Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life

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Digital Minimalism: Going Off Social Media for Business and Personal Life with John Meese Oct 22, 2019

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John Meese helps leaders build an online audience around their message as the Dean of Platform University, 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!

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Goal Setting: Why Quitting Can Be the Last Principle of Success with Stanley Robertson Oct 15, 2019

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Dr. Stanley G. Robertson is the author of the book 'Quit: The Last Principle of Success'. 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

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Calendar Productivity: Overcoming the Pitfalls of How We Schedule with Tim Campos Oct 07, 2019

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Tim Campos is former Chief Information Officer at Facebook, and is now the co-founder and CEO of Woven. The Woven 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.

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Health Optimization: Diet, Sleep, Physical Activity, and Experimenting for Results with David Hauser Oct 01, 2019

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David Hauser 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 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.

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Overwhelm: The Joy of Missing Out and Taking Ownership of Your Life with Tonya Dalton Sep 27, 2019

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Tonya Dalton is the host of the Productivity Paradox Podcast, 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.

In this conversation Tonya and Erik talk about what the "Joy of Missing Out" is, overcoming overwhelm and taking ownership.

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Creativity: Blocking Time for Margin and Making Space for Ideas with Ryan Hanley Sep 17, 2019

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Ryan Hanley 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.

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Distraction: How to Become Indistractable and Own Your Attention with Nir Eyal Sep 10, 2019

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Nir Eyal is the bestselling author of "Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products" and "Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life."

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.

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Getting Things Done: Developing the Skill of Outcome and Action Thinking with David Allen Sep 03, 2019

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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.

In this conversation David talks about the new Getting Things Done Workbook, developing the skill of outcome and action thinking and overcoming the biggest objections to the GTD methodology.

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Workflows: Problem Solving, Strategy, and Building Scalable Systems with Melanie Penna Aug 27, 2019

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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.

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Time Management: How to Win the Hour to Win the Day with Kris Ward Aug 20, 2019

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Kris Ward is the founder of Win The Hour, Win the Day, 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.

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