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

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Priorities: What Not to Do First and How to Scale with Scott and Alison Stratton Sep 09, 2014

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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.

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Priorities and Parenting: Hustling Through Seasons with KC Procter Sep 02, 2014

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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.

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Career and Community: Avoiding Comparison and Finding Your Path with Chase Reeves Aug 27, 2014

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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.

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Productivity: Time, Energy, and Attention Experiments with Chris Bailey Aug 19, 2014

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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:

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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Energy and Habits: Rituals, Ideal Days, and Running Toward Your Best Self with Jeff Sanders Aug 12, 2014

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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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Focus and Music: How the Right Sound Improves Concentration with Focus at Will Founders Aug 09, 2014

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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.

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Focus and Attention: Intention, Awareness, and Productivity with Mike Vardy Jul 24, 2014

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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!

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Energy and Focus: Smoothies, Exercise, and Staying Sharp with Farnoosh Brock Jun 15, 2014

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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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Digital Organization: Evernote, Technology, and Efficient Systems with Brett Kelly May 30, 2014

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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.

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Networking: Moving Beyond Business Cards to Real Connection with Derek Coburn May 14, 2014

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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.

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