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

Farnoosh Brock was born and raised in Tehran, Iran. After leaving Iran at 11 and living in Turkey for 3 years, she moved to the United States. She studied electrical engineering and French at university and then entered the corporate world. In 2011, she left a 12-year successful career at a Fortune 100 company to start her own company, Prolific Living Inc. Today, she is a professional blogger, author, speaker, business coach and an expert green juicer. She is passionate about showing her readers and clients how to define their own freedom in their health and their careers. She infuses her love of green juicing, Ashtanga yoga, writing, photography, entrepreneurship, and world travel into her work to show you that your dreams are accessible and possible too. Her favorite quote, the one that led to that resignation from Corporate America is: “The lust for comfort kills the passions of the soul.” by Khalil Gibran.Covered in this episode: Asana Pomodoro technique The Daily Interaction Podcast Your Comprehensive Green Juicing Guide The Healthy Juicer’s Bible: Lose Weight, Detoxify, Fight Disease, and Live Long Find the tools and systems to keep you honest about your processes. - @ProlificLivingClick To TweetPlease connect with me Subscribe, rate, and review in iTunes Follow @ErikJFisher Check out more Noodle.mx Network shows The Audacity to Podcast: "How-to" podcast about podcasting Beyond the To-Do List: Personal and professional productivity The Productive Woman: Productivity for busy women ONCE: Once Upon a Time podcast Welcome to Level Seven: Agents of SHIELD and Marvel’s cinematic universe podcast Are You Just Watching?: Movie reviews with Christian critical thinking the Ramen Noodle: Family-friendly clean comedy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Derek Webb started his music career over 20 years ago as a founding member of the Texas-based folk/rock band Caedmon’s Call. After 10 years, Derek left to pursue a solo career that quickly garnered him a reputation for being a provocative singer/songwriter, challenging the political and spiritual status quo. Derek is also a co-founder of Noisetrade.com.Derek and I talk about: The super hero origins of his passion and gift for music The moment he knew he was good at it His path to being in a band, and path to being a solo artist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Christin Taylor is the author of Shipwrecked in L.A.: Finding Purpose in a Life Adrift.Most people encounter at least one “shipwreck” during their twenties. Everything you think you know about yourself, your life, your future, and even your faith suddenly breaks apart. You’re left scrambling to construct a lifeboat that will take you back to the shore.Christin Taylor knew how her life was going to turn out, but just eight weeks after moving to L.A., her hopes and dreams were shattered. The next four years found Christin circling around, into, and back out of the film industry, until she finally found her way home.Christin lives in historic Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, with her husband, Dwayne, and their children, Noelle and Nathan. They have lived and worked with college students since 2008. Christin teaches writing at Gettysburg College.Covered in this episode: Shipwrecked by Christin Taylor Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller Bird By Bird by Anne Lamott Strengthfinders 2.0 by Tom Rath Just because you say no to something now for a season, doesn’t mean you’ll never get to pick it back up again.Click To TweetThe strength of responsibility means you put your name to whatever you take on.Click To TweetYou don’t start something you can’t finish, if you can’t finish it well.Click To Tweet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Craig Jarrow is the Time Management Ninja, and has been blogging about time management, Productivity, technology for the last 3 1/2 years.Covered in this episode: Productivity is about getting done what’s most important to you in the face of everything life will throw at you during the day. Defend your time Choose the right medium for the message Set expectations with your team If you have the best to do list in the world but never touch it because it’s too complicated, it’s not going to help you out. In my ideal day, I’ve already gotten two hours of work in & a workout before I hit the office. - @TMNinjaClick To TweetGetting stuff done before the rest of the world is up is a great momentum to carry into your day. - @TMNinjaClick To TweetJust because the phone is ringing doesn’t mean you need to answer it. - @TMNinjaClick To TweetDon’t spend so much time cultivating a to do list that you don’t take action. - @TMNinjaClick To TweetTime management should be saving you time, not taking your time. - @TMNinjaClick To TweetIt’s not about one app being the ultimate solution. Pick the app that suits your style and needs. - @TMNinjaClick To TweetIt’s not so much about the tool, as much as its’ ability to fit your lifestyle. - @TMNinjaClick To TweetChoose the tools that you’ll actually use. - @TMNinjaClick To TweetApps: Things – to do lists Drafts – Craig’s post on Drafts app Fitocracy Liftapp Habit list Google+ Early to Rise by Andy Traub Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Augusto Pinaud is a writer, a best selling author in the US, UK, Germany, Spain and France. In another life he was a Lawyer in recovery and a former Technology Consultant and Salesman. His passion is to write and has studied productivity and helping people with their productivity for the last ten years.Covered in this episode: The rule of the two browsers The different types of NO Saying no is a muscle. The economy of words when writing 25 tips for productivity NO by Augusto Pinaud Andy Traub’s Early to Rise Tim Ferris – 4 hour chef AugustoPinaud.com Prod365.com It’s not the hours you save, it’s the minutes that add up. - @apinaudClick To TweetOne of the biggest mistakes is to save an hour, and then have no clue what to do with it. - @apinaudClick To TweetIn order to have the ideal day, you need to plan it. - @apinaudClick To TweetIf the day turns out awful, but I already had 2 productive hours, I’m ahead of most people. - @apinaudClick To TweetMultitasking is like saying ‘maybe’ to everything at once, and doing none of it well.Click To Tweet Connect with Augusto on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Alli Worthington is one of the most recognized names in social media and the Lifestyle-blogger community.She is the founder and