Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life

Daniel Pink on Optimizing Your Day, Optimal Timing for Tasks and Maximizing Breaks

05 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel H. Pink is the author of several bestselling books about business, work, and behavior. His newest book is When: The Scientific Secrets of Perf...

Todd Henry on Challenge, Stability and Leading Creatives

29 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Todd Henry write books, speak internationally on creativity, leadership, productivity, and passion for work, and help people and teams generate brill...

Doctor Steven Masley on Sharpening Cognitive Function and Avoiding Memory Loss

22 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Steven Masley MD is a physician, nutritionist, trained-chef, author, and the creator of the #1 all-time health program for Public Television, 30 Days ...

Shane and Jocelyn Sams on Intentionality, Priorities and Family

08 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Shane and Jocelyn Sams are former school teachers. After years of bad bosses, job losses, and frustration at work, they started an online business. T...

Ian Morgan Cron on Overcoming Productivity Hurdles of the Nine Enneagram Types

01 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Ian Morgan Cron is a bestselling author, Enneagram teacher, nationally recognized speaker, psychotherapist, and Episcopal priest. In his new book The...

Brian Falchuk on Mindfulness, Motivation, and Persistence

24 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Brian Falchuk is a Certified Personal Trainer and Behavior Change Specialist who has coached many people to improve their lives. In his professional ...

Perry Marshall on the 80/20 Principle, Delegation and Dunbar’s Number

18 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Perry Marshall is one of the world’s most expensive and sought-after business consultants. He’s endorsed by FORBES, INC Magazine, and the most res...

Annie Mckee on How to Be Happy at Work

11 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Annie McKee is an advisor to leaders of Fortune 500 companies, governments, and NGOs around the globe. She is a Senior Fellow at the University of Pen...

Ryan Mcrae on Hygge, Lists and Holidays

04 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Ryan McRae has had Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder all of his life, but he wasn’t going to let ADHD run him down. He has worked to figure ...

Anne Bogel on the Benefits and Differences of Personality Assessments

27 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Anne Bogel is a blogger at Modern Mrs. Darcy and author of Work Shift: How to Create a Better Blend of Work, Life, and Family Anne produces the ‘Wh...

Tonya Dalton on Priorities, Balance and the Productivity Paradox

20 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Tonya Dalton is a Productivity strategist and coach. Tonya’s personal goal is to help you live the best life you can. She believes productivity need...

Ray Edwards on Efficiency, Effectiveness and Impact

13 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Ray Edwards is an author, speaker, copywriter, and fellow-podcaster on his successful podcast ‘The Ray Edwards Show’. Ray has many creative insi...

Frank Ford on Improv, Opportunities and Saying Yes

06 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Frank Ford has had a successful career in the entertainment industry for the last 25 years and is one of the founding members and owner of Four Day We...

Erik Fisher on Overcoming Smartphone Addiction

30 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Erik Fisher talks about the symptoms and ways to overcome Smartphone addiction.Mentioned in this episode: Focus: Cal Newport on Distractions, Focus an...

Jeff Sieh on Einstein Time, the Zone of Genius and the Big Leap

23 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Jeff Sieh is the host of the Many Pinterest Tips podcast where he is always adding testosterone, one pin at a time. In this episode, Erik and Jeff tal...

Eric Tivers on Focus, Capture and Attention

15 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Eric Tivers has the unique perspective of being both a clinician who specializes in ADHD and an adult who has it. Eric is the host and producer of the...

Marilyn Paul on Taking Time to Rest, Recharge and Recalibrate

09 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Marilyn Paul is an explorer of time management and well-being. She helps people find their path to balancing the inner, intuitive spaciousness of oasi...

Gregg Krech on Procrastination, Momentum and Taking Action

02 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Gregg Krech is an author, poet, and one of the leading authorities on Japanese Psychology in North America. His work has been featured in THE SUN maga...

Brooke Mcalary on Rhythms, Rituals and Routines

27 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Brooke McAlary of The Slow Home Podcast talks about creating Rhythms, Rituals and Routines to slow down and have more simplicity in your life. Her new...

