Identity & self-belief

Podcast

ADHD in adulthood: late diagnosis, myths, and practical strategies

Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life July 29, 2024

---

Identity & self-belief 8

Productivity & habits 8

Communication 5

• Late diagnosis at 46 removed decades of guilt and self-blame
• No barrier around your emotional pool — why ADHD dysregulation floods others
• Voice-to-ChatGPT-to-Notion: externalising the ADHD brain's overloaded RAM

Read more →

Productivity & habits

Podcast

How to Calm Your Mind: Finding Presence and Productivity in Anxious Times

Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life July 22, 2024

---

Productivity & habits 9

Deep work & focus 7

Resilience & grit 5

• Burnout stems from chronic stress across six work dimensions, not exhaustion alone.
• Stimulation fasts reset your dopamine baseline, unlocking presence and deliberate focus.
• Analog activities and savoring unlock meaning that digital stimulation cannot deliver.

Read more →

Identity & self-belief

Podcast

Rewriting the stories that hold you back: the Mind Your Mindset framework

Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life July 15, 2024

---

Identity & self-belief 9

Resilience & grit 6

• Your brain runs a narrator that mistakes its stories for facts
• Three-step process: identify, interrogate, then rewrite the story
• Neuroplasticity means no negative thought pattern is permanent

Read more →

Work-life balance

Podcast

Building spiritual practices across daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual rhythms

Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life July 8, 2024

---

Work-life balance 9

Productivity & habits 6

• Create a rule of life with five time cycles—daily to annual—to prevent burnout and build presence.
• Monthly desert days (9–4 off-site, phone-free) unlock insight through radical understimulation and no expectations.
• Start with one rhythm you can actually protect; let it teach you what you need before adding others.

Read more →

Productivity & habits

Podcast

Rhythms, routines, and crafting a rule of life

Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life July 1, 2024

---

Productivity & habits 9

Goal setting 6

• Your life already has a rule — the question is who set it.
• A 24-hour Sabbath makes your other six days more productive.
• Work-life balance is a category error: life sets the terms, not work.

Read more →

Productivity & habits

Podcast

Building a second brain: how to offload your mind and unlock creative output

Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life June 24, 2024

---

Productivity & habits 9

• Your brain is for ideas — not storing them; offload everything
• CODE and PARA turn captured notes into actionable, retrievable output
• Your unique perspective is now your competitive edge, not your knowledge

Read more →

Productivity & habits

Podcast

Beyond boxes: identity, AI, and intentional productivity

Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life June 10, 2024

---

Productivity & habits 9

Identity & self-belief 7

AI strategy & adoption 5

• What you do is not who you are—internal narratives shape productivity more than systems.
• AI risks automation of creativity itself; humans must stay intentional about what we outsource.
• Brain dumps and forced slowness reveal hidden projects and the stories derailing your progress.

Read more →

Productivity & habits

Podcast

Lessons from Dan Miller: Productivity, generosity, and lifelong learning

Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life June 3, 2024

---

Productivity & habits 9

Deep work & focus 5

• Wake without an alarm — a calm start shapes the whole day
• Miller gave free time and lodging to anyone who asked, without ego
• He took notes at conferences as a participant, decades into his career

Read more →

Productivity & habits

Podcast

Practical answers to common productivity and work-life balance questions

Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life May 27, 2024

---

Productivity & habits 9

Work-life balance 7

• Parkinson's law kills evenings — set a hard stop time.
• Minimum viable connection time is enough to keep kids okay.
• Artificial milestones and small rewards sustain long-project motivation.

Read more →

Identity & self-belief

Podcast

How to advocate for your needs and reclaim personal agency

Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life May 21, 2024

---

Identity & self-belief 9

Work-life balance 7

• Self-trust — not self-love — is what actually changes how you treat yourself
• One blocked path doesn't mean a need can't be met — diversify strategies
• Small acts of self-advocacy (correcting your name, the wrong coffee) build agency

Read more →

Productivity & habits

Podcast

How connected note-taking builds a personal knowledge garden

Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life May 13, 2024

---

Productivity & habits 9

Processes & SOPs 5

• Thinking happens between your brain and the environment, not just inside it.
• Short, linked, evergreen notes compound into a searchable personal knowledge base.
• AI tools assist connection-finding but must not replace your own thinking.

Read more →

Deep work & focus

Podcast

How play and humor fuel creativity and innovation

Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life May 6, 2024

---

Deep work & focus 8

Productivity & habits 6

• Play is a state of mind, not silly activities—applies to any serious work
• Non-obvious connections between unrelated ideas drive both humor and creativity
• Give people choice and appropriate challenge levels to unlock their creative potential

Read more →

Public speaking

Podcast

Spontaneous speaking: a six-step framework for thinking fast and talking smart

Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life April 29, 2024

---

Public speaking 9

Resilience & grit 6

• Anxiety can't be eliminated — only managed with two targeted techniques.
• Reframing mistakes as 'missed takes' removes the pressure that blocks you.
• Small talk is a skill: be interested, not interesting, to unlock deeper connections.

Read more →

Productivity & habits

Podcast

How comfort, abundance, and scarcity brain undermine modern decision-making

Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life April 22, 2024

---

Productivity & habits 9

Resilience & grit 5

• Your brain is wired to want more even when you already have enough.
• Social media and slot machines exploit the same three-part addictive loop.
• Tracking why you pick up your phone reshapes behaviour without willpower.

Read more →

Communication

Podcast

Applying the Enneagram to business communication and team motivation

Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life April 15, 2024

---

Communication 9

Management 7

• The Enneagram reveals why people behave as they do, not just what they do
• Each of nine types filters the same message through a completely different motivational lens
• Treat people how they want to be treated, not how you want to be treated

Read more →