A Productive Conversation
The Direct Line Between Happiness and Productivity with Will Henshall
13 Jun 2018
On the 200th(!) episode of The Productivityist Podcast my guest is Will Henshall. Will is the CEO and founder of Focus@Will, a tech music platform that helps 1.5m professionals be up to four times more productive at work. He has had a 30 year notable career as a startup entrepreneur, tech inventor and musician. He founded the platinum-selling 90s British pop soul band Londonbeat (he wrote Billboard #1 hit songs ‘I’ve Been Thinking About You’ and ‘Come Back’). In 1996 he started up San Francisco based Rocket Network, and invented the pro audio media transfer tool ProTools DigiDelivery, used extensively in movie post-production, sold to Avid in 2003. During our nearly hour-long conversation, we talked about the evolution of his entrepreneurial journey, attention and what distractibility has done to our productivity (and what he is doing to help combat that), the relationship between happiness and productivity, and so much more. Relevant Links Focus@Will I’ve Been Thinking About You by London Beat | YouTube The Big 5 Personality Types | Business Insider Can This “Neuroscience-Based” Music App Really Boost Your Brain Power by 400% | WIRED Dr. Ned Hallowell Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder | Amazon Ikigai The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life | Amazon Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience | Amazon How to Transform A Single Daily Theme Into an Everyday Focus | Productivityist The Power of When with Dr. Michael Breus | The Productivityist Podcast I’ve Been Thinking About You by Good Luck | YouTube Focus@Will (@focusatwill) | Twitter Thanks for listening. If you enjoyed the show don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss a single episode. Until next time remember to stop guessing…and start going! Want to discover some of the books mentioned on the podcast? Check out Scribd, my reading app of choice. If you enjoyed the episode, please leave a rating and/or review wherever you listened to the episode. Also don't forget to check out all of our podcast sponsors found on our podcast sponsors page. And if you want to have easy access to the archives of the show and ensure you don't miss the new episodes to come then subscribe to the podcast in the app you're using.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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