beyondcoffeebook.com) is a startup founder and investor in San Francisco, CA. After developing a heart condition in 2013 from excess caffeine consumption, James became fascinated by the science and research backing up alternatives to caffeine for energy, productivity, and focus. His new book is 'Beyond Coffee: A Sustainable Guide to Nootropics, Adaptogens, and Mushrooms' (https://amzn.to/37zSnY2). In this conversation Erik and James talk about James past relationship with caffeine, decreasIng stress and improving productivity. Mentioned in this episode: Honeybook (tryhoneybook.com/beyond) Brain fm (http://BeyondTheToDoList.com/brainfm)
Jessica Cording (https://amzn.to/2OF4sUV), MS, RD, CDN, INHC is a registered dietitian, health coach, and writer with a passion for helping people streamline their wellness routine and establish a balanced relationship with food and exercise. Through her writing, consulting, public speaking, and counseling, she works with individuals, corporations, and the media to help make drama-free healthy living approachable and enjoyable. Her new book is The Little Book of Game-Changers: 50 Healthy Habits For Managing Stress & Anxiety (https://amzn.to/2OF4sUV). In this converdsation, she and Erik talk scheduling time to worry, getting the right amount of caffeine, and having a plan for loneliness. Mentioned in this episode: Brain.fm - Try it FREE and get 20% off your first month! (http://beyondthetodolist.com/brainfm)
John Jantsch (https://amzn.to/2RM90uY) is a marketing consultant, speaker and best selling author Duct Tape Marketing, Duct Tape Selling, The Commitment Engine, The Referral Engine and SEO for Growth. He is the creator of the Duct Tape Marketing System and Duct Tape Marketing Consulting Network that trains and licenses small business marketing consultants around the world. John's new book is 'The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur: 366 Daily Meditations to Feed Your Soul and Grow Your Business (https://amzn.to/2RM90uY)'. Mentioned in this episode: * Baked By Melissa (http://bakedbymelissa.com/beyond) * Sun Basket (http://sunbasket.com/beyond)
Amber De La Garza (http://amberdelagarza.com) works with business owners who are ready to transform the way they work so they can reduce stress, maximize time, and grow their business. She is also the host of the Productivity Straight Talk Podcast (https://amberdelagarza.com/podcast/). In this conversation, Amber talks with Erik about putting your best time towards your best activities and the four buckets every business owner needs to be filling. Mentioned in this episode: Brain.fm (http://beyondthetodolist.com.brainfm) Metpro (http://metpro.co/beyond)
Donald Miller (https://buildingastorybrand.com) is all about story. He is the author of several books, including multiple New York Times Best Sellers. After studying story for years and successfully using the elements of story to engage customers, Don created StoryBrand, a process any business owner or marketing team can go through to create a communication script that will increase sales. In this conversation Donald talks with Erik about how the principles of a good story can lead to a meaningful life. Mentioned in tbis episode: * Honeybook (http://honeybook.com/beyond) * Brain.fm (http://BeyondTheToDoList.com/brainfm) * Storybrand (https://amzn.to/2R9Wc12) * A Million Miles in a Thousand Years (https://amzn.to/30Ll4iU) * The Storyline Productivity Schedule (http://buildingastorybrand.com/episode-25/#sps)
Rob Bell (https://robbell.com) is a New York Times bestselling author and top Podcaster (https://robbell.com). He’s been profiled in The New Yorker, he’s toured with Oprah on her Life You Want Tour, and in 2011 Time Magazine named him one of the 100 Most Influential People In The World. In this conversation, Rob and Erik talk about Rob's book Be Here Now (https://amzn.to/2NtvTAO) and how to gain the proper perspective and awareness of ‘being here now’ through practicing rituals, routines, rhythms and taking a sabbath. Mentioned in this episode: Textexpander (https://textexpander.com/podcast?utm_source=beyond-the-to-do-list&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=t extexpander-Jan-2020) Metpro (http://metpro.co/beyond)
Ryan McRae has had Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder all of his life, but he wasn’t going to let ADHD run him down. He has worked to figure out how to take all the benefits and cancel out all the drawbacks. Ryan has been on the show previously to talk about ADHD, But in this conversation he and Erik talk about Setting resolitions and sticking to them. Mentioned in this episode: Sun Basket (http://sunbasket.com/beyond) Blinkist (http://blinkist.com/beyond)
Ryan McRae has had Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder all of his life, but he wasn’t going to let ADHD run him down. He has worked to figure out how to take all the benefits and cancel out all the drawbacks. Ryan has been on the show previously to talk about ADHD, But in this conversation he and Erik talk about Hygge, Pacing and Rest. Mentioned in this episode: UCI (http://ce.uci.edu/beyondtodolist) MetPro (http://metpro.co/beyond)
Daniel Clark is the CEO of Brain.fm (http://beyondthetodolist.com/brainfm). Brain.fm (http://beyondthetodolist.com/brainfm) makes music to help you do what you need to do, better. The company uses a patented AI engine to generate music backed by scientific research to help listeners focus, relax, and sleep. While “normal,” everyday music is primarily made to sound good and evoke feelings, Brain.fm (http://beyondthetodolist.com/brainfm) works with a team of music composers backed by PhD-led scientific research to engineer music specifically designed to enhance these states within minutes of use. Daniel also made an offer to all listeners of this show: Try it out FREE AND get 20% off your first year! (http://beyondthetodolist.com/brainfm) Mentioned in this episode: Blinkist (http://blinkist.com/beyond) Finance Pal (http://financepal.com/beyond) UCI (http://ce.uci.edu/beyondtodolist)
Jonathan Levi grew up struggling with learning disabilities, low self esteem, bullying, and severe depression. Today he helps others as an author (The Only Skill that Matters: The Proven Methodology to Read Faster, Remember More, and Become a SuperLearner (https://amzn.to/36agRXg)) and podcaster (THE SUPERHUMAN ACADEMY PODCAST (https://superhumanacademy.com/podcasts/)) to overcome their personal battles & become the person they dream of being. In this episode Jonathan talks about learning, speed reading, memory improvement and memory palaces. Mentioned in this episode: * The EarlyBird Morning Cocktail from Club EarlyBird (http://clubearlybird.com/beyond) * Finance Pal (http://financepal.com/beyond) * Textexpander (https://textexpander.com/podcast?utm_source=beyond-the-to-do-list&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=t extexpander-Dec-2019)
Eric Zimmer (https://www.oneyoufeed.net) is a behavior coach, podcast host, and author inspired by the quest for a greater understanding of how our minds work and how to intentionally create the lives we want to live. Eric is the host of 'The One You Feed (https://www.oneyoufeed.net)'. The show features conversations with experts across many fields of study about how to create a life that has less suffering and more fulfillment and meaning. Mentioned in this episode: * The EarlyBird Morning Cocktail from Club EarlyBird (http://clubearlybird.com/beyond) * Metpro (http://metpro.co/beyond) * Creditrepair.com (https://www.creditrepair.com/?tid=15619) * Ziprecruiter (http://ziprecruiter.com/beyond)
Michael Dietrich-Chastain (http://thechangesbook.com) is a psychotherapist, an executive coach, and an organizational consultant at his firm Arc Integrated. He is also the author of the book CHANGES: The Busy Professional’s Guide to Reducing Stress, Accomplishing Goals, and Mastering Adaptability (https://amzn.to/37yWyV4). Mentioned in this episode: * Blinkist (http://blinkist.com/beyond) * Creditrepair.com (https://www.creditrepair.com/?tid=15619) * UCI (http://ce.uci.edu/beyondtodolist)
Craig Jarrow is the author of Time Management Ninja. The mission of his site is to help individuals and companies reclaim their time. His new book is Time Management Ninja: 21 Rules for More Time and Less Stress in Your Life (https://amzn.to/35bdjng). In this episode Craig talks with Erik about the productivity tools to make more time and get rid of stress Mentioned in this episode: * Honeybook (http://honeybook.com/beyond) * Textexpander (https://textexpander.com/podcast?utm_source=beyond-the-to-do-list&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=t extexpander-Nov-2019) * Ora Organic (http://ora.organic) * MetPro (http://metpro.co/beyond)
Megan McNealy (https://www.meganmcnealy.com) has devoted her career to helping others achieve their highest potential-- by helping clients attain financial freedom through her Wealth Management career, and by helping readers and audiences master total well-being through her impactful work as a Well-Being and Success thought leader. In Reinvent the Wheel (https://amzn.to/2O1fYZJ), McNealy takes on the mistaken belief, pervasive in our workplaces, that doing well is more important than being well. In executive summary style, with to-the-point research combined with poignant stories, McNealy shows that well-being, in fact, drives, promotes and accelerates success. Mentioned in this episode: * CreditRepair.com (https://www.creditrepair.com/?tid=15619) * UCI (http://ce.uci.edu/beyondtodolist) * Ziprecruiter (http://ziprecruiter.com/beyond)
Charlie Gilkey (http://startfinishingbook.com) is the founder of Productive Flourishing (https://www.productiveflourishing.com), a website that helps changemakers (creatives, leaders, and entrepreneurs) start finishing the stuff that matters. Productive Flourishing is routinely placed in the Top 50 websites for planning, productivity, creativity, and team development for creative folk. Charlie's new book Start Finishing (https://amzn.to/34fQw9t) presents a 9-step method for converting an idea into a project by addressing the challenges you'll face and getting the project on a reality-based schedule. Mentioned in this episode: Metpro (http://metpro.co/beyond) Eyeconic (http://eyeconic.com/beyond) UCI (http://ce.uci.edu/beyondtodolist) Ned (http://helloned.com/beyond)
John Meese (https://johnmeese.com) helps leaders build an online audience around their message as the Dean of Platform University (https://platformuniversity.com), and helps entrepreneurs systemize success so that they can get more results from less effort on his personal blog. In this conversation John and Erik talk about: * Why John doesn't have any social media accounts * The thought process he and his wife went through to leave social media * The personal and professional benefits of not using social media * Why John doesn't have internet at his home! Mentioned in this episode: * Blinkist (http://blinkist.com/beyond) * Ora Organic (http://ora.organic) - Use code 'beyond' for 15% off your first order * UCI (http://ce.uci.edu/beyondtodolist)
Dr. Stanley G. Robertson is the author of the book 'Quit: The Last Principle of Success (https://amzn.to/2P9PIif)'. In this conversation, Stanley and Erik discuss: * The stigma of quitting * The steps of qutting well * Bad reasons to quit things * Why our brain can't let it go Mentioned in this episode: * MetPro (http://metpro.co/beyond) * Ned (http://helloned.com/beyond) * Eyeconic (http://eyeconic.com/beyond) * Ziprecruiter (http://ziprecruiter.com/beyond)
Tim Campos is former Chief Information Officer at Facebook, and is now the co-founder and CEO of Woven (https://woven.com). The Woven (https://woven.com) calendar app makes shared scheduling much easier, a first step along the way to better managing your time. The app pulls together every stage of the calendar lifecycle – planning, scheduling, preparation, meeting, and follow-up – and puts it into a smart, cohesive view. In this conversation Tim talks with Erik about overcoming the productivity pitfalls of the Calendar. Mentioned in this episode: * CreditRepair.com (https://www.creditrepair.com/?tid=15619) * Ora Organic (http://ora.organic) * Textexpander (https://textexpander.com/podcast?utm_source=beyond-the-to-do-list&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=t extexpander-Oct-2019)
David Hauser (https://amzn.to/2n1iLZB) is a serial entrepreneur who launched several companies before he began high school. David spent his youth working more than one hundred hours a week, until he realized the toll it was taking on his mind, body, and life. After failing to see results from conventional wisdom, he decided to do what he does best: innovate. His unique journey to wellness has helped him realize his life's purpose of empowering others to optimize their own lives by reclaiming their health. David's new book is Unstoppable - 4 Steps to Transform Your Life (https://amzn.to/2n1iLZB) in which he provides an open structure that encourages you to experiment with all the factors that contribute to wellness—from nutrition and exercise, to sleep, yoga, meditation, productivity, and more. In this conversation David talks with Erik about the different experiments and tests he went through to compile his findings for the book.
Tonya Dalton is the host of the Productivity Paradox Podcast (https://ppx.inkwellpress.com), a show with actionable strategies & exercises to help you create a life centered around your own personal priorities. Her new book is The Joy of Missing Out: Live More by Doing Less (https://joyofmissingout.com). In this conversation Tonya and Erik talk about what the "Joy of Missing Out" is, overcoming overwhelm and taking ownership. Mentioned in this episode: * Ora Organic (ora.organic/beyond) * Blinkist (http://blinkist.com/beyond) * UCI (http://ce.uci.edu/beyondtodolist)
Ryan Hanley (http://ryanhanley.com) is the CEO at Metabolic, a unique fitness program centered around Metabolic Training, or “strength training at a pace”; the ultimate blend of strength and cardio. He was previously a content marketing writer, speaker, and consultant specializing in the insurance industry. In this conversation Ryan and Erik talk about why we make excuses, how to overcome them, moving past expecting instant results, scheduling margin for creativer work and more. Mentioned in this episode: Eyeconic (http://eyeconic.com/beyond) UCI (http://ce.uci.edu/beyondtodolist) Ned (http://helloned.com/beyond)
Nir Eyal (http://NirAndFar.com/Indistractable) is the bestselling author of "Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products (https://amzn.to/32I7vQR)" and "Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life. (https://amzn.to/2ZXNvgi)" He has taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Hasso Plattner Institute of Design. His writing on technology, psychology, and business appears in the Harvard Business Review, The Atlantic, TechCrunch, and Psychology Today. In this conversation he talks with Erik about the hidden psychology driving us to distraction. He describes why solving the problem is not as simple as swearing off our devices: Abstinence is impractical and often makes us want more. Eyal lays bare the secret of finally doing what you say you will do with a four-step, research-backed model. Indistractable reveals the key to getting the best out of technology, without letting it get the best of us.
David Allen (https://amzn.to/2NMVoxT) is the originator of GTD. GTD is the shorthand brand for “Getting Things Done“. GTD enables greater performance, capacity, and innovation. It alleviates the feeling of overwhelm—instilling focus, clarity, and confidence. In this conversation David talks about the new Getting Things Done Workbook (https://amzn.to/2NMVoxT), developing the skill of outcome and action thinking and overcoming the biggest objections to the GTD methodology.
Melanie Penna is the head of CX Integration at Comcast. In this conversation we talk about setting up an organization that is able to support changes, identifying known issues or gaps in your processes. Mentioned in this episode: * Blinkist (http://blinkist.com/beyond) * UCI (http://ce.uci.edu/BeyondToDoList)
Kris Ward (https://amzn.to/33Ysv7x) is the founder of Win The Hour, Win the Day (https://amzn.to/33Ysv7x), a platform and Amazon best-selling book, that helps entrepreneurs to systematically grow their business and, oh, by the way, enjoy a personal life too. After the loss of her husband, Kris returned full-time to the marketing & branding agency she had founded years earlier, only to find her business was thriving. She began teaching clients the exact systems & process that had freed her up and helped her during that difficult time and changed their lives in the process. Through sound time management principles - that anyone can easily understand and apply - Kris’ clients now had more time, freedom and recaptured the joy & fun they once had when they first started their businesses. Mentioned in this episode: * UCI (http://ce.uci.edu/BeyondToDoList) * Eyeconic (http://eyeconic.com/beyond) * NED (http://helloned.com/beyond)
Pete Mockaitis (http://twitter.com/peteawe) is an award-winning trainer and coach who helps professionals perform optimally at work. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, and Inc. He began his career at Bain & Company and currently hosts the How to be Awesome at Your Job podcast (https://awesomeatyourjob.com). The show has been downloaded over 8,000,000 times and consistently ranks as a top business show in Apple Podcasts. Erik was recently a guest on Pete's show! (https://awesomeatyourjob.com/461-tactics-for-boosting-productivity-and-banishing-distraction-with-erik-fisher/) Mentioned in this episode: * UCI (http://ce.uci.edu/BeyondToDoList) * NED (http://helloned.com/beyond) * Ziprecruiter (http://ziprecruiter.com/beyond)
Moe Carrick (https://amzn.to/2MR9xcL) has over 30 years of experience working in organizations on issues of partnership, leadership, strategy, and culture. Her latest book 'Bravespace Workplace (https://amzn.to/2MR9xcL)' shows how leaders need to focus on six interdependent levers of their day-to-day work (culture, leadership, team, meaning, design, and partnership with machines) to materially enliven and lift the humanity and the performance of everyone who works for them – which is a win–win for both employee and employer. Bravespace Workplace offers a clearly imagined future for organizations in which the people who work there grow, connect, and thrive. Mentioned in this episode: * Eyeconic (http://eyeconic.com/beyond) * UCI (http://ce.uci.edu/BeyondToDoList) * Textexpander (https://textexpander.com/podcast?utm_source=beyond-the-to-do-list&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=t extexpander-Aug-2019)
Miles Adcox is an entrepreneur, speaker, host, and coach. He is the Owner and CEO of Onsite, an internationally-known emotional wellness lifestyle brand that delivers life-changing personal growth workshops, inspiring content, leadership retreats, and emotional treatment. In this conversation Miles talkes with Erik about prioritizing emotional wellness and mental health and margin. Mentioned in this episode: * Blinkist (http://blinkist.com/beyond) * UCI (http://ce.uci.edu/BeyondToDoList) * Donald Miller - Scary Close (https://amzn.to/2T4VIst) * Donald Miller - Beyond the To-Do List 1 (https://beyondthetodolist.com/57) * Donald Miller - Beyond the To-Do List 2 (https://beyondthetodolist.com/94)
Shawn Blanc is the founder of The Sweet Setup, a site that recommends the best apps for your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Shawn and his team are incredibly prolific in their reviews and recommendations of mac and iOS apps, but also create great training courses for those apps including: Unlock 1Password (https://thesweetsetup.com/1password/?ref=2) All The Things (https://thesweetsetup.com/things/?ref=2) Day One In Depth (https://thesweetsetup.com/dayone/?ref=2) Learn Ulysses (https://thesweetsetup.com/ulysses/?ref=2) In this conversation taken from bonus material from the 'All The Things' course, Shawn dicsusses overwhelm, course correction and choosing a task management software with Erik in this reverse interview. Mentioned in this episode: * Betterhelp (http://betterhelp.com/beyond) * MetPro (http://metpro.co/beyond) * Babbel (http://babbel.com)
Liane Davey (https://www.lianedavey.com/) is known as the “teamwork doctor,” and for the past 25 years, Liane has researched and advised teams on how to achieve high performance. In her latest book The Good Fight, Liane Davey shows you how to create the productive conflict your organization needs to get along and get stuff done. Mentioned in this episode: * Betterhelp (http://betterhelp.com/beyond) * MetPro (http://metpro.co/beyond) * Babbel (http://babbel.com)
Brad Barrett is the cohost of ChooseFI (https://www.choosefi.com), a podcast explaining Financial Independance and why it is a liberating and achievable concept, and how just about any one can do it. They find smart and creative life hacks to make our lives easier. In this episode Brad talks with Erik about how to eat well and stay active while prioritizing finances in the right places. Mentioned in this episode: * University of California Irvine - Use code 'beyond' to get 15% off one course! (http://ce.uci.edu/beyondthetodolist) * Babbel - Try it free! (http://babbel.com) * Ziprecruiter (http://ziprecruiter.com/beyond)
Steven Rogelberg (https://amzn.to/2XlD6Vv) is researcher and consultant to some of the world’s most successful companies and Chancellor's Professor at University of North Carolina, Charlotte. He has well over 100 publications and recently won the highly prestigious Humboldt Award for his research on meeting science. His new book 'The Surprising Science of Meetings' (https://amzn.to/2XlD6Vv) draws from extensive research and survey interviews with over 5,000 employees across a range of industries to share the proven practices and techniques that help managers and employees enhance the quality of their meetings. In this conversation Steven talks with Erik about what's wrong with meetings, why they get a bad name and how we can start to fix them. Mentioned in this episode: * Metpro (http://metpro.co/beyond) * Textexpander (https://textexpander.com/podcast?utm_source=beyond-the-to-do-list&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=t extexpander-Jul-2019) * A Conference Call in Real Life - Tripp and Tyler (https://youtu.be/kNz82r5nyUw)
Stever Robbins (http://steverrobbins.com) is a Top-10 business podcaster since 2007, co-founder/team member of 9 startups. CEO coach and futurist. He is the host of Get-It-Done Guy's Quick and Dirty Tips to Work Less and Do More (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/get-it-done-guys-quick-and-dirty-tips-to-work-less-and-do-more/id268557178) where each week as he provides inventive productivity and organization tips to transform even the most overwhelmed person into an overachiever. In this conversation Stever and Erik talk about 'Speed Dating your tasks', 'Do It Days', Technology and Intentionality. Mentioned in this episode: MetPro (http://metpro.co/beyond) Betterhelp (http://betterhelp.com/beyond)
Angelo Poli is an internationally recognized expert in fitness and nutrition. He’s the Founder of MetPro (http://metpro.co/beyond), the world’s first algorithm based transformation engine. MetPro analyzes your metabolism and provides an individualized approach to obtaining your health goals. In this episode Erik talks with Angelo about this process as well as why constrast and consistency are key. Mentioned in this episode: MetPro (http://metpro.co/beyond) Betterhelp (http://betterhelp.com/beyond) Babbel (http://babbel.com)
Jaime Masters (http://eventualmillionaire.com/beyond) is the CEO of Evential Millionaire. She is a Business coach, author, and professional speaker and has hosted one-on-one interviews with over 350 millionaires and billionaires. In this conversation Jaime and Erik talk about 'Absolute Yes', Flow State, Time Tracking and Nootropics. Mentioned in this episode: * Babbel – Try Babbel for free! (https://babbel.com/) * Alpha Brain - Try it free! (http://beyondthetodolist.com/alphabrain) * Timeular - Track your time and get 10% off! (http://timeular.com/beyond)
Wade Foster is the co-founder and CEO of the automation platform Zapier (http://zapier.com). In this conversation Wade and Erik talk about the power of automation and delegation, and how to gain trust in your systems and relationships. Mentioned in this episode: Babbel – Try Babbel for free! (https://babbel.com/) Textexpander - Get 20% off your first year! (https://textexpander.com/podcast?utm_source=beyond-the-to-do-list&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=t extexpander-Jun-2019)
Mike Schmitz is a productivity nerd who loves to read books and enjoys making things. He cohosts the Bookworm Podcast (https://bookworm.fm) as well the Focused Podcast (https://www.relay.fm/focused). Mike has a new course out on Faith Based Productivity (http://beyondthetodolist.com/fbp). In this episode we talk about what that means, as well as why you don't have to have any specific religious belief to have a faith based productivity approach. We also talk about setting priorities and intentions by taking a personal retreat. Mentioned in this episode: Timular - Get 10% off and start tracking your time! (http://timeular.com/beyondthetodolist) Mike Schmitz' Faith Based Productivity Course (beyondthetodolist.com/fbp) Bookworm Podcast (https://bookworm.fm) Focused Podcast (https://www.relay.fm/focused)
Ruth Soukup is a New York Times Best Selling author, 7-figure entrepreneur, and author of the new book - Do It Scared: Finding the Courage to Face Your Fears, Overcome Obstacles, and Create a Life You Love. In this conversation she and Erik talk about fear archetypes, the principles of courage and creating an action plan. Mentioned in this episode: Timular - Get 10% off and start tracking your time! (http://timeular.com/beyondthetodolist) Ziprecruiter - Post your job for free! (http://ziprecruiter.com/beyond)
Jordan Lee Dooley (https://jordanleedooley.com) is an author, a podcast host, speaker and community builder whose work is dedicated to providing tools, motivation, and inspiration people need to show up for what you were made to do - in your career dreams, and in your everyday life. Her new book is 'Own Your Everyday: Overcome the Pressure to Prove and Show Up for What You Were Made to Do' (https://amzn.to/2Wi54Vy). Mentioned in this episode: Backblaze - Get a Free 15 day risk free trial! (http://backblaze.com/beyond) Own Your Everyday (https://amzn.to/2Wi54Vy)
Grant Sabatier is the creator of Millennial Money and author of Financial Freedom. His passion paking is making financial freedom accessible to all. His new book is Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need (https://amzn.to/30cG1Tg). The book is a blueprint for fast-tracking financial independence through personal finance, investing, and entrepreneurship, all broken down step by step. It’s the why, what, and how. He shares all of the mistakes he made, as well stories and strategies from others who’ve done it too. It’s definitely not your typical money book. Mentioned in this episode: Timeular - Get 10% of this amazing Time Tracker! (http://timeular.com/beyond) Textexpander - Get 20% off your first year! (https://textexpander.com/podcast?utm_source=beyond-the-to-do-list&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=t extexpander-May-2019)
Jessica Hartung founded Integrated Work, a consulting firm and learning laboratory for innovative work practices. Integrated Work focuses exclusively on growing mission driven leaders personally, professionally, and collectively, using an integrated, heartfelt blend that elevates work experiences into the training ground for change-making leadership. Jessica's new book is The Conscious Professional - Transform your Work Life (https://amzn.to/2VBuJZe). In this conversation Jessica Hartung talks with Erik about finding meaning in everyday tasks and activities by linking them to bigger-picture goals, owning your own learning, the power of reflection to create insights that make work better and taking responsibility to facilitate an environment of growth and improvement. Cove - Try your first month FREE! (http://withcove.com/beyond) Storyworth - Get $20 off your subscription! (http://storyworth.com/beyond)
Skip Prichard is an accomplished CEO, growth-oriented business leader, and keynote speaker. He is also a WSJ Bestselling Author. His latest book is The Book of Mistakes: 9 Secrets to Creating a Successful Future (https://amzn.to/2Y0AYDx). In this conversation Skip talks with Erik about discovering and following your personal purpose, pushing beyond your perceived capabilities and achieving more than you ever dreamed possible. Mentioned in this episode: Timeular - Get 10% of this amazing Time Tracker! (http://timeular.com/beyondthetodolist) Zebit - Get $2500 in credit, INTEREST FREE! (http://zebit.com/beyond)
James Sudakow is the principal and founder of CH Consulting where he has led engagements with clients ranging from small, entrepreneurial start-ups to Blue Chip Fortune 100 organizations across various industries including healthcare, medical device, technology, finance, and entertainment. Jame’s newest book is 'Out of the Blur: A Delirious Dad’s Search For The Holy Grail of Work-Life Balance (https://amzn.to/2Dm19fW)' which tells his story of building and running a small business while raising a family. Mentioned in this episode: Brain.fm - Try it Free and get 20% off your first year! (http://beyondthetodolist.com/brainfm) Ziprecruiter - Try it now for free! (http://ziprecruiter.com/beyond)
Michael Hyatt (https://freetofocusbook.com) is the founder and CEO of Michael Hyatt & Company and no stranger to this podcast! His newest book is 'Free to Focus: A Total Productivity System to Achieve More by Doing Less (https://amzn.to/2If0ocK)'. In this conversation Michael and Erik discuss what the Freedom to Focus is, getting into 'The Desire Zone' and how Michael applied Cal Newport's new book Digital Minimalism to eliminate distractions from his smartphone. Mentioned in this episode: Backblaze - Get a Free 15 Day Trial! (http://backblaze.com/beyond) Blinkist - Get a Free 7 Day Trial! (http://blinkist.com/beyond) Free to Focus (https://amzn.to/2If0ocK)
Mike Sturm is the publisher of the weekly Newsletter called Woolgathering, which is intended to help you think better, more creatively, and add more value to your life and work. His new book is Be, Think, Do (https://amzn.to/2TSreZq) Essays on Personal Development and Productivity. Mentioned in this episode: Zebit - Get $2500 in credit, INTEREST FREE! (https://zebit.com/beyond) [Textexpander - Get 20% off your first year!] (http://textexpander.com/podcast)(Textexpander.com/podcast) Be, Think, Do (https://amzn.to/2TSreZq)
Dave King is Founder and CEO of Move 37. He has more than 20 years’ product development and strategy experience in startups, agencies and corporate environments. Prior to Move 37 he founded the award-winning independent creative agency, The Royals. Jean is a social media assistant for business that makes coming up with social media ideas fun and easy.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Molekule – Use promo code ‘beyond’ to get $75 off your first order
- UCI – Get 15% of one course!
