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Let’s catch up on what’s been happening in our industry and new trends that you need to be aware of so you stay ahead of the curve. Aside from the industry news, we also have 3 important topics to go over: The weird middle ground between DMs and meetings The problem with the “996 Work Culture” How has the pandemic impacted productivity? For a limit…

Imagine you lost everything. How do you overcome that? I was recently traveling in Europe and had… an incident. Long story short, I lost pretty much EVERYTHING except my phone. As I recovered from this, I found that there are some things I had done well that helped me out, and there were some lessons learned that will make my life easier in the fut…

Optimize your health following the latest health & wellness supplements. Today I’m joined by Shawn Wells. He is the world’s leading nutritional biochemist and bestselling author of the book The ENERGY Formula: Six Life-Changing Ingredients to Unleash Your Limitless Potential. He’s an expert on Health Optimization and has formulated over 700 supplem…

One of the most important things you can do to help your productivity is to create an easy-to-follow routine that you follow after you wake up. We don’t even like the term “morning routine” – we prefer “Rise Ritual” – because you can do it anytime, not just in the morning. Doesn’t matter what time you wake up. The key is to have a routine of repeat…

Let’s catch up on what’s been happening in our industry and new trends that you need to be aware of so you stay ahead of the curve. Aside from the industry news, we also have 3 important topics to go over: Can you get away with the task manager built into your platform? Do you NEED a separate task manager? Is AI-Generated Writing and speech the fut…

Something we’ve been wondering for quite some time is this question: “How do you know when you’ve reached mastery of productivity?” Many people have told us what they like about AE is that we are not system, app, or tool-specific, and we are focused on PRACTICAL productivity, not just theory. With this in mind, we’ve broken down productivity master…

Getting Things Done, or GTD, is a productivity system developed by David Allen, and it was introduced to the world in the book “Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity.” Here’s the thing about GTD though; a lot of its promoters are very… opinionated about how you follow it. If you don’t follow it to the letter, you aren’t “doing it…

The Productivity Show podcast has been around since 2015 or so – this is episode 404 – and at the beginning, whenever we had a guest on, the host would end it by asking the guest three questions: “What’s your Book, Tool, and Frog”? Book: What’s a book you’re either loving right now or you would recommend to the audience? Tool: What’s a “tool” that …

Today I’m joined by Chris Sparks. He’s the founder of Forcing Function where he helps executives achieve peak performance. As a former top 20 poker player in the world, he takes lessons and frameworks that helped him become one of the best at poker to help others perform at the highest level and make better decisions. We’ll be diving into Chris’s p…

Let’s catch up on what’s been happening in our industry and new trends that you need to be aware of so you stay ahead of the curve. Aside from the industry news, we also have 3 important topics to go over: Is the 40-hour workweek an outdated concept? Are Google’s suggestions helpful or annoying? What do you do when people you admire give conflictin…

In this episode, we’re going to talk about 3 ways you can use your money to buy back time. We’ll be covering some very inexpensive ways, and some more advanced ways, you can get back more of that precious time. Because Time is the first part of our TEA Framework – the 3 levers of productivity – Time, Energy, and Attention. Improve any of those 3 ar…

We’ve been helping people become more productive at work and in life since 2011. The podcast has been around since 2016 and we surpassed 11mm downloads which makes us the #1 productivity podcast in the world. We don’t take this for granted. We’re taking this episode to celebrate this major milestone. It’s fun to mix it up so we’re going to give eac…

Today I’m joined by Alice Ferris, the founding partner of Goal Busters Consulting where she helps small to medium size organizations in the non-profit sector with fundraising. She has more than 30 years of professional fundraising experience. Fun Fact: Alice is the 90th fundraising professional in the world to earn the Advanced Certified Fundraisin…

In this episode, we’re going to talk about 3 ways you can revamp your productivity by doing a spring cleaning for your schedule, your workflows, and your environment. Even if it is not Spring where you live, do a little “fall cleaning” along with us. Here are 3 things you’ll get out of this episode: How to make sure you schedule things that support…

