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    The Productivity Show

    Asian Efficiency is the leading website on time management and productivity. Learn how to be efficient, get things done (GTD), and stay motivated.

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    Latest Episodes:
    Never Forget Again: 5 Places to Use a Checklist Oct 14, 2026
    Show notes

    How many times have you been halfway to the airport when it hits you that you forgot something important? Thanh spent years as a digital nomad, living in places like Bangkok, Budapest and Ho Chi Minh City. Even as a seasoned traveler he kept leaving things behind, until he started using a tool so simple that most of us overlook it.

    In this encore episode, Thanh shows why the humble checklist does a lot more than help you pack. He covers what airline pilots know about it, why your brain is the wrong place to store things, and five places where a checklist can save you time and headaches right away. It’s a quick listen, and you’ll probably have one checklist written before it ends.

    Visit www.asianefficiency.com for more productivity tips and tactics.

    Learn more about how Notion can support your business at notion.com/tps.

    Listen to this episode (MP3)

    Links

    • Notion
    • 25X Productivity Coaching
    • Getting Things Done by David Allen

    If you enjoyed this episode, follow the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcast player. It’s easy, you’ll get new episodes automatically, and it also helps the show. You can also leave a review!


    Your Q4 Productivity Reset: Plan the Next 12 Weeks Without Burning Out (TPS634) Oct 12, 2026
    Show notes

    Q4 is the last clean run at your year, and it’s also the quarter most likely to flatten you. In this episode, Thanh and Brooks walk through a 12-week reset that respects both: how to cut your list down to the one goal that matters, how to pick leading measures you can actually move this week, and how to plan the recovery alongside the work so December doesn’t arrive with nothing left in the tank.

    Masterclass.com/TPS for at least 15% off any annual membership.

    Learn more about how Notion can support your business at notion.com/tps.

    Visit www.asianefficiency.com for more productivity tips and tactics.

    Listen to this episode (MP3)

    Cheat Sheet

    • 🌡 Why the quarter everyone treats as a sprint is really only two months [0:33]
    • 📌 Top 3 Productivity Resources [2:05]
    • 🔄 The case for treating Q4 as a continuation instead of a fresh start [6:06]
    • ✂ Cut your Q4 goal in half — then cut it in half again [12:29]
    • 📞 The number you can actually move on a Tuesday [16:39]
    • 🖼 Turn your quarterly plan into something you’ll actually look at [27:46]
    • 🗓 The habit that quietly holds every productivity system together [31:56]
    • 🔥 The one quarter where it’s okay to just go for it [34:52]

    Links

    • MasterClass — at least 15% off any annual membership
    • Notion
    • 25X Productivity Coaching
    • IKEA SKÅDIS pegboard and accessories
    • UGREEN Nexode Air 65W 3-port flat USB-C charger
    • Best New Year’s Resolution? A “Stop Doing” List — Jim Collins
    • Good to Great by Jim Collins
    • The 4 Disciplines of Execution by Chris McChesney, Sean Covey and Jim Huling
    • Productivity Academy
    • OmniGraffle
    • Asian Efficiency

    If you enjoyed this episode, follow the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcast player. It’s easy, you’ll get new episodes automatically, and it also helps the show. You can also leave a review!


    Q4 Is Shorter Than You Think Oct 07, 2026
    Show notes

    How many productive weeks do you really have left this year? Probably fewer than your calendar suggests. After more than a decade of running Asian Efficiency, Thanh has seen the same pattern every year, in his own business and with his clients: the last stretch of the year quietly disappears long before December 31st.

    In this encore episode, Thanh shares the simple way he reframes the final quarter so it doesn’t slip away. It takes under 10 minutes, and you’ll come away with one clear step you can take today.

    Get 20% off your first order: dripdrop.com and use promo code tps.

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    Links

    • DripDrop — use promo code TPS for 20% off your first order
    • 25X Productivity Coaching

    If you enjoyed this episode, follow the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcast player. It’s easy, you’ll get new episodes automatically, and it also helps the show. You can also leave a review!


