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Productivity CastDefining Personal ProductivityToday, the ProductivityCast team talks about terminology, that is, what are the terms that we use in the personal productivity space? And why is there so much confusion around those particular words that we use?
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Productivity CastSubjective versus Objective TimeIn this week’s episode, the ProductivityCast team debated subjective versus objective time as commentary on the article, “My Fixation on Time Management Almost Broke Me.”Thanks to Brian C. for the recommended reading! (See https://www.personalproductivity.club/posts/14785370.)
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Productivity CastHyper-Scheduling: Commentary on MacSparky’s Granular Time Blocking MethodIn a post entitled, Hyper-Scheduling, David Sparks (a/k/a MacSparky) writes about his method of time blocking on a granular level. This week, the ProductivityCast team provides their commentary, challenges and methods on this concept of hyper-scheduling, which will hopefully spark ideas on how you can better manage your time-based work.
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Productivity CastProjects Sequencing: Ordering Your Projects to Enhance ProductivityIn this week’s episode, the ProductivityCast team continues their conversation about sequencing for greater productivity, this time about ordering projects to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
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Productivity CastTask Sequencing How to Condition and Order Tasks for Greater MomentumThis week, the ProductivityCast team tackles the topic of ordering tasks conditionally and task sequencing for momentum.
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In this Cast | Task Sequencing
Ray Sidney-Smith
Augusto Pinaud
Art Gelwicks
Francis Wa...2022-06-1353 min
Anything But IdleCommentary on Call to Code, Apple Worldwide Developer Conference 2022 Keynote with Nozbe CEO Michael Sliwinski
https://youtu.be/hPjXFIoN6iw
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In this Cast
Ray Sidney-Smith
Augusto Pinaud
Michael Sliwinski, Nozbe CEO
Michael is a prod...2022-06-081h 16
Anything But IdleMicrosoft Built 2022Microsoft Built 2022, and the Productivity News This Week
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In this Cast | Microsoft Built 2022
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Productivity CastGet More Out of Your Calendar: Forecasting, Budgeting and Tracking Your DayIn this week's episode, the ProductivityCast team chats about how to track and manage time in a calendar/agenda style format to be more productive.
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In this Cast | Get More Out of...2022-05-3047 min
Productivity CastTime Blocking and Time Chunking: Setting Up an Effective Reminder SystemThis week, the ProductivityCast team talks about how to set up effective reminders when you're time blocking (or time chunking) as your primary productivity system. The conversation turns out much more useful for anyone looking to set up an effective reminder system. Enjoy!
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Productivity CastWhy Task Lists Fail?In this week’s cast, Ray, Augusto, Francis and Art discuss why task lists fail in your personal productivity systems? And, we offer some tips for making task lists that are resilient to our workaday worlds.
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Productivity CastLearning and the Four Stages of CuriosityThis week, Ray, Augusto, Francis and Art discuss learning and four stages of curiosity. Curious what they are? Listen in and learn! 😉
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In this Cast | Learning and the Four Stages of Cu...2022-04-181h 02
Productivity CastCaffeine-Based Productivity, Part 2Last week, Ray, Augusto, Francis and Art started a discussion about caffeinated productivity. This week, they continue their conversation about their favorite caffeine beverages, timing them for greater productivity, and many of the varieties of caffeination available to the productivity enthusiasts out there.
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Productivity CastCaffeine-Based Productivity, Part 1This week, Ray, Augusto, Francis and Art start a conversation about coffee and tea and all things caffeine!
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In this Cast | Caffeine-Based Productivity
Ray Sidney-Smith
Augusto Pinaud
Art Gelwicks
Francis Wade
Show Notes | Caffeine-Based Productivity
Re...2022-04-0441 min
Productivity CastProductivity Taxonomy: Making Tags Work in Your Personal Productivity System (Part 2)This week, Ray, Augusto, Francis and Art continue the conversation about tags, discussing how they use tags in their own lives and work, and how to deal with the limits of software when tagging.
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Productivity CastProductivity Taxonomy: Do Tags Help You Be More Productive? (Part 1)This week, Ray, Augusto, Francis and Art start a conversation about tags. Classifying information in our productive lives comes in many different ways. We discuss what tagging is, how tags are different from other types of organizing, and how to jumpstart your use of tags.
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Productivity CastIn Conversation with Brendon Lemon, Co-Author of "The Power Bible" and ComedianThis week, Augusto and I sat down with co-author of The Power Bible, Brendon Lemon. Brendon is a comedian and with his co-author William Betweet, III, are the authors of this unique book on how to manage power dynamics in relationships. (We had some technical recording issues, so you may notice we jump a bit in the conversation. It still came out to be an intriguing conversation with Brendon, so we hope you enjoy it!)