- Textexpander – Get 20% off your first year!
Jeremie Kubicek specializes in getting leaders to a higher level through his speaking, consulting and books. He takes complex concepts and adapts them into powerful tools that are practical and scalable. Jeremie speaks worldwide to audiences of all sizes across various industries and sectors. In this conversation Jeremie and Erik talk about his new book is The 100X Leader – How To Become A Person W0rth Following.
Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time-management and productivity books, including Off the Clock, I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours. She is the co-host, with Sarah Hart-Unger, of the podcast Best of Both Worlds and blogs at LauraVanderkam.com. In this episode, Laura talks with Erik about her new book: Juliet’s School of Possibilities: A Little Story About the Power of Priorities.
Aaron Dignan is the founder of The Ready, an organization design and transformation firm that helps institutions like Johnson & Johnson, Charles Schwab, Kaplan, Microsoft, Lloyds Bank, Citibank, Edelman, Airbnb, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, and charity: water change the way they work. He is a co-founder of responsive.org, an investor in purpose-driven startups, and a friend to misfit toys. He lives in Colorado with his wife and son. Aaron’s new book is Brave New Work: Are You Ready to Reinvent Your Organization? In this conversation, Aaron talks about challenging the assumptions about the future of work, the organizational operating system and making the necessary changes to move forward.
Mentioned in this episode:
- The Great Courses Plus – Get a free trial!
- Textexpander – Get 20% off your first year!
Dr. Nathalie Beauchamp is a chiropractor, a former professional natural figure/bodybuilder, a wellness consultant. Her mission is to empower people to take control of their health and lead happy and productive lives. As a natural and holistic health care practitioner, she recognize that there isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution for health. Her new book is Hack Your Health Habits: Simple, Action-Driven, Natural Health Solutions For People On The Go!
Mentioned in this episode:
- University of California, Irvine’s Continuing Education Programs
- The Great Courses Plus – Get a free trial!
- Ziprecruiter – Try Ziprecruiter FREE!
Pamela Wilson is an online educator, author, keynote speaker + founder of BIG Brand System. She is former Executive VP of Educational Content at Rainmaker Digital, publishers of Copyblogger. Her passion is teaching — and she has a gift for making complex topics simple and easy to understand and has helped local, national, and international clients communicate their messages effectively during her 30+ year career. She has been on the show previously talking about systems, processes and collaboration. This time she is back to talk about her new book: Master Content Strategy: How to Maximize Your Reach and Boost Your Bottom Line Every Time You Hit Publish.
Mentioned in this episode:
- University of California, Irvine’s Continuing Education Programs
- The Great Courses Plus – Get a free trial!
- Babbel – Try Babbel for free!
Cal Newport is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University, and the author most recently of Deep Work, a book which argues that focus is the new I.Q. in the modern workplace, and So Good They Can’t Ignore You, a book which debunks the long-held belief that “follow your passion” is good advice. Cal’s new book is Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
In this conversation, Cal and Erik talk about the premise of the book: Technology is intrinsically neither good nor bad. The key is using it to support your goals and values, rather than letting it use you.
- Blinkist – Get a 7 day free trial!
- University of California, Irvine’s Continuing Education Programs
- Jobscan – Get 10% off
Elizabeth Emens is a Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, and the author of Life Admin: How I Learned to Do Less, Do Better, and Live More. Elizabeth Emens was a working mother with two young children, swamped like so many of us, when she realized that this invisible labor was consuming her. Desperate to survive and to help others along the way, she conducted interviews and focus groups to gather favorite tips and tricks, admin confessions, and the secrets of admin-happy households.
Life Admin tackles the problem of admin in all its forms, from everyday tasks like scheduling doctors appointments and paying bills, to life-cycle events like planning a wedding, a birth, a funeral. Emens explores how this labor is created, how it affects our lives, and how we might avoid, reduce, and redistribute admin whenever possible—as individuals and as a society.
In this episode, Erik talks through the three words he has chosen for this year, and his perspective on the whole process of choosing three words. Chris Brogan is the originator of this method. The words for 2019 are Bricklaying, Streamlining and Moments. Mentioned in this episode:
- University of California, Irvine’s Continuing Education Programs
- The Great Courses Plus – Get a free trial!
- Babbel – Try Babbel for free!
- Chris Brogan on taking action on the right things
- SPAR
- James Clear on the Power of Habits, Building Good Habits and Breaking Bad Ones
- Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
- John Zeratsky on Time, Busyness and Distraction
- Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day
- Joshua Becker on Refocusing, Decluttering and Purpose
- The Minimalist Home: A Room-by-Room Guide to a Decluttered, Refocused Life
Liz Fosslien is a consultant on product design and experience design projects with companies including Salesforce, SYPartners, and Ernst & Young. Her work has been featured by The Economist, The Financial Times, NPR, Quartz, Fast Company, the Freakonomics Blog, and LifeHacker. Her first book No Hard Feelings: Emotions At Work and How They Help Us Succeed (co-author Mollie West Duffy) takes a look at how emotions profoundly affect key aspects of professional life. The book serves as a deeply researched guide to un-repressing emotions at work, finding constructive channels even for jealousy and anxiety, and demystifying digital interactions and coworker communication styles.
Mentioned in this episode:
- The Great Courses Plus – Get a free trial!
- Jobscan – Get 10% off
- Audible – Go to Audible.com/todo or text ‘todo’ to 500-500 to get started today!
For decades, Dr. Samantha has helped people to transform their lives with her innovative approach. Now you can use the same tested tools and guidance to experience the freedom of better health, greater resilience, and peace of mind. Samantha’s new book is Overcoming Overwhelm: Dismantle Your Stress from the Inside Out. In this episode she and Erik talk about overcoming overwhelm, dismantling stress and achieving greater resilience.
Paul Jarvis is a web designer, best-selling author and gentleman of adventure. Paul has a reputation as the designer whose vision and web design strategy is the prime catalyst for building multi-million dollar businesses. He’s worked with Silicon Valley startups, pro sports athletes, Fortune 500 companies, best-selling authors and the world’s biggest entrepreneurs. Paul has ben on the show once before which you can find here. Paul’s new book is Company of One: Why Staying Small Is the Next Big Thing for Business. In this episode he and Erik talk about staying small and avoiding growth to have freedom to pursue more meaningful pleasures in life, and avoid the headaches that result from dealing with employees, long meetings, or worrying about expansion. Company of One introduces this unique business strategy and explains how to make it work for you.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Jobscan – Use promo code ‘beyond’ to get 10% off
- Babbel – Try Babbel for free!
- Textexpander – Get 20% off your first year!
Joey Cofone is the Co-Founder at Baron Fig. Baron Fig is a New York design startup that is rooted in it’s mission to champion thinkers around the world through inspiration, imagination and productivity.
In this conversation Joey and Erik talk about how Baron Fig was founded, the meaning behind the name and their design workflow using digital and analog.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Robinhood – Get a free stock by going to TODOLIST.robinhood.com
- The Atomic Habits Clear Habits Journal
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Joshua Becker is on a mission to inspire others to live more by owning less. Joshua is a blogger at Becoming Minimalist and is the bestselling author of Simplify and The More of Less. Joshua’s new book is The Minimalist Home: A Room-by-Room Guide to a Decluttered, Refocused Life.
In this episode Erik and Joshua discuss his new book, the meaning of minimalism, the practicality behind decluttering, how to get other members of your family of board and much more.
Mentioned in this episode:
- MGemi – Get $50 off your first pair!
- Mack Weldon – Get 20% off your first order using promo code ‘beyond’
- Policy Genius
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James Clear is an author and speaker focused on habits, decision-making, and continuous improvement. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Entrepreneur, Time, and on CBS This Morning. He is a regular speaker at Fortune 500 companies and his work is used by teams in the NFL, NBA, and MLB. Through his online course, The Habits Academy, Clear has taught more than 10,000 leaders, managers, coaches, and teachers. In this episode James taels with Erik about his new book Habits: Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones.
Jim Woods is a freelance writer, author, developmental editor and business jumpstarter in northeast Ohio. His writing focuses on helping you get unstuck so you can achieve your dreams and live better stories.
In this episode Jim. and Erik talk about getting unstuck, self awareness, how to know if you are stuck or just feel stuck and how to stop being blind about your blind spots.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Storyworth – Save $20!
- Storycrafting
- Book Giveaway!
- Productivity Pub Crawl
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John Zeratsky was a designer in the tech industry who became obsessed with the idea of redesigning time. Previously, John was a senior designer at YouTube and Google. He is the author of New York Times bestseller Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days.
In this conversation, John and Erik talk about his new book he cowrote, Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Robinhood
- RXBar – Go to RXBar.com/beyond and use promo code ‘beyond’ to get 25% off your first order
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Dan Schawbel is a New York Times bestselling author, partner, and research director at Future Workplace, and the founder of both Millennial Branding and WorkplaceTrends.com. His latest book is Back to Human: How Great Leaders Create Connection in the Age of Isolation.
In this episode Dan talks with Erik about how leaders to create a workplace where teammates feel genuinely connected, engaged, and empowered to grow strong interpersonal skills rather than relying on technology.In this episode Dan talks with Erik about how leaders to create a workplace where teammates feel genuinely connected, engaged, and empowered to grow strong interpersonal skills rather than relying on technology.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Back to Human: How Great Leaders Create Connection in the Age of Isolation
- Kneipp – Get 15% off your first order with promo code ‘BEYOND’
- MGemi – Get $50 off your first pair!
- Policy Genius
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Ryder Carroll is a digital product designer and author living in Brooklyn, NY. Diagnosed with learning disabilities early in life, he was forced to figure out alternate ways to be focused and productive. Through years of trial and error, he developed a methodology that went far beyond simple organization. Now he focuses on helping others learn what the Bullet Journal method is truly about: the art of intentional living. Ryder’s new book is ‘The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future‘.
Mentioned in this episode:
- The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future
- Simple Contacts – Get 20$ using promo code ‘beyond’
- Textexpander.com – Get 20% off your first year
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Check out more Noodle.mx Network shows The Audacity to Podcast: "How-to" podcast about podcasting * Beyond the To-Do List: Personal and professional productivity * The Productive Woman: Productivity for busy women * ONCE: Once Upon a Time podcast * Welcome to Level Seven: Agents of SHIELD and Marvel’s cinematic universe* podcast * Are You Just Watching?: Movie reviews with Christian critical thinking * the Ramen Noodle: Family-friendly clean comedy
CJ McClanahan is Business coach with 12 years of experience inspiring growth, helping entrepreneurs develop systems and coaching business executives to be successful leaders. He is the host of the Success 2.0 podcast. He is also the author of the new book ‘The Overachiever’s Dilemma: How to Break the Achievement Obsession Before It Breaks You‘.
In this episode, Cj and Erik discuss busyness, the comparison trap, reflection and redefining success.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Ziprecruiter – Post your job now!
- Success 2.0 Podcast
- The Overachiever’s Dilemma: How to Break the Achievement Obsession Before It Breaks You
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Jay Acunzo has served as a digital media strategist at Google and held multiple leadership positions at high-growth technology companies, including HubSpot. He spent three years as VP of Brand for the venture capital firm NextView before founding Unthinkable Media, which creates original series with B2B brands. Jay hosts his narrative-style podcast Unthinkable, and travels the world as a keynote speaker.
In this conversation Jay talks with Erik about his new book: Break the Wheel: Question Best Practices, Hone Your Intuition, and Do Your Best Work.
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Break The Wheel: Question Best Practices, Hone Your Intuition, and Do Your Best Work
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Julie Morgenstern is a well known expert on organization and time management. The author of five best-selling books, Morgenstern has appeared on Oprah and NBC’s The Today Show, and helped thousands of people transform their homes, businesses, and attitudes about every kind of clutter. The New York City-based Julie Morgenstern Enterprises has been in business for more than 25 years.
Her new book is called ‘Time to Parent: Organizing Your Life to Bring Out the Best in Your Child and You‘. In this conversation Julie and Erik talk about:
- Simple strategies to stay truly present and focused, whether you’re playing with your kids, enjoying a meal with your significant other, or getting ahead on that big proposal for work.
- Clever tips to make the most of in-between time―Just 5-15 minutes of your undivided attention has a huge impact on kids.
- Permission to take personal time without feeling guilty, and the science and case studies that show how important self-care is and how to make time for it.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Time to Parent: Organizing Your Life to Bring Out the Best in Your Child and You
- Time to Parent Podcast
- Policy Genius
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Jay Baer, CSP, CPAE has spent 25 years in digital marketing and customer experience, consulting for more than 700 companies during that period, including 34 of the FORTUNE 500. His current firm – Convince & Convert – provides word of mouth, digital marketing, and customer experience advice and counsel to some of the world’s most important brands.
His new book, Talk Triggers, is the complete guide to creating customers using strategic, operational differentiators that compel word of mouth. In the best companies, the customers do the marketing. Talk Triggers is the instruction manual for making businesses grow with customer conversation.
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- Talk Triggers
- Brain.fm – Try it FREE and get 20% off your first year with promo code ‘beyond’
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Daniel Clark is the CEO of Brain.fm. Brain.fm makes music to help you do what you need to do, better. The company uses a patented AI engine to generate music backed by scientific research to help listeners focus, relax, and sleep. While “normal,” everyday music is primarily made to sound good and evoke feelings, Brain.fm works with a team of music composers backed by PhD-led scientific research to engineer music specifically designed to enhance these states within minutes of use.
Daniel also made an offer to all listeners of this show: Try it out FREE AND get 20% off your first year!
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- Brain.fm – Try it out FREE AND get 20% off your first year!
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Aaron Edelheit is the Chief Strategy Officer of FLO Technologies. Since selling his company, The American Home in 2015, Aaron founded Mindset Capital, a private investment firm. Aaron has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Bloomberg, and the New York Times and has given lectures on entrepreneurship and investments all over the U.S., Canada and South Africa.
Aaron is the author of The Hard Break: The Case For The 24/6 Lifestyle. In this conversation, Aaron talks about his personal journey of discovering the joy of taking a “hard break” of one day a week to reset, Edelheit profiles not only his own life transformation, but how this same practice has been changing the lives of well known entrepreneurs, celebrities and politicians alike. For anyone who has ever struggled to find a good balance between life and work, this book offers an essential roadmap for how to make the right choices, attain more success, put life back into perspective and gain more happiness all by taking a hard break for yourself.
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- Robinhood – Get a free stock by going to TODOLIST.robinhood.com
- Every Plate – For 50% off your first box of EveryPlate, go to EveryPlate.com and enter promo code ‘beyond’
- Ziprecruiter – Try Ziprecruiter FREE!
- The Hard Break: The Case For The 24/6 Lifestyle
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Mike is the Co-Founder and CEO of FreshBooks, the world’s #1 cloud accounting software for self-employed professionals. Built out of frustration after accidentally saving over an invoice, Mike spent 3.5 years growing FreshBooks from his parents’ basement. Since launching in 2003, over 10 million people have used FreshBooks to save time billing and collect billions of dollars.
In this conversation, Mike talks with Erik about how cultivating culture at Freshbooks is his priority, helping employees cross pollinate ideas through blind dates, what an average day looks like for him, and how he stays productive and focused.
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- Breaking The Time Barrier by Mike McDerment <- Grab it FREE!
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Jennie Nash is the founder of Author Accelerator, a book coaching service that has helped hundreds of writers complete their book projects by giving them the sustained editorial support they need.
Jennie’s book coaching methods bring back the powerful and time-tested concept of artistic mentorship – which has been largely squeezed out of a publishing industry hungry for the next big, fast hit. Jennie has spent 30 years on all sides of the publishing industry and is the author of four novels, three memoirs, and one self-help book for writers.
In this episode Jennie talks about on starting and finishing writing projects, having a purpose to your writing and how accountability helps complete the project.
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- Casper – Get $50 of select mattresses use promo code ‘todo’
- RXBar – Go to RXBar.com/beyond and use promo code ‘beyond’ to get 25% off your first order
- Author Accelerator
- Habits: Gretchen Rubin on Expectations, Habits and Happiness – BTTDL190
- Atul Gawande TED Talk
- The Four Tendencies
- NaNoWriMo
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Ryan McRae has had Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder all of his life, but he wasn’t going to let ADHD run him down. He has worked to figure out how to take all the benefits and cancel out all the drawbacks.
In this episode, Ryan and Erik discuss overcoming the productivity challenges of College and University Students.
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- Handy – Get your first cleaning for $39 when you subscribe to a plan using promo code ‘beyond’
- Textexpander – Get 20% off your first year!
- Tribe Conference 2018 Oct 26th-28th
- Ryan’s Free Guide to Conquering the College Campus
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Chris Bailey turned down lucrative job offers to pursue a lifelong dream—to spend a year performing a deep dive experiment into the pursuit of productivity, a subject he had been enamored with since he was a teenager. Erik and Chris talked about his first book The Productivity Project during the last episode he appeared on. Chris is back to talk about his new book Hyperfocus: How to Be More Productive in a World of Distraction.
Shawn Blanc is the founder of The Sweet Setup, a site that recommends the best apps for your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Shawn and his team are incredibly prolific in their reviews and recommendations of mac and iOS apps, but also create great training courses for those apps including:
- Unlock 1Password
- All The Things
- Day One In Depth
- Learn Ulysses
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- Policy Genius
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Shawn Askinosie left a successful career as a criminal defense lawyer to start a bean to bar chocolate factory and never looked back. Askinosie Chocolate is a small batch, award winning chocolate factory located in Springfield, Missouri, sourcing 100% of their beans directly from farmers.
Shawn’s book, recently released, co-written with his daughter Lawren is Meaningful Work: The Quest To Do Great Business, Find Your Calling, and Feed Your Soul.
In this episode Shawn and Erik cal about Shawn’s story, the steps to find your personal vocation and how to apply your vocation to your current position.
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- Filtereasy – Use Promo code ‘BEYOND’ to get your first order free!
- Ziprecruiter – Go to Ziprecruiter.com/beyond to post your job for free today!
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Jeff Goins is a full-time writer who lives just outside of Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife and kids. He has authored five books: Real Artists Don’t Starve, The Art of Work, The In-Between, Wrecked, and You Are a Writer. This is Jeff’s 6th time on this show!
In this episode, Jeff and Erik talk about the creative process, how there is more to writing than just typing, know what part of the creative process you are in and how a finished product is more important than a perfect process.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Tribe Conference 2018 Oct 26th-28th
- Babbel – Get 50% off your first 3 months with offer code ‘beyond’!
- Textexpander – Get 20% off your first year!
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Srinivas Rao is the creator and host of The Unmistakeable Creative Podcast where he has conducted over 700 interviews with thought leaders and people from all walks of life. He has also written multiple books including the Wall Street Journal bestseller The Art of Being Unmistakable.
