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

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Focus and Meaning: Finishing Well and Living a Meaningful Story with Donald Miller Feb 02, 2014

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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:

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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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Digital Organization: iPads, Email, and Smarter Workflows with David Sparks Jan 28, 2014

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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:

The Mac Sparky Field Guides Series must be good.It looks like The Lord of the Rings Extended DVD set!

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Priorities: Saying No and Saying Goodbye to Survival Mode with Crystal Paine Jan 22, 2014

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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

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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 TweetPlease make sure to tweet to Crystal Paine and let her know you appreciate her appearance on this episode!

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Routines and Hustle: Work Spaces, Discipline, and Getting Things Done with Jon Acuff Jan 17, 2014

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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!)

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Habits: The Science of Making Habits Stick with Tony Stubblebine Jan 13, 2014

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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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Goal Setting: Making This Your Best Year Ever with Michael Hyatt Dec 31, 2013

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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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Communication: Collaborating Across Different Personality Styles with Chris Locurto Nov 19, 2013

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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 TweetMake sure to tweet at Chris and let him know you appreciated this episode!

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Focus and Deadlines: Making Progress on What Matters with Ray Edwards Oct 27, 2013

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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:

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 TweetDon’t miss Ray’s interview of me on his show!

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Wisdom and Perspective: Knowledge, Action, and Seeing Clearly with Andy Andrews Oct 01, 2013

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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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Creativity and Productivity: Passion, Practice, and the Accidental Creative with Todd Henry Sep 23, 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 TweetA creative is anyone who has to turn their thoughts into value. - @ToddHenryClick To TweetWe sacrifice long term effectiveness on the altar of short term efficiency. - @ToddHenryClick To TweetYou have all these great ideas, that’s fine, but how do you bend your life and work around what matters to you? - @ToddHenryClick To TweetToday is not a rehearsal. Are you spending your life in a manner that later you will be proud of? - @ToddHenryClick To TweetThe big problems won’t be solved by people grinding away to buy stuff that will rot and rust. - @ToddHenryClick To TweetIf i start to make comfort my objective in life eventually I will compromise great work. - @ToddHenryClick To TweetGreat work is performed when people do what's right despite the fact that its uncomfortable. - @ToddHenryClick To TweetConnect with Todd on Twitter and make sure to check out his podcast.