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Productivity CastThe Myth of Multitasking, Second Edition by Dave Crenshaw (BookCast)This week, Ray, Augusto, Francis and Art start a new series on ProductivityCast, BookCast, to discuss books in time management-related genres. To start us off, we’re discussing The Myth of Multitasking, Second Edition by Dave Crenshaw.
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Productivity CastPersonal Knowledge Management With ZettelkastenThis week, in continuing on our recent episodes about note-taking methods, Ray, Augusto, Francis and Art are taking on a closely-related topic of personal knowledge management to discuss Zettelkasten. Don't know about Zettelkasten? Listen in and learn!
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Productivity CastProductivity Labs, Methods Edition—Bullet JournalRay, Augusto, Francis and Art art starting a new "series" called Productivity Labs here on ProductivityCast. We're going to be discussing tools, methods and research we're experimenting with in our own personal productivity systems (even when they are not what we normally use) so we can report back to you what we've learned. This week, we're diving into how using the Bullet Journal method worked for us.
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Productivity CastNote-Taking MethodologiesIn this week’s ProductivityCast episode, Ray, Augusto, Francis and Art voiced their thoughts on note-taking methodologies.
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In this Cast | Note-Taking Methodologies
Ray Sidney-Smith
Augusto Pinaud
Art Gelwicks
Francis Wade
Show Notes | Note-Taking Methodologies
Resources we m...2022-02-071h 03
Capsulas Gerenciales Dosis DobleThis is Episode 034. Everyone is mobile nowThis is Episode 034. Everyone is mobile now
Welcome to Cross Platform Podcast, where we discuss how to solve productivity problems across platforms. Follow us where you like to listen to podcasts, like us, or subscribe to us and leave us a review. You can also interact with us on PersonalProductivity.club…
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* * * Augusto Pinaud * * * Check out and follow Augusto Pinaud via: 🌐 https://productivityvoice.com 🎙 https://anchor.fm/connecting-invisibl... 🎙 https://anc...2022-02-0220 minCapsulas Gerenciales Dosis DobleThis is Episode 033. CrossPlatform News of the Week: Adaptive Charging will extend your Chromebook’s longterm battery lifeThis is Episode 033. CrossPlatform News of the Week: Adaptive Charging will extend your Chromebook’s longterm battery life – coming soon to Chrome OS and other news Apple now lets developers create custom offer codes for subscriptions
https://9to5mac.com/2022/01/20/apple-now-lets-developers-create-custom-offer-codes-for-subscriptions/ https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/5/22868976/fossil-wear-os-amazon-alexa-smartwatches
https://9to5google.com/2022/01/24/adaptive-charging-chromebook-long-term-battery-life/
https://www.sammobile.com/news/galaxy-watch-4-to-face-serious-competition-from-google-may-26-onward/
https://www.androidpolice.com/the-galaxy-s22-series-just-got-unpacked-in-full-ahead-of-samsungs-event/
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Productivity CastA Love Letter to Note-TakingIn this week’s ProductivityCast episode, Ray, Augusto, Francis and Art voiced their thoughts on note-taking—the value of note-taking, methods we use, and tips and tricks for taking notes in different contexts.
Note: I say that we're covering note-taking methodologies in this episode, but we will actually be discussing those in the next several episodes, so stay tuned.
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In this Cast | A Love...2022-01-1734 min
Productivity CastFour-Day Workweek’s Impact on ProductivityThe four-day workweek is lately in the news. Its promise is greater economic benefits for businesses and governments, and increased productivity for organization’s human resources. How should we think about this from a personal and business productivity perspective? Ray, Augusto, Francis and Art share their thoughts on the four-day workweek.
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Productivity CastBuilding a Memory Palace (a/k/a Method of Loci, or Journey Method)In this week's episode, Ray, Augusto, Francis and Art explain the concept of building a memory palace (a/k/a Method of Loci, or Journey Method) and then discuss its veracity in work and personal life, and some productive uses of the memory palace for someone starting out.
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Productivity Cast2021 in Review, 2022 in PreviewIn this week's episode, Ray, Augusto, Francis and Art gathered round the microphones to discuss what they noticed happening in the world of personal productivity, and then what their plans are for next year (in terms of their own systems and other work they are doing).