His new book is An Audience of One: Reclaiming Creativity for Its Own Sake. In this episode we talk about what it takes to create lifelong creative practices, and why creating them for an audience of one is more fulfilling.
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- Babbel – Try it free!
- So Good They Can’t Ignore You
- Perennial Seller
- The Unmistakeable Creative Podcast
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Cal Newport is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University, and the author most recently of Deep Work, a book which argues that focus is the new I.Q. in the modern workplace, and So Good They Can’t Ignore You, a book which debunks the long-held belief that “follow your passion” is good advice.
In addition to studying the theoretical foundations of our digital age as a professor, Newport also writes about the impact of these technologies on the world of work.
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- Gusto – Get three free months after running your first payroll!
- Filtereasy – Use Promo code ‘BEYOND’ to get your first order free!
- Lead Yourself First
- Digital Minimalism: On Living Better with Less Technology
- So Good They Can’t Ignore You
- Deep Work
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Rob Dionne is an NASM (National Academy of Sport Medicine) Certified Personal Trainer, also holding advanced specialist certifications in Corrective Exercise and Performance Enhancement. Rob is a lifestyle and fitness expert based out of Los Angeles. He specializes in helping busy people and entrepreneurs get out from behind their desks and carve out time to create a better quality of life for themselves and their family. He is on a mission is to provide you with the best information out there. Rob is also the host of the Open Sky Fitness Podcast.
In this episode, Erik and Rob discuss the psychological shift needed to make lasting change and maintain a healthy lifestyle.
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- The Sky Fit Challenge
- Babbel – Try it free!
- Gusto – Get three free months after running your first payroll!
- Ziprecruiter – Go to Ziprecruiter.com/beyond to post your job for free today!
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David Allen is the originator of GTD. GTD is the shorthand brand for “Getting Things Done“. GTD enables greater performance, capacity, and innovation. It alleviates the feeling of overwhelm—instilling focus, clarity, and confidence.
This is David’s third appearance on the show. You can hear his previous episodes here:
- Getting Things Done: David Allen shares GTD obstacles and secrets – BTTDL016
- GTD: David Allen on how “creative types” can get things done with #GTD – BTTDL086
In this conversation, David discusses the new GTD book: Getting Things Done for Teens. Make sure to check out this conversation between David and the coauthors of the book on the official GTD Podcast.
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- Babbel – Try it free!
- Grove Collaborative – Get a $30 Mrs. Meyer’s kit + a bonus gift + a two-month VIP membership – use promo code ‘beyond’
- Gusto – Get three free months after running your first payroll!
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Jeff Sieh is the host of the Many Pinterest Tips podcast where he is always adding testosterone, one pin at a time.
In this episode, Jeff and Erik talk about the book Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less. In this conversation they talk about how rest and work are partners, rest is necessary, and ways we can hack rest to become more creative and focused.
Jef has been on the show twice before, which you can find here:
Time: Jeff Sieh on Einstein Time, The Zone of Genius and The Big Leap – BTTDL197
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- Textexpander
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Stephen Warley has been been self-employed for the last 17 years. He is obsessed with researching and experimenting with alternative ways of working. He is passionate about helping people work on their terms and in alignment with what makes them uniquely productive.
In this conversation Stephen talks with Erik about working by yourself, working for yourself, the future of work, remote work, co-working spaces and self awareness.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Grove Collaborative – Get a $30 Mrs. Meyer’s kit + a bonus gift + a two-month VIP membership – use promo code ‘beyond’
- Gusto – Get three free months after running your first payroll!
- Weebly – Get 15% off your first purchase!
- Workfrom.co
- Breather.com
- Spacious.com
- Lifeskillsthatmatter.com/challange
- Lifeskillsthatmatter.com/getstarted
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Jon Kolko is a Partner at Modernist Studio , and the Founder of the Austin Center for Design. Jon is the author of six books. One of his most recent is Creative Clarity: A Practical Guide for Bringing Creative Thinking Into Your Company.
In this conversation Jon and Erik discuss:
- Giving your team the space to produce amazing work; and build a unique form of trust in your company culture
- The process of critique, conflict, and ideation
- Implementing creativity in a strategic manner across your company
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- Gusto – Get three free months after running your first payroll!
- Weebly – Get 15% off your first purchase!
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Benjamin Spall is a writer and the founding editor of the website My Morning Routine, with co-founder Michael Xander. Their book of the same name is out now: My Morning Routine – How Successful People Start Every Day Inspired.
In this episode Benjamin and Erik discuss creating a morning routine that works for you, how an evening routine helps with a morning routine and some of the most common components successful people include in their routines.
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- Storyworth – Get 20$ off!
- Grove Collaborative – Get a $30 Mrs. Meyer’s kit + a bonus gift + a two-month VIP membership – use promo code ‘beyond’
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Kelli Wood is the Provost of altMBA, an online leadership and management workshop founded in 2015 by bestselling author Seth Godin. The altMBA uses digital tools like Slack, Discourse and Zoom to engage more than 100 students in an intense four-week process. In 2018, students from 45+ countries worldwide participated, with more students being added each session.
As graduate of the first class of the altMBA, Kelli now hires and trains coaches and is the human at the center of each class. Before the altMBA, she worked in advertising and founded the astonishing Little Big Words company, an imaginative stationery and gift company.
In this episode Kelli and Erik talk about the power of quitting, the true definition of failure and having the self awareness to know the difference.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Seth Godin – TedX Talk
- Andy Dunn – The Risk Not Taken
- Gusto – Get three free months after running your first payroll!
- Textexpander – Get 20% off your first year!
- Weebly – Get 15% off your first purchase!
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Allen Gannett is the founder and CEO of TrackMaven, a marketing insights platform whose clients have included Microsoft, Marriott, Saks Fifth Avenue, Home Depot, Aetna, Honda, and GE. He has been on the “30 Under 30” lists for both Inc. and Forbes. He is a contributor for Fast Company where he writes on the intersection of technology and human nature.
Allen’s latest book is The Creative Curve, which overturns the mythology around creative genius, and reveals the science and secrets behind achieving breakout commercial success in any field.
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- Grove Collaborative – Get a $30 Mrs. Meyer’s kit + a bonus gift + a two-month VIP membership
- Weebly – Get 15% off your first purchase!
- Youtube: Before and After Singing Lessons
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Robert Plotkin is the Founder of Technology for Mindfulness, a leading blog and Top 40 iTunes podcast on science, technology, and mindfulness. In his Tap Into Mindfulness program, he teaches people how to be less distracted by their smartphones and how to retake control over their time to be more focused, productive, and creative.
In this episode Robert and Erik discuss using mindfulness to be more focused and less distracted by technology, and how to use technology instead of being used by it.
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- Textexpander – Get 20% off your first year!
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Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time management and productivity books, including Off the Clock, I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours. Her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Fortune. She is the co-host, with Sarah Hart-Unger, of the podcast Best of Both Worlds. She lives outside Philadelphia with her husband and four children, and blogs at LauraVanderkam.com.
In this episode Laura talks with Erik about her new book: Off the Clock: Feel Less Busy While Getting More Done which explores, through more than 900 time diaries collected on a single March day, why some busy people feel relaxed about time, while others do not.
You can listen to Laura’s previous appearances here:
- What Successful People Do: before breakfast, at work, and on the weekend with Laura Vanderkam – BTTDL043
- Having it all: Laura Vanderkam on success in career, family and self investment – BTTDL104
Mentioned in this episode:
- Grove Collective
- ButcherBox – Use Promo Code ‘todo’ to get FREE Bacon and $20 off your first box!
- Ziprecruiter
- Off the Clock
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Mike Vardy is a writer, speaker and podcaster on productivity. His main site is Productivityist.com. He’s given talks on productivity and technology, as well as several featured keynotes and workshops related to time, task, project, and goal management.
In this episode, Mike and Erik talk about how to stay productive when you get sick, having frameworks to support changes as they come, theming days, and working in modes.
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- ButcherBox – Use Promo Code ‘beyond’ to get FREE Bacon and $20 off your first box!
- Weebly – Get 15% off your first purchase
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Scott Gerber is CEO of The Community Company, an organization that builds and manages community-driven programs for media companies and global brands. He is the founder of YEC, an invitation-only organization comprised of the world’s most successful young entrepreneurs, and Forbes Councils, a collective of invitation-only organizations for world-class executives.
Scott’s new book is ‘Superconnector: Stop Networking and Start Building Business Relationships that Matter’. The book is about abandoning the networking-for-networking’s-sake mentality in favor of a more powerful and effective approach to creating and enhancing connections.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Superconnector: Stop Networking and Start Building Business Relationships that Matter
- Weebly – Get 15% off your first purchase!
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Lauren Zander is a life coach, university lecturer, and public speaker. As Co-Founder and Chairman of Handel Group, an international corporate consulting and private coaching company, she has coached countless private clients: professors, politicians, award-winning artists, and Fortune 500 CEOs.
Lauren’s new book is Maybe It’s You: Cut the Crap. Face Your Fears. Love Your Life. In this episode Erik and Lauren talk about identifying excuses, facing the truth and defeating self-sabotage.
Mentioned in this episode: * Maybe It’s You: Cut the Crap. Face Your Fears. Love Your Life.
Phil Rosenthal is an American television writer and producer who is best known as the creator, writer, and executive producer for the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond. In Phil’s new show ‘Somebody Feed Phil’ he travels around the world sampling food and tradition with friends and a sense of humor.
Mentioned in this episode:
- You’re Lucky You’re Funny
- Exporting Raymond
- I’ll Have What Phil’s Having
- Somebody Feed Phil
- Textexpander – Get 20% off your 1st Year
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Mamie Kanfer Stewart founded Meeteor, a global venture providing meeting management solutions. Through consulting and technology, Meeteor enables teams and organizations to develop a healthy and productive meeting culture.
In this episode Made talks about how to the your meetings where they have been to where they could be: a huge collaborative tool towards greater goals.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Care/Of – Get 25% off your first month! Use promo code ‘Beyond’
- Momentum: Creating Effective, Engaging and Enjoyable Meetings
- Successful Meetings Start with Why
- The One Thing You Should Do Before Any Meeting- Defining The Desired Outcome
- What Your Meetings Say About Your Organizational Culture
- Advance Your Meeting Conversation with Norms
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Jess Ostroff is a writer, speaker, and proud Director of Calm. Her company, Don’t Panic Management, is the agency that embodies a people-first approach to virtual assistant success. Since 2011, she’s been making the best possible matches between chaotic, overworking entrepreneurs and focused, calm virtual assistants. Her new book is ‘Panic Proof: How the Right Virtual Assistant Can Save Your Sanity and Grow Your Business’.
In this conversation, Jess talks with Erik about relegating, automating and delegating with Virtual Assistants. She also shares what expectations you should have a virtual assistant, and what expectations they should have of you.
Mentioned in this Episode:
- Ziprecruiter
- Don’t Panic Management
- Panic Proof: How the Right Virtual Assistant Can Save Your Sanity and Grow Your Business
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Allison Schaaf is a food, nutrition & culinary expert and founder of Prep Dish, a subscription-based gluten-free and paleo meal plan service. Allison has helped people achieve their nutrition goals for over fifteen years and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Culinary Nutrition from Johnson & Wales University and a Masters in Nutrition Communications from Tufts University, and she became a Registered Dietitian at New England Medical Center.
Allison has been on the show once before, which you can listen to here.
In this episode, Erik and Alison pick up where they left off last time and continue talking about more kitchen hacks, and then also applying batch processing to other aspects of her business.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Textexpander – Get 20% off your first year!
- Prepdish
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Chris Ducker is Known as the “Virtual CEO” and regarded as the number-one authority on the subject of virtual staffing and personal outsourcing. Chris Ducker is a serial entrepreneur who owns and operates three businesses in the Philippines, amounting to almost three hundred employees, including a call center, a recruitment consultancy, and a co-working space to support local startup entrepreneurs.
This time Chris is back to talk about his new book, as well as how relationships and reputation matter. He also shares about his priority of family and relationships and strategies he has put in place for that.
This is Chris’ second time on the show. You can find his first episode here: Delegation: Chris Ducker talks staffing and delegating for tasks, roles and team building – BTTDL062
Delegation: Chris Ducker talks staffing and delegating for tasks, roles and team building – BTTDL062
Mentioned in this episode:
- HealthIQ Get your quote now with promo code ‘BTW’
- Rise of the Youpreneur: The Definitive Guide to Becoming the Go-To Leader in Your Industry and Building a Future-Proof Business
- Virtual Freedom: How to Work with Virtual Staff to Buy More Time, Become More Productive, and Build Your Dream Business
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Jeff Sanders is a productivity coach, personal development junky, and avid trail runner. Jeff writes and speaks through his blog and podcast about healthy habits, personal development, high energy, and rockin’ productivity.
Jeff’s new book is The Free-Time Formula: Finding Happiness, Focus, and Productivity No Matter How Busy You Are. In this episode, Jeff and Erik talk about Jeff’s new book and slowing down time to get the important things done.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Textexpander – Get 20% off your first year!
- HealthIQ Get your quote now with promo code ‘BTW’
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Daniel H. Pink is the author of several bestselling books about business, work, and behavior. His newest book is When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing. His other books include the long-running New York Times bestseller A Whole New Mind and the #1 New York Times bestsellers Drive and To Sell is Human.
He has been a contributing editor at Fast Company and Wired as well as a business columnist for The Sunday Telegraph. His articles and essays have also appeared in The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, The New Republic, Slate, and other publications.
Mentioned in this episode:
- HealthIQ – Use promo code ‘BTD’ to get your free quote today!
- When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
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Todd Henry write books, speak internationally on creativity, leadership, productivity, and passion for work, and help people and teams generate brilliant ideas. Todd has been on the show previously twice: * Doing Good Work: Todd Henry on creativity, productivity and passion – BTTDL047 * Honing: Todd Henry on Honing your voice, practice and creative work – BTTDL109
In this episode, Erik talks with Todd about his latest book: Herding Tigers: Be the Leader That Creative People Need Mentioned in this episode:
- HealthIQ.com/BTD
- Toddhenry.com/darth
- Herdingtigers.net
Steven Masley MD is a physician, nutritionist, trained-chef, author, and the creator of the #1 all-time health program for Public Television, 30 Days to a Younger Heart. His new book The Better Brain Solution: How to Start Now–at Any Age–to Reverse and Prevent Insulin Resistance of theBrain, Sharpen Cognitive Function, and Avoid Memory Loss is out now.
Mentioned in this episode:
Ziprecruiter
Skillshare Get 3 months for .99!
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Shane and Jocelyn Sams are former school teachers. After years of bad bosses, job losses, and frustration at work, they started an online business. That business made it possible to quit their jobs, spend more time with family and earn millions in passive income online – all while working only 10-15 hours per week! Now, they are helping other families do the same by connecting with people through their Flipped Lifestyle podcast, website and inside their Flip Your Life community.
Mentioned in this episode:
- RXBar: Go to RXBar.com/beyond and use promo code ‘beyond’ to get 25% off your first order
- FlippedLifestyle.com/beyond
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Ian Morgan Cron is a bestselling author, Enneagram teacher, nationally recognized speaker, psychotherapist, and Episcopal priest. In his new book The Road Back to You, Ian presents an approachable and practical path to access the wisdom of the Enneagram.
This is Ian’s second time on the show. You can listen to that episode here. In this episode, Erik and Ian go through all nine types in the Enneagram and look at the productivity hangups that those types each have, and how they can overcome them.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Skillshare – Get 3 Months for .99!
- The Road Back to You
- Typology Podcast
- ExploreYourType.com
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Brian Falchuk is a Certified Personal Trainer and Behavior Change Specialist who has coached many people to improve their lives. In his professional career, Bryan has been a management consultant and executive in the Financial Services sector for nearly 20 years, having lead large teams, managed significant budgets, and turned around struggling operations.
In this episode Brian talks with Erik about the message of his book Do A Day, and the life changing benefits of mindfulness, what true motivation is, and persistence.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Formstack
- Freshbooks
- Do A Day Book
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Perry Marshall is one of the world’s most expensive and sought-after business consultants. He’s endorsed by FORBES, INC Magazine, and the most respected entrepreneurs in the world. Clients seek his ability to integrate engineering, sales, art and psychology.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Formstack
- Freshbooks
- Storyworth
- 80/20 Sales and Marketing
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Annie McKee is an advisor to leaders of Fortune 500 companies, governments, and NGOs around the globe. She is a Senior Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education. Her new book ‘How To Be Happy At Work‘ talks about how to deepen our understanding of what it means to be truly fulfilled and effective at work and provides clear, practical advice and instruction for how to get there—no matter what job you have.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Formstack
- Freshbooks
- BarkBox
- ‘How To Be Happy At Work‘
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Ryan McRae has had Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder all of his life, but he wasn’t going to let ADHD run him down. He has worked to figure out how to take all the benefits and cancel out all the drawbacks. In this episode, Ryan returns to the show for the fourth time. You can listen to his other appearance here: * Attention: Ryan McRae on Focus, Procrastination and Productivity with ADHD – BTTDL128 * Resolutions: Ryan McRae on Progress, Consistency and Change – BTTDL160 * Productivity Retreat: Ryan McRae on Taking a 3 Day Productivity Retreat – BTTDL178
Mentioned in this episode:
- Formstack
- Ziprecruiter
- Freshbooks Use code ‘Beyond The To-Do List’ in the ‘How Did You Hear About Us Section’
- Doing Good Work: Todd Henry on creativity, productivity and passion – BTTDL047
- Honing: Todd Henry on Honing your voice, practice and creative work – BTTDL109
- Remote Working: The Productivity Pub Crawl – BTTDL164
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Anne Bogel is a blogger at Modern Mrs. Darcy and author of Work Shift: How to Create a Better Blend of Work, Life, and Family Anne produces the ‘What Should I Read Next?’ Podcast. Erik was a guest on that show here.
Anne’s new book, Reading People: How Seeing the World through the Lens of Personality Changes Everything is the main point of discussion in this conversation. She and Erik discuss the benefits of personality assessments, as well as the productivity benefits, and breakdown some of the most common tools.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Reading People: How Seeing the World through the Lens of Personality Changes Everything
- What Should I Read Next?
- Lovepop – Use Promo Code ‘Beyond’ for special pricing and free shipping!
- Freshbooks Use code ‘Beyond The To-Do List’ in the ‘How Did You Hear About Us Section’
- Formstack Get a free trial and 25% off your first 3 months
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Tonya Dalton is a Productivity strategist and coach. Tonya’s personal goal is to help you live the best life you can. She believes productivity needs to be customized and personalized to you, your personal goals, and the way you want to live. In her podcast, The Productivity Paradox, she’ll help you find and design systems that are customized to you, and she’ll do it in bite-sized episodes that are easy to listen to and easy to implement.
Mentioned in this episode:
- The Productivity Paradox
- Freshbooks Use code ‘Beyond The To-Do List’ in the ‘How Did You Hear About Us Section’
- Formstack Get a free trial and 25% off your first 3 months
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Ray Edwards is an author, speaker, copywriter, and fellow-podcaster on his successful podcast ‘The Ray Edwards Show’. Ray has many creative insights in entrepreneurship and productivity. Ray has been on the show once before.
In this episode, Erik and Ray talk about common things that keep us from being productive, the mistake of aiming for efficiency instead of effectiveness and much more!
Mentioned in this episode:
- Formstack Get a free trial and 25% off your first 3 months
- Hello Fresh Use promo code BTD30 to get $30 off your first week
- Freshbooks Use code ‘Beyond The To-Do List’ in the ‘How Did You Hear About Us Section’
- Away Travel – Get $20 off by using promo code ‘BTD’
- Michael Hyatt’s Full Focus Planner – Get 15% off
- Things 3
- The Perennial Seller by Ryan Holiday
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Frank Ford has had a successful career in the entertainment industry for the last 25 years and is one of the founding members and owner of Four Day Weekend, a comedy institution in Texas. He has also studied at the renowned Second City Conservatory in Chicago and taught advanced improvisation classes at the Four Day Weekend Training Center.
As a professional actor, Frank has appeared in numerous commercial spots, television shows and films. In addition, he has received critical-acclaim for his original comedy revues, comedy album, short films and acting roles.
In this conversation Erik and Frank discuss the power using the ‘Yes, And’ approach in work and life.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Happy Accidents: The Transformative Power of “YES, AND” at Work and in Life
- Formstack
- Ziprecruiter
- Freshbooks Use code ‘Beyond The To-Do List’ in the ‘How Did You Hear About Us Section’
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Erik Fisher talks about the symptoms and ways to overcome Smartphone addiction.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Formstack
- Freshbooks Use code ‘Beyond The To-Do List’ in the ‘How Did You Hear About Us Section’
- Focus: Cal Newport on Distractions, Focus and Deep Work – BTTDL169
- Technology: Amy Blankson on Attention and Intention while using Technology – BTTDL170
- Focus: Leslie Samuel on Productivity vs. Distraction on Social Media – BTTDL171
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Jeff Sieh is the host of the Many Pinterest Tips podcast where he is always adding testosterone, one pin at a time. In this episode, Erik and Jeff talk about the book The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks, Einstein Time and The Zone of Genius. Jeff has been on the show once before.
Mentioned in this episode:
- The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks
- Formstack
- Freshbooks
- BarkBox
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Eric Tivers has the unique perspective of being both a clinician who specializes in ADHD and an adult who has it. Eric is the host and producer of the ADHD Rewired Podcast. As a psychotherapist and coach in private practice, Eric talks openly about his own ADHD and shares with listeners the strategies he’s learned to be successful as well as the areas that continue to be challenging.
In this episode, Erik talks with Eric about there symptoms of ADHD, what they look like in those who have it, how they can learn to grow and thrive with a diagnosis. They also talk about strategies that people without ADHD can use as well as those who have it to fight impulsivity, and inattentiveness to boost productivity.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Barkbox
- Formstack
- Freshbooks – Enter ‘Beyond The To-Do List’ in the ‘How did you hear about us section?’
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Marilyn Paul is an explorer of time management and well-being. She helps people find their path to balancing the inner, intuitive spaciousness of oasis time with the pleasures and efficacy of getting the right things done. Her new book ‘An Oasis in Time’ is about why taking a day of rest can save your life, and how to start implementing that in your life.
Mentioned in this episode:
- An Oasis in Time
- Ziprecruiter
- Freshbooks Enter Beyond The To-Do List in the ‘How Did You Hear About Us?’ Section
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Gregg Krech is an author, poet, and one of the leading authorities on Japanese Psychology in North America. His work has been featured in THE SUN magazine, Tricycle, SELF, Utne Reader, Counseling Today, Cosmopolitan and Experience Life. Krech and his wife Linda are the founders of The ToDo Institute, a non-profit center in Vermont that uses Japanese Psychology as an alternative to traditional Western approaches to psychology. Over the past 25 years, Krech has introduced Japanese Psychology, particularly Naikan Therapy, Morita Therapy and Kaizen, to thousands of people through his workshops and online courses. Mentioned in this episode: * Upside.com – Use code TO DO to get an Amazon gift card! * The Art of Taking Action
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Brooke McAlary of The Slow Home Podcast talks about creating Rhythms, Rituals and Routines to slow down and have more simplicity in your life. Her new book is Destination Simple: Everyday Rituals for a Slower Life Brooke has previous been on the show once before: Going Slow: Brooke McAlary on simplicity, rhythms and tilting – BTTDL084
Peter Shankman is an American entrepreneur and author. He is best known for founding HARO (Help A Reporter Out). His new book is Faster Than Normal: Turbocharge Your Focus, Productivity, and Success with the Secrets of the ADHD Brain.
