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
Sobriety and Productivity: Navigating Alcohol's Impact
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
December 11, 2023
Productivity & habits
8
Resilience & grit
6
- Alcohol rewires reward systems, trapping users in cycles of temporary relief and intensified withdrawal emotions
- Sobriety unlocks consistent focus: four-year journey proved impossible-seeming goals become achievable
- Brain healing takes 60+ days; Dry January rebounds on February 1st sabotage long-term cognitive gains
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Managing personal energy in teams and meetings for business success
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
December 4, 2023
Productivity & habits
8
Management
7
- Personal energy is the missing fourth dimension of the productivity scope triangle.
- A simple numeric check-in transforms meeting quality and team decision-making.
- Sustained red-zone work produces no real output — and eventually breaks people.
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Using music and neuroscience to rewire leadership patterns
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
November 27, 2023
Identity & self-belief
9
Management
6
- Childhood neural pathways drive adult leadership behaviour — not conscious choice.
- Music activates the whole brain, building new behavioural pathways faster.
- One interrupter song plus a 10-song practice playlist rewires emotional defaults.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
12 learnable habits that separate top leaders from everyone else
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
November 13, 2023
Productivity & habits
9
Identity & self-belief
6
- 93% of people think they're self-aware — almost none actually are
- AI will replace knowledge work; human habits become the only differentiator
- A five-item daily list, done consistently, puts you ahead of most people
How to host small gatherings that build real relationships
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
November 6, 2023
Communication
9
Influencer & partnerships
6
- Why most networking events only work for extroverts and drunk people
- A four-part framework turns any two-hour home gathering into a relationship engine
- Pre-qualifying invites push attendance rates above 93% vs the usual 40%
Hiring & recruitment
Podcast
Retaining employees from day one: Joey Coleman's eight-phase framework
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
October 30, 2023
Hiring & recruitment
9
Processes & SOPs
7
- 40% of new hires leave before their one-year anniversary.
- The retention clock starts at the job posting, not the first day.
- Eight distinct phases map the full employee journey from prospect to advocate.
Writing for busy readers: six principles for effective communication
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
October 23, 2023
Copywriting
8
Copywriting
6
- Cutting a message in half consistently produces more responses than the full version.
- Highlighting five things is as effective as highlighting nothing.
- If the reader missed it, that is always the writer's fault — not the reader's.
Deep work & focus
Podcast
How music shapes productivity, mood, and time perception
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
October 16, 2023
Deep work & focus
8
Productivity & habits
7
- Music physically alters time perception — the same hours feel shorter
- Self-awareness of your current state determines which music to pick
- BrainFM uses neural phase locking to lock your brain into focus mode
Automation & tools
Podcast
Automation First: Building Systems That Work for You
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
October 9, 2023
Automation & tools
9
Productivity & habits
6
AI tools & automation
5
- Free yourself from repetitive tasks by automating energy-draining work.
- Diagram workflows to reveal hidden inefficiencies and opportunities.
- Protect your peak hours for important work; let systems handle the rest.
Open body language and trust as foundations of effective leadership
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
October 2, 2023
Communication
9
Remote teams
6
- Unconscious micro-expressions broadcast contempt and fear before you speak
- Trusting employees to manage their own time and environment drives results
- Authentic imperfection builds more trust than polished leadership performance
Designing remote team culture using communication, collaboration, and cohesion
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
September 25, 2023
Culture building
9
Remote teams
8
Processes & SOPs
5
- Culture is 'the way we do things here' — design it or it drifts.
- Three C's — communication, collaboration, cohesion — are the levers of team culture.
- Shared explicit agreements are the backbone of any aspirational culture.
How digital organisation reduces stress and multiplies team efficiency
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
September 18, 2023
Processes & SOPs
9
Productivity & habits
6
- Digital stress is invisible until it's gone — then the relief is immediate.
- Disorganisation costs multiply across teams, not just the individual.
- Onboarding can drop from three months to three weeks with consolidated tools.
Deep work & focus
Podcast
How poker teaches decision-making and high-performance skills
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
September 11, 2023
Deep work & focus
8
Resilience & grit
7
Long-term planning
5
- Probabilistic thinking and expected value unlock better decisions under uncertainty
- Reframe business as cooperative, not competitive, to access high-value networks
- Calibrate intuition through experimentation and feedback loops, not guesswork
Jon Acuff's goal ladder: turning vague ambitions into guaranteed results
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
September 4, 2023
Goal setting
10
Resilience & grit
6
- 96% of people feel they're not living up to their potential.
- Easy, middle, and guaranteed goals fill the uncrossable gap between start and finish.
- Resilience means trying again after the streak breaks, not grinding without pause.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
How to achieve high impact at work without burning out
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
August 21, 2023
Productivity & habits
9
Work-life balance
7
Communication
6
- One question before starting work cuts frustration without changing your job
- US workplaces lose $1.2 trillion yearly to invisible miscommunications
- Replace 'no' with a question — and others will de-prioritise for you