    How to Buy Back Time: 3 Strategies for Everyday People (TPS633) Oct 05, 2026
    Show notes

    How much would you pay to never stand in a grocery line again? It’s a question most of us never think to ask, because we assume outsourcing and executive assistants are only for CEOs and millionaires. But when time is the one thing you can’t make more of, using a little money to get some of it back might be one of the smartest trades you can make.

    In this encore episode, we share three practical ways to buy back your time, from small tech fixes to delegating things you never thought you could hand off. You’ll hear why letting go is often hardest for tasks you’re good at, a simple budget trick that makes delegation work for everyday people, and a restaurant reservation hack you’ll want to try this weekend.

    Get 20% off your first order: dripdrop.com and use promo code tps.

    See what ElevenAgents can do for your specific workflows. Start with a demo at elevenlabs.io/tps.

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    Cheat Sheet

    • ⏳ The trade most people never think to make [1:23]
    • 📚 Top 3 Productivity Resources [2:50]
    • 📱 How one app turned soccer team chaos into hours saved [4:00]
    • 🧳 Why Brooks finally let someone else plan his vacation [10:39]
    • 🪜 The hardest kind of task to delegate (it’s not what you think) [13:42]
    • 🤝 Why Thanh waited six years too long to get help [29:22]
    • 🍣 The restaurant reservation hack that works almost every time [33:41]
    • ⚖ On-demand service or dedicated assistant? How to choose [39:53]

    Links

    • DripDrop (promo code TPS)
    • ElevenLabs / ElevenAgents
    • 25X Productivity Coaching
    • Jim Rohn
    • TEA: The 3 Pillars of Productivity
    • Upwork
    • Fiverr
    • TaskRabbit
    • TeamSnap
    • Hazel
    • Keyboard Maestro
    • Apple Shortcuts
    • Organize Your Files
    • Theragun
    • Personal Outsourcing: How To Win Back 5+ Hours/Week (TPS333)
    • Instacart
    • Amazon Fresh
    • MacSparky
    • OmniFocus
    • Productivity Academy
    • Productivity Workflows and Strategies with Alice Ferris (TPS399)
    • How to Get Started with An Executive Assistant w/ Tim Francis (TPS190)
    • The CEO’s Secret to Productivity: An Executive Assistant (TPS143)
    • Generator Athlete Lab
    • TripIt
    • OpenTable
    • Resy
    • How I Spend $5,000/Month to Win Back Time
    • Fancy Hands

    If you enjoyed this episode, follow the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcast player. It’s easy, you’ll get new episodes automatically, and it also helps the show. You can also leave a review!


    Grow Where You Work: Designing a Space That Helps You Focus Sep 30, 2026
    Show notes

    When did you last look at your desk and ask whether it’s helping you or holding you back? We put a lot of thought into apps and systems. But the space where you spend eight hours a day might be doing more to your focus and energy than any tool you use.

    In this encore episode, we use a surprising comparison to explain why your surroundings matter so much. We also share simple, budget-friendly tweaks that make work feel a little easier. You don’t need to remodel your office. You need about ten minutes and one small change you can make today.

    Visit www.asianefficiency.com for more productivity tips and tactics.

    Try Gusto today at gusto.com/TPS, and get 3 months free when you run your first payroll.

    Listen to this episode (MP3)


    Links

    • Gusto
    • 25X Productivity Coaching
    • Krisp

    If you enjoyed this episode, follow the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcast player. It’s easy, you’ll get new episodes automatically, and it also helps the show. You can also leave a review!


    AI Isn’t Saving You Time Yet: Diagnose the Workflow Blockers First (TPS632) Sep 28, 2026
    Show notes

    AI usually fails to save time for one simple reason: the bottleneck is not the model, it is the workflow around it. In this episode, we break down the most common blockers, like unclear prompts, messy source material, too many tools, review overhead, trust issues, and missing definitions of done. We also show you how to diagnose the friction point, redesign the workflow, and measure real time savings on repeatable work.