In this episode Peter talks with Erik on proactively setting up boundaries to limit the choices we have, and how that leads to freedom and to focus.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Formstack
- Faster Than Normal Podcast
- Forest App
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Michael Hyatt is a virtual mentor who helps overwhelmed, high achievers get the clarity, confidence, and tools they need to win at work and succeed at life. Michael has been on the show four previous times. In this conversation, Erik and Michael discuss time management vs. energy management, his digital/analog hybrid system, taking a personal productivity assessment and more.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Take Michael’s Personal Productivity Assessment
- Living Forward: A Proven Plan to Stop Drifting and Get the Life You Want
- Your Best Year Ever: A 5-Step Plan for Achieving Your Most Important Goals
- The Full Focus Planner – Get 15% off
- The Revenge of Analog: Real Things and Why They Matter
- X-stand – Use Promo Code ‘XSTAND143’ to get 10% off and FREE Shipping
Gretchen Rubin is the author of several books, including the blockbuster New York Times bestsellers, Better Than Before, The Happiness Project and Happier at Home. Her new book is The Four Tendencies: The Indispensable Personality Profiles That Reveal How to Make Your Life Better.
She also has a very popular podcast, ‘Happier with Gretchen Rubin’ that she does with her sister.
In this episode, Gretchen talks about setting and meeting inner and outer expectations and creating good habits to have greater happiness.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Formstack
- Ziprecruiter
- The Four Tendencies
- The Happiness Project
- Better Than Before
- The Better App
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Jeff Goins is a full-time writer who lives just outside of Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife and kids. He has authored three other books: The In-Between, Wrecked, and You Are a Writer. This is Jeff’s 5th time on this show!
Jeff’s latest book Real Artists Don’t Starve: Timeless Strategies for Thriving in the New Creative Age is out now! Through inspiring anecdotes of successful creatives both past and present, Goins shows that living by these rules is not only doable but it’s also a fulfilling way to thrive.
In this episode, Jeff tells the story of how after years of creating his art and building his business, he had to decide which race was the right one to run.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Formstack
- Jeff Goins’ Tribe Conference
- A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward an Undivided Life – Parker Palmer
- Profit First
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In this episode, Erik walks through things to consider in order to maintain or boost your productivity for the time before during and after a trip.
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Sean McCabe enjoys helping other people make a living from work that fulfills them. His goal is to demystify the path to building a sustainable, profitable, audience-driven business.
His new book is book called Overlap: The Ultimate Guide to Turning Your Side Passion Into a Successful Business. He is currently giving away the audiobook for FREE!
Mentioned in this episode:
- Jeff Goins’ Tribe Conference
- Overlap: The Ultimate Guide to Turning Your Side Passion Into a Successful Business
- Seth Godin’s altMBA Workshop
- Formstack Use promo code ‘Beyond’ to get %25 off your 1st 3 months
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Ian Morgan Cron is a bestselling author, Enneagram teacher, nationally recognized speaker, psychotherapist, and Episcopal priest. In his new book The Road Back to You, Ian presents an approachable and practical path to access the wisdom of the Enneagram. - The Road Back to You
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Adam Smith is an entrepreneur, consultant, writer, and speaker and has been named a top industry influencer by American Genius. Adam writes on relationships, leadership, communication, focus, time management, and creativity. His new book is The Bravest You: Five Steps to Fight Your Biggest Fears, Find Your Passion, and Unlock Your Extraordinary Life. In this conversation, Adam unpacks some of the greatest fears that hold us back from doing the best work we can do, and his 5 step bravery process the can be used repeatedly to break through and past our fears and into action. Mentioned in this episode: * Seth Godin’s altMBA Workshop * Ziprecruiter * The Bravest You: Five Steps to Fight Your Biggest Fears, Find Your Passion, and Unlock Your Extraordinary Life
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In this week’s solo episode, Erik answers a listener question and talks about planning out goals according to the 12 Week Year plan, following through on those goals with discipline and the help of accountability, and doing a daily and weekly review to stay on track.
Mentioned in this episode:
Seth Godin’s altMBA Workshop ShipStation.com The 12 Week Year Jon Acuff – Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done Jon Acuff on Finishing, Fighting Perfectionism and Completing Your Goals – BTTDL183 Carey and Demir Gjokaj on Discipline, Habits and Accountability – BTTDL182 Claire Diaz-Ortiz on being mentored and mentoring others – BTTDL172 GetXStand.com Please connect with me * Subscribe, rate, and review in iTunes * Follow @ErikJFisher
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Jon Acuff is the New York Times Bestselling author of six books including his most recent Book Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done (http://amzn.to/2uQOWKv). This is Jon's third appearance on the show. For 19 years he’s helped some of the biggest brands in the world tell their story, including The Home Depot, Bose, Staples, and the Dave Ramsey Team. Most recently he’s spoken to hundreds of thousands of people at conferences, colleges, companies and churches. Mentioned in this episode: * Seth Godin’s AltMBA Workshop * Finish: Give Yourself The Gift of Done * START: Jon Acuff on rescuing time, hustle, and his new book START – BTTDL026 * Do Awesome Work: Jon Acuff on routines, work spaces, and hustle – BTTDL055
Carey and Demir Gjokaj are the founders of Lifehack Bootcamp, whose mission is to help their students do their most productive work so they can create space for the life of their dreams.
In this episode they talk with Erik about Discipline, Habits and Accountability, and mastering them so you can leverage these strengths for higher levels of achievement.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Seth Godin’s altMBA Workshop
- Marshall Goldsmith – Triggers
- Lifehack Bootcamp
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Erik Fisher talks about the concept of taking a Sabbath, rhythms, routines, breaks and recharging. Even if you think you get enough rest, make sure to listen to this to see if that is really true.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Seth Godin’s AltMBA
- Sleep: Dr. Michael Brues on Chronotypes, Timing and Rhythms – BTTDL157
- Presence: Rob Bell on Being Present with Rhythm, Routines and Rituals – BTTDL139
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Noah Kagan is the Chief Sumo at Sumo.com and AppSumo.com. Before that he worked at Intel, and was employee #30 at Facebook and #4 at Mint.
In this episode Noah and Erik talk about stepping back from your work to gain new perspective, test your routines, testing things out for a week and much more.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Seth Godin’s altMBA Workshop
- ShipStation
- Focus@Will
- Day One
- Streaks
- The Power of Full Engagement
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Jeff Goins is a full-time writer who lives just outside of Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife and kids. He has authored three other books: The In-Between, Wrecked, and You Are a Writer. This is Jeff’s 4th time on this show. Jeff’s latest book Real Artists Don’t Starve: Timeless Strategies for Thriving in the New Creative Age is out now! Through inspiring anecdotes of successful creatives both past and present, Goins shows that living by these rules is not only doable but it’s also a fulfilling way to thrive.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Seth Godin’s altMBA Workshop
- Calling: Jeff Goins shares how to claim your identity, stop stalling and start doing
- Waiting: Calling, Creativity and ‘The In-Between’ with Jeff Goins
- Calling: Jeff Goins on Journeys, Paths and Discovering Your Calling
Ryan McRae has had Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder all of his life, but he wasn’t going to let ADHD run him down. He has worked to figure out how to take all the benefits and cancel out all the drawbacks.
In this episode, Ryan and Erik discuss setting up and taking a three day productivity retreat.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Seth Godin’s altMBA
- Three Day Productivity Retreat Checklist
- Portlandia – Battlestar Galactica
- Attention: Ryan McRae on Focus, Procrastination and Productivity with ADHD – BTTDL128
- Resolutions: Ryan McRae on Progress, Consistency and Change – BTTDL160
- Remote Working: The Productivity Pub Crawl – BTTDL164
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Daniel J. Lewis creates resources for podcasters, such as the SEO for Podcasters training, the My Podcast Reviews global-review aggregator, and the Podcasters’ Society membership for podcasters. As a recognized authority and influencer in the podcasting industry, Daniel speaks on podcasting and hosts his own podcasts covering how to podcast, clean-comedy, and the #1 unofficial podcast for ABC’s hit drama Once Upon a Time, all under the umbrella of Noodle Mix Network and having received nearly 20 award nominations. Daniel and his wife, Jenny, live near Cincinnati with their newborn son, “Noodle Baby.” Mentioned in this episode: Building: Daniel J. Lewis shares successes and failures in building a business without it controlling your life – BTTDL23 ShipStation.com AltMBA.com Workfrom Please connect with me * Subscribe, rate, and review in iTunes * Follow @ErikJFisher
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This week Erik talks through some of the changes he has made due to recent episodes.
Make sure to check out Seth Godin’s altMBA to level yourself up!
Mentioned in this episode:
- Cal Newport on Distractions, Focus and Deep Work
- Amy Blankson on Attention and Intention while using Technology
- Leslie Samuel on Productivity vs. Distraction on Social Media
- Rob Hatch on Ownership, Systems and Discipline
- Dr. Michael Brues on Chronotypes, Timing and Rhythms
- Shawn Stevenson on Caffeine and Screen Curfews to get better Sleep
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Crystal Paine is the founder of the popular blog MoneySavingMom.com. The mission of the blog is talking about Intentional Finance, Intentional Family, and Intentional Business.
Crystal has been on the show twice before.
You can find those episodes here:
Goals: Crystal Paine of Money Saving Mom on Stewardship, Goals, and Discipline – BTTDL029 Priorities: Crystal Paine on priorities, saying no, and saying goodbye to survival mode – BTTDL056 Mentioned in this episode: * Seth Godin’s altMBA * YourBloggingMentor.com * The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up
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Allison Schaaf is a food, nutrition & culinary expert and founder of Prep Dish, a subscription-based gluten-free and paleo meal plan service. Allison has helped people achieve their nutrition goals for over fifteen years and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Culinary Nutrition from Johnson & Wales University and a Masters in Nutrition Communications from Tufts University, and she became a Registered Dietitian at New England Medical Center. In this episode Allison talks with Erik about the benefits of planning ahead, the productivity benefits of being intentional, using batch processing, eliminating decision fatigue and increasing efficiency. Grab two free weeks of Prep Dish! Apply for Seth Godin’s altMBA! Please connect with me * Subscribe, rate, and review in iTunes * Follow @ErikJFisher
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Rob Hatch is the President and co-founder of Owner Media Group Inc. He is the author of three courses, including one of our most popular course on productivity, Work Like You’re On Vacation. He is also an executive coach and speaker.
Rob writes a weekly newsletter on the topics of productivity, personal management and success.
He has over 20 years of experience leading organizations and businesses; working in large corporations, entrepreneurial ventures, and directing a non-profit organization serving children with special needs.
Rob lives in Maine where he trains for triathlons and enjoys life with his wife and four children.
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Claire Diaz-Ortiz is an author, speaker, and entrepreneur who has been named one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company. She was an early employee at Twitter, and has been on the show three times before:
- Mornings: Claire Diaz-Ortiz on starting your morning out right and The Present Principle
- Breaks: Claire Diaz-Ortiz shares tips to success and stay sane in an all access, always on age
- Priorities: Claire Diaz-Ortiz on doing less and achieving more
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Leslie Samuel is the owner of Become A Blogger and the host of the Learning With Leslie podcast, where he helps people create their own blogging experience by taking advantage of the technology we have today. He is the head of training for the Social Media Marketing Society and the founder of Interactive Biology, a website that serves approximately 80,000 people per month in 185 different countries and is dedicated to making biology fun for students and teachers.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Cal Newport – Deep Work
- Cal Newport on Distractions, Focus and Deep Work – BTTDL169
- Self Control App
- Kill Newsfeed Plugin
- Brett Kelly’s Evernote Essentials
- Leslie on Facebook
- Leslie on YouTube
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Amy Blankson is one of the world’s leading experts on the connection between positive psychology and technology. Amy is dedicated to discovering how we can leverage the many technological advances, apps and gadgets, in a way that helps us be more productive, while keeping our sanity and boosting our happiness.
Amy’s new book is ‘The Future of Happiness: 5 Modern Strategies for Balancing Productivity and Well-Being in the Digital Era’.
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Cal Newport is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University, and the author most recently of Deep Work, a book which argues that focus is the new I.Q. in the modern workplace, and So Good They Can’t Ignore You, a book which debunks the long-held belief that “follow your passion” is good advice.
In addition to studying the theoretical foundations of our digital age as a professor, Newport also writes about the impact of these technologies on the world of work.
Make sure to check out Brett Kelly’s Evernote Essentials as a tool Erik uses for deep work.
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Cesar Abeid is a Project Management Professional, author of Project Management for You, professional speaker, business coach and consultant, and entrepreneur. He is also a Happiness Engineer at Automattic. This is Cesar’s 2nd appearance on the podcast. You can catch his 1st appearance here. Dustin Hartzler is Happiness Engineer at Automatic and a WordPress Enthusiast. He is the host of the Your Website Engineer Podcast.
Mark Timm is most importantly the CEO of his own family, as well as the President and CEO of Ziglar Family. Erik and Mark talk about something everyone struggles with these days: Work Life Balance.
Make sure to take this FREE Challenge from Ziglar Family will empower your family to thrive by equipping you to experience a week of wins.
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Amber De La Garza works with business owners who are ready to transform the way they work so they can reduce stress, maximize time, and grow their business.
Amber joins Erik in this episode to talk about conflicting priorities, daily planning and time blocking and getting the most out of the time we have towards our most important tasks.
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This week Erik is joined again by his long time friend Todd Bushong to talk more about the pitfalls and strategy remote working. On the last episode they talked about ‘The Productivity Pub Crawl’.
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This week Erik is joined by his long time friend Todd Bushong to talk about remote working, working from anywhere, and the idea of a ‘Productivity Pub Crawl’. They walk through how they came up with the idea, how they planned for it, the implementation, and what they learned.
Make sure to check out this week’s sponsor: X-Stand – Get 15% off and Free Shipping in the US!
Mentioned in this episode:
Presence: Rob Bell on Being Present with Rhythm, Routines and Rituals – BTTDL139 Lifestyle Design: Clark Vandeventer on portfolio income, priorities and reinvention – BTTDL114 Abbey Coffee Midwest Coffee Workfrom.co Please connect with me * Subscribe, rate, and review in iTunes * Follow @ErikJFisher
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Dave Delaney is a recognized leader, consultant and keynote speaker on digital marketing, social media strategy, and business networking. His book, New Business Networking, is available from Pearson Publishing.
Dave has been on the show twice before:
Networking: Dave Delaney on productivity in building your network before you need it – BTTDL27
Routines: Dave Delaney on Structure, Routines and Flexibility – BTTDL129
Mentioned in this episode:
- Networking for Nice People
- Contactually
- New Business Networking
- Erik on Twitter
- Dave on Twitter
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Laura McClellan is a wife, mom, lawyer, writer and host of The Productive Woman podcast.
She joins Erik on this episode to talk about tips, tricks, tools and have to have a proper perspective on productivity.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Mac Power Users
- Katie Floyd
- David Sparks
- Greg Scown
- Textexpander
- Nozbe
- BusyCal
- Evernote
- Adobe Spark Post
- ToDoist
- PDFPen
- Apple Watch
- iPad Pro
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In this episode, Erik talks through the three words he has chosen for this year, and his perspective on the whole process of choosing three words. Chris Brogan is the originator of this method.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Hitting Pause to gain perspective, plan and re-commit – BTTDL142
- Dr. Michael Brues on Chronotypes, Timing and Rhythms – BTTDL157
- Shawn Stevenson on Caffeine and Screen Curfews to get better Sleep – BTTDL158
- Rob Bell on Being Present with Rhythm, Routines and Rituals – BTTDL139
- The West Wing Weekly Podcast
Ryan McRae has had Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder all of his life, but he wasn’t going to let ADHD run him down. He has worked to figure out how to take all the benefits and cancel out all the drawbacks. Discover what Ryan has found to help you or someone you know get better focus, procrastinate less and thrive in productivity, even if you don’t have ADHD.
In this episode, Ryan and Erik discuss setting resolutions for the new year. You can find Ryan’s previous appearance on the show here.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Free Book from Ryan: Conquering Your Calendar and Getting More Done
- Chase Reeves – Beyond The To-Do List 79
- Chase Reeves – Beyond The To-D0 List 150
- What Should I Read Next Episode 42 with Erik Fisher
- Writing Resolutions for the ADHD Mind
- Only Systems Help You Finish Your Goals
- Financial Guide for ADHD Minds
- The Ultimate ADHD Guide for Getting Back to the Gym
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This episode is the third part in a three part series on sleep. Erik Fisher, host of the show goes on a solo walk around the neighborhood to cover what he has learned from the last two episodes on sleep, as well as a follow up on the last solo episode.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Hitting Pause to gain perspective, plan and re-commit – BTTDL142
- Dr. Michael Brues on Chronotypes, Timing and Rhythms – BTTDL157
- Shawn Stevenson on Caffeine and Screen Curfews to get better Sleep – BTTDL158
- Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock
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Shawn Stevenson is an author of Sleep Smarter: 21 Strategies to Sleep Your Way to A Better Body, Better Health, and Bigger Success. He is also the creator of The Model Health Show, featured as the #1 Health podcast in the country on iTunes. A graduate of The University of Missouri – St. Louis, Shawn studied business, biology and kinesiology, and went on to be the founder of Advanced Integrative Health Alliance, a company that provides wellness services for individuals and organizations worldwide.
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Michael J. Breus, Ph.D., is a Clinical Psychologist and both a Diplomate of the American Board of Sleep Medicine and a Fellow of The American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Michael joins Erik in this episode to talk about discovering your chronotype, and the difference that can make not only to your sleep quality and quantity, but to your day to day productivity as well!
Michael’s new book ‘The Power of When: Discover Your Chronotype–and the Best Time to Eat Lunch, Ask for a Raise, Have Sex, Write a Novel, Take Your Meds, and More’ is out now, and a must read!
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Nick Snapp is an entrepreneur who uses project management and continuous improvement methodology in coaching overwhelmed entrepreneurs to remove bottlenecks, save time and increase profitability. He is obsessed about helping entrepreneurs uncover their “game-changer,” the one activity that will deliver the greatest return on invested time both at work and at home. He is also the host of ‘The Make It Snappy Productivity Show’.
Make sure to check out Nick’s work here!
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Jonathan Fields is a dad, husband, serial entrepreneur, growth strategist and award-winning author.
He currently runs mission-driven media and education venture, Good Life Project®, where he and his team lead a global community in the quest to live more meaningful, connected and vital lives. They produce a top-rated podcast and video-series with millions of listens and views in more than 150 countries.
His most recent book, How to Live a Good Life: Soulful Stories, Surprising Science and Practical Wisdom, is a wake-up call and a path to possibility, complete with 30-days of inspiring, actionable explorations. It’s not just a book to be read, it’s gateway to a better life, to be lived.
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Srinivas Rao is the creator and host of The Unmistakeable Creative Podcast where he has conducted over 600 interviews with thought leaders and people from all walks of life. He has also written multiple books including the Wall Street Journal bestseller The Art of Being Unmistakable.
Tweetable quotes: 'You’re goal isn’t to be the best. It’s to be the only. Then competition ceases to matter.'Click To Tweet 'The one thing that defeats the resistance is doing the work itself.'Click To Tweet Mentioned in this episode:
Cal Newport Cal Newport TEDX Talk Ryan Holiday Ryan Holiday Notecard system Stephen Pressfield Jason Fried – Rework Hey Focus Rescue time
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Mike Vardy is a husband, father, writer, productivity strategist, and the founder of Productivityist. Mike has been on this podcast more than any other guest!
This episode is part one of a two part conversation between Mike and Erik. Listen to the second part on the Productivityist Podcast here!
Mentioned in this episode:
- Todd Henry
- Seinfeld – Comedian
- Merlin Mann
- Srinivas Rao
- Acuity
- Priorities Blab Show
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Jeff Sieh is the host of the Many Pinterest Tips podcast where he is always adding testosterone, one pin at a time. In this episode, Erik and Jeff talk about working on the internet, spending time offline, using time intentionally, and making changes in hectic schedules of work, family and life.
Mentioned in this episode: * Stranger Things * Steve Martin * Kevin Spacey * Circle * Circle Go * Procrastinate on Purpose – Rory Vaden * Shawn Stevenson – Sleep Smarter * Cliff Ravenscraft * La Croix
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Laura Roeder is the founder of Edgar, a tool that instead of publishing your social media updates just once and throwing them away, carefully catalogues them in a library that you build over time. In this episode we talk about how she went from being a designer to a CEO, how she and her husband created Edgar out of their own home, how she manages her remote working team, and fights distractions. Laura's new software for coaches, Paperbell: https://Paperbell.com Mentioned in this episode:
- Slack
- Zoom.us
- Helpscout
- Intercom
- Confluence
- Boomerang for Gmail
- Reverse engineer your goals
- Laura’s Inbox Zero tricks
Chase Reeves is a self proclaimed ‘creative-y type’, one of the cofounders of Fizzle.co — honest business training for online entrepreneurs. He podcasts on The Fizzle Show — A podcast for creative entrepreneurs. He regularly contributes to The Sparkline — The blog that accompanies the previous two. Listen to his previous appearance on the show here.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Tim Ferris Podcast – Matt Mullenweg
- https://fizzle.co/sparkline/3-tricks-for-productivity-and-focus
- Group Therapy Podcast
- Royksopp’s Monument
- Fizzle Podcast 99 – Journaling
- Rowan Reeves
- Melissa Reeves recent awesome writing:
- http://wombandhearth.com/go-back-to-grieve/
- http://wombandhearth.com/one-more-rainbow/
- Back to Work Podcast
- http://icetothebrim.com/2012/how-to-mindfulness-meditation/
- http://icetothebrim.com/2013/the-tom-selleck-of-meditation/
- Day One App
- Headspace app
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Jason Van Orden helps influencers and thoughts leaders turn their expertise and ideas into courses, content and and automated systems that amplify their income and impact. In this episode, Jason talks with Erik about forming the right habits, dealing with impostor syndrome and finding your best self.
Mentioned in this episode:
- The Power of Habit – Charles Duhigg
- Soda Stream
- Stand Out – Dory Clark
- Seinfeld chain
- No Sweat: How the Simple Science of Motivation Can Bring You a Lifetime of Fitness
- Domino Physics
- Imposter Syndrome
- Templates and Blueprints
- Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
- Amy Cuddy – Presence: Bringing Your Biggest Self to Your Boldest Challenges
- jasonvanorden.com/bestself
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Dana Byers knows how to maintain a calm home and schedule so she can focus on what matters most to her: spending time with her family and helping others. Dana has a new book out: ‘Become Your Own Personal Assistant: How to Hack Your Task Lists Once and For All to Achieve a Calmer Life’
Dana has previously been on the show, which you can listen to here. This time Dana talks with Erik about how minimalism and automation lead to a greater sense of margin in our lives.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Become Your Own Personal Assistant: How to Hack Your Task Lists Once and For All to Achieve a Calmer Life
- Beyond the To-Do List Episode 7
- DanaByers.com
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Jason Womack is a WILEY author, TEDx Speaker, Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Triathlete and more. Jodi Womack coaches women entrepreneurs on how to be seen, be heard and be hired. Together they have written Get Momentum – How To Start When You’re Stuck. In this episode they talk with Erik about practical strategies for knowing what to do when, work in a team, know what to do now and what to be working on for later, and reshifting priorities when the time comes.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Get Momentum – How To Start When You’re Stuck
- Mark Goldsmith – What Got You Here Won’t Get You There
- Don’t Shoot the Dog by Karen Pryor
- GetMomentum.com/book
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Carson Tate is a dynamic teacher and coach known for personal transformation and simple, powerful actionable content. She is a nationally renowned expert on productivity. She is the author of Work Simply: Embracing the Power of Your Personal Productivity Style. Make sure to take her Productivity Style Assessment!
