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
Building a Consistent Reading Life with Intention and Self-Awareness
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
November 22, 2021
- Reading inertia: being mid-book is easy; starting the next one kills most habits
- Why you abandoned a book tells you more about your taste than what you finished
- Simple log-keeping reveals reading patterns invisible when tracking it mentally
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Breaking the Overthinking Cycle with Values-Based Decisions
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
November 15, 2021
Productivity & habits
8
Identity & self-belief
6
- Perfectionism quietly drives most overthinking — and naming it breaks its hold.
- Pre-made decisions anchored to your values eliminate in-the-moment deliberation.
- Treating choices as experiments removes the pressure that causes analysis paralysis.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Nir Eyal: why distraction is a pain problem, not a willpower problem
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
September 23, 2021
Productivity & habits
9
Time management
8
- All distraction is driven by the desire to escape discomfort — not weakness
- Time management is pain management; productivity hacks fail without this insight
- The 10-minute rule lets urges dissolve without willpower or strict abstinence
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Remote work productivity: routines, rhythms, and ending the day
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
September 17, 2021
Productivity & habits
9
Deep work & focus
6
- Manage by task completion, not hours — it tells you when to stop.
- Friday planning eliminates Sunday anxiety and protects Monday execution time.
- A closing ritual is essential when your office is always visible.
Business operating systems
Podcast
Reinventing how organisations work: the operating system model
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
September 6, 2021
Business operating systems
9
Management
6
- Your org runs on 100-year-old factory assumptions — and it's killing performance
- Roundabouts beat traffic lights: trust outperforms compliance every time
- Distribute authority with a decision stack; reversibility is the key test
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Building lasting habits through small, identity-shifting actions
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
September 3, 2021
Productivity & habits
9
Identity & self-belief
7
- Scale any habit to two minutes — master showing up first
- Habits reshape your identity, not just your outcomes
- 1% daily improvements compound into life-changing results
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Productivity principles from 10 years of interviewing experts
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
June 7, 2021
Productivity & habits
9
Goal setting
7
Work-life balance
6
- A six-hour focused workday beat eight hours — and lifted revenue 50%
- Self-knowledge trumps any productivity system or framework
- Lower your goals deliberately; hitting small targets builds real momentum
Physical & cognitive performance
Podcast
Meditation, mindfulness and neuroscience with Ariel Garten
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
April 14, 2021
Physical & cognitive performance
9
Deep work & focus
8
Productivity & habits
7
- Meditation is attention training, not achieving a blank mind
- Every distraction you notice and release is a productivity rep
- Allowing intrusive thoughts to exist — not fighting them — makes them disappear
How to make better decisions by dismantling hidden cognitive biases
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
February 2, 2021
Goal setting
8
Communication
6
Processes & SOPs
5
- Good outcomes don't mean good decisions — luck distorts everything
- Asynchronous independent elicitation beats group meetings for decisions
- Quitting and grit are complements; calibrate between them, don't pick one
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Writing as a clarity tool: how expressive writing unlocks focus and purpose
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
January 26, 2021
Productivity & habits
9
Deep work & focus
8
Identity & self-belief
6
- 20 minutes of writing returns hours by clarifying what actually matters.
- Writer's block is life block — stuck on the page means stuck in life.
- Start with 30 seconds; the habit builds itself once you feel the benefit.
Work-life balance
Podcast
How valuing time over money leads to a happier, less stressed life
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
October 27, 2020
Work-life balance
9
Mental health & wellbeing
7
Outsourcing & delegation
6
- Outsourcing one disliked task monthly equals a $12,000 happiness raise
- Shifting focus to time over money boosts happiness without changing behaviour
- Major life decisions give a short happiness boost; daily micro-habits sustain it
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Andy Andrews on focus, self-honesty, and perspective as a choice
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
September 8, 2020
Identity & self-belief
9
Deep work & focus
7
Mental health & wellbeing
5
- Worry is focus — just aimed at completely the wrong target.
- Self-deception wastes more time and money than anything else.
- Perspective isn't how you see things — it's how you choose to.
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
How shifting perspective unlocks better thinking and decisions
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
September 1, 2020
Identity & self-belief
8
Work-life balance
7
Relationships & family
6
- Perspective, not willpower, is what actually governs every choice you make
- Fiction builds wisdom faster than nonfiction by firing imagination and context
- Parenting standards set today determine the quality of adults 70 years from now
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Overthinking, decision-making, and living by your values
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
March 2, 2020
Identity & self-belief
9
Deep work & focus
6
Mental health & wellbeing
5
- Perfectionism silently fuels overthinking in ways most people don't recognise
- Pre-made decisions based on your values eliminate most daily deliberation
- Small mental habit changes compound — just like small destructions do
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Productivity for business owners: best time and best activities
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
January 21, 2020
Productivity & habits
8
Time management
8
Delegation
5
- Productivity means focused time on high-value activities — not efficiency.
- Your peak focus environment is personal; find it through deliberate experimentation.
- Four core business buckets: marketing, sales, servicing, leadership — neglect any one and suffer.