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Anything But IdleCommentary on Apple UnleashedCommentary on Apple Unleashed
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In this Cast | Commentary on Apple Unleashed
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Anything But IdleCommentary on Samsung Unpacked Part Two (October 2021)Commentary on Samsung Unpacked Part Two (October 2021)
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In this Cast | Commentary on Samsung Unpacked Part Two (October 2021)
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Productivity CastConvenience: Personal Productivity Enabler, or Not?Back when smartphones first came out, some (including Francis) asked the question: is a smartphone superior to a knapsack full of gadgets? For example, was a sack with a camera, pda, phone a functional equivalent? If so, did it offer more than convenience? Was there a real improvement in productivity?
Since then, the question has been answered by apps which rely and interact with multiple other apps, but the question is still valid. Just because a technology allows something to be done more easily or conveniently, may not mean that it allows for a bona fide improvement in personal productivity. W...2021-08-2652 min
Anything But IdleSamsung Galaxy Unpacked Event August 2021 Commentary Episode
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Samsung Galaxy Unpacked Event August 2021 Commentary Episode (YouTube)
The next major electronics announcement event of the year, Samsung Galaxy Unpacked August 2021 event, happened on August 11, 2021. Ray Sidney-Smith, Augusto Pinaud and Art Gelwicks discussed the event and how the announcements will impact your personal productivity and the market.
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Productivity CastVoice ProductivityToday we are discussing about Voice Productivity. the ProductivityCast team explains how to use Voice on our devices and technology to be more effective and productive. We have in the past We discussed voice assistants in episode 071 (Personal Outsourcing) and episode 086 (IoT Productivity).
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Productivity CastHow Is It Important But Not Urgent?! - Using the Eisenhower Matrix Productivity MethodUsing the Eisenhower Matrix Productivity Method
Longtime productivity technique, Eisenhower Method, is often tied to the myth of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. After all, it’s named after him! But, there’s much more to the prioritization method than meets the eye. In this episode, the ProductivityCast team explains the Eisenhower Matrix (or more aptly, the Merrill-Covey Matrix) and analyzes the use cases for the time-tested tool.
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Anything But IdleCommentary on Apple WWDC 2021 Event
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In this Cast | Commentary on Apple WWDC 2021 Event
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Michael Sliwinski, Nozbe CEO
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Productividad Organizacional▷La pregunta al Coach de Productividad Augusto PinaudBienvenidos a la Comunidad de Productividad Organizacional, el podcast donde discutiremos como implementar la Productividad dentro de tu Organización. Con Augusto Pinaud y Alvaro Navarrete Marcén. Augusto Pinaud y Alvaro Navarrete Marcen conversando para el Podcast: Productividad Organizacional" https://anchor.fm/ProdOrganizacional sobre : "La pregunta al Coach de Productividad Augusto Pinaud" Síguenos en LinkedIn o en donde mas te guste escuchar Podcasts y déjanos un review. Déjanos saber tus preguntas, inquietudes y mas marketing@kpiconsultor.com y recuerda que 1+1 es igual a 11 pero 1+1+1 es igual a 111...2021-05-1710 min
Productivity CastProductivity Potpourri, Numero DosToday, we take four questions that each of the ProductivityCast team has brought to the show and then we answer and discuss our perspectives.
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In this Cast | Productivity Potpourri, Numero Dos
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Augusto Pinaud
Art Gelwicks
Francis Wa...2021-05-0749 min
Productivity CastMaking Time to Focus With KosmoTime CEO Nicolas VandenbergheWe had the pleasure of interviewing on the show, Nicolas Vandenberghe, CEO of KosmoTime. Nicolas Vandenberghe started selling newspapers in the streets of Paris in high school, studied Maths at Ecole Polytechnique then Business at Stanford GSB, started and sold 3 tech companies with up to 65 employees and $11M in revenues, ran Sales for a $2Bn telecom company negotiating billion dollar deals with companies like Google, now co-founder of Chili Piper - the System of Action for revenue teams - and of KosmoTime - the first Focused Productivity Assistant.
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https://youtu.be/l_KQIW3gfwo
Samsung announced four new laptops on April 28, 2021, at its Samsung Galaxy Unpacked April 2021 event! Augusto Pinaud, Art Gelwicks and I discussed the features that will help Samsung users be most productive in this special commentary episode of Anything But Idle.
https://youtu.be/PUtk3ryShOo
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If you’d like to continue disc...2021-04-301h 01Productivity CastProductivity Software Stewardship for the WorldWe are going to be talking about software stewardship. And really what that means for the world of productivity, culture and society is remarkably impacted by how software today is developed, there isn't anything that isn't really run by technology, from your water plants, you know, the the treatment plants that are running water and sewage, to your cell phone. And on smartphones in your pocket. Everybody is connected to software in some way, shape, or form, even if we're not using that software directly.
