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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Productivity & habits
Podcast
Todd Henry on building a daily creative practice
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
September 12, 2022
Productivity & habits
9
Deep work & focus
7
Motivation
6
- Anyone who solves problems is creative — most just lack the practices.
- 366 daily prompts replace big retreats with small, compounding habits.
- Intentionality — not talent — is what keeps creative output sustainable.
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Jon Acuff and daughters adapt the Soundtracks mindset framework for teenagers
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
September 5, 2022
Identity & self-belief
8
Resilience & grit
6
- Broken teenage thoughts run unchallenged for 20 years into adulthood.
- Three questions — true, helpful, kind — expose any broken soundtrack fast.
- Teenagers co-wrote the book; adults consistently misjudge what teens care about.
How to transition careers by identifying priorities, transferable skills, and building a network
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
August 29, 2022
Goal setting
9
Identity & self-belief
6
Prospecting & outreach
5
- Clarity about life priorities must come before any career move.
- Every role builds transferable skills — even ones you outgrow.
- All client work came through relationships, not formal networking.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Building a second brain: how to organise your digital life and unlock creativity
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
August 22, 2022
- Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them.
- PARA organises everything by active project, not topic category.
- Over-optimising your system is the most seductive form of procrastination.
How to find, shape, and tell stories that connect
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
August 16, 2022
Public speaking
9
Copywriting
5
- Internal change — not external events — makes a story worth telling.
- Prepare from remembered scenes, not memorised words, to stay present.
- The same event becomes a different story depending on the lens you choose.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
How to transition from employment to entrepreneurship without betting everything
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
August 9, 2022
Resilience & grit
8
Bootstrapping
7
Productivity & habits
6
- Frustration has to outgrow fear before the leap becomes inevitable.
- Start where you can add the most value, not where you're most passionate.
- Lower expenses before quitting — financial pressure kills creative decision-making.
Project management in hybrid and remote work: why most projects fail
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
August 1, 2022
Processes & SOPs
9
Remote teams
7
- Three in five projects fail — remote work makes the odds worse
- Settling on tools early and enforcing that choice is non-negotiable
- Pre-mortems catch project killers before they cost millions
The soulful art of persuasion: four principles of genuine influence
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
July 25, 2022
Communication
9
Identity & self-belief
6
Objection handling
5
- Persuasion is a character trait, not a manipulation tactic
- Generosity compounds: schedule giving or it never happens
- Skill hunting: commit to one new skill every two to three years
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Seven-minute routines to cut distraction and build productive habits
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
July 18, 2022
Productivity & habits
9
Deep work & focus
7
- Why seven minutes is the brain's natural attention threshold
- Distractions work — routines must match that intentional pull
- Going analog for breaks beats switching to a smaller screen
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Being a lazy genius: choosing what matters in work and life
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
July 12, 2022
Productivity & habits
9
Work-life balance
6
- Why standard productivity advice fails people with different priorities
- Be a genius at what matters; deliberately lazy about what doesn't
- Five steps to stop dreading your kitchen — applied to any life domain
Servant leadership and trust: Ken Blanchard and Randy Conley on simple truths
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
July 4, 2022
Management
9
Culture building
7
- Leaders must extend trust first — title grants authority, not trust.
- Ego is every leader's number one enemy to serving others.
- Praise progress, not perfection — catch people doing things right.
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
How to overcome limiting beliefs and get what you want in life
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
June 27, 2022
Identity & self-belief
9
Resilience & grit
7
Productivity & habits
5
- Your origin story silently drives self-sabotage — until you name it
- Clarity comes before confidence, not after — start before you're ready
- Boundaries aren't about others; they're about enforcing your own limits
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Drawing on Courage: Navigating fear and everyday bravery
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
June 20, 2022
Resilience & grit
9
Identity & self-belief
6
- Courage is mastery of fear, not its absence—act despite the risk.
- Four-stop journey reveals where you're stuck: fear, values, action, change.
- Clarify your purpose to surf the wave of fear instead of drowning in it.
Deep work & focus
Podcast
Speed reading as a mindful skill, not a race
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
June 6, 2022
Deep work & focus
9
Productivity & habits
7
- Speed reading is active strategy, not skimming — comprehension improves too
- Three habits kill reading speed: sub-vocalising, eye regression, mind-wandering
- A card or finger on the page is the key to unlocking gears 4 and 5
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Rethinking your relationship with alcohol and habit formation
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
April 4, 2022
Productivity & habits
8
Mental health & wellbeing
7
- Alcohol is the only drug you have to justify not taking.
- Withdrawing from alcohol is medically more dangerous than heroin withdrawal.
- Drinking often masks anxiety, poor boundaries, and unprocessed emotion underneath.