In this episode, Carson talks with Erik about how to discover your personal productivity style.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Asana
- Trello
- Evernote
- Pomodoro method
- Four Productivity styles: Prioritizer, Planner, Arranger, Visualizer
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Steve Dotto, Mike Vardy and Erik Fisher discuss the benefits and application of Mindmapping.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Mindmeister
- Mindnode
- iThoughts
- X Mind
- MindJet
- Mohio map
- MindMup
- Scrivener
- Scapple
- Meister task
- Asana
- DigiSpoke
- Trello
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Julia Roy is a Certified Gmail Ninja, amatuer neuroscientist, personal trainer for productivity, maker of awesome online productivity courses and lover of life hacks. Julia the host of the ‘How We Work Now’ Podcast.
Mentioned in this episode:
- How We Work Now
- Tool Candy
- Digital Sanity
- Hazel
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Amir Salihefendic is the Founder & CEO of Doist, the company behind Todoist. Doist specializes in productivity software, creating tools that simplify and organize your day.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Task List Zero
- Eat That Frog!
- iaWriter
- Evernote
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In a rarity up till this point on the Beyond The To-Do List Podcast, Erik takes to the mic solo.
Covered in this episode: Erik talks about some health experiments he did in June, the process of that experiment, the results, and what he is doing moving forwasrd. Also covered is Erik’s trip to Chicago for Podcast Movement, and the insights gained from that visit. If you pay attention, you will also notice that Erik went a little ‘Roman Mars‘ on this episode. Maybe that had something to do with the subject of this podcast episode, or the fact that Erik met him, or kept crossing paths with him at the conference.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Steve Jobs 2005 Stanford Commencement Address
- Shake Shack – You must go, if you’ve never been. If you’ve been, you need no convincing.
- Clark Buckner
- Blake Stratton
- Jeff Sanders – 5AM Miracle
- Podcast Junkies – Interview with Erik Fisher and Harry Duran
'We gather to reinforce that we're not just weird losers.' - Chris BroganClick To Tweet Please connect with me * Subscribe, rate, and review in iTunes * Follow @ErikJFisher
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Pamela Wilson is the Executive VP of Educational Content at Rainmaker.fm and the director of the Copyblogger blog. She is also the owner of Big Brand System.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Trello
- Zero to Book
- Rainmaker.fm
- The 12 Week Year
- Big Brand System
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Erik Fisher, Steve Dotto and Mike Vardy do a semi-reuglar live show on Productivity. This is an excerpt from one of our more recent shows. In this episode we cover: Why Erik deleted his Google+ sccount, Sitting down to look at your social accounts and ask yourself “What am I using this for?”, Signal vs. Noise, The biggest ROI from which social networks.
Mentioned in this episode: Hootsuite Buffer Social Quant Snapchat Instagram Anchor FOMO – Fear of missing out Agorapulse Please connect with me * Subscribe, rate, and review in iTunes * Follow @ErikJFisher
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Rob Bell is The New York Times bestselling author – his most recent book is How To Be Here. iTunes named his podcast, The RobCast, Best of 2015. He’s been profiled in The New Yorker, he’s toured with Oprah on her Life You Want Tour, and in 2011 Time Magazine named him one of the 100 Most Influential People In The World. He has a regular show at Largo, the legendary music and comedy club in West Hollywood and is currently touring his How To Be Here Experience around the world.
In this conversation, Rob and Erik talk about how to gain the proper perspective and awareness of ‘being here now’ through practicing rituals, routines, rhythms and taking a sabbath.
Presence: @RealRobBell on being present through Rhythm, Routines, and Rituals https://t.co/8ydRzcxHCJ pic.twitter.com/H0XrDNzfj8
— Erik Fisher (@ErikJFisher) June 21, 2016
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Charles Duhigg is a Pulitzer prize-winning reporter at the New York Times and author of The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business, which has sold over 2 million copies worldwide and spent more than 90 weeks on New York Times’ best-seller lists. His new book is Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business. You can find Charles Duhigg’s first appearance on this show here.
Peak #Productivity: Charles Duhigg @CDuhigg on becoming Smarter, Faster and Better https://t.co/ByDJAIlyzB pic.twitter.com/dJXcVVp5Ek
— Erik Fisher (@ErikJFisher) June 18, 2016
Roger Whitney is a practicing Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) helping people like walk the journey toward and into retirement. Roger is also known as the Retirement Answer Man. Roger says that retirement is not about managing money, it’s about managing time.
Make sure to continue this conversation with Roger over on his Podcast!
Also, make sure to listen to the episode on life planning with Michael Hyatt!
Joshua Becker is on a mission to inspire others to live more by owning less. Joshua is a blogger at Becoming Minimalist and is the bestselling author of Simplify and The More of Less.
In this episode Erik and Joshua discuss:
- What minimalism IS, and what it ISN’T
- Priorities
- Analyzing Needs versus Wants
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Steve Dotto, Mike Vardy and Erik Fisher do a live Blab show on Productivity. This is an excerpt from one of our more recent shows. In this episode we cover the multiple aspects of taking a planned or unplanned break from work. We talk about planning ahead, working or not during a break, and what to do when you are done.
Join us for our next live show here!
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Zachary Sexton is a writer, podcaster, teacher, meditator, skier and non-recovering business, caffeine and productivity junkie. He is just one of the members of the super efficient team over at Asian Efficiency. This episode is one part of a two part conversation between Zach and Erik on Mastery and Efficiency, within the context of Podcasting. Make sure to check out the other part to this episode here. Also, make sure to check out the Asian Efficiency write up of how they launched their show.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Confluence
- Agile Scrum
- Scheduleonce
- Calendly
- Doodle
- Textexpander
- Hazel
- Overcast
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Claire Diaz-Ortiz is an author, speaker, and entrepreneur who has been named one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company. She was an early employee at Twitter, and has been on the show twice before: BTTDL15 BTTDL64
Claire is the author of seven books, and is a frequent international keynote speaker, and writes a popular business blog at ClaireDiazOrtiz.com
Make sure to reserve your free ticket to the Work By Design Summit!
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Chris Bailey turned down lucrative job offers to pursue a lifelong dream—to spend a year performing a deep dive experiment into the pursuit of productivity, a subject he had been enamored with since he was a teenager. After obtaining his business degree, he created a blog to chronicle a year-long series of productivity experiments he conducted on himself, where he also continued his research and interviews with some of the world’s foremost experts, from Charles Duhigg to David Allen. This is his 2nd time on the show. Listen to his 1st episode here.
The Productivity Project—and the lessons Chris learned—are the result of that year-long journey. Among the counterintuitive insights Chris Bailey will teach you:
· slowing down to work more deliberately;
· shrinking or eliminating the unimportant;
· the rule of three;
· striving for imperfection;
· scheduling less time for important tasks;
· the 20 second rule to distract yourself from the inevitable distractions;
· and the concept of productive procrastination.
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Chris Brogan is the CEO of Owner Media Group. I’m also the New York Times bestselling author of eight books and counting, including the forthcoming Insider: Strategies and Secrets for Business Growth in the Age of Distractions. This episode is a conversation between Chris, Erik, Steve Dotto and Mike Vardy before a live audience. Chris has been on the show 3 previous times:
- Work Ethic: Chris Brogan talks about Batman, Motivation and Discipline
- Ownership: Chris Brogan on the owner’s mind, choices and goals
- Get More Done: Chris Brogan on The Impact Equation and his recipe on getting more done
We spend money as if it’s finite, and we spend time as if it’s infinite. - Chris Brogan Click To Tweet Mentioned in this episode:
- 3 5 1K Approach
- Owner Media – Digital Business Mastery
- Cal Newport – Deep Work
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Brett Kelly writes about technology, efficiency, business and Evernote. You can spend hours and hours of your precious free time on experimentation and trial-and-error, trying to find the best way to make Evernote work for you. Or you can pick up Evernote Essentials and learn from the expert in an afternoon. In fact Brett used to work at Evernote until just recently.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Brett’s 1st appearance on this show
- Evernote Essentials
- Master Your Mac
- The Art and Science of Vaping: A Beginner’s Guide to Electronic Cigarettes
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Dave Delaney is a recognized leader, consultant and keynote speaker on digital marketing, social media strategy, and business networking. His book, New Business Networking, is available from Pearson Publishing.
In this episode we talk about:
- Dave’s Killer Calendar
- Learning from the podcasts we listen to
- Working from Home
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Ryan McRae has had Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder all of his life, but he wasn’t going to let ADHD run him down. He has worked to figure out how to take all the benefits and cancel out all the drawbacks. Discover what Ryan has found to help you or someone you know get better focus, procrastinate less and thrive in productivity, even if you don’t have ADHD.
Erik uses Nozbe to focus on the tasks at hand as well. Make sure to grab your free 30 day Trial of Nozbe Pro, and shoot Erik a message if you’d like his Morning Routine Template after you grab that trial!
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Aleen Simms from AgileBits joins Erik this episode to talk about one of his top productivity tools: 1Password. You can learn more about Aleen here.
1Password creates strong, unique passwords for all of your sites and logs you in with a single tap. It’s simple, convenient security. Erik literally uses it every day!
Something else Erik uses every day: NOZBE!
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Michael Hyatt is the author of Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World and the co-author of the forthcoming book, Living Forward: A Proven Plan to Stop Drifting and Get the Life You Want with Daniel Harkavy. Michael is also founder of 5 Days to Your Best Year Ever, and Platform University. This is Michael’s 4th time on this show!
Don’t just drift through your days. Design a life you love. Living Forward shows you how. Grab Michael’s new book now!
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Steve Dotto, Mike Vardy and Erik Fisher have been doing a Blab show on Productivity. This is an excerpt from one of our more recent shows. In this episode we cover where we are with goals, resolutions, and rules and how we approach the new year and seasons.
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Pat Flynn is a beloved thought leader in the areas of online entrepreneurship, digital marketing, and lifestyle businesses. Pat has been featured in The New York Times and Forbes Magazine for his accomplishments, and has recently been enjoying talking about his story and business strategies in front of large crowds at various conferences and events all around the world. His top-ranked business podcast, The Smart Passive Income Podcast, has earned over 25 million downloads and continues to inspire people as they work through their online business journey today.
Pat’s Latest book is ‘Will It Fly? How to Test Your Next Business Idea So You Don’t Waste Your Time and Money‘
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Michael Sliwinski is an entrepreneur, speaker, author and blogger. Michael helps busy and overworked professionals, startups and teams learn to implement the latest productivity solutions so they can achieve success by getting things done better. Michael is the founder of Nozbe, one of the leading productivity apps.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Remote team management
- Managing tasks and projects with your startup
- Going iPad only
- Productive Magazine
- Apple Watch
- Nozzle Automation and Workflow app
- Essentialism
- The One Thing
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Alli Worthington is a wife, mother to 5 boys, speaker and executive director of Propel Women. She is author of the new book Breaking Busy: How to Find Peace and Purpose in a World of Crazy.
In this episode we have a conversation about:
- Learn how to stop chasing what leaves you empty and start doing what you were created to do.
- Identify the common lies you believe and how to strip their power from your life.
- Recognize how what you say no to determines what you can say yes to.
- Stop making comparisons on social media!
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Erik Fisher, host of the show is interviewed by guest host Andrew Mason of The Pro Guide and the official Getting Things Done Podcast. Andrew took this opportunity to get to ask Erik any questions he wanted about productivity and podcasting and the experience of hosting a productivity podcast for going on 4 years.
In fact, we are extending this Q&A time into the comments section of this show. Erik will answer any questions you have below.
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Greg Scown is the cofounder of Smile. Smile develops productivity software for Mac, iPad, and iPhone. Smile makes of one of my favorite productivity tools: Textexpander.
This episode is a conversation about how Textexpander helps you type more with less effort! TextExpander saves your fingers and your keyboard, and your time by expanding custom keyboard shortcuts into frequently-used text and pictures. It will blow you away how much time you save.
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Steve Dotto, Mike Vardy and Erik Fisher have been doing a Blab show on Productivity. This is an excerpt from one of our more recent shows. In this episode we cover our Email workflows, desktop as well as workflows, organization and tips.
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Kent Sanders is a Writer, Musician and Professor. Kent helps people unlock their creative potential.
In this episode Kent and Erik discuss feeling lost as an artist, being stuck in your creative life, finding inspiration, figuring out your priorities, and taking control of your time.
Make sure to grab Kent’s book ‘The Artist’s Suitcase: 26 Essentials for the Creative Journey’.
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Justin Wise is content marketing practitioner living in Des Moines, Iowa.
He helps build Social Media Systems for businesses with his company Think Digital.
Justin returns to the show this time to talk about what the true meaning of the word ‘Hustle’ is, and how we are to approach working best when we need to, as well as doing our best work while focusing on the most important things in life.
You can listen to Justin’s first appearance on this show here.
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Jeff Sanders is a productivity coach, personal development junky, and avid trail runner. Jeff writes and speaks through his blog and podcast about healthy habits, personal development, high energy, and rockin’ productivity.
This is Jeff’s second appearance on the show, and you can listen to his first appearance here.
Make sure to grab Jeff’s new book: The 5am Miracle
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Steve Dotto, Mike Vardy and Erik Fisher have been doing a weekly Blab show on Productivity. This is an excerpt from one of our more recent shows. In this episode we cover our Evernote workflows, organization and tips.
Make sure to check out the sponsor of this episode: Transpose
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Clark Vandeventer ran for Congress once upon a time. He is now a Pro ski bum who raises money for nonprofits, blogging at FamilyTrek.org and is the author of the new book unWorking.
By the time he was 26-years-old, Clark Vandeventer was the deputy director of the Reagan Ranch and had raised millions of dollars to preserve the home of the 40th President of the United States, Ronald Reagan.
Clark’s new book, UnWorking, is about casting a vision for your future while enjoying life today and living on a grand scale. It’s about loneliness, depression, and failure and ultimately, reinvention.
Make sure to check out the supporter of this episode: Transpose – an app for storing and managing information in a smart, structured way.
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Cesar Abeid is a Project Management Professional®, author, professional speaker, business coach and consultant, and entrepreneur. As the host of the Project Management for the Masses Podcast and the Construction Industry Podcast, Cesar reaches audiences of thousands around the world every week. Cesar also exercises his Project Management muscles as the Vice President, Client Services of Remontech, a business dedicated to providing Project Management services to the construction industry.
Originally from São Paulo, Brazil, today Cesar lives in London, Ontario, Canada, with his wife and three children.
Make sure to grab Cesar’s book, Project Management For You at ProjectManagementForYou.com
Make sure to check out the sponsor of this episode, Transpose at Beyondthetodolist.com/transpose
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Steve Dotto, Mike Vardy and Erik Fisher have been doing a weekly Blab show on Productivity. This is an excerpt from one of our more recent shows. In this episode we do a run down of some of the most popular Task management software available.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Asana
- Basecamp
- Evernote
- Flow
- Todoist
- Trello
- Smartsheet
- Swipe
- Wunderlist
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Robby Slaughter of Accelawork joins Erik to talk about email. Robby Slaughter is a workflow and productivity expert. His consulting practice assists a wide variety of organizations, including Fortune 500 companies, regional non-profits, small businesses, and individual entrepreneurs to help increase productivity, simplify workflow, and optimize business processes.
His latest book, The Battle for Your Email Inbox outlines a radical new way to take control of your email.
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David Sparks is an Orange County, California business attorney, geek, podcaster on the Mac Power Users podcast, blogger, and author who writes about finding the best tools, hardware, and workflows for using Apple products to get work done. David also writes for Macworld magazine and speaks about technology.
David has appeared on the show once before.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Apple Watch
- HooToo – Travel Router
- Textexpander
- Workflow
- MacSparky Field Guides
- MacSparky Video Field Guides
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Todd Henry is the founder of Accidental Creative, a company that helps creative people and teams generate brilliant ideas. He regularly speaks and consults with companies about how to develop practices and systems that lead to everyday brilliance. His books have been translated into more than a dozen languages, and he speaks internationally on creativity, productivity, leadership, and passion for work.
His latest book, Louder Than Words: Harness The Power Of Your Authentic Voice, teaches how to build a body of work that resonates deeply with your intended audience.
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April Perry is a Co-Director at Power of Moms and Co-Host of Power of Moms Radio.
She is the creator of the “Mind Organization for Moms” program, Co-Author of “Deliberate Motherhood” and “Motherhood Realized,” and a blogger at Power of a Family.
Make sure to check out April’s new course: Master The Whirlwind
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Tony Stubblebine is a startup nerd, human potential nerd and CEO and Founder of Coach.me. Tony has been on the show once before. You can check that episode out here.
After this episode and that one, I know you will want to join Coach.me and follow Tony on Twitter!
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Mystie Winckler works to provide practical & encouraging solutions for real moms living a full life. She runs the site ‘Simplified Organization’ where she teaches how to change the way you think about your responsibilities, improve your mood and devise systems that will help you stress less and accomplish more.
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Joel Zaslofsky of The Value of Simple joins Erik to talk about the concept simplicity and curating your life and experiences. This is an episode to listen to if you are ready to change the way you eat, exercise, work, prioritize, organize, and think about the world.
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Laura Vanderkam is a nationally recognized writer who questions the status quo and helps her readers rediscover their true passions and beliefs in pursuit of more meaningful lives. Laura is the author of 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think, What Successful People Do Before Breakfast, What Successful People Do on the Weekend, and What People Do at Work, now all out in paperback compilation form.
Laura has just released her latest book: I Know How She Does It: How Successful Women Build Lives That Work.
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Grant Baldwin, host of the ‘How Did You Get Into That?‘ Podcast, is a podcaster, speaker and family man. Grant has spoken at hundreds of events and have given literally thousands of presentations in conferences, assemblies, conventions and other events. He has spoken to audiences of just a handful to arenas filled with 13,000 people.
Grant and Erik discuss how Grant decided on the career path he has taken, why he started a podcast about others learning to do the same, and how his family designs the lifestyle they want as he does the work he loves.
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Jessica Rhodes is the founder and President of Entrepreneur Support Services Inc. (ESS), a virtual assistant firm offering a variety of client support and graphic design services to busy entrepreneurs. ESS is the parent company to the wildly popular podcast guest booking firm, InterviewConnections.com. Jessica is the host of the hit weekly web TV show, Interview Connections TV where she brings expert tips and advice to podcasters and great guest experts. Her podcast, Rhodes to Success publishes weekly interviews with content and relationship marketers.
Corey Coates has been podcasting since 2006. He is an audio engineer who has worked on countless podcast projects with his production company, Podfly Productions. Corey now focuses his attention fully on producing content for clients worldwide, and is the proud co-host of The Podcast Producers.
THE PODCAST PRODUCERS – A SERIES ON THE ART AND BUSINESS OF PODCASTING!
The series explores topics including: Podcasting for hobby or business, the podcast community, statistics and demographics, advertising on podcasts, podcast networks, the psychology of podcasting, outsourcing production or doing it yourself, the reaction of broadcast radio, and much more.
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Craig Jarrow – The Time Management Ninja and Mike Vardy of Productivityist debate the productivity pros and cons of the new Apple Watch. Both have been on the show before in their own episodes, and also in the special 50th episode on tools.
Check out Craig’s previous episode here. Read Craig’s initial write up of there Apple Watch here.
Listen to Mike’s previous episodes here. Read Mike’s write up of why he isn’t purchasing an Apple Watch anytime soon.
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John Michael Morgan is the bestselling author of Brand Against The Machine, which spent 9 months atop Amazon’s Top-Rated Marketing books list and has been labeled “the new definition of branding”.
John is an in-demand public speaker on the topics of leadership, achievement, and marketing. He has spoke across the world at business conferences, associations and organizations, as well as churches and universities.
John began studying the topics of personal development and achievement when he was a teenager as a way of overcoming a battle with depression. Since then, he has started 3 successful businesses both online and offline and is now on a mission to equip 10 million leaders with the strategies they need to achieve success.
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Ben Elijah is an independent writer, speaker and coach; based in London. Ben studies how our relationship with information affects the way we live and work. By mastering this relationship, we can promote productivity, creativity, and well-being.
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Amy Lynn Andrews shares bite-sized tips about social media and blogging. She talks about making money online, productivity, self-publishing and working from home. She wades through the internet so you don’t have to.
Make sure to check out Amy’s weekly newsletter: The Useletter® – a wildly popular, weekly, hand-curated email for bloggers, authors, freelancers, online business owners and those who want to work from home.
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Donald Miller is a student of story. He’s the author of New York Times Best Sellers: “Blue Like Jazz,” “A Million Miles in a Thousand Years,” and his new book “Scary Close.” “Scary Close” is a book about the risk involved in choosing to impress fewer people and connect with more, about the freedom that comes when we stop acting and start loving. It is a story about knocking down old walls to create a healthy mind, a strong family, and a satisfying career.
Currently, he helps people live a better story at www.storylineblog.com and helps leaders grow their businesses at www.storybrand.com. Donald lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife, Betsy, and their chocolate lab, Lucy.
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Tripp and Tyler are a sketch comedy duo most known for their hilarious and viral YouTube videos.
They started creating original material in 2006, and since have amassed over 40 MILLION YouTube views and over 130,000 subscribers. Each year they host live events for thousands of people where they perform original sketches, interact with the audience, and interview notable personalities. They also perform their own live variety show in Atlanta.
Make sure to check out Tyler’s other project with Bryan Allain: Free Travlr.
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Chris Brogan returns to the show to talk about Batman. We talk about why this character means something to us, how awesome he is, why we wear Batman T-Shirts, and much more.
We also spend some time talking about the documentary ‘Legends of The Knight’ about people who’s lives have been impacted by Batman.
Make sure to check out the documentary ‘Legends of The Knight’!
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Julie Sheranosher was a Captain in the army and had absolutely no choice but to get REALLY good with time management. She found out that she had a talent for understanding people’s needs and routines and matching them with custom-tailored time management systems that work for them.
Make sure to check out Julie’s Podcast: Time Hackers
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Paul Jarvis is a web designer, best-selling author, & gentleman of adventure. Paul has a reputation as the designer whose vision and web design strategy is the prime catalyst for building multi-million dollar businesses. He’s worked with Silicon Valley startups, pro sports athletes, Fortune 500 companies, best-selling authors and the world’s biggest entrepreneurs.
You can listen to Paul Jarvis and Jason SurfrApp on their weekly podcast, Invisible Office Hours where they dish on everything related to creativity and working for yourself.
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Nick Loper is the Chief Side Hustler at Side Hustle Nation. Nick used to work full-time for a giant corporation, but built his business nights and weekends.
Shout out to Nick for being a finalist in the business section of the 2015 Podcast Awards!
Congratulations as well to Pat Flynn of Smart Passive Income, Jeff Brown of Read to Lead Podcast, and Jeff Sanders of The 5AM Miracle Podcast. They also were finalists in the podcast awards, as well as Beyond the To-Do List!