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Productivity CastThe 4 Disciplines of Execution (BookCast)We are starting a new ongoing series on ProductivityCast called BookCast. Each BookCast, we bring you a productivity book that we have read and discussed the merits and demerits. We each come at the material from different backgrounds and experiences, therefore, some of us will dislike and some of us will dislike the material, and that will make for an enlightening discussion for you.
For our first BookCast, we bring you The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals by Chris McChesney, Sean Covey and Jim Huling.
I have been recommended this book so many times and so I...2021-04-2259 min
Anything But IdleCommentary on Special Apple Event, Spring Loaded
https://youtu.be/iiH9RumPu5I
This is a special episode to cover the first Apple special event of 2021, Spring Loaded, that happened on April 20, 2021. We had the pleasure of inviting Nozbe CEO, Michael Sliwinski, to the show to discuss the Apple product announcements!
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Productivity CastMaking Templates in Your Productivity SoftwareTemplates can be a clever time-saving tool in your productivity tool belt, if you know where they are in your productivity system, as well as create and use them wisely. Today, we’re discussing what a template is (or, rather, how you should use them to their best advantage), what types of templates we use in our own productivity system, and how to overcome some common obstacles in making templates in your productivity software work for you.
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Anything But IdleCommentary Episode for Samsung Awesome Galaxy Unpacked March 2021 Event
https://youtu.be/52uXahiE8jk
The first major electronics announcement event of the year, Samsung Awesome Galaxy Unpacked March 2021 event announced two new phones to the Galaxy line. Ray Sidney-Smith, Augusto Pinaud and Art Gelwicks as we discussed the event and how the smartphones announced will impact your personal productivity and the market.
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Productivity Cast25/55 Productivity Accountability TechniqueIn this week’s episode, we are going to introduce you to a productivity accountability technique called 25/55 (named for touching base every 25 and 55 minutes of every working hour). We describe what the 25/55 productivity accountability technique is, its components and why it works, how long you should practice a technique like this, and even a discussion on automating your check-ins. We’ll close out with some tips for those who may not feel like 25/55 will work for them; you’d be surprised!
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Anything But IdleCommentary on Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2021 Launch Event
https://youtu.be/iimrCDBv0Pc
Commentary on Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2021 Launch Event
Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked Launch Event was on January 14, 2021. Ray Sidney-Smith and Augusto Pinaud went live to discuss and comment on all the product announcements. We invited Art Gelwicks, our Samsung aficionado (and regular contributor on ProductivityCast), to join us on the panel!
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Productivity CastThe Ultimate GTD App According to David AllenAt the end of November 2019, David Allen, author and creator of Getting Things Done, held his latest (and presumably final) GTD Summit and at that time, he released his written drawings for what he called the ultimate GTD app. In this cast, we discuss the description provided and whether any existing software has gotten close.
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Productivity CastDealing With Distractions in Open OfficesWe received this comment below on the podcast (Episode 100), and so we're answering his question on dealing with distractions in open offices, to kick of the new year.
Hey guys, thanks for the content! I’d like to hear your ideas about handling extended busy times. I’ve been practicing GTD (poorly, but trying) for 4 or 5 years and firmly believe in the system. I’m a manager in what is, unfortunately, effectively an open office. I don’t currently have the ability to schedule my time which makes it extremely difficult to work on the important things without getting interrupted. In the n...2021-01-0745 min
Productivity Cast2020: A Year in Review & Preview for Personal Productivity - ProductivityCastWhat a year 2020 has been! This week, the ProductivityCast team reminisces on four of our eight favorite episode topics this year (and all eight are embedded below for your listening pleasure), then we discuss thoughts on interests for next year. Happy, Productive New Year!
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Productivity CastThe Pomodoro TechniqueThe Pomodoro Technique
This week on ProductivityCast, we discuss the ever-popular personal productivity technique called the Pomodoro Technique, a time management process developed by Francesco Cirillo. We did a little deeper at the Pomodoro Technique and how it might help you (and even your remote schooling kids!) be more productive.
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Productivity CastUsing Your Task Management Profile to Focus ChangesUsing Your Task Management Profile to Focus Changes
Everyone is walking around with self-taught skills in task management. As such, skill levels vary greatly but everyone would like to know where their areas of weakness might lie. In this episode the ProductivityCast team looks at the ways to build a task management profile and how one might interpret a self-assessment.