publisher of Blissfully Domestic women’s magazine, one of the most trusted women’s destinations online. Blissfully Domestic magazine proudly promotes original content from talented women from around the world.She is the Co-Founder of the wildly successful BlissDom Conference. The BlissDom Conference has sold out all four years. Blissdom was developed to help women connect, learn and develop their blogs and their businesses. BlissDom strives to give the right brands the ability to connect with these influencers in a welcoming environment to build relationships and communication between both sides.Covered in this episode:Failing often can prime the pump for future successesInternet Alli vs. Regular AlliThe Internet is your Iron Man SuitiPhone Photography: The Visual Guide Picha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Anne Bogel is a blogger at Modern Mrs. Darcy and author of Work Shift: How to Create a Better Blend of Work, Life, and FamilyCovered in this episode:The difference between work/life balance and work/life blendingThe path we’re on used to be the road less traveled, but it’s becoming increasingly worn these days.Creative ways of structuring your life to fit all the roles of your life inCreate structures to maintain consistency of what’s most importantWhat is share care?Jon Acuff’s Quitter ConferenceGretchen Rubin’s Happier At Home Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

David Allen is the originator of GTD, and founder of David Allen Co. GTD is the shorthand brand for “Getting Things Done,” the groundbreaking work-life management system by David Allen that provides concrete solutions for navigating uncertainty into an integrated system of stress-free productivity.David is the author of Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress Free Productivity, Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Getting Things Done, and Making It All Work: Winning at the Game of Work and the Business of Life.David Allen Company is a global training and consulting company, widely considered the leading authority in the fields of organizational and personal productivity.Covered in this episode: GTD Basics GTD hang ups – common places where the GTD process falls apart for people: Failure to capture Failure to decide the outcome you’re committed to, and the specific action steps Failure to then act (2 minute rule) or capture the action, or reminder to act on in the future Failure to review The one list most people do work well is their calendar. Anything that is a win that instills trust in your system helps. Simple processes to achieve mini wins to trust your system more Drawing on the right side of the brain Sometimes a trusted system can be people David Allen’s TEDx Talk: WHY do GTD, not just WHAT it is or HOW How David starts his day: Good coffee, and the right maps. Dealing with distractions and unexpected inbox deliveries David’s most powerful tools: The Physical Inbox and Notetaker wallet How GTD applies to “work/life balance/blending” GTD is a lifestyle A lot of Getting Things Done is about not getting things done. It’s about being appropriately engaged with what’s going on. GTD and personal relationships The relationship between David and his wife’s personal GTD systems GTD behaviors really need to be installed in a cooperate culture Click to tweet ->[tweetable]Bad meetings create huge emails, and huge emails create bad meetings. – @GTDGuy[/tweetable] Movings things from the someday maybe list into actions and tasks to bring them into reality How much time is too much time “investigating” productivity apps? The “official GTD app” David uses: List function in Lotus notes Eproductivity add in for list and calender functionality Mind Manager for mind maps The Brain For capture: iPhone 5 iPad Gmail Nothing beats pen and paper! Connect with David and the GTD System: gtdconnect.com gtdtimes.com davidco GTDGuy on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Claire Diaz-Ortiz leads social innovation at Twitter, where she has worked since 2009. She wrote Twitter for Good: Change the World one Tweet at a Time and is a frequent international speaker on social media, leadership, and social change and is known for developing the TWEET model — a framework to help organizations and individuals best excel on Twitter.Claire began using Twitter in 2006 while living in a Christian orphanage in Kenya. Claire holds an MBA and other degrees from Stanford and Oxford, and is the co-founder of Hope Runs, a non-profit organization operating in AIDS orphanages in Kenya.Claire was named one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company and made the Fast Company list of the Ten Most Generous in Social Media.Covered in this episode: Twitter for Good: Change the World One Tweet at a Time Digital Detox Five Reasons To Be A Morning Person The Present Principle Lead By Morning: 365 Days of The Present Principle How To Be Social: A Social Media Manifesto Not being constricted having an Entrepreneurial mind while being an employee in an organizational setting Being an Introvert in group settings Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking It's one thing to figure out individual productivity, and another to fit that into an organizational setting. - @ClaireClick To TweetFollow and connect with Claire on her website, as well as Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Christine Peel-Malkoff is much more than just a supporter of the crazy adventures of her comedian filmmaker Mark Malkoff (NOT Mark’s assistant!) She does a lot of the video work for their current project ‘The Bill Murray Show starring Mark Malkoff‘. My interview with Mark can be found here.Covered in this episode: Passion and trust in delegation and team members Learning to have a good attitude about things that initially seem like a waste of time. Adaptability in your work environment She’s the messy one! Indulging in a brief but productive procrastination Asking “Who do I want to be” in the midst of all the work you’re doing. I can quiet my brain a little bit more, if I’ve checked some stuff off of my list. - @ChristinePeelClick To TweetThe more I’ve learned to just let go and get rid of material things, the easier it is to keep my apartment clean. - @ChristinePeelClick To TweetThe idea is to own less, so you can actually do more. - @ChristinePeelClick To TweetIt’s not just about what you’re getting done, but how you are as you get it done. - @ChristinePeelClick To TweetConnect with Christine here: Twitter Facebook Blog Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.