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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Communication

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Aristotle's three-part persuasion model applied to modern communication

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


Communication 9
Pitching investors 6
Copywriting 5
  • Persuasion builds shared belief communities, not just changed minds.
  • Most communicators over-rely on argument and neglect character and emotion.
  • Ask what story makes you credible — and what feeling you want to leave.

Processes & SOPs

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Documentation: The Missing Link Between Information and Productivity

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


Processes & SOPs 9
Productivity & habits 7
  • Documentation operates at three interconnected levels: information management, organizational design, and personal productivity.
  • The 24-hour rule: process information within 24 hours while momentum and memory are strongest.
  • Six-step framework: capture, structure, present, communicate, store, and lead through documentation.

AI tools & automation

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AI tools for content creators: a practical guide to what works now

Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life March 25, 2024


AI tools & automation 9
Content marketing 6
  • Train AI on your voice to eliminate hours of repetitive content tasks
  • Descript's Regenerate fixes audio errors without re-recording guests
  • Live podcasting is AI-proof — intimacy and imperfection can't be replicated

Productivity & habits

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Finding the right productivity tools for your needs

Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life March 18, 2024


Productivity & habits 9
Automation & tools 6
AI tools & automation 5
  • Master frameworks first, then choose tools that fit—not the other way around.
  • Use the 90-day trial cycle after thorough research to commit sustainably to one tool.
  • AI will shift productivity from static apps to contextual assistants powered by health data.

Closing techniques

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How to give persuasive presentations and close with confidence

Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life March 11, 2024


Closing techniques 9
Public speaking 7
  • 94% of sales professionals admit a presentation mistake cost them a deal
  • Being boring is the top flaw others notice — not being too informative
  • Debate strategy turns vague closes into clear, confident asks

Content marketing

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How to repurpose audio and video content across platforms

Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life February 26, 2024


Content marketing 9
AI tools & automation 7
Automation & tools 5
  • One recording can become clips, podcasts, blog posts, and courses.
  • Recycling 300+ evergreen clips keeps the algorithm working for you.
  • Descript, Cast Magic, and Ecamm replace a whole editing team.

Communication

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How to unlock the secret language of connection

Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life February 20, 2024


Communication 9
Management 6
  • Connection requires matching the conversation type—practical, emotional, or social—not just exchanging information.
  • Deep questions unlock vulnerability and trust; asking about values reveals far more than asking about facts.
  • Looping for understanding (ask, repeat back, confirm) reduces conflict by 80% and proves you're actually listening.

Productivity & habits

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Remembering better, not more: how memory shapes life

Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life February 12, 2024


Productivity & habits 8
Deep work & focus 7
  • Memory evolved for quality predictions, not perfect recall—optimize for usefulness.
  • Sleep flushes toxins and consolidates knowledge; stress, diet, and exercise directly preserve cognition.
  • Struggle and error fuel learning; curiosity and reframing unlock healing.

Productivity & habits

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Making time for strategy: how to be less busy and more successful

Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life February 5, 2024


Productivity & habits 9
Delegation 6
  • You can't add a breakthrough to a full calendar — eliminate first.
  • Four limiting factors (TIME) determine why your schedule won't change.
  • The task that made you successful is often what blocks the next level.

Productivity & habits

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Practical tools and rituals for sustaining creativity in business

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


Productivity & habits 9
Processes & SOPs 5
  • Creativity is a system you build, not a trait you have.
  • PARA second-brain method kills blank-page anxiety permanently.
  • Nappuccinos, Pomodoro, and humor are underrated creative fuel.

Public speaking

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How to build the habit of bravery and lead with courage

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


Public speaking 8
Resilience & grit 8
  • Bravery is a trainable skill, not an innate attribute you either have or don't.
  • Brave action requires both an optimistic vision and belief in your own agency.
  • The BRAVE acronym gives a repeatable weekly ritual to prepare for hard moments.

Identity & self-belief

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Living and thriving with adult ADHD: Dave Delaney's journey

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


Identity & self-belief 8
Productivity & habits 7
  • Diagnosed with ADHD at 50 after sobriety and meditation revealed lifelong patterns others saw clearly
  • ADHD isn't a flaw—dopamine seeking drives entrepreneurship, performance, and connection
  • Overwhelm causes paralysis: break projects small, journal thoughts, extend grace to yourself

Productivity & habits

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Mailbag: Self-awareness, sleep, delegation, and productivity tools

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


Productivity & habits 9
Deep work & focus 7
Delegation 5
  • Your chronotype determines whether early rising will actually work for you
  • Knowing the minimum a shared tool requires frees you to use your own system
  • Delegation fails without doing the task together first — documentation is key

Identity & self-belief

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How to reconnect with others across difference using three core practices

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


Identity & self-belief 9
Community building 6
  • Walking 12 feet across the street dismantles years of built-up bias.
  • Conviction without action frees no one — proximity and relationship do.
  • Being too productive can block you from being fully human.

Processes & SOPs

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Building Extraordinary Results Through Team Habits

Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life December 18, 2023


Processes & SOPs 8
Management 7
  • Teams fail due to broken systems, not broken people—fix workflows instead of personalities.
  • Interpersonal power (what you accomplish together as peers) solves most problems without hierarchy.
  • Small, chronic failures compound into major trust erosion—address the broken printer in your team.

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