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Productivity CastProductivity App-apalooza! #3This week, we bring you our third Productivity App-apalooza! We’ll review three apps each that we know and use, and think you might find value in knowing about and using too! We’ll go in three rounds of the ProductivityCast team.
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Productivity CastPersonal Productivity Holiday Gift Guide 2020This was a strange year, but that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy a bit of cheer...and by cheer, we mean holiday presents! So, we’re starting a tradition here on ProductivityCast--a holiday gift guide show each year, discussing the gifts we think the productivity enthusiast in your life will enjoy (and perhaps that’s you!). Enjoy our Holiday Gift Guide 2020!
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If you'd like...2020-12-0346 minProductivity CastAll-in-One Productivity Systems—Good or Bad?On this week’s ProductivityCast, we discuss the merits and demerits of all-in-one productivity tools, the likes of Outlook and its competitors on the market. Can they be good for your personal productivity system? Do they work at scale in an organization? Listen and let us know your thoughts.
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In t...2020-11-211h 06Productivity CastStaying Productive with good cybersecurity – Part OneOn this week’s ProductivityCast, we discuss the merits and demerits of Staying Productive with good cybersecurity practices. This is part 1 of 2. Listen and let us know your thoughts.
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In t...2020-11-2040 minProductivity CastGenerational Perspectives on TechnologyThe ProductivityCast team was having a conversation about our generational perspectives on technology and how they affect views about personal productivity. So, we decided to turn on the recording and share with you that conversation. What are your thoughts about how generations think differently about technology vis-a-vis productivity?
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Productivity CastHow Has Your Mobile Productivity Changed in the Current Circumstance?In this week's show, we discuss how our mobile productivity usage was and has mobile productivity changed during the COVID-19 pandemic and how that may apply to your own personal productivity systems.
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Productivity CastHow Mind Mapping Fits Your Productivity SystemMind maps are ancient theory, but they’re not ancient history! Since the concept of mind mapping was popularized by Dr. Tony Buzan’s work in the 1970s, they have become a staple in academy and productivity circles in the past 20 years especially. Learn how the ProductivityCast team uses mind maps in their personal productivity systems, and how you might want to use them, too!
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Productivity CastNon-Digital Productivity GearToday on ProductivityCast we discussed some of our favorite non-digital productivity gear.
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In this Cast
Ray Sidney-Smith
Augusto Pinaud
Art Gelwicks
Francis Wade
Show Notes | Non-Digital Productivity Gear
Resources we mention, including links to th...2020-10-0839 minProductivity CastTurn your Old Laptop into a ChromebookAugusto recently had an epiphany about turning an older Microsoft Surface he had laying around, that wasn’t quite working (Augusto, you can clarify for listeners), into a Chromebook. And, we thought it would be a fun, techie episode for us to discuss how to do so. Also, we discuss how choosing the right technology upgrade or retirement strategies can help sustain and renew the only known celestial body in this vast universe that supports human life. (We’ll give some ideas at the end of this cast.)
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Productivity CastShould You Do What You Love as a Career?What is the reason for having a career that you enjoy (or “love”)? And, what can you do action-wise to change the trajectory of your career satisfaction/life fulfillment? That’s what the ProductivityCast team tackles on this cast! Enjoy!
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Productivity CastProductivity App-apalooza! Second EditionWelcome to Productivity App-apalooza, Second Edition! Ray, Augusto, Francis and Art use and experiment with hundreds of apps per year in our productive lives. So, a few times per year, we review software and services that we use and recommend to others. We hope you enjoy, and let us know the apps you’re using that are helping you be more productive!
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Productivity CastThe State of Project Collaboration Software in 2020The State of Project Collaboration Software in 2020: Slack, Teams, G Chat, and now P2
Automattic, the company that manages the open source software, WordPress.org, recently launched P2, its version of project collaboration software for the Remote Work Age. Timely, considering the state of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it also provides commentary on the state of project management today. My reading of the tea leaves is that there are still challenges organizations--from small businesses to large enterprises--are facing in finding the right principles and tools to manage and collaborate effectively on projects and programs both internally and externally. Today, we’re...2020-09-1051 min
Productivity CastAutomating Your OfficeAutomating Your Office: Improving Your Workplace Productivity With Office Automation
In this week’s ProductivityCast, we discuss:
What is office automation? How does it differ from home automation? What office automation do you currently have/use? What office automation would you use if technology/cost/other barriers to entry were not there? Where should you start with office automation?