Peter Shankman on ADHD, Decision Fatigue, and Boundaries

19 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Shankman is an American entrepreneur and author. He is best known for founding HARO (Help A Reporter Out). His new book is Faster Than Normal:...

Michael Hyatt on Energy, Clarity and Focus

13 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Hyatt is a virtual mentor who helps overwhelmed, high achievers get the clarity, confidence, and tools they need to win at work and succeed a...

Gretchen Rubin on Expectations, Habits and Happiness

12 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Gretchen Rubin is the author of several books, including the blockbuster New York Times bestsellers, Better Than Before, The Happiness Project an...

Jeff Goins on the Balance Between Creating Your Art and Building Your Business

05 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Jeff Goins is a full-time writer who lives just outside of Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife and kids. He has authored three other books: The In-Be...

Erik Fisher on Being Productive Before, During and After Traveling

30 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Erik walks through things to consider in order to maintain or boost your productivity for the time before during and after a trip. Le...

Sean Mccabe on Career Transitions, Strategy and Intention

29 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Sean McCabe enjoys helping other people make a living from work that fulfills them. His goal is to demystify the path to building a sustainable, pro...

Ian Morgan Cron on the Enneagram, Motivations and Actions

22 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Ian Morgan Cron is a bestselling author, Enneagram teacher, nationally recognized speaker, psychotherapist, and Episcopal priest. In his new book The...

Adam Kirk Smith on Overcoming Fear to Do Brave Work

15 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Smith is an entrepreneur, consultant, writer, and speaker and has been named a top industry influencer by American Genius. Adam writes on relati...

Erik Fisher on Planning, Acting and Reviewing

08 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s solo episode, Erik answers a listener question and talks about planning out goals according to the 12 Week Year plan, following throu...

Jon Acuff on Finishing, Fighting Perfectionism and Completing Your Goals

31 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Jon Acuff is the New York Times Bestselling author of six books including his most recent Book Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done. This is Jon's ...

Carey and Demir Gjokaj on Discipline, Habits and Accountability

25 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Carey and Demir Gjokaj are the founders of Lifehack Bootcamp, whose mission is to help their students do their most productive work so they can create...

Erik Fisher on the Necessity of Breaks and Recharging

18 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Erik Fisher talks about the concept of taking a Sabbath, rhythms, routines, breaks and recharging. Even if you think you get enough rest, make sure to...

Noah Kagan on Testing, Optimizing and Perspective

11 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Noah Kagan is the Chief Sumo at Sumo.com and AppSumo.com. Before that he worked at Intel, and was employee #30 at Facebook and #4 at Mint.In this e...

Jeff Goins on Thriving in Your Work and Collaborating With Others

30 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Jeff Goins is a full-time writer who lives just outside of Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife and kids. He has authored three other books: The In-Be...

Ryan Mcrae on Taking a 3 Day Productivity Retreat

19 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Ryan McRae has had Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder all of his life, but he wasn’t going to let ADHD run him down. He has worked to figure...

Erik Fisher on Recalibrating Morning and Evening Routines

04 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erik talks through some of the changes he has made due to recent episodes.Mentioned in this episode: Cal Newport on Distractions, Focus and ...

Crystal Paine on Hitting Pause to Evaluate the Right Activities

23 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Crystal Paine is the founder of the popular blog MoneySavingMom.com. The mission of the blog is talking about Intentional Finance, Intentional Famil...

Allison Schaaf on Batch Processing, Decision Fatigue and Efficiency

16 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Allison Schaaf is a food, nutrition & culinary expert and founder of Prep Dish, a subscription-based gluten-free and paleo meal plan service. ...

Rob Hatch on Ownership, Systems and Discipline

09 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Hatch is the President and co-founder of Owner Media Group Inc. He is the author of three courses, including one of our most popular course on ...

Claire Diaz-Ortiz on Being Mentored and Mentoring Others

02 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Claire Diaz-Ortiz is an author, speaker, and entrepreneur who has been named one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company. She was...

Leslie Samuel on Productivity vs. Distraction on Social Media

25 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Leslie Samuel is the owner of Become A Blogger and the host of the Learning With Leslie podcast, where he helps people create their own blogging exper...

