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ProductivityCast Ray Sidney-Smith
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4.9 • 15 Ratings
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Each week, four productivity and technology experts from different work backgrounds discuss, debate and describe personal productivity topics. Hosts Ray Sidney-Smith (https://rsidneysmith.com) and Augusto Pinaud (https://productivityvoice.com) along with our regular contributors Francis Wade (https://fwconsulting.com) and Art Gelwicks (https://gelwickstech.com) make up the ProductivityCast team.
ProductivityCast is an opportunity to discuss personal productivity in context, occasionally interviewing experts, highlighting popular as well as the scientific literature (on productivity, time management, focus, habit and performance improvement), discussing technology’s effect on getting things done, reviewing books in the genre, and debating important work culture, technology and productivity topics of the day. If you'd like to discuss these topics with us, ask a question and connect with other podcast listeners, join our free community inside Personal Productivity Club (a digital community for productivity enthusiasts) here: https://productivitycast.net/community
NOTE: You may notice ProductivityCast written as "Productivity Cast" (with a space). That's simply so that Alexa, Google, Siri and others can understand when you ask them to play the podcast.
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How to Conduct a Mid-Year Review
Today on ProductivityCast we’re going to be talking about stepping away from getting things done so you can review and reflect, and then get back to getting things done better. It’s halfway through the year and so it’s a good time to discuss the mid-year review. A mid-year review is a practice like any other reflection activity, where we take the time to look over our progress, reevaluate our goals, and recalibrate our personal productivity systems. It’s a moment to pause, step back, and gain clarity on where we stand in relation to our aspirations and how we can make the most of the second half of the year.
Correction: Ray said “weekly review” at the start of the episode when he actually meant “mid-year review.”
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In this Cast | How to Conduct a Mid-Year Review
Ray Sidney-Smith
Augusto Pinaud
Art Gelwicks
Francis Wade
Show Notes | How to Conduct a Mid-Year Review
Resources we mention, including links to them, will be provided here. Please listen to the episode for context.
Reticular activating system (RAS)
The biggest myths about emotions, debunked | Lisa Feldman Barrett
Antifragility
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Defining Personal Productivity
Today, the ProductivityCast team talks about terminology, that is, what are the terms that we use in the personal productivity space? And why is there so much confusion around those particular words that we use?
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In this Cast | Defining Personal Productivity
Ray Sidney-Smith
Augusto Pinaud
Art Gelwicks
Francis Wade
Show Notes | Defining Personal Productivity
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Subjective versus Objective Time
In this week’s episode, the ProductivityCast team debated subjective versus objective time as commentary on the article, “My Fixation on Time Management Almost Broke Me.”Thanks to Brian C. for the recommended reading! (See https://www.personalproductivity.club/posts/14785370.)
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In this Cast | ProductivityCast – Subjective versus Objective Time
Ray Sidney-Smith
Augusto Pinaud
Art Gelwicks
Francis Wade
Show Notes | ProductivityCast – Subjective versus Objective Time
Resources we mention, including links to them, will be provided here. Please listen to the episode for context.
* Is Time Management Really “Real”, Or Is It Just a Misnomer? | by Francis Wade | 2Time Labs | Medium
* Victim Mentality: Causes, Symptoms, and More
* The Impact of Temporal Schemata: Understanding When Individuals Entrain Versus Resist or Create Temporal Structure | Academy of Management Review
* Ramit Sethi
* The R Project for Statistical Computing
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One Size Doesn’t Fit All – ProductivityCast Live
Today, we’re releasing this episode which was recording live at the Task Management & Time Blocking Summit 2023 stage. The theme of the conference is “One Size Doesn’t Fit All” and so the ProductivityCast team spent time discussing in front of the live audience what our thoughts are on challenges of one-size-fits-all and some thoughts of solving for it. Enjoy!
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In this Cast | One Size Doesn’t Fit All – ProductivityCast Live
Ray Sidney-Smith
Augusto Pinaud
Art Gelwicks
Francis Wade
Show Notes | One Size Doesn’t Fit All – ProductivityCast Live
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* Remember the Milk
* CrossPlatform podcast
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Hyper-Scheduling: Commentary on MacSparky’s Granular Time Blocking Method
In a post entitled, Hyper-Scheduling, David Sparks (a/k/a MacSparky) writes about his method of time blocking on a granular level. This week, the ProductivityCast team provides their commentary, challenges and methods on this concept of hyper-scheduling, which will hopefully spark ideas on how you can better manage your time-based work.
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In this Cast | Hyper-Scheduling: Commentary on MacSparky’s Granular Time Blocking Method
Ray Sidney-Smith
Augusto Pinaud
Art Gelwicks
Francis Wade
Show Notes | Hyper-Scheduling: Commentary on MacSparky’s Granular Time Blocking Method
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* Hyper-scheduling – MacSparky
* Unschedule
* How to Use the Unschedule – Video Tutorial
Google Assistant Time-Based Actions:
* Events – https://support.google.com/assistant/answer/7678386?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid
* Reminders – https://support.google.com/assistant/answer/9387035?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid
* Timers – https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/7028899?hl=en
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Projects Sequencing: Ordering Your Projects to Enhance Productivity
In this week’s episode, the ProductivityCast team continues their conversation about sequencing for greater productivity, this time about ordering projects to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
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In this Cast | Projects Sequencing
Ray Sidney-Smith
Augusto Pinaud
Art Gelwicks
Francis Wade
Show Notes | Projects Sequencing
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* Microsoft Excel* Notion* Coda* Lifelong learning* Lifelong learning institutes – Wikipedia * Tom’s Planner
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Customer Reviews
Great practical tips!
These gentlemen know their stuff.
Highly recommend!
This is a must-listen show for you if you are committed to consistently leveling-up your productivity and learning from thought leaders in personal development! Ray and Augusto do an incredible job leading conversations that cover a huge breadth of topics related to personal productivity, efficiency and being effective at understanding how to stay focused on the important things. It's fun, easy to dive into and every episode gives you a chance to learn something new!
Refreshing conversations about productivity
I enjoy the 4 different takes in all things productivity. It stimulates my own thinking on the subjects and reminds me that there is no “right” system for everyone. Everyone needs to design a system that works for themselves. These insightful conversations do help refine my own and provide great inspiration.
Keep it up gentlemen.