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John Bell is a retired consumer packaged goods CEO and global strategy consultant to some of the world’s most respected blue-chip organizations. A prolific writer, John’s musings on strategy, leadership, and branding have appeared in various marketing journals and publications such as Fortune and Forbes. He has served as a director of several private, public, and not-for-profit organizations.
Do Less Better has its roots in John Bell’s early career. At that time, John and a young leadership team faced the daunting task of resurrecting a company with a broad product range and buckets of red ink. That team took a step few leaders do, setting aside their own egos and trimming the company down to a shadow of its former self. The business that remained grew rapidly because they concentrated on running it, and nothing else. The lesson-learned served him well throughout his career as a CEO and then consultant: smart sacrifice is the surprising secret to success.
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Jeff Goins is a full-time writer who lives just outside of Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife, son, and border collie. He has authored three other books: The In-Between, Wrecked, and You Are a Writer. His website, Goinswriter.com, has been visited by more than four million people from all over the world. He humbly considers himself the world’s foremost expert on guacamole.
Here’s the deal: Jeff is releasing his next book, and if you act now, you won’t have to pay anything but shipping. This is an actual physical bookstore book. And he wants to get it into the hands of as many people possible.
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Rory Vaden is the world’s leader on defining the psychology around modern day procrastination, called Priority Dilution – in fact, he coined the term. He speaks and consults on how to say no to the things that don’t matter, and yes to the things that do. Rory’s 1st book Take the Stairs is a #1 Amazon, #1 Wall St Journal, #1 USA Today, and #2 New York Times bestseller!
Rory’s new book is Procrastinate on Purpose: 5 Permissions to Multiply Your Time will alter the way the world thinks about time. Trust me, you need this book!
Make sure to go to Procrastinate on Purpose.com to get access to a free webinar covering much of the book, and the great early purchase bonus deals when you purchase the book.
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David Allen is the originator of GTD. GTD is the shorthand brand for “Getting Things Done“. GTD enables greater performance, capacity, and innovation. It alleviates the feeling of overwhelm—instilling focus, clarity, and confidence.
Listen to David’s previous appearance on this podcast here.
Covered in this episode:
- Productivity vs. Creativity
- Productivity for “Creative Types”
- The Aperture Effect
- Contexts
- Getting Things Done – March 2015 Edition
- The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload
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Michael Hyatt returns to talk more about setting goals, barriers to dreaming, limiting beliefs and writing a new chapter in your story. Michael and Erik previously talked about setting goals in a previous episode, but a lot has happened since then.
This episode not only digs deeper, it’s also a more vulnerable and introspective conversation about giving yourself permission to dream, emilinating limiting beliefs, writing a new chapter in your story and how to deal with when it looks like you won’t meet a goal.
Make sure to thank Michael for his openness and sharing his story and wisdom on this episode.
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Brooke McAlary of Slow Your Home is all about living more simply. Whether you call it simple living, or call it minimalism, living a life with less stuff gives you more time and energy for the things that are important.
Her blog covers the how and why of creating a life of simplicity, and will prove to you time and time again that no one has all the answers.
A few of my favorite ‘Slow Your Home’ Posts:
- Slow Home Essentials: Weekly Rhythm
- Instagram or it didn’t happen.
- Facing up to fear
- Enough with the balancing act!
- Enough
- Doing Nothing is Doing Something
- Slow Home Essentials: What Exactly IS a Slow Home?
- Why Rhythm Trumps Routine
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Cynthia Sanchez is addicted to Pinterest. She started to use Pinterest in 2011, discovering things online that she would’ve never found before. She found websites and blogs that inspired her to do things, make things and even buy things. She was so amazed by the site, she decided to start a blog about it.
Oh So Pinteresting was launched February 2012. In September 2012, she left her job as a full-time radiation oncology nurse to focus on building Oh So Pinteresting and her business.
Enjoy this conversation and potential paradigm shifting thought of using Pinterest as a Productivity tool!
Make sure to thank Cynthia for her appearance on the show, and make sure to follow her on Pinterest!
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Jaime Tardy of Eventual Millionaire is not a millionaire yet, but she is debt free and is building her million by making conscious choices in life and business. She produces the Eventual Millionaire Podcast, and has written the book The Eventual Millionaire: How Anyone Can Be an Entrepreneur and Successfully Grow Their Startup.
Check out this guest post she did for Michael Hyatt on how Millionaires manage their time.
Listen as Jamie and I discuss:
- Working hard is great, working hard on the right things is better
- External catalytsts of change
- Intense focus
- Setbacks
- Continuous forward motion
- Absolute YES
Let Jamie know you enjoyed her appearance on the show!
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Scott Stratten and Alison Kramer: Hosts of the ‘UnPodcast’ join me for this packed episode! None of us needs another list of what we should be doing. “TheUnPodcast” tells you what not to do first, so we can discuss what you really need to do to succeed in the new world of business marketing. Includes real-life examples along with tips and guidance on experts, human resources, marketing/branding, networking (in person and online), public relations, and customer service.
Scott and Alison also have a great new book out: Unselling. The book is about creating repeat customers, not one-time buyers. Create loyal clients that refer others, not faceless numbers.
Make sure to thank Scott and Alison for sharing on this episode!
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KC Procter is a Dad, writer, coffee addict, lego fan and more. He is also a new podcaster at Dad Life Rules. In fact, I was just on episode #2!
I borrowed this from the shownotes on my appearance on Dad Life Rules:
Fatherhood requires sacrifice, but this love can’t be driven by obligation. There is honor in laying down one’s life to provide for your family, but you don’t have to lay your dreams on the altar of responsibility. However, you might need some new dreams.
Listen and subscribe!
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Chase Reeves is one of the cofounders of Fizzle.co — honest business training for online entrepreneurs. He podcasts on The Fizzle Show — A podcast for creative entrepreneurs. He regularly contributes to The Sparkline — The blog that accompanies the previous two.
This is a packed episode, and may require more than one listen. I suggest you take notes.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Fizzle.co
- Donald Miller
- “Chase Reeves is an acquired taste, but once you acquire it, you’re addicted.” – Donald Miller
- Bob Goff
- Alan Watts
- Merlin Man Episode 1, Episode 2
- Marco Arment – XOXO
- Overcast
- Castro – Castro Blog
- Seinfeld – The Complete Series
- Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
- Jim Carrey Commencement Address
- Failure is an option
- Depression, Anxiety and Entrepreneurism
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For exactly one year, May 1st, 2013 – May 1, 2014, Chris Bailey of ‘A Year of Productivity’ and ‘A Life of Productivity’ ran productivity experiments on himself. In this episode, he and Erik talk about some of the findings he had from those experiments, such as:
- Meditating for 35 hours over 7 days
- Watching 70 hours of TED Talks in a week
- Using a smartphone for only 60 minutes a day for 3 months
- Working 90 hour workweeks
- and more
Tweetable quotes from this episode:
- [tweetable]When you bring more of yourself to what you’re doing, you can dive into it deeper and do it a lot better.[/tweetable]
- [tweetable]Intention behind your actions is like wood behind an arrow.[/tweetable]
- [tweetable]Meditation trains your attention muscle to dedicate more attention to whatever you want to do in the moment.[/tweetable]
- [tweetable]You know how you know if something’s important? If you’ve done it already.[/tweetable]
- [tweetable]Just because you feel productive, doesn’t mean you’re actually productive.[/tweetable]
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Jeff Sanders is a productivity coach, personal development junky, and avid trail runner. He has completed six competitive marathons, two 50k ultra-marathons, two half marathons, and two 200-mile team relay races. Jeff writes and speaks through his blog and podcast about healthy habits, personal development, high energy, and rockin’ productivity.
He also eats a lot of bananas.
Make sure to check out Jeff’s Podcast: The 5AM Miracle.
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Will Henshall and Jeff Straw of Focus at Will join Erik this time to talk about listening to the right kind of music to achieve better focus.
Focus at Will is a new neuroscience based music service that helps you focus, reduce distractions and retain information when working, studying, writing and reading. The technology is based on hard science and proven to be extremely effective at extending your attention span.
References in this episode:
- Focus at Will
- The Pomodoro Technique
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Mike Vardy is the Chief and founder of Productivityist, where he writes, speaks, coaches and podcasts on productivity and more.
Mike and Erik cover a lot in this episode, and even mention their favorite Task Management Tool: ToDoist. ~~ToDoist even generously has given Erik 5 premium accounts to give away.~~ All given away!
Mentioned in this episode:
- Podcast Movement
- Greg Hickman
- ToDoist
- Chase Reeves – Mike’s on Mic’s
- Scott Dinsmore – Live Your Legend
- Brett Kelly
- Assessing projects
- Don’t Just Ship – Deliver
- Merlin Mann – Chasing the right zero
- Jon Acuff 90%
- Paul Jarvis
- Mark Johns
- Chris Ducker – Virtual Freedom
- Donald Miller’s Life Plan
- John Lennon – Beautiful Boy
- John Cleese on the creative process
- Heavy lifting/light lifting days
- David Sparks – Presentations Field Guide
- SimpleRev – Joel Zaslofsky
- Dan Hayes, Vanessa Hayes
- Energy, Time, Priority, Work/Life: 4 New Ways To Organize Your To-Do List
Time moves on whether you want it to or not. Tasks only move as far as you move them.Click To Tweet Please connect with me * Subscribe, rate, and review in iTunes * Follow @ErikJFisher
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Farnoosh Brock is a multi-passionate entrepreneur. She escaped her cushy 11-year corporate career to start her own company. Today she is a speaker, author, green juice expert, Ashtanga yogini, globe trotter, and oh yeah, just hired hubby into our company. This is her second full episode, and third appearance on the show overall. Make sure to go back and listen to her first episode, and the special 50th episode on tools she was a part of.
This time, Farnoosh is back, and we talk about her new book ‘The Healthy Smoothie Bible.
Make sure to grab Farnoosh’s latest book, and thank her for being on this episode!
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Brett Kelly writes about technology, efficiency, business and Evernote. You can spend hours and hours of your precious free time on experimentation and trial-and-error, trying to find the best way to make Evernote work for you. Or you can pick up Evernote Essentials and learn from the expert in an afternoon. In fact Brett used to work at Evernote until just recently.
Mentioned in this episode:
Evernote essentials Direct from Brett, Kindle, iBooks
- File This Fetch
- Eddie Smith
- Macdrifter
- Omnifocus 2
- Macstories.net
- 512pixels
- Chase Reeves – Fizzle
- Boomerang for Gmail
Don’t forget to Tweet at Brett!
Don’t forget to grab Brett’s book:
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Derek Coburn is the Co-founder of Cadre and a catalyst for connecting remarkable people. Derek is now a newly published author of Networking Is Not Working: Stop Collecting Business Cards and Start Making Meaningful Connections. Born out of Derek’s frustration with having spent thousands of fruitless hours attending traditional networking events, this book offers fresh, effective, unconventional strategies for growing and nurturing a powerful network.
Mentioned in this episode:
- How to Use Networking 3.0 to Make New Connections – Derek’s guest post on Jay Baer‘s Convince & Convert Blog
- Contactually
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Allison Vesterfelt quit her full time job to chase her dream of becoming a writer. Since that point she can’t help but write about what it looks like to live with less; to give up the things that aren’t important so she can chase the things that are. Allison’s book Packing Light is about just that. Inspired by the courage of a friend, and the story of The Rich Young Ruler from the Gospels, she decided to quit her full-time job, move out of her apartment, sell nearly everything she owned and spend the next six months driving across the country.
On the trip I started to discover what it looked like to live life with less baggage, both in actuality, and as a metaphor.
.@AllyVest on @Donaldmiller's @Storyline #Productivity Schedule & how she & @dvest build bridges + take leaps. http://t.co/K0wY2nLsuN
— Erik Fisher (@ErikJFisher) May 6, 2014
Covered in this episode:
- Allison’s book ‘Packing Light’
- Overcoming Procrastination
- The power of choice
- Donald Miller’s Storyline Productivity Schedule
- Donald Miller’s Beyond the To-Do List Episode
Paul Jun is a writer and author at Motivated Mastery. He is all about connecting the dots between subjects like mastery, psychology, technology, philosophy, culture, self-awareness, and developing an understanding through self-education. Unstimulated by traditional education, Paul was motivated to study subjects that were practical to his goals and growth. He became a voracious reader and learned to used the (growing) resources available to facilitate his education. He connects the dots to improve his understanding of the subjects that elude him, while focusing on creating the kind of content that is enriching and insightful. His new book Connect the Dots is all about how to do this.
Hugh Culver shows people how to work smarter and live better. As a teacher and mentor for other experts (speakers, seminar leaders, authors, and coaches) he helps entrepreneurs to serve more people, sell more products, and succeed more than they ever thought possible. As a professional speaker, he challenges people to drop their stories, plan better and take action everyday to lead an effective life. Hugh was also a professional adventure guide, ironman and marathon competitor, and a university professor. Hugh now speaks, consults, and writes about creating real results and a rich life in the age of distraction.
Chris Brogan is Publisher and CEO of Owner Magazine, a business magazine helping you improve your worth by growing your capabilities and connections. He is the New York Times Bestselling author of six books and counting, including The Impact Equation, with Julien Smith. He lives in northern Massachusetts, where he frequently plays Minecraft with his kids. Make sure to listen to the first time Chris was on the show. The publish date of this episode is also Chris’s 44th Birthday. Happy Birthday Chris! Covered in this episode:
- OwnerMag
- Chris’s upcoming book: The Freaks Shall Inherit the Earth
- Chris’s Weekly Newsletter
- The Owner’s Mind Podcast
- New Business Networking Radio Podcast
- Defy the Plateau Podcast
- Life in the Woods Podcast
Don’t forget to tweet at Chris today and wish him a happy birthday!
Claire Diaz-Ortiz returns to the show to share tips to stay sane in an all access, always on age. Claire first visited the show to talk about The Present Principle. Claire was an early employee at Twitter, where she was hired to lead social innovation, and where she still works today. She is also a speaker, author, blogger, and has two new books out:
Greater Expectations: Succeed (and Stay Sane) in an On-Demand, All-Access, Always-On Age
Hope Runs: An American Tourist, a Kenyan Boy, a Journey of Redemption
Here are some of my favorite recent posts on Claire’s blog:
- How to Get Anything Done, Now.
- How to Measure Productivity
- Three Keys to a Successful Digital Detox
- Why Email Isn’t Work. (And Why It Is.)
- How Goals Can Help You Define Success
Make sure to Tweet to Claire and thank her for appearing on this episode!
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Tony DiLorenzo and his wife Alisa created ONE Extraordinary Marriage to educate, entertain, encourage, and inspire people to have mind-blowing intimacy in their marriages. Tony & Alisa are experienced marriage coaches, podcasters, and speakers. They specialize in helping time-crunched couples take action and enjoy the sex, love, and commitment they desire in their marriage.
Being fit and healthy and the associated intimacy it brings to their relationship have helped Tony and Alisa through good times and bad. Their hiking escapades early in their marriage led them to the three highest peaks in Southern California, backpacking treks in Yosemite, Sequoia and Kings Canyon, Death Valley, as well as fun-filled dates along the beach or resorts closer to home.
Mentioned in this episode:
ONE Extrordinary Marriage Episode 140 – Scheduling Sex
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Chris Ducker was working 14-hour days, six days a week, spending very little time with family and working ‘in’ his business, instead of ‘on’ it and was tired in every possible way. He’s come a long way since then, creating the new business Virtual Staff Finder, the New Business Podcast, and his new book – Virtual Freedom: How to Work with Virtual Staff to Buy More Time, Become More Productive, and Build Your Dream Business. He’s also released a podcast series that corresponds to the new book.
In this episode, Chris and Erik cover:
- The false believe that you can fill every role in a growing business
- Super hero syndrome
- Chris’ definition of the word Entrepreneur = To provide answers to questions and solutions to problems
- Being a 16 hour a day, 7 day a week entrepreneur doesn’t make you a more successful entrepreneur.
Chris’s 3 lists:
- The things you hate doing
- The things you can’t do
- The things you shouldn’t be doing
You need to do only the things that you are uniquely qualified to do.—@jaybaerClick To Tweet If you’re doing things other people on your team can do, you’re robbing them of opportunity.—Jay BaerClick To Tweet Chris’s rule for email – Never open an email more than once by:
- reply or forward it
- archive it
- delete it
Dustin Riechmann is the creator of the site Engaged Marriage, where he seeks to help you live a married life you love. Dustin Riechmann is just a normal guy with a passion for marriage and life and a knack for helping others achieve big things. He’s an engineer by trade, and tries to be a good husband and a mostly patient Dad to his three great kids.
Dustin and Erik are doing a live online workshop and recording called “How to Enjoy More Quality Time & Be Super Productive as a Couple”. Sign up to be part of this live event, or to grab the recording later.
What you will learn from this workshop:
- How to do aTime Makeoverthat will get your schedule under control & give you more quality time to enjoy with your family
- How to craft your perfect morning routine to start with your day with energy & enthusiasm
- How to create powerful habits & healthy boundaries on your time that will give you the focus you and your family deserve during your work, family and play time
- How to use three simple, powerful productivity hacks to get more done each day in less time (these will surprise you)
- How to create more quality time & margin in your life – so you can excel in your work while enjoying a HAPPY marriage & family life that you LOVE!
Register for this workshop or to grab the recording NOW! Please connect with me * Subscribe, rate, and review in iTunes * Follow @ErikJFisher
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Jim Woods is a Writer, Coach, and Instigator. He is the co-author of ‘Ready Aim Fire! – A Practical Guide to Making and Achieving Goals’. The book is also co-authored by the host of this podcast, Erik Fisher. In this more raw episode than usual, Erik and Jim talk a bit about personal productivity struggles, how life is seasonal, the need to simplify, and why they rebranded their 1st book a few months after it’s release.
Referenced in this episode:
- Derek Webb‘s appearance on the Life in the Woods Podcast: Part 1 Part 2
- Jon Acuff
- Crystal Paine
- Ben Dempsey
- Jeremy Statton
- Breaking Bad
- Bacon
- The Elvis
Make sure to support this podcast and both Erik and Jim by grabbing a copy of their first book: ‘Ready Aim Fire! – A Practical Guide to Making and Achieving Goals’
Merlin Mann is an Independent Writer, Speaker, and Broadcaster at MerlinMann.com and Cohost of Back to Work Podcast on the 5 by 5 Podcast Network with Dan Benjamin. You can find Merlin’s previous appearance on this podcast here.
Covered in this episode:
- Back to Work Episode 153: ‘Anxiety’s a Goat‘
- Getting Things Done by David Allen ©DavidCo, 2001.
- The unknown inboxes out there that we don’t know about that keep us up at night
- The inboxes we have accepted
- Being sober about acknowledging the known inboxes we have in our lives
- Interruptions vs. Distractions
- How thoughts effect our feelings and vice versa
- The real inbox zero: What percentage of your brain is somewhere you don’t want it to be right now.
- Calendars 5
- Fantastical
- Omnifocus
- Mailbox
- Awayfind
- Sanebox
- Unroll.me
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Donald Miller is all about story. He is the author of several books, including multiple New York Times Best Sellers. Donald is also the founder of Storyline, an organization that helps people live better stories. He’s helped thousands overcome a sense of meaninglessness by helping them create their Storyline life plan. If you’re struggling with a sense of meaningless, pick up Storyline today. After studying story for years and successfully using the elements of story to engage customers, Don created StoryBrand, a process any business owner or marketing team can go through to create a communication script that will increase sales. Don is also the creator of the Storyline Productivity Schedule, a free daily schedule using modern psychology to increase a person’s productivity. Don believes getting your story straight changes everything.
Covered in this episode:
- How Don got started writing
- How he continued at it, attained great success and learned to deal with those new expectations
- Kept going through a cycle of failure, wrestling with it, success and new expectations
- Learned how the principles of a good story can lead to a meaningful life
- The Storyline Conference
- The Storyline 2.0 Life Plan
- The Storyline Productivity Schedule
- Life isn’t meaningless. What you do with it can make it FEEL meaningless, but you can fix that. – Donald Miller (Click to Tweet this)
- Overcoming Procrastination
- Focus and Finish
Some of Erik’s Favorite Storyline Blog Posts by Don:
- 2 Solutions I’ve Found for Productivity
- How I Learned to Not be Overwhelmed
- You Don’t Have to Make Your Bed to Write a Book
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- Overcome procrastination
- Radically increase productivity
- Not feel overwhelmed
- Manage your mental energy instead of your time
- Enjoy a guilt-free work structure
- Create a daily, healthy routine you can repeat for life
- Finish the major projects you’ve been dreaming about
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David Sparks is an Orange County, California business attorney, geek, podcaster on the Mac Power Users podcast, blogger, and author who writes about finding the best tools, hardware, and workflows for using Apple products to get work done. David also writes for Macworld magazine and speaks about technology.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Unclutter
- Drafts
- Publishing on the iBooks Store
- Why Email Isn’t Work. (And Why It Is) by Claire Diaz-Ortiz
The Mac Sparky Field Guides Series must be good. It looks like The Lord of the Rings Extended DVD set!
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Crystal Paine is the founder of the popular blog MoneySavingMom.com. The mission of the blog is talking about Intentional Finance, Intentional Family, and Intentional Business.
Her new book Say Goodbye to Survival Mode is aimed as a help to the super busy, the stressed out, and the overtired. In it, she gives you ways to:
- Feel healthier and more energetic by setting priorities and boundaries
- Eliminate stress with savvy management of your time, money, and home
- Get more done by setting realistic goals and embracing discipline
- Rediscover your passions—and the confidence to pursue them
Grab your copy here!
Click to tweet these great quotes from Crystal in this episode:
There are seasons in life. We can’t do EVERYthing in EVERY season. - @MoneySavingMomClick To Tweet
If you're exhausted & overwhelmed, step back & cut out everything that is not a necessity. - @MoneySavingMomClick To Tweet
When you evaluate all your commitments, opportunities + to-do’s, very few are necessities for life. - @MoneySavingMomClick To Tweet
It’s easy for us to feel obligated to everyone. - @MoneySavingMomClick To Tweet
Burning the candle at both ends doesn’t give you superpowers, it just makes you exhausted. - @MoneySavingMomClick To Tweet
When you’re running on empty, you won't be running much longer. - @MoneySavingMomClick To Tweet Please make sure to tweet to Crystal Paine and let her know you appreciate her appearance on this episode!
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Jon Acuff is the New York Times Bestselling author of four books including his most recent, Start: Punch Fear in the Face, Escape Average & Do Work that Matters.
For 15 years he’s helped some of the biggest brands in the world tell their story, including The Home Depot, Bose, Staples, and the Dave Ramsey Team. Most recently he’s spoken to hundreds of thousands of people at conferences, colleges, companies and churches. In 2010 he used his influence with his tribe to build two kindergartens in Vietnam. Jon lives with his wife Jenny and two daughters in Franklin, TN.
Listen to Jon’s first appearance on Beyond the To-Do List here.
Some of my favorite recent blog posts by Jon (& Jenny Acuff!)
- A lesson is too Jon & I more than 9 years to learn. (by Jenny)
- The hardest lesson I learned in 2013.
- Quit trying to turn lead into gold.
- Why some (most) dreams don’t work.
- How I write tweets.
- The best place to write a book!
- How to get more awesome work done.
- Chris Rock doesn’t care about your sizzle.
- Do you need money to dream?