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Productivity CastIoT Productivity: How Internet of Things (IoT) Affects Personal ProductivityIn this week’s cast, we discuss how the Internet of Things affects personal productivity. All those smart devices (including your smartphones and tablets) make up part of the large interconnected web of items tethered to one another by the Web. We provide our thoughts on approaching the IoT productivity in your home and life.
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Productivity CastSmart Pen ProductivityCapturing, annotating and even doodling in lectures or meetings can be more digital than ever before. What are the options on the market? And, how do you approach smart pen productivity? That’s what we discussed this week on ProductivityCast!
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Productivity CastCreating Your Own Productivity ToolsFrom planner systems to no-code platforms to 3D printing, creating your own productivity tools today using analog or digital products has become easier than ever. But, how do you approach this so that you make an effective personal productivity tool for yourself, so not just scurrying down the proverbial rabbit hole?
That’s what we discuss in this week’s ProductivityCast! Creating your own productivity tools is possible, and we discuss the tools but also the strategy and methods to consider in approaching such an endeavor.
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Productivity CastContingency Productivity PlanningEmergencies abound. But, they don't always mean you have to lose personal productivity. With some contingency productivity planning, you can stay productive even when things break, when technology fails us, and when people snap!
Also, this was recorded a while back and since then, we're glad to note that Francis has since upgraded successfully and happily to Windows 10. 🤓
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Productivity CastPerfect Time-Based Productivity (Part Two) by Francis WadeIn this second part of our two-part series this week of ProductivityCast, we look at the ideas behind the book by one of our regular contributors, Francis Wade. Perfect Time-Based Productivity (2nd Ed.) is for the person who has already begun their productivity journey. It focuses mostly on task management and we talk about the ways we can gain greater insight into the way each person manages his/her tasks in order to find the best areas of improvement.
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Productivity CastPerfect Time-Based Productivity by Francis WadeThis week on ProductivityCast, we have a two-part series being released to discuss Francis Wade's second edition of his book, Perfect Time-Based Productivity! In this cast, Francis explains the development of personal productivity systems in early life and how time demands can better help you identify how to spend your time wisely.
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Productivity CastDetecting and Managing BurnoutStress is natural. But, when that stress overwhelms us that can lead to not just reduced personal productivity. Detecting and managing burnout is a key capability for highly productivity individuals and that’s what we discuss on this week’s episode of ProductivityCast.
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Productivity CastControl Your Day Email Productivity System With Jim McCullenOn this cast, we invited a special guest—our colleague and friend—Jim McCullen, to talk about his email-focused personal productivity system for Microsoft Outlook (and eponymous book), Control Your Day.
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Productivity CastImpact JournalOur podcast co-host, Augusto Pinaud, has been coaching clients on productivity for many years, and devised a tool that he uses with them to help overcome managing the high-level goals in conjunction with lower-level projects and maintenance/administrative activities of daily and work life. In this week’s episode, Augusto goes into detail on what his tool, Impact Journal, is and how to use it in your personal productivity system.
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If you'd like to continue discussing remote work productivity from this episode, please click here to leave a comme...2020-06-2346 minProductivity CastProducing Content ProductivelyThis week, the ProductivityCast team discusses the tools and tricks for producing content productively. Content production is not just for marketers; it's a fundamental component of many of our job duties. So, producing content productively can really help us save time and garner a stronger reputation among our peers and employers.
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In this Cast | Entrepreneurial Productivity with James Mulvany
Ray Sidney-Smith
Au...2020-06-1628 minProductivity CastTailoring the Bullet Journal MethodOn ProductivityCast, we talked about the Bullet Journal method, the paper-based personal productivity methodology developed by Ryder Carroll, and tailoring the Bullet Journal method in our own personal productivity systems (as well as managing it in digital environments).
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If you'd like to continue discussing tailoring the Bullet Journal method from this episode, please click here to leave a comment down below (this jumps you to...2020-06-1148 minProductivity CastGetting Things Done in Nozbe Teams with Nozbe CEO Michael SliwinskiOver the past decade, Nozbe has become known as one of the best task managers on the market inspired by the Getting Things Done (GTD) methodology. (We've done a GTD podcast series, and we've recently interviewed David Allen, creator of GTD.) They have now come out with a completely independent product called Nozbe Teams, and as you can imagine it’s focused on small organization productivity inspired by all the lessons learned from their work with Nozbe Personal.
