Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
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Beyond the To-Do List is a productivity podcast focused on work, attention, habits, and building a more sustainable life.
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How to Transform Time Poverty into Time Affluence
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
December 14, 2022
Time management
9
Productivity & habits
7
Work-life balance
6
- Time poverty is psychological, not mathematical—fix it by prioritizing meaningful activities.
- Exercise, kindness, and awe boost confidence and expand your sense of what's possible.
- Put your golf balls first; sand fills the rest. Full attention transforms routine into ritual.
Work-life balance
Podcast
Winning at work and life without choosing between them
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
December 8, 2022
Work-life balance
10
Productivity & habits
7
- Hard stop times and six-hour days boosted profit by 50%.
- Sleeping under six hours is cognitively equal to legal intoxication.
- Hustle culture and the ambition brake are both losing strategies.
Podcasting workflow and productivity: lessons from 10 years of Beyond the To-Do List
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
December 5, 2022
Processes & SOPs
9
Outsourcing & delegation
6
Content marketing
5
- Batch recording and quarterly planning eliminate the weekly deadline trap.
- Hiring an editor is the single highest-leverage move for podcaster productivity.
- Ask guests you think are out of reach — the worst answer is no.
The Power and Purpose of Mentorship
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
November 28, 2022
Communication
8
Identity & self-belief
6
- Mentorship works best with clear goals, defined timelines, and a prepared agenda for meetings.
- Most mentors say yes because someone mentored them first and they want to pass it forward.
- Virtual mentorship—through podcasts, books, and social media—counts if you're intentional about learning.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Why habits fail for most people and what to do instead
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
November 21, 2022
Productivity & habits
9
Resilience & grit
5
- Health and weight loss are weak motivators for the majority of people
- Rigid habit loops break down for complex behaviours — flexibility outperforms precision
- The POP tool turns plan disruption into a sustainable 'joy choice'
Founder interviews
Podcast
How Phil Rosenthal turned real life into Everybody Loves Raymond and Somebody Feed Phil
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
November 18, 2022
Founder interviews
10
Creativity & creative process
6
- The more specific a detail, the more universal it becomes.
- Writers were sent home for dinner — real life was the homework.
- Food is the gateway drug to culture, travel, and human connection.
Deep work & focus
Podcast
Why silence is essential for health, creativity, and deep work
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
November 14, 2022
Deep work & focus
9
Productivity & habits
6
Processes & SOPs
5
- Silence grows brain cells — more than music or white noise.
- Noise is society's most celebrated addiction, by economic design.
- Taking your to-do list on a hike can erase five months of work.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Nine rules for making time and managing energy across the week
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
November 7, 2022
Productivity & habits
9
Work-life balance
7
- Three times a week counts as a habit — ditch the daily-or-nothing trap.
- One big and one small weekly adventure prevents years vanishing into memory sinkholes.
- Do effortful leisure before screens to reclaim hours lost to mindless scrolling.
Rethinking goal setting through identity, capacity, and practice
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
October 31, 2022
Goal setting
10
Work-life balance
7
- Why chasing merit badges for self-worth leads to burnout cycles
- Your identity is a network — over-indexing one layer depletes the rest
- Treating work as practice beats sprinting toward achievement targets
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Understanding the neuroscience behind procrastination and sleep
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
October 24, 2022
Productivity & habits
9
Deep work & focus
7
Resilience & grit
5
- Procrastination is fear-driven, not laziness—identify underlying threats to break the cycle
- Your brain sustains focus for 60–90 minutes; working past that destroys productivity
- Sleep consolidates memories and restores cognition; poor sleep cascades into burnout
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Joey Cofone on the Laws of Creativity: a practical framework for creative thinking
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
October 17, 2022
Identity & self-belief
9
Deep work & focus
6
Productivity & habits
5
- 98% of five-year-olds are creative geniuses — only 2% of adults are.
- Creativity is learnable and reliable, not magic or innate talent.
- Quantity begets quality: rough ideas made real beat waiting for perfection.
Work-life balance
Podcast
How to set boundaries that improve relationships, not limit them
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
October 10, 2022
Work-life balance
8
Communication
6
Resilience & grit
5
- Unexpressed limits breed resentment — boundaries prevent it, not cause it
- A green-yellow-red script system makes hard conversations easier in practice
- Self-boundaries need a risk/freedom framework, not punishment or escalation
Work-life balance
Podcast
Sustaining high performance through stress management and intentional rest
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
October 3, 2022
Work-life balance
9
Resilience & grit
7
- Burnout stems from misalignment with purpose, not just overwork or stress alone.
- Stress is your resistance to reality—a choice you can change through perspective shifts.
- Love the process and the climb itself, not the destination or outcome.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Creativity and agency in remote work
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
September 26, 2022
Resilience & grit
8
Founder interviews
7
Work-life balance
6
- Leaving Apple after 13 years when burnout became a matter of physical survival
- Opportunity debt: how employers weaponize benefits to create invisible, repayable obligations
- Creatives flow best when discovering ideas as archaeology, not inventing through willpower
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Practical productivity habits for college students
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
September 15, 2022
Productivity & habits
9
Time management
8
Mentorship
5
- Why going back to your dorm between classes kills your productivity
- The staggered reminder system that prevents last-minute deadline panic
- Joining one campus club dramatically raises your odds of succeeding