    Visit www.asianefficiency.com for more productivity tips and tactics.

    Try Gusto today at gusto.com/TPS, and get 3 months free when you run your first payroll.

    Visit Upwork.com right now and post your job for free.

    See what ElevenAgents can do for your specific workflows. Start with a demo at elevenlabs.io/tps

    Listen to this episode (MP3)

    Cheat Sheet

    • 🎧 Top 3 Productivity Resources [2:41]
    • 💡 The unglamorous task that finally made AI click [6:16]
    • 🐀 The three-letter test for what you should hand to AI [13:00]
    • 🌐 The capability most people never realize their AI already has [19:00]
    • 🔎 What OpenAI told Thanh every power user has in common [21:46]
    • 💸 The question that reframes a $200 a month AI bill [25:42]
    • ❓ The follow-up question that surfaces what the AI left out [33:15]
    • 🪤 Slop grenades, wrong maps, and why the review step still matters [40:20]

    Links

    • Gusto
    • Upwork
    • ElevenLabs Eleven Agents
    • 25X Productivity Coaching
    • 30 Rock
    • Beefy Meat Chips
    • Tailscale
    • CleanShot X
    • Setapp
    • Lamberts Downtown Barbecue
    • ChatGPT
    • Claude
    • Blake Eastman
    • Tobi Lutke on slop grenades
    • West Coast Trail

    If you enjoyed this episode, follow the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcast player. It’s easy, you’ll get new episodes automatically, and it also helps the show. You can also leave a review!


    What a Coffee Shop Walk Taught Me About Focus Sep 23, 2026
    Show notes

    How many hours did you work straight through yesterday without once stepping away from your screen? For years, Thanh believed that powering through from morning to evening was the secret to getting more done. Then, while coworking with a friend at an Austin coffee shop, he got an unexpected invitation: a 10-minute walk, right in the middle of a focused work session. That short stroll sparked a habit he’s kept for nearly five years.

    In this encore episode, Thanh explains why more hours don’t equal more productivity and how strategic breaks sharpen focus, creativity, and decision-making. It’s under 10 minutes, and it just might change how you spend the next hour of your day.

    Visit www.asianefficiency.com for more productivity tips and tactics.

    Learn more about how Notion can support your business at notion.com/tps.

    Listen to this episode (MP3)

    Links

    • Notion
    • 25X Productivity Coaching

    If you enjoyed this episode, follow the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcast player. It’s easy, you’ll get new episodes automatically, and it also helps the show. You can also leave a review!


    Stop Managing Your Time. Start Managing Your Energy and Attention (TPS631) Sep 21, 2026
    Show notes

    In this episode, we break down why clock-based planning often fails and why the real bottlenecks are energy, attention, and cognitive load. We talk about protecting peak hours, matching the right task to the right mental state, reducing attention residue, and planning recovery on purpose. We also share practical ways to notice how sleep, stress, meetings, and device distraction affect output far more than calendar math.

    Visit www.asianefficiency.com for more productivity tips and tactics.

    Masterclass.com/TPS for at least 15% off any annual membership.

    Visit Upwork.com right now and post your job for free.

    Learn more about how Notion can support your business at notion.com/tps.