Amy Blankson on Attention and Intention While Using Technology

19 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Amy Blankson is one of the world’s leading experts on the connection between positive psychology and technology. Amy is dedicated to discovering ho...

Cal Newport on Distractions, Focus and Deep Work

12 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Cal Newport is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University, and the author most recently of Deep Work, a book which argues tha...

Cesar Abeid and Dustin Hartzler on Balancing Home, Family and Work

31 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Cesar Abeid is a Project Management Professional, author of Project Management for You, professional speaker, business coach and consultant, and entre...

Mark Timm on Ownership and Leadership and Family

21 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Timm is most importantly the CEO of his own family, as well as the President and CEO of Ziglar Family. Erik and Mark talk about something everyon...

Amber de la Garza on Priorities, Daily Planning and Time Blocking

28 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Amber De La Garza works with business owners who are ready to transform the way they work so they can reduce stress, maximize time, and grow their bu...

Todd Bushong on Remote Working With Intentionality, Starting and Finishing Strong

23 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erik is joined again by his long time friend Todd Bushong to talk more about the pitfalls and strategy remote working. On the last episode t...

Todd Bushong on Remote Working and 'The Productivity Pub Crawl'

14 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week Erik is joined by his long time friend Todd Bushong to talk about remote working, working from anywhere, and the idea of a ‘Productivity P...

Dave Delaney on Networking Productivity Online and Offline

08 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Dave Delaney is a recognized leader, consultant and keynote speaker on digital marketing, social media strategy, and business networking. His boo...

Laura Mcclellan on Being a Productive Woman

01 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Laura McClellan is a wife, mom, lawyer, writer and host of The Productive Woman podcast.She joins Erik on this episode to talk about tips, tricks, too...

Erik Fisher on Minimalism, Being Intentional and Present

24 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Erik talks through the three words he has chosen for this year, and his perspective on the whole process of choosing three words. Chr...

Ryan Mcrae on New Years Resolutions, Progress, Consistency and Change

01 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Ryan McRae has had Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder all of his life, but he wasn’t going to let ADHD run him down. He has worked to figure...

Erik Fisher on Chronotypes, Screens, Exercise and More

27 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is the third part in a three part series on sleep. Erik Fisher, host of the show goes on a solo walk around the neighborhood to cover wha...

Shawn Stevenson on Caffeine and Screen Curfews to Get Better Sleep

19 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Shawn Stevenson is an author of Sleep Smarter: 21 Strategies to Sleep Your Way to A Better Body, Better Health, and Bigger Success. He is also the cr...

Dr. Michael Brues on Chronotypes, Timing and Rhythms

06 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Michael J. Breus, Ph.D., is a Clinical Psychologist and both a Diplomate of the American Board of Sleep Medicine and a Fellow of The American Academy ...

Nick Snapp on Agreements, Expectations and Hacking Your Work Environment

29 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Nick Snapp is an entrepreneur who uses project management and continuous improvement methodology in coaching overwhelmed entrepreneurs to remove bottl...

Jonathan Fields on Vitality, Connection and Contribution

26 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Jonathan Fields is a dad, husband, serial entrepreneur, growth strategist and award-winning author.He currently runs mission-driven media and educati...

Srinivas Rao on Consistency, Comparison, the Resistance and Focus

17 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Srinivas Rao is the creator and host of The Unmistakeable Creative Podcast where he has conducted over 600 interviews with thought leaders and people...

Mike Vardy on Competition, Overwhelm and Priorities

05 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Mike Vardy is a husband, father, writer, productivity strategist, and the founder of Productivityist. Mike has been on this podcast more than any othe...

Jeff Sieh on Seasons, Rhythms and Change

29 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Jeff Sieh is the host of the Many Pinterest Tips podcast where he is always adding testosterone, one pin at a time. In this episode, Erik and Jeff tal...

Laura Roeder on Personal Pivoting, Delegation and Distraction

20 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Laura Roeder is the founder of Edgar, a tool that instead of publishing your social media updates just once and throwing them away, carefully catalogu...

Chase Reeves on Journaling, Meditation and Mindfulness

14 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Chase Reeves is a self proclaimed ‘creative-y type’, one of the cofounders of Fizzle.co — honest business training for online entrepreneurs. H...