We sat down with Nozbe CEO Michael Sliwinski to talk about getting things done in Nozbe Teams--how it’s different from Nozbe Pers...2020-06-0959 minProductivity CastPersonal Outsourcing: How to Increase Productivity When You Can’t Make More TimeWhat do you do when you can’t create more time, but have more to do? That’s the topic we try to tackle on ProductivityCast. From enlisting virtual assistants to hiring productivity consultants to professional organizers to handyman services and everything in between, we discuss personal outsourcing to get more done.
Note: Art Gelwicks was with us for this episode, but unfortunately a technical problem means that his audio is left out of this episode.
(If you’re reading this in a podcast directory/app, please visit https://productivitycast.net/071 for clickable links and the full show notes and transc...2020-06-0449 minProductivity CastOn Getting Things Done With David AllenToday on ProductivityCast, we are interviewing David Allen, who is most often quoted for saying,
Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them.David Allen, author of Getting Things Done
David Allen is the author of best-selling book, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (the revised edition was published in 2015, among other works), and the eponymous GTD methodology, as well as the founder of David Allen Company.
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Enjoy! Give us...2020-06-021h 19Productivity CastThe Age of Remote Work ProductivityWe originally recorded this episode in July 2019 and the discussion we had couldn’t be more salient today--remote work. Remote work, working from home, digital nomadic lifestyles and more were trending upward before the COVID-19 pandemic, and now we are grappling with the realities of the shifting world of work out of necessity. In this blissfully-unapparent-of-the-future dialog, the ProductivityCast team discusses the positives and negatives of being in the age of remote work productivity, then how to be most productive while working remotely.
(If you’re reading this in a podcast directory/app, please visit https://productivitycast.net/069 for clickable link...2020-05-281h 01Productivity CastAsk ProductivityCast, 1st EditionWe get your listener messages and we love them! So, keep them coming! We try to respond to most of them via email response when we get them. For those that require more than an email, we have started to respond to them here in episodes together. And, this is the premiere edition of our Ask ProductivityCast episode series. Whenever we get a few questions that require some heavy lifting, we’ll put out an Ask ProductivityCast episode. So, keep those questions coming!
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for clickable link...2020-05-2147 minProductivity CastProject Planning in Uncertain CircumstancesAs we are living through a challenging period, and while some work may be limited, it’s still good to know proper skills like project planning in uncertain circumstances. In this week’s episode, the ProductivityCast team discusses the challenges we face when project planning in uncertain circumstances and ways to push through, along with tools to help.
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Productivity CastWorking From Home in the Age of the Novel Coronavirus and COVID-19We are in uncertain times, indeed. So, here are some strategies to consider when approaching working from home in the age of the novel coronavirus and COVID-19. We wish you all safety and health throughout this difficult period.
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For James, he found the right thing to work on by being very close to a problem that affected him personally and discovering an unsolved problem in that space. He had been working at a laptop for years, hunched over, until it put him out of commission. RSI (repetitive stress injury), carpal tunnel, constant neck and back pain.
James started his career in aerospace engineering, worked on satellite and rockets, mainly on lightweight structures. When he came across the ergonomic crisis with his laptop, he found that no o...2019-11-0737 minProductivity Cast063 Was Email a Mistake? A ResponseA recent article in The New Yorker, "Was Email a Mistake?," triggered a conversation around the veracity of email in the Digital Age. The author, computer science professor Cal Newport, discussed this on a recent interview on NPR. This is our response to the question, was email a mistake?
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If you'd like to continue discussing managing digital notebooks from this episode, please click here to...2019-08-2245 minProductivity Cast062 The Best Productivity PlannerMost don't think about it, but aside from finding the best productivity planner for ourselves, the very paper planner (a/k/a agenda, diary, journal, scheduler, notebook) didn't even exist until roughly 90 years. What did humankind do for the prior millennia upon millennia?! It wasn't until Gustav Grossmann came around with his own 200-page manifesto and leatherbound planning notebook in the 1930s, that the modern organizer was born.
Today, we who pay attention to our productive lives take it for granted at the plethora of options for planners on the market, as well as learning how to use them effectively...2019-08-1545 minProductivity Cast061 Personal Kanban: Visualizing Your Productivity SystemIf you haven’t heard about Kanban before (which many of our productivity enthusiasts had not, so you’re not alone!) started as a lean manufacturing process by Taiichi Ohno. It has since branched off into a process management and improvement method used by many in the productivity community (especially in the Lean, Six Sigma and Agile communities). In practical terms, with Personal Kanban, you create a visual process management system (Kanban means “billboard” in Japanese) for what you’re going to do, what you're currently working on, and how much you want to do (or what’s been done). There are ma...2019-07-1847 minProductivity Cast060 Excuses, Excuses, ExcusesAre you always hearing excuses from others about why they didn't get something done? Or, are you coming to terms with making excuses yourself for commitments you are making and breaking? In this cast, we discuss the particulars of excuses (and making justifications, and perhaps appropriates "reasons") for not getting a task or project completed.