Today’s episode is a new format we’re experimenting with. We know many of you like listening to podcasts to learn new things and also to stay on top of what’s happening in the world. So we thought it would be helpful to also share some industry news on the podcast so you’re always up to date with the latest news around productivity apps, tools, boo…

In this episode, we’re going to talk about ways to have a good weekend that leaves you feeling refreshed and ready for whatever comes during the week. Even if you’re self-employed or an entrepreneur and don’t follow the M-F work week, you can apply these concepts to whatever leisure time you do take. Here are 3 things you’ll get out of this episode…

Let’s talk about team productivity and how you can double the output of your team without making drastic changes. We’ve been running AE since 2011 and learned a lot of things about individual productivity and team productivity. A few years ago we were always behind on schedule for product releases and nowadays we tend to be ahead of schedule, have …

Today’s episode is a new format we’re experimenting with. We know many of you like listening to podcasts to learn new things and also to stay on top of what’s happening in the world. So we thought it would be helpful to also share some industry news on the podcast so you’re always up to date with the latest news around productivity apps, tools, boo…

Today is going to be another App episode, but this time we are going to get specific and talk about Wellness Apps. We’ll each share 3 apps that we love, broken into the following categories: FOCUS: How to zero in on what is important to you ENERGY: How to have the energy to do what you want to do BALANCE: How to be happier, more grounded, and more …

It’s been a while since we talked about Evernote on the podcast, and this episode was triggered by the end of year letter that the CEO makes every year. In his 2021 recap, he said this “Your subscriptions propelled Evernote to its highest annual revenues in history. When we read that, we both said “What!!? Really?” So we thought it would be good to…

Today’s episode was inspired by feedback from a listener: “My only feedback would be that the barrier to entry might be a little high, particularly for people who are already efficient and motivated but not bought in.” It made us realize we all know people like that: people who maybe could benefit at least SOME productivity advice, but are generall…

Today’s episode is going to be a bit different: we’re going to talk about… Date Nights! You might be asking yourself … why on earth would a productivity podcast be talking about date nights? Am I listening to the wrong podcast? We know Valentine’s Day is coming up and that many of you are in a relationship. You might need last-minute ideas but more…

In today’s episode, we’re going to be talking about the 3 P’s of productivity to use every day to make an impact. We’ll talk about what the 3 P’s are, and how to make the system work for you. We’ll talk about some specific tools and techniques you can use to stay on top of everything you need to do in the day and reduce the overwhelm in your life. …

This episode is all about how to Keep Momentum Going, no matter what time of year it is. Maybe you have goals or resolutions, or maybe you haven’t made them yet and are just taking what comes. Either way now is the time when many of us start to lose momentum, no matter how good our intentions were at the end of the year. Do any of the following app…

In today’s episode, we’re going to be diving into the world of Personal Knowledge Management This is a topic that is super-hot right now, and linked editing tools like Obsidian, Roam, and others are having an impact in a way that I haven’t seen since the early Evernote days. There’s definitely something big going on here, and we’ve wanted to do an …

Today we are going to talk about something that has been in the news a LOT this year and will likely impact most of us in the year ahead: issues with the global and local supply chain. You might have experienced that prices are going up, packages are delayed, and stuff you want to buy is backlogged by months or even out of stock. Whether you’re a b…

In today’s episode, we’re going to be talking about productivity and procrastination, but with a special focus on STUDENTS. 90% of students procrastinate, but the reasons are very different than with adults. We’re going to dive into that, and we’re going to share some special strategies to help the students in your life manage their time, develop s…

In today’s episode, we’re going to share how to set boundaries and SAY NO. This is the last episode of 2021. If you could set one intention for this upcoming year, a great one is to say NO to more things to prevent yourself from being overcommitted. It’s hard for a lot of us – me (Brooks) included. Saying no is my productivity kryptonite. You find …

In today’s episode, we’re going to share how to get ready for next year. In our last episode, TPS382, we talked about how to review the past year, see how you did, and maybe come up with some changes you want to make for the next year. In THIS episode, we are going to connect that to the upcoming year. 1: What are the things you need to do to wrap …