Jason Van Orden on Habits, Impostor Syndrome and Finding Your Best Self

06 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Jason Van Orden helps influencers and thoughts leaders turn their expertise and ideas into courses, content and and automated systems that amplify the...

Dana Byers on Automation, Minimalism and Margin

29 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Dana Byers knows how to maintain a calm home and schedule so she can focus on what matters most to her: spending time with her family and helping oth...

Jason and Jodi Womack on Teamwork, Delegation and Priorities

23 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Jason Womack is a WILEY author, TEDx Speaker, Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Triathlete and more. Jodi Womack coaches women entrepreneurs on how to be ...

Carson Tate on Discovering Your Personal Productivity Style

17 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Carson Tate is a dynamic teacher and coach known for personal transformation and simple, powerful actionable content. She is a nationally renowned exp...

Steve Dotto and Mike Vardy on Mindmapping Capture, Creation and Clarity

11 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Steve Dotto, Mike Vardy and Erik Fisher discuss the benefits and application of Mindmapping.Mentioned in this episode: Mindmeister Mindnode iThoughts ...

Julia Roy on Work Spaces and Places, and Digital Clutter

01 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Julia Roy is a Certified Gmail Ninja, amatuer neuroscientist, personal trainer for productivity, maker of awesome online productivity courses and love...

Amir Salihefendic on Crafting Your Personal Productivity System

25 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Amir Salihefendic is the Founder & CEO of Doist, the company behind Todoist. Doist specializes in productivity software, creating tools that simp...

Hitting Pause to Gain Perspective, Plan and Re-Commit

19 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In a rarity up till this point on the Beyond The To-Do List Podcast, Erik takes to the mic solo.Covered in this episode: Erik talks about some health ...

Pamela Wilson on Systems, Processes and Collaboration

07 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Pamela Wilson is the Executive VP of Educational Content at Rainmaker.fm and the director of the Copyblogger blog. She is also the owner of Big Br...

Steve Dotto and Mike Vardy on Productivity in Social Media

27 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Erik Fisher, Steve Dotto and Mike Vardy do a semi-reuglar live show on Productivity. This is an excerpt from one of our more recent shows. In this epi...

Rob Bell on Being Present With Rhythm, Routines and Rituals

21 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Bell is The New York Times bestselling author – his most recent book is How To Be Here. iTunes named his podcast, The RobCast, Best of 2015. He’...

Charles Duhigg on Peak Productivity and Becoming Smarter, Faster and Better

18 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Charles Duhigg is a Pulitzer prize-winning reporter at the New York Times and author of The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Busines...

Roger Whitney on Life Planning and Making the Right Sacrifices to Create the Life You Want

09 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Roger Whitney is a practicing Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) helping people like walk the journey toward and into retirement. Roger is also know...

Joshua Becker on Paying the Proper Attention to the Right Things

02 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Joshua Becker is on a mission to inspire others to live more by owning less. Joshua is a blogger at Becoming Minimalist and is the bestselling author ...

Planning, Executing and Re-Acclimating After Time off Work

25 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Steve Dotto, Mike Vardy and Erik Fisher do a live Blab show on Productivity. This is an excerpt from one of our more recent shows. In this episode...

Zachary Sexton on Systems, Tools and Teams

16 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Zachary Sexton is a writer, podcaster, teacher, meditator, skier and non-recovering business, caffeine and productivity junkie. He is just one of th...

Claire Diaz-Ortiz on Doing Less and Achieving More

09 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Claire Diaz-Ortiz is an author, speaker, and entrepreneur who has been named one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company. She was...

Chris Bailey on Time, Focus and the Rule of Three

12 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Bailey turned down lucrative job offers to pursue a lifelong dream—to spend a year performing a deep dive experiment into the pursuit of produ...

Chris Brogan on Taking Action on the Right Things

30 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Brogan is the CEO of Owner Media Group. I’m also the New York Times bestselling author of eight books and counting, including the forthcomin...

Brett Kelly on Learning From Failure, Mastering Your Mac and Evernote

23 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Brett Kelly writes about technology, efficiency, business and Evernote. You can spend hours and hours of your precious free time on experimentation...

