
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
Conversations with productivity experts, authors, and creatives on how to implement productivity strategies in both your professional and personal life. The goal as you listen is to help you gain perspective, practical knowledge, and productivity insights for living a whole life that goes Beyond The To-Do List.
Latest episodes

Mar 14, 2016 • 51min
Dave Delaney on Structure, Routines and Flexibility
Dave Delaney is a recognized leader, consultant and keynote speaker on digital marketing, social media strategy, and business networking. His book, New Business Networking, is available from Pearson Publishing.In this episode we talk about:
Dave’s Killer Calendar
Learning from the podcasts we listen to
Working from Home
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Mar 7, 2016 • 56min
Ryan Mcrae on Focus, Procrastination and Productivity With ADHD
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 out how to take all the benefits and cancel out all the drawbacks. Discover what Ryan has found to help you or someone you know get better focus, procrastinate less and thrive in productivity, even if you don’t have ADHD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 29, 2016 • 48min
Aleen Simms on Digital Organization and Security With 1 Password
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.1Password creates strong, unique passwords for all of your sites and logs you in with a single tap. It’s simple, convenient security. Erik literally uses it every day! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 26, 2016 • 36min
Michael Hyatt on Life Planning, Course Correction and Lifestyle Design
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 Drifting and Get the Life You Want with Daniel Harkavy. Michael is also founder of 5 Days to Your Best Year Ever, and Platform University. This is Michael’s 4th time on this show!Don’t just drift through your days. Design a life you love. Living Forward shows you how. Grab Michael’s new book now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 24, 2016 • 1h
Mike Vardy and Steve Dotto on Change, Resolutions and Rules
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 episode we cover where we are with goals, resolutions, and rules and how we approach the new year and seasons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 11, 2016 • 41min
Pat Flynn on Onboarding, Testing and Balancing
Pat Flynn is a beloved thought leader in the areas of online entrepreneurship, digital marketing, and lifestyle businesses. Pat has been featured in The New York Times and Forbes Magazine for his accomplishments, and has recently been enjoying talking about his story and business strategies in front of large crowds at various conferences and events all around the world. His top-ranked business podcast, The Smart Passive Income Podcast, has earned over 25 million downloads and continues to inspire people as they work through their online business journey today.Pat’s Latest book is ‘Will It Fly? How to Test Your Next Business Idea So You Don’t Waste Your Time and Money‘ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 1, 2016 • 56min
Michael Sliwinski on Remote Management, Ipad Only, and Apple Watch
Michael Sliwinski is an entrepreneur, speaker, author and blogger. Michael helps busy and overworked professionals, startups and teams learn to implement the latest productivity solutions so they can achieve success by getting things done better. Michael is the founder of Nozbe, one of the leading productivity apps.Mentioned in this episode:
Remote team management
Managing tasks and projects with your startup
Going iPad only
Productive Magazine
Apple Watch
Nozzle Automation and Workflow app
Essentialism
The One Thing
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Jan 31, 2016 • 59min
Alli Worthington on Editing and Breaking Busy
#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 Find Peace and Purpose in a World of Crazy.In this episode we have a conversation about:
Learn how to stop chasing what leaves you empty and start doing what you were created to do.
Identify the common lies you believe and how to strip their power from your life.
Recognize how what you say no to determines what you can say yes to.
Stop making comparisons on social media!
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Jan 22, 2016 • 47min
Andrew Mason on Experience, Changes and Growth
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 this opportunity to get to ask Erik any questions he wanted about productivity and podcasting and the experience of hosting a productivity podcast for going on 4 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 13, 2016 • 51min
Greg Scown of Smile on the Productivity Benefits of Textexpander
Greg Scown is the cofounder of Smile. Smile develops productivity software for Mac, iPad, and iPhone. Smile makes of one of my favorite productivity tools: Textexpander.This episode is a conversation about how Textexpander helps you type more with less effort! TextExpander saves your fingers and your keyboard, and your time by expanding custom keyboard shortcuts into frequently-used text and pictures. It will blow you away how much time you save. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices