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
Practical productivity for parents: balancing family, home, and business
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
August 14, 2023
Productivity & habits
9
Work-life balance
8
- Why the mental load of a profitable product can outweigh its income
- Couples carry stress about home standards neither person actually holds
- Self-knowledge, not better systems, is the real fuel for productivity
How to design events people actually remember — and get more from any event
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
August 7, 2023
Processes & SOPs
8
Customer experience
7
Content marketing
5
- The details between sessions — not the sessions — make events unforgettable.
- Bad first impressions at events are nearly impossible to recover from.
- 90% of event learning is forgotten without deliberate post-event consolidation.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Time Management Essentials: Building Purpose-Driven Productivity
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
July 31, 2023
Productivity & habits
9
Time management
8
Goal setting
7
- Start with purpose and vision, not your calendar, to make time management stick.
- Distinguish boulders (non-urgent but vital), big rocks (urgent and important), pebbles to prioritize ruthlessly.
- Seven to nine hours of sleep is the ultimate productivity hack most people dismiss.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Accepting finitude: a saner approach to time and productivity
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
July 24, 2023
Productivity & habits
9
Work-life balance
6
- Why accepting your limits is more productive than fighting them
- You are already okay — that belief unlocks real motivation
- Pay yourself first: do meaningful work before clearing the inbox
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Finding Your Ideal Productivity System Through Energy Management
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
July 17, 2023
Productivity & habits
9
Work-life balance
6
- Your productivity system must align with your energy, not just your time.
- Shallow work maintains systems; deep work builds them—both matter strategically.
- Track weekly patterns to stop borrowing tomorrow's energy for today's tasks.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Doing to Done: A simple productivity system for overwhelmed people
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
July 10, 2023
Productivity & habits
10
Deep work & focus
6
- One next action eliminates procrastination better than motivation or willpower.
- Organise commitments by life roles to make every agreement visible.
- Work beats: timed micro-agreements that build confidence through kept promises.
Work-life balance
Podcast
Workstyle: designing when and where you work around your life
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
July 3, 2023
Work-life balance
9
Processes & SOPs
6
Management
5
- Workstyle is not flexible working — it replaces the system entirely.
- Autonomy improves well-being, and well-being directly drives productivity.
- Set, project, respect: a three-step method to individualise your schedule.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Productivity systems, figuring things out, and using envy as fuel
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
June 26, 2023
Productivity & habits
9
Resilience & grit
8
Motivation
7
- Design your productivity system around your actual life, not someone else's
- Overnight success is a myth — visible breakthroughs follow invisible reps
- Jealousy becomes useful when it motivates action instead of resentment
Resilience & grit
Podcast
How cultivating wonder builds resilience, creativity, and meaning
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
June 5, 2023
Resilience & grit
9
Deep work & focus
6
- Wonder is a mixed emotion available even when happiness isn't
- A four-stage cycle — openness, curiosity, absorption, awe — rewires your brain
- Wonder at work drives humility, innovation, and resilience in measurable ways
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Seth Godin on significance, agency, and the future of work
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
May 30, 2023
Identity & self-belief
9
Motivation
7
Culture building
6
- AI makes every job built on industrial efficiency obsolete
- Workers want agency and dignity — not pay and ease
- Tension fuels creative work; stress is what kills it
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Transform anxiety into power through avoidance awareness
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
May 22, 2023
Resilience & grit
9
Identity & self-belief
6
- Avoidance, not anxiety, keeps you stuck — stopping the pattern creates choice.
- Map your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors to recognize anxiety before it triggers avoidance.
- Align daily actions with your core values to reduce anxiety and reclaim meaning.
How teams can stop drowning in work using the CPR framework
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
May 15, 2023
Processes & SOPs
9
Automation & tools
6
Deep work & focus
5
- Only 50% of work time goes to actual skilled work — here's why.
- One channel hierarchy eliminates the daily communication scavenger hunt.
- Meetings have a calculable dollar cost most leaders never look at.
Founder interviews
Podcast
Chip Conley on The Transforming Power of Wisdom and Mentorship
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
April 24, 2023
Founder interviews
9
Identity & self-belief
7
- Wisdom as scarce asset: distilled experience beats raw knowledge in AI era
- Metabolize life lessons weekly to turn experience into actionable insight
- Cross-generational mentorship bridges younger bosses with elder wisdom holders
Productivity & habits
Podcast
How to build and optimise a reading habit for career growth
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
April 13, 2023
Productivity & habits
9
Deep work & focus
7
- Schedule reading like an appointment or it won't happen
- Combining audio and physical book simultaneously accelerates retention
- Eliminating sub-vocalisation can unlock dramatic speed gains instantly
Work-life balance
Podcast
Avoiding burnout and building a sustainable creative career
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
April 10, 2023
Work-life balance
9
Time management
7
- Asking 'am I burned out?' means you already are
- You can't set a boundary until you have a clear goal
- Guardrails are non-negotiables — boundaries are just preferences