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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Managing Up: Ten Conversations to Get What You Need at Work
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
May 12, 2025
Communication
9
Management
6
- Managing up is for your career, not your manager's benefit.
- Most workplace friction is a style clash, not a toxic boss.
- A structured sequence of ten conversations replaces guesswork.
Work-life balance
Podcast
Gentle rest as the foundation for a meaningful life
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
May 5, 2025
Work-life balance
9
Productivity & habits
7
- Rest is the essential first step, not a reward you earn after productivity.
- Simplify by caring about fewer things and releasing energy-draining possessions.
- Small, repeatable rest practices rewire your nervous system faster than grand changes.
How to become a leader people want to follow, not have to follow
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
April 21, 2025
Management
9
Delegation
6
- Most leaders are tolerated, not chosen — here's why.
- High support plus high challenge: the balance most leaders never find.
- Calling people up instead of out changes behaviour without creating fear.
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Confidence is built through action, not found before it
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
April 14, 2025
Identity & self-belief
9
Resilience & grit
7
- Waiting for confidence is really waiting for certainty — which never arrives.
- Self-disruption (like moving to Portugal) beats waiting to be disrupted by life.
- Find your 'who' first — one person unlocks the next step faster than any plan.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Productivity strategies for depression, anxiety, and ADHD with Julie Fast
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
April 10, 2025
Productivity & habits
9
Resilience & grit
7
- Motivation never comes first when depressed — action does
- Depression inflates task time; a timer proves your brain wrong
- Sitting next to a working friend changes your brain chemistry
Deep work & focus
Podcast
How to use music intentionally for focus, mood, and wellbeing
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
April 7, 2025
Deep work & focus
9
Productivity & habits
8
Community building
5
- Music triggers focus habits the same way physical habits form.
- Communal listening synchronizes brainwaves and releases bonding hormones.
- Musical memory outlasts Alzheimer's because it lives in a different brain region.
Tiny Experiments: Breaking Free from Goal Obsession
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
April 3, 2025
Goal setting
9
Productivity & habits
6
- Replace fixed goals with iterative experiments that focus on learning, not outcomes
- Escape time anxiety by balancing kronos (quantitative) with kairos (qualitative) moments
- Run five-day experiments: observe patterns, form hypotheses, commit, reflect, adjust
Prospecting & outreach
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How to stop job seeking and start job shopping
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
March 31, 2025
Prospecting & outreach
7
Closing techniques
5
Identity & self-belief
5
- Applying to more jobs actively reduces your chances of landing one
- Unlisted roles via networking outnumber posted jobs — most candidates never reach them
- Likeability in interviews must be prepared for, not assumed
The life audit: a three-step framework for rediscovering your goals
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
March 27, 2025
Goal setting
9
Identity & self-belief
7
- User research techniques repurposed to answer: what do I actually want?
- Why the absence of a wish often means an area is already well-tended
- Accountability partners don't need to know they're playing that role
Finding Purpose and Fulfillment in Your Current Job
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
March 24, 2025
Motivation
9
Productivity & habits
7
Goal setting
6
- Purpose isn't found in perfect jobs—it's created through reframing challenges as opportunities.
- Your brain confirms negative beliefs automatically; force it to acknowledge the actual ripple effect of your work.
- Control your response, build systems, and strategically conserve energy instead of burning out.
Mastering successful virtual communication with the PING framework
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
March 20, 2025
Communication
9
Processes & SOPs
6
Productivity & habits
5
- Four-part framework for remote communication: perspective, initiative, nonverbal cues, goals.
- Small technical differences in channels (lag, richness) create meaningful behavioral shifts.
- Text-based brainstorming outperforms in-person by reducing judgment and idea anchoring.
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Wild Courage: Overcoming Fear to Unlock Career and Life Potential
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
March 17, 2025
Identity & self-belief
9
Productivity & habits
7
Resilience & grit
6
- Fear of failure, uncertainty, and judgment is the real productivity bottleneck.
- Nine reframed 'negative' traits — selfish, brutal, reckless — unlock bold action.
- Action creates clarity; move first, then map rather than endlessly analysing.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Embracing limits and imperfection to reclaim meaningful action
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
March 13, 2025
Productivity & habits
9
Deep work & focus
6
- The fantasy of 'finally being in control' is the real productivity trap.
- Agency only arrives once you stop chasing control entirely.
- Avoiding a task costs more time than just doing the next small step.
How to listen deeply and build real connection
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
March 10, 2025
Communication
9
Deep work & focus
6
- Most people are rehearsing replies, not actually listening
- Three mindset qualities — humility, curiosity, empathy — transform conversations
- Hidden needs drive every conversation; surface them without projecting
Building connections when networking feels terrifying
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
March 6, 2025
Communication
8
Identity & self-belief
7
- Social anxiety affects nearly everyone — and it's wired for empathy.
- One daily stranger interaction compounds into career-changing connections.
- Vulnerability as an opener outperforms small talk every time.