Category Archives: Productivity

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307: 30 Hacks for Bringing Joy to Your Job with Bruce Daisley

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It’s easy to fall into the mistaken belief that the way we work today is the way it has sort of always been.

In reality, what we know as work today has only been practiced for the last 200 years or so; a mere drop in the ol’ history bucket, if you will.

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My guest today on the podcast is Bruce Daisley, most recently Vice President of Twitter’s European division.

His new book is called Eat, Sleep, Work, Repeat: 30 Hacks for Bringing Joy to Your Job.

In it, he draws on both his experience at companies like Twitter, Google, and YouTube and his relationship with experts in psychology, economics, and behavioral science to offer 30 research-based hacks for bringing joy into our burned-out, unproductive work culture.

How, for example, does a lunch break create more productivity? Is it true that you can improve team performance simply by moving the coffee maker? How can walking meetings be a better alternative to the usual conference room?

For answers to these questions, click the play button below to join our conversation now, or keep scrolling for a summary.

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274: An Audio Summary of Free to Focus by Michael Hyatt

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Every month for the past two-plus years, I’ve been meeting with members of my online book club to talk through the most recent book we’ve gone through together.

Last month, that book was one whose focus is on productivity. But not just any kind of productivity system. No.

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This productivity book gets right what so many in my view get wrong: how to actually achieve more by doing less.

The book in question is called Free to Focus: A Total Productivity System to Achieve More by Doing Less, and the author is Michael Hyatt.

This is by far one of the most practical books I’ve read in a long time. It’s one you’ll find super easy to take action on. After all, that’s the point, right?

For a brief written summary, keep reading. To listen now, click the play button below.

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270: 7 Simple Actions to Get the Right Things Done and Achieve Your Goals

With Accomplish It author Mridu Parikh

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I first met today’s guest at a conference I was keynoting back in 2016.

She was one of those rare folks who immediately put me at ease with her friendly demeanor and positive attitude.

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Her name is Mridu Parikh and now, three years later, she has written a brand new book called Accomplish It: 7 Simple Actions to Get the Right Things Done and Achieve Your Goals.

I read this one from cover to cover, and though a few of the actions she recommends were things I was already doing, I learned plenty of new tactics and strategies I plan to implement to take my productivity to a new level.

I believe that no matter where you are on the productivity “scale,” you’ll find something of value in Mridu’s book.

For a summary of our conversation, keep reading. To listen now, click the play button below.

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261: Great Leaders Have No Rules with Kevin Kruse

New York Times bestselling author

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Today’s guest is a New York Times bestselling author and has written over a half dozen books. How then could this be his first visit on the show?

I’m not sure I can answer that. But, I’ve decided to make the most of my time with Kevin Kruse and squeeze not one but TWO interviews out of him.

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Kevin is not only my guest on the podcast today, but will be one of 32 speakers worldwide who’ve accepted my invitation to join me for my upcoming online conference called the Boss-Free Virtual Summit.

If you desire to make the break away from traditional work to going your own way, be sure and grab your free seat for the summit via the link above.

Today, however, Kevin and I discuss his new book and many of his contrarian views on traditional leadership.

Things like: closing your open door policy, the difference between being likable and being liked, why you should reveal everything, including salaries, and more.

This is a real in-depth conversation on a leadership model for the 21st Century. I really think you’re going to enjoy it.

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248: 3 Books You Must Read to Make the Most of 2019

Grab free summaries of all three!

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Today’s episode, the first of 2019, is special. I’ll be sharing three books I believe you must read if you want to make the most of 2019.

All three of these books have been featured selections in my members-only online book club – more on that later.

Two of these books have been featured right here on the podcast.

And one of them is my favorite book of 2018

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Just for you, I’ve created written summaries of each of these books and am making them available to you absolutely free.

If you’re on my mailing list, they should already be in your email inbox. If you’re not on my list currently and you’d like to grab these free summaries, you can get them right now by entering your first name and email address below. 

Before we get to these special books, I want to give you a chance to try my online book club for just $1.

When you take me up on this you’re going to get access to all our content from the last two years – including many more book summaries and our virtual book chat recordings – and, you’ll have the chance to attend our January chat LIVE where we’ll be visited by the author of the book we’re reading together this month called Clarity Wins (which, by the way, deserves an honorable mention as a book you should read for a productive 2019).

Get access for 30 days for just $1 by clicking here. Then, at checkout, enter the discount code JAN19.

If after 30 days you don’t think it’s awesome, you can cancel – at which point me and all our current members will mourn your departure. 🙁

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