Dave Delaney on Structure, Routines and Flexibility

14 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Dave Delaney is a recognized leader, consultant and keynote speaker on digital marketing, social media strategy, and business networking. His book...

Ryan Mcrae on Focus, Procrastination and Productivity With ADHD

07 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Ryan McRae has had Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder all of his life, but he wasn’t going to let ADHD run him down. He has worked to figure ...

Aleen Simms on Digital Organization and Security With 1 Password

29 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Aleen Simms from AgileBits joins Erik this episode to talk about one of his top productivity tools: 1Password. You can learn more about Aleen here.1Pa...

Michael Hyatt on Life Planning, Course Correction and Lifestyle Design

26 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Hyatt is the author of Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World and the co-author of the forthcoming book, Living Forward: A Proven Plan to Stop...

Mike Vardy and Steve Dotto on Change, Resolutions and Rules

24 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Steve Dotto, Mike Vardy and Erik Fisher have been doing a Blab show on Productivity. This is an excerpt from one of our more recent shows. In this ...

Pat Flynn on Onboarding, Testing and Balancing

11 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Pat Flynn is a beloved thought leader in the areas of online entrepreneurship, digital marketing, and lifestyle businesses. Pat has been featured in T...

Michael Sliwinski on Remote Management, Ipad Only, and Apple Watch

01 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Sliwinski is an entrepreneur, speaker, author and blogger. Michael helps busy and overworked professionals, startups and teams learn to i...

Alli Worthington on Editing and Breaking Busy

31 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

#Alli Worthington is a wife, mother to 5 boys, speaker and executive director of Propel Women. She is author of the new book Breaking Busy: How to F...

Andrew Mason on Experience, Changes and Growth

22 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Erik Fisher, host of the show is interviewed by guest host Andrew Mason of The Pro Guide and the official Getting Things Done Podcast. Andrew took thi...

Greg Scown of Smile on the Productivity Benefits of Textexpander

13 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Greg Scown is the cofounder of Smile. Smile develops productivity software for Mac, iPad, and iPhone. Smile makes of one of my favorite productivity...

Mike Vardy and Steve Dotto on Email Productivity and Inbox Zero

07 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Steve Dotto, Mike Vardy and Erik Fisher have been doing a Blab show on Productivity. This is an excerpt from one of our more recent shows. In this ...

Kent Sanders on What Creativity Really Is, and How You Can Tap Into It

30 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Kent Sanders is a Writer, Musician and Professor. Kent helps people unlock their creative potential.In this episode Kent and Erik discuss feeling los...

Justin Wise on the True Meaning of Hustle

23 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Justin Wise is content marketing practitioner living in Des Moines, Iowa.He helps build Social Media Systems for businesses with his company Think Dig...

Jeff Sanders on Time, Energy and Equilibrium Zero

17 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Jeff Sanders is a productivity coach, personal development junky, and avid trail runner. Jeff writes and speaks through his blog and podcast about...

Steve Dotto, Mike Vardy on Evernote Workflows, Organization and Starting Over

01 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Steve Dotto, Mike Vardy and Erik Fisher have been doing a weekly Blab show on Productivity. This is an excerpt from one of our more recent shows. I...

Clark Vandeventer on Lifestyle Design, Portfolio Income, Priorities and Reinvention

28 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Clark Vandeventer ran for Congress once upon a time. He is now a Pro ski bum who raises money for nonprofits, blogging at FamilyTrek.org and is the ...

Cesar Abeid on Project Management, What Projects Really Are, and How to Manage Them

23 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Cesar Abeid is a Project Management Professional®, author, professional speaker, business coach and consultant, and entrepreneur. As the host of the ...

Mike Vardy and Steve Dotto Talk About Task Management Software

20 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Steve Dotto, Mike Vardy and Erik Fisher have been doing a weekly Blab show on Productivity. This is an excerpt from one of our more recent shows. In t...

Robby Slaughter on the Battle for Your Email Inbox

17 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Robby Slaughter of Accelawork joins Erik to talk about email. Robby Slaughter is a workflow and productivity expert. His consulting practice assists a...