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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Physical & cognitive performance
Podcast
How metabolism adaptation explains fitness plateaus and how to break them
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
June 18, 2019
Physical & cognitive performance
8
Physical health & longevity
5
- Your metabolism adapts to whatever you do — that's why progress stalls.
- Contrast, not restriction, is the lever that forces the body to change.
- Coaching style matched to personality type shifts outcomes significantly.
Business operating systems
Podcast
Rethinking how organizations work: the operating system framework
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
March 5, 2019
Business operating systems
10
Management
7
Processes & SOPs
6
- Your org still runs on 100-year-old factory management assumptions.
- Roundabouts beat traffic lights — minimum rules outperform maximum control.
- Push decisions to the edge with a tiered, reversibility-based decision stack.
Work-life balance
Podcast
Why a weekly hard break drives more productivity than grinding
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
September 28, 2018
Work-life balance
9
Productivity & habits
7
- Working past 55 hours a week actively harms output quality
- The brain's default mode network generates creativity only during genuine rest
- Chick-fil-A closes Sundays and outsells rivals fourfold — rest scales
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Building a morning routine that actually sticks
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
June 13, 2018
Productivity & habits
9
Physical & cognitive performance
8
Physical health & longevity
6
- Your evening routine determines whether your morning routine works.
- Start with two minutes, not thirty — small habits compound.
- Missing a day isn't failure; just start the next chain tomorrow.
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Creativity is a skill, not a gift: how to develop it deliberately
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
May 31, 2018
Identity & self-belief
9
Business models
6
- Gladwell's 10,000-hour rule omits the one word that matters: deliberate.
- Great creative work sits at the sweet spot between familiar and novel.
- Consumption, imitation, community, and feedback — not inspiration — drive creative success.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Batch processing in kitchen and business: Allison Schaaf on PrepDish
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
March 5, 2018
Productivity & habits
9
Deep work & focus
7
Processes & SOPs
5
- Prepping food in batches eliminates decision fatigue at the worst moment
- Quarterly planning catches repetition and gaps that weekly planning misses
- A mid-afternoon walk at your low-energy hour beats skipping it every evening
Mental health & wellbeing
Podcast
How to find purpose, hope, and friendships at work
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
December 11, 2017
Mental health & wellbeing
9
Culture building
7
Work-life balance
6
- Two thirds of workers are disengaged — and most are doing it to themselves.
- Happiness at work rests on purpose, hope, and genuine relationships — not perks.
- A personal life vision makes you more resilient to workplace stress than any org chart.
Relationships & family
Podcast
How personality frameworks help you understand yourself and others
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
November 27, 2017
Relationships & family
8
Identity & self-belief
5
- Why the Enneagram targets your worst self, not your best
- Love language mismatches cause more damage than most relationship conflicts
- Introvert doesn't mean shy — it means how you recharge
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Overcoming fear to do brave, meaningful work
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
August 15, 2017
- Fear never disappears — bravery means acting anyway
- A packed schedule can still be complacency in disguise
- 85% of feared outcomes never actually happen
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Meal prep as a productivity system: eliminating food decision fatigue
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
May 16, 2017
Productivity & habits
9
Deep work & focus
7
- One weekly prep session replaces nightly cooking and decision drain.
- Unresolved dinner plans quietly consume mental RAM all day.
- Better nutrition from home-cooked meals sharpens afternoon focus.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Using technology intentionally to protect attention and well-being
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
April 19, 2017
Productivity & habits
8
Deep work & focus
7
- Most adults are just as addicted to phones as the teens they blame
- The 'happiness cliff': every app has a point of diminishing return
- Visible phone on your desk cuts effectiveness even if you never touch it
Productivity & habits
Podcast
How to prioritise your time, plan daily, and use time blocking
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
February 28, 2017
Productivity & habits
9
Goal setting
6
- Productivity means investing your best time in your best activities.
- Conflicting goals can't be fixed by scheduling — you must choose between them.
- A five-step daily planning routine shifts you from reactive to proactive.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Building a mission-driven personal productivity system with Todoist
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
July 25, 2016
Productivity & habits
9
Goal setting
6
- Your task list should hold commitments only, never ideas or maybes.
- Mission-driven focus beats mercenary busyness every time.
- Task list zero and inbox zero work best as a daily pair.
Automation & tools
Podcast
How to use 1Password for digital security and organisation
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
February 29, 2016
- Storing passwords in browsers or Evernote leaves you exposed
- Diceware random word phrases make strong master passwords you can actually type
- Security audit reveals duplicate and compromised passwords across all your logins
Work-life balance
Podcast
Alli Worthington on breaking busy and editing your life
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
January 31, 2016
Work-life balance
9
Time management
7
Relationships & family
5
- Every yes is a no to something else — choose deliberately.
- Passive social media scrolling reliably makes you feel worse.
- Proactive edits beat reactive ones: decide before you're overwhelmed.