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(If you’re reading this in a podcast directory/app, please visit https://productivitycast.net/058 for clickable links and the full show not...2019-06-2750 minProductivity Cast057 Productivity Potpourri, Premiere EditionWhat we did this week is unusual for us, but we hope this works out to be a good format for an ongoing series on the podcast. Each of us proposed an independent topic, a productivity potpourri if you will, and we asked it of the other ProductivityCast teammates. We all went round robin and answered and discussed these topics. And hopefully we get into a place where we realize, some of these topics could be its own episode with your feedback...so let us know in the comments.
In this cast, we discuss these questions/topics from the ProductivityCast...2019-06-2145 minProductivity Cast056 Using Social Media ProductivelySocial Media is ubiquitous today. Almost every mobile or Web-based app we use has social technologies built in—like buttons and emojis, commenting, rating and review systems, and the ability to connect, share and collaborate with others. While these features have made social media technology companies billions of dollars, they have also created some deleterious effects on humanity at large. How should we consider social media in the context of our personal productivity? And, what can we do so that we are using social media productively? That’s the discussion topic on this week’s ProductivityCast.
(If you’re reading this in...2019-06-1344 minProductivity Cast055 Chronotypes and Ideal Daily SchedulesWe are picking up from where we left off on the last cast in our discussion of two books, The Power of When by Michael Breus, PhD, and When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing by Dan Pink. On this cast, we discuss the power of having an ideal daily schedule and we reflect on our own daily schedules and how we use our understanding of our chronotypes for optimal productivity.
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If you'd like to continue discussing managing digital notebooks from this episode, please click here to leave a comment down below (this jumps you to the bottom of...2019-05-1643 minProductivity Cast051 Managing Digital NotebooksIn this week's episode, the ProductivityCast team discusses managing digital notebooks. With so much data flowing through your systems, taking and keeping track of our notes and reference information in our software of choice is critical to our personal productivity. How do you manage your digital notebooks?
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If you'd like to continue discussing managing digital notebooks from this episode, please click here to leave a...2019-05-0949 minProductivity Cast050 Productivity App-apalooza! Premiere Edition – ProductivityCastWelcome to our Productivity App-apalooza! Premiere Edition! Ray, Augusto, Francis and Art use and experiment with hundreds of apps per year in our productive lives. So, we've decided to these Productivity App-apalooza episodes every so often to cover software and services that we use and recommend to others. We hope you enjoy, and let us know the apps you're using that are helping you be more productive!
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Enjoy! Give us feedback! And, th...2019-05-0252 minProductivity Cast049 Virtual Coworking for Being More Productive with Taylor Jacobson, Focusmate – ProductivityCastIn this episode of ProductivityCast, the weekly show about all things personal productivity, we have the pleasure of bringing you our very first interview! They won’t be often, but sprinkled in, we think that hearing outside voices of productivity experts would be a valued addition to the personal productivity conversations we have. This week, we’re delighted we got to sit down with Taylor Jacobson, founder and CEO of Focusmate, a virtual coworking platform for personal productivity enthusiasts like you.
Listen in our conversation with Taylor about his story, what virtual coworking with Focusmate does for your productivity, and what...2019-04-2539 minProductivity Cast048 Creating a Backup Storage System – ProductivityCastToday, so much of our lives are lived in the ever-flowing river of data that we produce, consume and discard. But, what if you lose that data? What if your data gets compromised by some bad actor on the Internet? Do you have a plan in place to backup that data? That’s the topic of today’s cast -- creating a data backup storage system.
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Enjoy! Give us feedback! And, thanks for li...2019-04-1840 minProductivity Cast047 Reflections on Getting Things Done (GTD): What I Wish I Knew When I Started GTD, Part Two – ProductivityCastThis is episode nine, Reflections on GTD: What I Wish I Knew When I Started GTD, Part Two, and therefore the last in our nine-part series on the Getting Things Done (GTD) personal productivity methodology and eponymously-titled book, from the perspective of the ProductivityCast team–as long-term practitioners, critics and observers of GTD.
In this cast, Augusto Pinaud, Francis Wade, Art Gelwicks and I discuss what we wish we knew when we first started or came across Getting Things Done, the book and methodology, as we tried to understand and/or implement it.
This certainly isn't the last time we'll ta...2019-03-2143 min