
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

Dec 7, 2015 • 1h 8min
Mike Vardy and Steve Dotto on Email Productivity and Inbox Zero
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 our Email workflows, desktop as well as workflows, organization and tips. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 30, 2015 • 1h 2min
Kent Sanders on What Creativity Really Is, and How You Can Tap Into It
Kent Sanders is a Writer, Musician and Professor. Kent helps people unlock their creative potential.In this episode Kent and Erik discuss feeling lost as an artist, being stuck in your creative life, finding inspiration, figuring out your priorities, and taking control of your time.Make sure to grab Kent’s book ‘The Artist’s Suitcase: 26 Essentials for the Creative Journey’. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 23, 2015 • 54min
Justin Wise on the True Meaning of Hustle
Justin Wise is content marketing practitioner living in Des Moines, Iowa.He helps build Social Media Systems for businesses with his company Think Digital.Justin returns to the show this time to talk about what the true meaning of the word ‘Hustle’ is, and how we are to approach working best when we need to, as well as doing our best work while focusing on the most important things in life.You can listen to Justin’s first appearance on this show here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Nov 17, 2015 • 1h 1min
Jeff Sanders on Time, Energy and Equilibrium Zero
Jeff Sanders is a productivity coach, personal development junky, and avid trail runner. Jeff writes and speaks through his blog and podcast about healthy habits, personal development, high energy, and rockin’ productivity.This is Jeff’s second appearance on the show, and you can listen to his first appearance here.Make sure to grab Jeff’s new book: The 5am Miracle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 1, 2015 • 56min
Steve Dotto, Mike Vardy on Evernote Workflows, Organization and Starting Over
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 this episode we cover our Evernote workflows, organization and tips. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 28, 2015 • 1h 1min
Clark Vandeventer on Lifestyle Design, Portfolio Income, Priorities and Reinvention
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 author of the new book unWorking.By the time he was 26-years-old, Clark Vandeventer was the deputy director of the Reagan Ranch and had raised millions of dollars to preserve the home of the 40th President of the United States, Ronald Reagan.Clark’s new book, UnWorking, is about casting a vision for your future while enjoying life today and living on a grand scale. It’s about loneliness, depression, and failure and ultimately, reinvention.Make sure to check out the supporter of this episode: Transpose – an app for storing and managing information in a smart, structured way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Oct 23, 2015 • 53min
Cesar Abeid on Project Management, What Projects Really Are, and How to Manage Them
Cesar Abeid is a Project Management Professional®, author, professional speaker, business coach and consultant, and entrepreneur. As the host of the Project Management for the Masses Podcast and the Construction Industry Podcast, Cesar reaches audiences of thousands around the world every week. Cesar also exercises his Project Management muscles as the Vice President, Client Services of Remontech, a business dedicated to providing Project Management services to the construction industry.Originally from São Paulo, Brazil, today Cesar lives in London, Ontario, Canada, with his wife and three children.Make sure to grab Cesar’s book, Project Management For You at ProjectManagementForYou.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 20, 2015 • 1h 1min
Mike Vardy and Steve Dotto Talk About Task Management Software
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 this episode we do a run down of some of the most popular Task management software available.Mentioned in this episode:
Asana
Basecamp
Evernote
Flow
Todoist
Trello
Smartsheet
Swipe
Wunderlist
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Oct 17, 2015 • 34min
Robby Slaughter on the Battle for Your Email Inbox
Robby Slaughter of Accelawork joins Erik to talk about email. Robby Slaughter is a workflow and productivity expert. His consulting practice assists a wide variety of organizations, including Fortune 500 companies, regional non-profits, small businesses, and individual entrepreneurs to help increase productivity, simplify workflow, and optimize business processes.His latest book, The Battle for Your Email Inbox outlines a radical new way to take control of your email. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 3, 2015 • 54min
David Sparks on Transition, Travel and the Apple Watch
David Sparks is an Orange County, California business attorney, geek, podcaster on the Mac Power Users podcast, blogger, and author who writes about finding the best tools, hardware, and workflows for using Apple products to get work done. David also writes for Macworld magazine and speaks about technology.David has appeared on the show once before.Mentioned in this episode:
Apple Watch
HooToo – Travel Router
Textexpander
Workflow
MacSparky Field Guides
MacSparky Video Field Guides
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