    Listen to this episode (MP3)

    Cheat Sheet

    • 🎧 Top 3 Productivity Resources [4:03]
    • 📱 Is a $3,000 phone actually a productivity upgrade? [7:22]
    • ⏳ Why the hour you blocked off still doesn’t get used [8:53]
    • ✂ The one-hour meeting that’s really costing you two [16:46]
    • 🌅 The classic GTD scheduling advice Brooks had to throw out [21:11]
    • ☀ Three things to do before you expect your brain to focus [23:09]
    • 💍 What Thanh’s ring told him after three afternoons of crashing [24:39]
    • 🧠 The “head trash” that makes a messy system even harder to fix [31:06]
    • 🌊 Why your dream job is only 10% the thing you love [36:55]
    • ✅ The trick that makes an ugly task suddenly doable [39:41]

    Links

    • Masterclass — at least 15% off any annual membership
    • Upwork — post your job for free
    • Notion
    • 25X Productivity Coaching
    • First Blood (1982)
    • The Expendables (2010)
    • Paperman
    • Setapp
    • UGREEN USB to USB-C Adapter Combo 4-Pack
    • Defrag98
    • Apple unveils iPhone Duo
    • Claude
    • OpenAI Codex
    • Oura Ring
    • WHOOP
    • Getting Things Done by David Allen
    • Start Finishing by Charlie Gilkey

    If you enjoyed this episode, follow the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcast player. It’s easy, you’ll get new episodes automatically, and it also helps the show. You can also leave a review!


    Heck Yeah or No: How to Say No, Even to Your Boss Sep 16, 2026
    Show notes

    Did you say yes to something recently and regret it before the calendar invite even arrived? Thanh once turned down an opportunity he was excited about, and it was tied to something he loves. Find out why he said no, and why it turned out to be one of his better decisions.

    When the request comes from your boss, saying no gets a lot harder. Thanh shares the simple test that makes most of these decisions for him and the words he’d use to say no to his boss without hurting his reputation. It all takes less than 10 minutes.

    Visit www.asianefficiency.com for more productivity tips and tactics.

    Get 20% off your first order: dripdrop.com and use promo code tps.

    Listen to this episode (MP3)

    Links

    • DripDrop — 20% off your first order with promo code TPS
    • 25X Productivity Coaching

    If you enjoyed this episode, follow the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcast player. It’s easy, you’ll get new episodes automatically, and it also helps the show. You can also leave a review!


    The Productivity Rules We Stopped Following (and What We Do Instead) (TPS630) Sep 14, 2026
    Show notes

    A lot of popular productivity advice sounds smart until you actually try to live by it. In this episode, Thanh and Brooks share the rules they’ve stopped following, from inbox zero and rigid morning routines to building elaborate note systems and optimizing every minute. More importantly, they explain what replaced them: flexible systems, useful constraints, and practices that work in real life instead of just looking impressive on the internet.

    Visit www.asianefficiency.com for more productivity tips and tactics.

    Make the switch! MINTMOBILE.com/PRODUCTIVITY.

    Get 20% off your first order: dripdrop.com and use promo code tps.

    Learn more about how Notion can support your business at notion.com/tps.

    Listen to this episode (MP3)


    Cheat Sheet

    • 🎧 Top 3 Productivity Resources [1:47]
    • 📥 Why chasing inbox zero solves the wrong problem [6:56]
    • 🚶 Triaging your whole inbox from a 15-minute walk [10:39]
    • ⏱ What tracking every single minute for four months taught him [21:20]
    • 🗒 The two-app note setup that ended years of hoarding [28:11]
    • 🔁 The one rule that keeps a blown-up routine from wrecking your day [36:26]
    • 🔓 Principles, not prison cells [43:39]

    Links

    • Mint Mobile — make the switch
    • DripDrop — promo code TPS for 20% off your first order
    • Notion
    • 25X Productivity Coaching
    • Bounce
    • How to Try Again by Steve Kamb
    • Nerd Fitness
    • Apple Refurbished Store
    • RefurbMe
    • Refurb Tracker
    • Quiet by Susan Cain
    • Flight Plan by Brian Tracy
    • Evernote
    • Obsidian
    • Drafts
    • Day One
    • Obsidian Map View plugin
    • DevonThink
    • Claude
    • Atomic Habits by James Clear
    • Productivity Academy

    If you enjoyed this episode, follow the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcast player. It’s easy, you’ll get new episodes automatically, and it also helps the show. You can also leave a review!


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