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Tony Stubblebine is the CEO and Co-founder of Lift. Before that he was the founder of CrowdVine, and contributor to Wesabe, Odeo, and O’Reilly Media. Lift is an app designed to help you unlock your potential and help you reach your goals. Lift provides you steps and milestones to make goals manageable, daily motivation, and community support.
Covered in this episode:
- Lift 2.0
- Positive reinforcement towards goals from an exterior source
- Cognitive Budget
- Decision fatigue
- Habits alleviate cognitive drain
- Freeing up cognitive load by creating habits
- Malcolm Gladwell’s 10,000 hour rule
- Replacement Habits
- Behavior Design
- Avoiding paralysis by analysis
- The habit of making habits
- The surprising number of goals that proves to be the point where success peaks
- The quantified diet project
- Lift’s How to Meditate page with free guided meditations
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New York Times best-selling author Michael Hyatt returns to the show to talk about his proven, five-step process to help you get clear, get motivated, and get started on the path toward achieving your most important goals. Between being the CEO of a major corporation, building his own personal platform, and managing his family, Michael’s life has been busy. And yet, he has consistently made progress and accomplished goals that he set for himself each year.
Covered in this episode:
- The difference between a resolution and a goal
- Why people don’t set goals
- The struggle of which goals to set
- The value of personal reflection in goal setting
- How to set effective goals
- Why people get stuck and give up
- Maintaining momentum and focus
- Moving past the quitting point
- How public should you make your goals?
- The most important ingredient for reaching your goals
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Make sure to check out:
- Michael’s conversation with his wife on his ‘This Is Your Life’ Podcast “HELP! I Married An Entrepreneur!” Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
- Michael’s Journaling Template
- Erik’s ebook on goals cowritten with Jim Woods.
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Chris LoCurto returns to the show to talk about understanding personality styles. You can listen to his previous episode here, and make sure to subscribe to his blog, podcast, and grab his personality styles video and workbook.
Check out @ChrisLoCurto on Beyond the To-Do List talking about understanding personality styles! http://t.co/tOwpPjNFkP
— Erik Fisher (@ErikJFisher) November 19, 2013
Tweetable quotes from Chris:
If your team doesn't know how to communicate, they’re doing 1/2 the productivity you pay them for. - @ChrisLoCurtoClick To Tweet
When we give people information based on how we want to receive it, we cause them to fail. - @ChrisLoCurtoClick To Tweet Make sure to tweet at Chris and let him know you appreciated this episode!
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Ray Edwards is an author, speaker, copywriter, and fellow-podcaster on his successful podcast ‘The Ray Edwards Show’. Ray has many creative insights in entrepreneurship and productivity. Ray is also the author of the #1 Amazon Bestseller Writing Riches.
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Mentioned in this episode:
- OmniFocus, GTD, and You – Implementing the Getting Things Done®
- Trip it
- Expensify
- Scan Snap
- Paperless
- David Sparks – MacSparky.com
- Mac Power Users Podcast
Tweetable quotes (click to tweet):
Success isn't a destination. It’s making progress towards a goal that’s worthy of your calling in life. - @RayEdwardsClick To Tweet
My goal for productivity is to be more effective at the important things in life. - @RayEdwardsClick To Tweet
We’re capable of doing things that would astound ourselves, if we just applied ourselves with focus. - @RayEdwardsClick To Tweet Don’t miss Ray’s interview of me on his show!
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Andy Andrews is an American author and corporate speaker, known for his 2002 bestselling book The Traveler’s Gift. He has written over 20 books and sold more than 3.5 million copies around the world.
Andy Andrews is the author of the New York Times bestsellers How Do You Kill 11 Million People?, The Noticer, and The Traveler’s Gift, and is also an in-demand speaker for the world’s largest organizations.
The Noticer and The Traveler’s Gift continue to appear on bestseller lists around the world. His latest book, The Noticer Returns, will be available in bookstores everywhere October 1.
Listen to my interview w/ NY Times Bestselling author @AndyAndrews for a chance to win his new book! http://t.co/rxuayx1TH2
— Erik Fisher (@ErikJFisher) October 1, 2013
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Todd Henry, author of The Accidental Creative and the founder and CEO of Accidental Creative, a company that helps creative people and teams be prolific, brilliant and healthy. He regularly speaks and consults with companies about how to develop practices that lead to everyday brilliance. His new book is Die Empty: Unleash Your Best Work Every Day.
Tweetable quotes from this episode (click to tweet):
To experience great ideas consistently, you have to be purposeful in how you structure your life. - @ToddHenryClick To Tweet A creative is anyone who has to turn their thoughts into value. - @ToddHenryClick To Tweet We sacrifice long term effectiveness on the altar of short term efficiency. - @ToddHenryClick To Tweet You have all these great ideas, that’s fine, but how do you bend your life and work around what matters to you? - @ToddHenryClick To Tweet Today is not a rehearsal. Are you spending your life in a manner that later you will be proud of? - @ToddHenryClick To Tweet The big problems won’t be solved by people grinding away to buy stuff that will rot and rust. - @ToddHenryClick To Tweet If i start to make comfort my objective in life eventually I will compromise great work. - @ToddHenryClick To Tweet Great work is performed when people do what's right despite the fact that its uncomfortable. - @ToddHenryClick To Tweet Connect with Todd on Twitter and make sure to check out his podcast.
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Mari Smith is one of the world’s leading social media strategists and widely recognized as THE top Facebook marketing expert in the world. She is author of The New Relationship Marketing and coauthor of Facebook Marketing: An Hour A Day.
Fast Company describes Mari as, “A veritable engine of personal branding, a relationship marketing whiz and the Pied Piper of the Online World.” Forbes recently named Mari as one of the top ten Social Media Influencers.
Covered in this episode:
There’s no amount of sophisticated technology that will take the place of live in person connecting. - @MariSmithClick To Tweet * “I think the part that becomes a detriment is when we use the technology for a replacement for connecting in person, as a replacement social life, as a fix, as pseudo connection. I struggle with this almost on a daily basis. I literally have to make myself get off the computer, off the phone. When I go out with friends or I’m in a social environment or in a business setting, I try to really just be mindful and not bury myself in my technology and put it away and connect with people in front of me.” -Mari Smith * Simple Social Media Strategy: Content Creation, Engagement, Conversion * Manageflitter.com * Scoreboardsocial.com
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Baratunde Thurston is the CEO, co-founder, and hashtagger-in-chief of Cultivated Wit. He wrote the New York Times bestseller How To Be Black and served for five years as director of digital for the satirical news outlet, The Onion. When he’s not delivering keynote talks at gatherings such as SXSW Interactive, LeWeb, and Personal Democracy Forum, he writes the monthly back page column for Fast Company and most recently wrote a cover story for the July/August issue called #UNPLUG where he chronicles his temporary opt out of social media for 25 days.
Mentioned in this episode:
- National Day of Unplugging
- Sabbath Manifesto
- I Am Here Day
Tweetable Highlights (click to tweet):
We’re field producers of our own lives. We capture, caption and share experiences instead of living it. - @Baratunde Click To Tweet Social media has become creative expression + KPI’s. We’ve become marketers for campaigns of our life. - @Baratunde Click To Tweet There’s something unhealthy about everybody treating their life like a marketing campaign. - @Baratunde Click To Tweet Because we CAN always be accessible, we feel like we MUST be. Our devices have led this. - @Baratunde Click To Tweet Make sure to connect with Baratunde on Twitter and thank him for sharing on this episode. You can even use the hashtag #UNPLUG.
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Laura Vanderkam is a nationally recognized writer who questions the status quo and helps her readers rediscover their true passions and beliefs in pursuit of more meaningful lives. Laura is the author of 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think, What Successful People Do Before Breakfast, What Successful People Do on the Weekend, and What People Do at Work, now all out in paperback compilation form.
Susan Baroncini-Moe is the founder and CEO of Business in Blue Jeans, a business and marketing consulting firm based in Indianapolis, Indiana. She has worked with clients on four continents, in both profit and non-profit industries, with startups and growth companies, in all different industries, and has been mentoring entrepreneurs and small business owners for over fifteen years. We talk about some lessons from Susan’s new book Business in Blue Jeans.
Covered in this episode:
- Business in Blue Jeans – What it really means
- Designing your work style
- Brain Junk – If you don’t deal with brain junk before you get into your business, it will manifest itself
- Grasshoppers and Giants
- Positive Equivalents
- The List of 100
- Rescue Time
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Jeff Goins is a writer, and a second time guest of the show. You can find listen to his first appearance almost a year ago here. His new book The In-Between is just out, and I am especially excited to talk to Jeff about how the subject of waiting impacts productivity. Jeff will be speaking at Jon Acuff’s upcoming Start Conference, which I will also be attending, so grab your tickets now!
Covered in this episode:
3 things Jeff needs to do every week:
- Something to build my brand
- Something to build my craft
- Something to build my business
Click to Tweet-worthy Quotes:
The best things in life, and in work, require slow steady deliberate practice. - @JeffGoinsClick To Tweet
What if being productive wasn’t about doing a lot of things, but doing a few things well? - @JeffGoinsClick To Tweet
What if creativity is more about showing up, than being a genius on the spot? - @JeffGoinsClick To Tweet
It’s a discipline to believe if the idea is good enough, it will come back to you again. - @JeffGoinsClick To Tweet
It’s a great thing to begin your day doing the thing that you love the most. - @JeffGoinsClick To Tweet
Time spent on something that doesn’t end up being your life’s work isn’t wasted. It’s time preparing. - @JeffGoinsClick To Tweet * Grab Jeff’s new book ‘The In-Between‘ now! * Get notified of the next Tribe Writers Class * Tweet Jeff and let him know you appreciated this episode.
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Dan and Vanessa Hayes of SimpleLifeTogether.com join us this week to talk about lifestyle design. We touch on routines, priorities, simplicity and other topics.
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Dan provides business development consultation for select business owners/leaders in niche markets by helping them build an integrated approach to enhancing their company’s web presence, customer/community engagement, content development, search engine optimization (SEO), media platforms, and branded videos.
Vanessa is a Professional Organizer and the Chief Simplicity Officer of Get Simplifized! She provides hands-on professional organizing services for residential and business clients, and also is available for virtual consulting, as well.
Together, they co-host Simple Life Together, a podcast dedicated to leading a simple life in the modern world. The show is routinely listed in”What’s Hot” in 5 categories of iTunes. Make sure to check out the Simple Life Together site and podcast, and let Daniel and Vanessa know how much you appreciated their appearance on this episode.
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Justin Wise is content marketing practitioner living in Des Moines. He helps people and organizations tell their stories online. He started the podcast #THINKDIGITAL. It’s a fun way to talk about new media and play lots of 90s rap.
Covered in this episode:
- Knowledge Worker Productivity
- Juicing
- How Having ADHD Actually Increased My Productivity
- Productivity recovery
- Power nap
- Take a walk
- To do lists
- Inbox Zero
- Beyond the To-Do List interview with Merlin Mann, creator of Inbox Zero
-
THINKDIGITAL Podcast
- Get an email response from anyone
- Five email mistakes you’re making
The most important part is finding that uninterrupted block to do the things that matter. - @JustinWiseClick To Tweet Make sure to follow and tweet at Justin on Twitter to let him know how much you appreciated this episode.
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Jocelyn K. Glei is the Editor-in-Chief of 99U.com, Behance’s effort to provide the “missing curriculum” for making ideas happen. 99U has won two Webby Awards for “Best Cultural Blog”. Jocelyn is also the Exec Producer of the 99U Conference, and Editor of 99U’s latest book Manage Your Day-to-Day which will give you a toolkit for tackling the new challenges of a 24/7, always-on workplace.
Manage Your Day-to-Day will show you how to:
- Stop letting other people (and incoming messages!) dictate your daily to-do list.
- Fend off constant interruption and carve out a sacred space for “getting into the zone”.
- Conquer information overload and break your addiction to obsessively checking your phone or email.
- Let go of the idea of “inbox zero” and optimize the time you spend on email and social media.
- Find the right balance of working productively and recharging to keep your energy high.
- Hotwire your brain for a-ha moments and push through creative blocks.
Make sure to grab the book here.
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Robert D. Smith has managed and overseen the career of Andy Andrews, a three-time New York Times best-selling author and in-demand speaker. He has served as a private consultant to numerous best-selling authors, speakers, entertainers, and cutting edge organizations, educating them on the unique methods he has employed to sustain massive success and growth across multiple industries for his entire career. Robert is the author of 20,000 Days and Counting: The Crash Course for Mastering Life Right Now, a simple guide to injecting meaning into every second you live for the rest of your life.
Covered in this episode:
- Eat dessert first!
- The myth of motivation
- The easy way to stop feeling overwhelmed
- Two questions that replace any to-do list: “What’s important NOW?” “What’s NEXT?”
- Eating No’s for Breakfast
- Defeating Fear
- Inoculation to Rejection
- Andy Andrews – The Traveller’s Gift
- Make sure to grab Robert’s book!
Click to tweet these quotes:
We don’t sing because we’re happy, we are happy because we sing! - @TheRobertDClick To Tweet
Emotions will follow your actions. - @TheRobertDClick To Tweet
Everybody was a nobody until they started doing SOMETHING. - @TheRobertDClick To Tweet Tweet Robert D. and myself to let us know how this episode has helped you:
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John Dumas is the creator and host of the extremely popular podcast Entrepreneur on Fire inspiring people daily. John has interviewed a number of people that have been guests on Beyond the To-Do List as well like Chris Brogan, Dan Miller, Cliff Ravenscraft, Michael Hyatt, Michael Stelzner, Farnoosh Brock, Pat Flynn, Jay Baer, Justin Lukasavige, and Erik Fisher, host of Beyond the To-Do List.
Covered in this episode:
- Cliff Ravenscraft’s influence
- Two different approaches to similar intent of podcasting
- Jaime Tardy – Eventual Millionaire
- New Media Expo – NMX
- Pat Flynn – Smart Passive Income
- The WHY behind a daily podcast, and the HOW
- EntreLeadership by Dave Ramsey
- Swallow the frog – Brian Tracy
- John’s Book – Podcast Launch
- Erik Fisher on Entrepreneur on Fire
- The biggest takeaway from the interviews he’s done
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Merlin Mann is an Independent Writer, Speaker, and Broadcaster at MerlinMann.com and Cohost of Back to Work Podcast on the 5 by 5 Podcast Network with Dan Benjamin.
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Covered in this episode:
- Different definitions of the word ‘productivity’
- Merlin’s superhero origin story as a productivity student
- The creation of 43Folders, the transition from then to today
- Getting Things Done by David Allen ©DavidCo, 2001.
- GTD Series on B2W: #95 – #96 – #97 – #98 – #99
- Erik’s call in question on Back to Work episode #100 – Go Ahead, Caller.
- Merlin’s interview with David Allen
- Erik’s interview with David Allen
- What Inbox Zero started as, and what it really means
- Chasing the right zero
- Merlin’s Inbox Zero talk at Google
- Moving items in our Inbox(s) from unknown to undefined to incomplete to complete
- Opportunity cost
- Sunk cost fallacy
- The real prologue to how Back to Work began
- Sven Fechner at SimplicityBliss.com
- Brett Terpstra
- Practically efficient
- Mac Power Users Podcast
- Macdrifter.com
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We allow so many things into our lives that we have an uncertain relationship with.Click To Tweet You must always accept that everything you agree to do means there’s other things you can’t do.Click To Tweet If I haven’t decided what always trumps everything else, I don’t have clarity on what I care about.Click To Tweet * Write a review in iTunes
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Mike Vardy is a writer, speaker and podcaster on productivity. His main site is Productivityist.com. He’s given talks on productivity and technology, as well as several featured keynotes and workshops related to time, task, project, and goal management.
Covered in this episode:
- Productivityist = a person who wants to get more efficient and more effective with their work
- Working on ways to get better work done
- How do you determine the need for a new tool, how do you test a tool
- A More Meaningful To Do List – The Omnifocus Setup
- Projects first, tasks second
- Projects vs. tasks
- Jon Acuff – START
- Green Lantern – Willpower vs. Fear
- Chris Brogan You Are Your Own Superhero
- Getting Things Done by David Allen
- The Best Upgrade Is You by Patrick Rhone
- Low energy productivity
- The Front Nine
- Mike’s on Mic’s
Stop doing productivity and start being productive. - @MikeVardyClick To Tweet Have to do’s are fine, but you also need to have want to do’s. - @MikeVardyClick To Tweet Please connect with me * Subscribe, rate, and review in iTunes * Follow @ErikJFisher
Check out more Noodle.mx Network shows The Audacity to Podcast: "How-to" podcast about podcasting * Beyond the To-Do List: Personal and professional productivity * The Productive Woman: Productivity for busy women * ONCE: Once Upon a Time podcast * Welcome to Level Seven: Agents of SHIELD and Marvel’s cinematic universe* podcast * Are You Just Watching?: Movie reviews with Christian critical thinking * the Ramen Noodle: Family-friendly clean comedy
Bryan Allain is a blog coach, author, humor writer and mammal. He also created and organized the Killer Tribes conferences in Nashville in 2012 and Atlanta in 2013, where people learn to find their voice, share their passions, connect with others, and grow their brand.
He lives with his wife, Erica, and their two children in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Covered and mentioned in this episode:
- Caedmon’s Call
- Derek Webb
- Don Miller
- Ben Arment Dream Year program
- Jon Acuff
- Killer Tribes
A tribe doesn’t necessarily involve a pedestal. - @BryanAllainClick To Tweet The chief of the tribe is still part of the tribe. - @BryanAllainClick To Tweet Tribes (and especially wives!) make you brave.Click To Tweet Communities aren’t formed by formulas. - @BryanAllainClick To Tweet Finding time often means hustling in the margins. - @BryanAllainClick To Tweet Just because you have more time doesn’t mean you automatically end up more productive. - @BryanAllainClick To Tweet Get the Killer Tribes 2013 Audio!
Don’t forget a number of the Killer Tribes 2012 or 2013 speakers have been guests on this podcast!
Make sure to grab all of Bryan’s books!
- 31 Days to Finding Your Blogging Mojo
- Community Wins: 21 Thoughts on Building a Thriving Online Tribe
- This Is Not A Treasure Map
- Actually Clams Are Miserable
Don’t forget the homework for this episode: Leave a comment below about what tribes you are a part of, and which members of your tribe you are thankful for.
Tweet at Bryan and I on Twitter to let us know what you got from this episode, and start interacting in our tribes.
Please connect with me * Subscribe, rate, and review in iTunes * Follow @ErikJFisher
Check out more Noodle.mx Network shows The Audacity to Podcast: "How-to" podcast about podcasting * Beyond the To-Do List: Personal and professional productivity * The Productive Woman: Productivity for busy women * ONCE: Once Upon a Time podcast * Welcome to Level Seven: Agents of SHIELD and Marvel’s cinematic universe* podcast * Are You Just Watching?: Movie reviews with Christian critical thinking * the Ramen Noodle: Family-friendly clean comedy
Crystal Paine created MoneySavingMom.com in order to showcase ebooks, workbooks, seminars, and other materials challenge people to live beyond the status quo. The site is a huge resource for anyone who wants to thrive in life, business, and home, and time management.
Covered in this episode:
- Crystal’s Book: 21 Days to a More Disciplned Life
- Andy Traub’s Early To Rise book – Why have you not grabbed this yet?
- Investing in yourself
- You have to know where your going in order to get there
- Moms need to set goals too
- Stress is a choice
You can’t overhaul your life overnight. Pick one change to focus on for 3-6 weeks. - @MoneySavingMomClick To Tweet Discipline begets discipline. - @MoneySavingMomClick To Tweet Any success I’ve had in my life is the result of standing on a huge pile of failure. - @MoneySavingMomClick To Tweet Make sure to tweet Crystal @MoneySavingMom to let her know you appreciated this episode!
Please connect with me * Subscribe, rate, and review in iTunes * Follow @ErikJFisher
Check out more Noodle.mx Network shows The Audacity to Podcast: "How-to" podcast about podcasting * Beyond the To-Do List: Personal and professional productivity * The Productive Woman: Productivity for busy women * ONCE: Once Upon a Time podcast * Welcome to Level Seven: Agents of SHIELD and Marvel’s cinematic universe* podcast * Are You Just Watching?: Movie reviews with Christian critical thinking * the Ramen Noodle: Family-friendly clean comedy
Chris Locurto, formerly one of Dave Ramsey’s key leaders over the past 12 years, Chris served as the Vice President of Live Events. Together, Chris and Dave developed and built EntreLeadership from their shared experiences. Through their close relationship and Dave’s personal council, Chris has not only become an expert in teaching the EntreLeadership principles, but has lived and implemented them daily.
On Chris’s blog, ChrisLocurto.com you will learn his personal insights on leadership, managing people, and financial stewardship.
Covered in this episode:
- EntreLeadership
- EntreLeadership Podcast
- Start the morning with a dump, a brain dump
- Early to Rise Series by Andy Traub
- Culture = Actions and Attitudes
- Zig Ziglar’s wheel of life
- Setting goals
- Be honest with where you are
- Be there for others out of the resources you have
You either force the culture that you want in your business, or it will be forced upon you. - @ChrisLoCurtoClick To Tweet It’s the guys that deny their leadership is struggling that continue to fail. - @ChrisLoCurtoClick To Tweet If you understand that what you do is what you do, not who you are, it changes your life. - @ChrisLoCurtoClick To Tweet Tweet Chris to let him know what you got out of this episode: http://twitter.com/ChrisLocurto
Please connect with me * Subscribe, rate, and review in iTunes * Follow @ErikJFisher
Check out more Noodle.mx Network shows The Audacity to Podcast: "How-to" podcast about podcasting * Beyond the To-Do List: Personal and professional productivity * The Productive Woman: Productivity for busy women * ONCE: Once Upon a Time podcast * Welcome to Level Seven: Agents of SHIELD and Marvel’s cinematic universe* podcast * Are You Just Watching?: Movie reviews with Christian critical thinking * the Ramen Noodle: Family-friendly clean comedy
Dave Delaney is recognized leader and speaker on digital marketing, social media strategy, and community enthusiasm. Moving to Nashville in 2007, he co-founded two annual unconferences, PodCamp Nashville and BarCamp Nashville. He also launched two monthly events, Nashcocktail and Geek Breakfast, the latter now has chapters across the US, South Africa and Australia. Dave also has a book available for preorder: New Business Networking: How to Effectively Grow Your Business Network Using Online and Offline Methods
Dave’s Podcamp Nashville Session
Erik’s Podcamp Nashville Session
Covered in this episode:
- Events are not just about the speakers or the topics
- It’s about the people!
- Best practices to be productive in your event networking –
- Before:
- Do your homework
- Look to see who is attending ahead of time check the list of atendees and speakers
- Make notes of who you want to make sure to meet or meet up with
- Start connecting even before the event
- Take note of the sponsers
- Prepare business cards
- Practice your ‘elevator pitch’ introducing who you are, what you do, why your at the event
- During:
- Make use of lanyards and nametags
- Look for the interesting people
- Look for the people in similar sessions to you
- You don’t have to rush
- Listen to what people are talking about around you
- Follow the event hashtag, start interaction online to bridge offline
- We all need a safety net – by Carla Swank
- How an introvert can network without going crazy by Britt Raybould
- It takes courage!
- After:
- Take notes as you are meeting people
- ASK for business cards, don’t just give
- Follow up with them digitally
- Connect on Linked In
- Nimble.com
- Dumbars Number
- Following up is important
- Dunbars number
- 32 Tips for #SXSW (Applicable elsewhere also)
For more great networking insight to add to what was in this episode, make sure to preorder Dave’s Book!
Tweet at Dave and let him now what you got from this episode! http://twitter.com/DaveDelaney
Please connect with me * Subscribe, rate, and review in iTunes * Follow @ErikJFisher
Check out more Noodle.mx Network shows The Audacity to Podcast: "How-to" podcast about podcasting * Beyond the To-Do List: Personal and professional productivity * The Productive Woman: Productivity for busy women * ONCE: Once Upon a Time podcast * Welcome to Level Seven: Agents of SHIELD and Marvel’s cinematic universe* podcast * Are You Just Watching?: Movie reviews with Christian critical thinking * the Ramen Noodle: Family-friendly clean comedy
Punch fear in the face. Escape average. Do work that matters. So begins the new book from Wall Street Journal best-selling author Jon Acuff, and it’s a call to which that millions of people have already responded. From the halls of the companies he’s helped—The Home Depot, Bose and Chick-fil-A—to the homes of the 4.5 million people who have read his blog, Jon Acuff is leading a movement away from the status quo. You will be challenged, encouraged and equipped to thrive in the swirl of generational shift everyone must face in the next three years.
Covered in this episode:
- The 5 Seasons – Learning, Editing, Mastering, Harvesting, Guiding
- Be a student of you
- Be selfish at 5am
- Andy Traub – Early to Rise
- Dan Miller – Wisdom Meets Passion
- EntreLeadership Podcast
- How do you rescue time?
- Not just time management, energy management
- Making sure to reserve thinking time
- How do you figure out what your 90 percent is?
The first thing a dream costs is time and hustle. - @JonAcuffClick To Tweet You don’t always have to know the finish line before you cross the starting line. - @JonAcuff #StartBookClick To Tweet 90% perfect & published always changes more lives than 100% perfect and stuck in your head. - @JonAcuff #StartbookClick To Tweet You don’t need to monetize every single moment of your day. - @JonAcuffClick To Tweet Please connect with me * Subscribe, rate, and review in iTunes * Follow @ErikJFisher
Check out more Noodle.mx Network shows The Audacity to Podcast: "How-to" podcast about podcasting * Beyond the To-Do List: Personal and professional productivity * The Productive Woman: Productivity for busy women * ONCE: Once Upon a Time podcast * Welcome to Level Seven: Agents of SHIELD and Marvel’s cinematic universe* podcast * Are You Just Watching?: Movie reviews with Christian critical thinking * the Ramen Noodle: Family-friendly clean comedy
Farnoosh Brock was born and raised in Tehran, Iran. After leaving Iran at 11 and living in Turkey for 3 years, she moved to the United States. She studied electrical engineering and French at university and then entered the corporate world. In 2011, she left a 12-year successful career at a Fortune 100 company to start her own company, Prolific Living Inc. Today, she is a professional blogger, author, speaker, business coach and an expert green juicer. She is passionate about showing her readers and clients how to define their own freedom in their health and their careers. She infuses her love of green juicing, Ashtanga yoga, writing, photography, entrepreneurship, and world travel into her work to show you that your dreams are accessible and possible too. Her favorite quote, the one that led to that resignation from Corporate America is: “The lust for comfort kills the passions of the soul.” by Khalil Gibran.
Covered in this episode:
- Asana
- Pomodoro technique
- The Daily Interaction Podcast
- Your Comprehensive Green Juicing Guide
- The Healthy Juicer’s Bible: Lose Weight, Detoxify, Fight Disease, and Live Long
Find the tools and systems to keep you honest about your processes. - @ProlificLivingClick To Tweet Please connect with me * Subscribe, rate, and review in iTunes * Follow @ErikJFisher
Check out more Noodle.mx Network shows The Audacity to Podcast: "How-to" podcast about podcasting * Beyond the To-Do List: Personal and professional productivity * The Productive Woman: Productivity for busy women * ONCE: Once Upon a Time podcast * Welcome to Level Seven: Agents of SHIELD and Marvel’s cinematic universe* podcast * Are You Just Watching?: Movie reviews with Christian critical thinking * the Ramen Noodle: Family-friendly clean comedy
Daniel J. Lewis shares his successes and failures as a new entrepreneur.
Daniel hosts several award-nominated podcasts:
- Award-winning “how-to” podcast about podcasting and using Audacity
- Once Upon a Time podcast
- clean-comedy podcast
Covered in this episode:
- Don’t wait for everything to be perfect, start!
- Jump in and start
- Even a dream job can be a dead end, if you accomplish every dream you want to do there
- Technology can help or hinder you
- Transition from full time employee to entrepreneur, as well as a newlywed
- e.ggtimer.com
Derek Webb started his music career over 20 years ago as a founding member of the Texas-based folk/rock band Caedmon’s Call. After 10 years, Derek left to pursue a solo career that quickly garnered him a reputation for being a provocative singer/songwriter, challenging the political and spiritual status quo. Derek is also a co-founder of Noisetrade.com. Derek and I talk about:
- The super hero origins of his passion and gift for music
- The moment he knew he was good at it
- His path to being in a band, and path to being a solo artist
Christin Taylor is the author of Shipwrecked in L.A.: Finding Purpose in a Life Adrift.
Most people encounter at least one “shipwreck” during their twenties. Everything you think you know about yourself, your life, your future, and even your faith suddenly breaks apart. You’re left scrambling to construct a lifeboat that will take you back to the shore.
Christin Taylor knew how her life was going to turn out, but just eight weeks after moving to L.A., her hopes and dreams were shattered. The next four years found Christin circling around, into, and back out of the film industry, until she finally found her way home.
Christin lives in historic Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, with her husband, Dwayne, and their children, Noelle and Nathan. They have lived and worked with college students since 2008. Christin teaches writing at Gettysburg College.
Covered in this episode:
- Shipwrecked by Christin Taylor
- Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller
- A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller
- Bird By Bird by Anne Lamott
- Strengthfinders 2.0 by Tom Rath
Just because you say no to something now for a season, doesn’t mean you’ll never get to pick it back up again.Click To Tweet The strength of responsibility means you put your name to whatever you take on.Click To Tweet You don’t start something you can’t finish, if you can’t finish it well.Click To Tweet
Craig Jarrow is the Time Management Ninja, and has been blogging about time management, Productivity, technology for the last 3 1/2 years.
Covered in this episode:
- Productivity is about getting done what’s most important to you in the face of everything life will throw at you during the day.
- Defend your time
- Choose the right medium for the message
- Set expectations with your team
- If you have the best to do list in the world but never touch it because it’s too complicated, it’s not going to help you out.
In my ideal day, I’ve already gotten two hours of work in & a workout before I hit the office. - @TMNinjaClick To Tweet Getting stuff done before the rest of the world is up is a great momentum to carry into your day. - @TMNinjaClick To Tweet Just because the phone is ringing doesn’t mean you need to answer it. - @TMNinjaClick To Tweet Don’t spend so much time cultivating a to do list that you don’t take action. - @TMNinjaClick To Tweet Time management should be saving you time, not taking your time. - @TMNinjaClick To Tweet It’s not about one app being the ultimate solution. Pick the app that suits your style and needs. - @TMNinjaClick To Tweet It’s not so much about the tool, as much as its’ ability to fit your lifestyle. - @TMNinjaClick To Tweet Choose the tools that you’ll actually use. - @TMNinjaClick To Tweet Apps:
- Things – to do lists
- Drafts – Craig’s post on Drafts app
- Fitocracy
- Liftapp
- Habit list
- Google+
Early to Rise by Andy Traub
Augusto Pinaud is a writer, a best selling author in the US, UK, Germany, Spain and France. In another life he was a Lawyer in recovery and a former Technology Consultant and Salesman. His passion is to write and has studied productivity and helping people with their productivity for the last ten years.
Covered in this episode:
- The rule of the two browsers
- The different types of NO
- Saying no is a muscle.
- The economy of words when writing
- 25 tips for productivity
- NO by Augusto Pinaud
- Andy Traub’s Early to Rise
- Tim Ferris – 4 hour chef
- AugustoPinaud.com
- Prod365.com
It’s not the hours you save, it’s the minutes that add up. - @apinaudClick To Tweet One of the biggest mistakes is to save an hour, and then have no clue what to do with it. - @apinaudClick To Tweet In order to have the ideal day, you need to plan it. - @apinaudClick To Tweet If the day turns out awful, but I already had 2 productive hours, I’m ahead of most people. - @apinaudClick To Tweet Multitasking is like saying ‘maybe’ to everything at once, and doing none of it well.Click To Tweet Connect with Augusto on Twitter.
Alli Worthington is one of the most recognized names in social media and the Lifestyle-blogger community.
She is the founder and publisher of Blissfully Domestic women’s magazine, one of the most trusted women’s destinations online. Blissfully Domestic magazine proudly promotes original content from talented women from around the world.
She is the Co-Founder of the wildly successful BlissDom Conference. The BlissDom Conference has sold out all four years. Blissdom was developed to help women connect, learn and develop their blogs and their businesses. BlissDom strives to give the right brands the ability to connect with these influencers in a welcoming environment to build relationships and communication between both sides.
Covered in this episode:
Failing often can prime the pump for future successes
Internet Alli vs. Regular Alli
The Internet is your Iron Man Suit
iPhone Photography: The Visual Guide
Picha
Anne Bogel is a blogger at Modern Mrs. Darcy and author of Work Shift: How to Create a Better Blend of Work, Life, and Family
Covered in this episode:
The difference between work/life balance and work/life blending
The path we’re on used to be the road less traveled, but it’s becoming increasingly worn these days.
Creative ways of structuring your life to fit all the roles of your life in
Create structures to maintain consistency of what’s most important
What is share care?
Jon Acuff’s Quitter Conference
Gretchen Rubin’s Happier At Home
David Allen is the originator of GTD, and founder of David Allen Co. GTD is the shorthand brand for “Getting Things Done,” the groundbreaking work-life management system by David Allen that provides concrete solutions for navigating uncertainty into an integrated system of stress-free productivity.
David is the author of Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress Free Productivity, Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Getting Things Done, and Making It All Work: Winning at the Game of Work and the Business of Life.
David Allen Company is a global training and consulting company, widely considered the leading authority in the fields of organizational and personal productivity.
Covered in this episode:
- GTD Basics
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GTD hang ups – common places where the GTD process falls apart for people:
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- Failure to capture
- Failure to decide the outcome you’re committed to, and the specific action steps
- Failure to then act (2 minute rule) or capture the action, or reminder to act on in the future
- Failure to review
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The one list most people do work well is their calendar.
- Anything that is a win that instills trust in your system helps.
- Simple processes to achieve mini wins to trust your system more
- Drawing on the right side of the brain
- Sometimes a trusted system can be people
- David Allen’s TEDx Talk: WHY do GTD, not just WHAT it is or HOW
- How David starts his day: Good coffee, and the right maps.
- Dealing with distractions and unexpected inbox deliveries
- David’s most powerful tools: The Physical Inbox and Notetaker wallet
- How GTD applies to “work/life balance/blending”
- GTD is a lifestyle
- A lot of Getting Things Done is about not getting things done. It’s about being appropriately engaged with what’s going on.
- GTD and personal relationships
- The relationship between David and his wife’s personal GTD systems
- GTD behaviors really need to be installed in a cooperate culture
- Click to tweet ->[tweetable]Bad meetings create huge emails, and huge emails create bad meetings. – @GTDGuy[/tweetable]
- Movings things from the someday maybe list into actions and tasks to bring them into reality
- How much time is too much time “investigating” productivity apps?
- The “official GTD app”
David uses:
- List function in Lotus notes
- Eproductivity add in for list and calender functionality
- Mind Manager for mind maps
- The Brain
For capture:
- iPhone 5
- iPad
- Gmail
- Nothing beats pen and paper!
Connect with David and the GTD System:
- gtdconnect.com
- gtdtimes.com
- davidco
- GTDGuy on Twitter
Claire Diaz-Ortiz leads social innovation at Twitter, where she has worked since 2009. She wrote Twitter for Good: Change the World one Tweet at a Time and is a frequent international speaker on social media, leadership, and social change and is known for developing the TWEET model — a framework to help organizations and individuals best excel on Twitter.
Claire began using Twitter in 2006 while living in a Christian orphanage in Kenya. Claire holds an MBA and other degrees from Stanford and Oxford, and is the co-founder of Hope Runs, a non-profit organization operating in AIDS orphanages in Kenya.
Claire was named one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company and made the Fast Company list of the Ten Most Generous in Social Media.
Covered in this episode:
- Twitter for Good: Change the World One Tweet at a Time
- Digital Detox
- Five Reasons To Be A Morning Person
- The Present Principle
- Lead By Morning: 365 Days of The Present Principle
- How To Be Social: A Social Media Manifesto
- Not being constricted having an Entrepreneurial mind while being an employee in an organizational setting
- Being an Introvert in group settings
- Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
It's one thing to figure out individual productivity, and another to fit that into an organizational setting. - @ClaireClick To Tweet Follow and connect with Claire on her website, as well as Twitter
Christine Peel-Malkoff is much more than just a supporter of the crazy adventures of her comedian filmmaker Mark Malkoff (NOT Mark’s assistant!) She does a lot of the video work for their current project ‘The Bill Murray Show starring Mark Malkoff‘. My interview with Mark can be found here.
Covered in this episode:
- Passion and trust in delegation and team members
- Learning to have a good attitude about things that initially seem like a waste of time.
- Adaptability in your work environment
- She’s the messy one!
- Indulging in a brief but productive procrastination
- Asking “Who do I want to be” in the midst of all the work you’re doing.
I can quiet my brain a little bit more, if I’ve checked some stuff off of my list. - @ChristinePeelClick To Tweet The more I’ve learned to just let go and get rid of material things, the easier it is to keep my apartment clean. - @ChristinePeelClick To Tweet The idea is to own less, so you can actually do more. - @ChristinePeelClick To Tweet It’s not just about what you’re getting done, but how you are as you get it done. - @ChristinePeelClick To Tweet Connect with Christine here:
- Blog
Jay Baer is a hype-free, social media and content strategist, speaker, and author. He founded Convince & Convert in 2008. This is the fifth marketing services firm he’s started or managed. He’s co-author of The NOW Revolution, 7 Shifts to Make Your Business Faster, Smarter, and More Social, a leading book on social business. An active angel investor, he’s also involved in an advisory capacity with several social media and content marketing start-up companies.
Covered in this episode:
- Writing with perspiration, instead of inspiration
- The NOW Revolution
- Social Pros Podcast
The atomic half life of content is longer than any other form of marketing. - @JayBaerClick To Tweet You can't micromanage everything. It sucks your attention away from the big picture. - @JayBaerClick To Tweet You need to do only the things that you are uniquely qualified to do. - @JayBaerClick To Tweet If you’re doing things other people on your team can do, you’re robbing them of opportunity. - @JayBaerClick To Tweet
Chris Brogan is CEO and president of Human Business Works, New York Times Bestselling co-author of The Impact Equation, and Trust Agents, and solo writer of Social Media 101 and Google+ for Business. He cofounded Podcamp with Christopher S. Penn. He podcasts at The Human Business Way.
Covered in this episode:
The Impact Equation
You are the CEO of your desk. @TomPetersClick To Tweet The Brand of You
Three Book Diet
Chris’ Books for the year:
- Living Beautifully With Uncertainty and Change
- You Are Your Own Gym: The Bible of Bodyweight Exercises
- The Power of Resilience: Achieving Balance, Confidence, and Personal Strength in Your Life
Erik’s Books for the year:
- The Impact Equation
- EntreLeadership
- The 4 Hour Body
Getting More Done
Chris later had to stop the three book diet for himself.
Make sure to grab Chris other new book – It’s Not About the Tights: An Owners Manual on Bravery
Connect with Chris Here:
- Google+
- The Human Business Way Podcast
Getting laid off was the best thing that ever happened to Pat Flynn. Without his 9 to 5 job holding him back, he’s been able to earn more money and work less (and more flexible) hours, with Smart Passive Income, which allows him to be home and spend time with his family. If you’re already doing business online, Pat’s experiences – both his wins and his failures – can help you reach your goals.
Covered in this episode:
- Smart Passive Income – What is it?
- Passive income vs. Smart Passive Income
- Why is it appealing?
- How to get started
- The one thing Pat is selfish about
- Work life balance
- Having a Home office
- Priorities
- Work mode
- Interruptions
- Get back into work mode
- 9-5 time
- New kid at home
- Evernote
- Difference between 1st and 2nd kid
- Kindle eBook
- Kindle Paperwhite
- Fitbit
- Date night Thursdays
- Crabs in a bucket
- Surround yourself with inspiring people
- Ask for help
Dan Miller is the author of the widely acclaimed 48 Days To The Work You Love, No More Dreaded Mondays and Wisdom Meets Passion. He hosts a weekly podcast that is consistently ranked #1 under Careers on iTunes.
Dan works to integrate your dreams and your passions into your daily activities. If you’ve ever buried your dreams in an attempt to be “practical” or “realistic,” Dan will show you how embracing those very dreams is the most practical way to enjoy life and achieve the success you’re looking for.
Covered in this episode:
- The morning is “The rudder of the day”
- The opportunity cost of a doctoral thesis vs. writing 48 Days To The Work You Love
- Intentional use of time
- Budgeting time in advance
- Long uninterrupted focused blocks of time
- Fighting distractions
- Common Areas of Self Sabotage
- The past doesn’t have to be chains around the ankles of your future.
- Creating 5 year goals and actions steps
- What would success look like for you 5 years from now? 3 years from now?
- Putting regular deposits in the 7 areas of achievement
- Donald Miller Storyline
- Living life writing your movie
- Creating inciting incidents
- Jon Acuff Quitter Conference
- Al Andrews
We need to do some things to break the monotony of the boring life we describe. - Dan Miller @48DaysTeamClick To Tweet Do something to break the routine of ‘sameness’. - Dan Miller @48DaysTeamClick To Tweet Discover your life calling in Dan’s Books, community and podcast:
- 48 Days To The Work You Love
- No More Dreaded Mondays
- Wisdom Meets Passion
- 48Days.com
- 48Days.net Community
- 48 Days Podcast
Dana Byers is the President of BlueDoor.tv, which she co-founded with her husband in Europe in 2007. As the community Pastor for LifeChurch.tv Church Online, Dana seeks to help others form community around online ministry following her years of experience expanding Church Online’s global outreach. She’s focused on identifying and training leaders outside the United States to launch new experiences for a few years now.
She’s the author of “The Art of Online Ministry” and aided the development of online churches in dozens of non-English speaking countries. Her mission is empowering people to use online churches as a means of planting local gatherings.
Covered in this episode:
- What is minimalism?
- Finding the things that matter most in your life, and investing in them.
- Self awareness of over stepping bounds, or not doing enough.
- Opportunity cost
- Margin
- Obligations vs. Commitments
- More is done in community
- The Art of Online Ministry
- Minimalist Perspective: Not for Everyone
- Decluttered Office: Before & After Pics
- Maximize Your Marriage: Choose The Adventure
- Make Your Minimalist Home A Retreat
As you tell your story, it really reinvigorates you to be who you are. - @DanaByersClick To Tweet
Jeff Goins, author, blogger, and speaker joins me this week. Jeff speaks on a variety of topics including writing and storytelling, as well as marketing and making a difference in the world. In 2011, his blog was voted one of the “Top 10 Blogs on Writing” by WritetoDone.com, and his writing has been featured on some of the most popular blogs on the Internet, including Copyblogger, Problogger, and Zen Habits (voted byTIME Magazine as one of the top 50 websites of 2008).
Jeff’s first book, Wrecked: When a Broken World Slams into Your Comfortable Life, was just released in August, 2012. It spent two weeks in the Top 100 Books list on Amazon.com and has already gone into a second printing.
Covered in this episode:
- Fear of claiming your title
- Steven Pressfield – Turning Pro
- Seth Godin: Practice In Public
- Elizabeth Gilbert TED Talk
- Morning routines
- Walking not for fitness, but for slowing down
- Commitments are good for you
- Seth Godin: Stop stalling
You’re probably already that thing you want to call yourself, you’re just afraid to name it. - @JeffGoinsClick To Tweet Most people won’t believe that you are an artist until you do. - @JeffGoinsClick To Tweet Jeff’s Books:
- The Writer’s Manifesto
- You Are a Writer (So Start Acting Like One)
- Wrecked
- Tribe Writers
Mark Malkoff is a comedian, writer, and filmmaker who formerly worked for Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report.
His most famous exploits are:
- Visited all 171 Starbucks franchises in Manhattan in a single day. http://youtu.be/CwYxuV2dVzw
- Moved into an IKEA store in Paramus, New Jersey for a week as his apartment was fumigated. http://youtu.be/z3S5s3EITcQ
- Lived on an AirTran jet for 30 days in order to conquer his fear of flying. After completing this endeavor, he broke the Guinness World Record for most flights taken in a 30-day period with 135 flight segments. http://youtu.be/-f4sjKueSKs
- Traveled for four weeks in a Ford Fusion Hybrid around the country seeing how many U.S. mayors he could get to present him their key to the city. http://youtu.be/b0o1vGn1HwU
- Was physically carried 9.4 miles in Manhattan by 155 individuals. http://youtu.be/Gi4ClspNrNs
- Raced a crosstown Manhattan bus while riding a Big Wheel tricycle to point out how slow the busses in New York are. http://youtu.be/uv916r2UcaU
- Tried to be thrown out of a Manhattan Apple Store, including having a pizza delivered, bringing in a band to play live music, bring in a pet goat, and trying to have a quiet candle-lit dinner with his wife. http://youtu.be/Bo2p82aTQzo
- Tested the limits of Netflix by watching as many movies as he could in one month. During the month, he watched 252 movies from opening to ending credits. For being the heaviest Netflix user that month, Malkoff was invited to Netflix Headquarters where he met Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix. http://youtu.be/eoMpEddA5Vo
Covered in this episode:
- Use every success as a springboard for more success
- Delegation
- Dale Carnegie – How to win friends and influence people
- David Allen – Getting Things Done
- David Allen – Ready For Anything
- Never Eat Alone
- Networking is about people
- Let others know when you think they’re doing good work.
- Internet addiction
This week I’m joined by Michael Hyatt, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World. He is also the former Chairman and CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers, the seventh largest trade book publishing company in the U.S. He is also a very influential blogger at MichaelHyatt.com, and podcaster with his show This Is Your Life.
Covered in this episode:
- Start your day doing nothing?
- Benefits of Journaling
- Day One Journaling App – Mac
- Day One Journaling App – iOS
- Margin
- Designing your ‘Ideal Week’
- Scheduling time to build your Platform
- Having a ‘hard stop’ to the day
- Articulate your priorities
- Being stuck
- Getting distracted by gadgets
- This Is Your Life – What The Internet Has Been Doing To Our Brains
- Unplugging from Technology
- Digital Detox
- Startupizer
- Hootsuite
- Fluid App
- Evernote
- Evernote Training: Become An Evernote Master
- Workflowy
- Keynote
- Byword Mac
- Byword iOS
- Pathfinder
- Michael’s Annual Time Block Tool
- Bufferapp
- Downcast
- Martha Beck – The Joy Diet
What gets scheduled is what gets done. - @MichaelHyattClick To Tweet Michael’s Go To Podcasts
- Podcast Answer Man
- EntreLeadership
- Smart Passive Income
- Your Move with Andy Stanley
- Dan Miller – 48 Days To The Work You Love