ProdPod, a Productivity Podcast

In Episodes 53 and 54, I gave a brief overview of my “Pull Method” for more productive relationships, so in this episode I am going to outline how I collect and analyze data to make sure I know how the people around me affect me. In this episode I’m going to discuss Collection. And, in the next episode, I’ll cover Analysis.

In this episode, I give you some food for thought on how plants’ productivity is relative to own and can help us be more productive. Enjoy!

In this episode, I explain my “calculation” of what I call life-work balance (because I work to live) and therefore life proceeds work, but perhaps not in the way you think. Note: I’ll add this one final thought credited to my fellow productivity enthusiast and journalism professor Kenna Griffith (who you can find blogging at profkrg.com) who coined life-work balance instead as ...

The blogosphere is not a new invention, although it was only recently embraced by media and the general consumer public in the late 90s. What does this mean for you and me? Well, it is likely a cornucopia of potentially amazing (and maybe not-so-amazing) content for us. So that reading all this great blog content doesn’t become unwieldy, overflowing and overwhelming in our lives, I’ve put together a series of best-practices (pardon the corporate-speak) to keep Blog Reading a practice...

In episode 60, I presented an introduction to a personal development plan, but for your personal life, called the Personal Life Action Negotiation (with the acronym, PLAN). In this episode, I’ll cover three guidelines for an effective PLAN. Show notes: SWOT Analysis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swot_analysis MindTools provides a “Personal SWOT Analysis explanation and worksheet”: http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMC_05_1.htm

I’m developing a personal life planning tool called the Personal Life Action Negotiation (with the appropriate acronym, PLAN). In this episode, I explain the reasoning and overview. In episode 61, I give the general guidelines for creating a PLAN that works for you. Enjoy!

I came across this poem (who’s author is unknown to me) several years ago and I think it’s definitely worth sharing. If you haven’t yet listened to Episodes 12 to 15 on habit development, go check those out after listening to this episode. Enjoy!

Google and several other companies have recently convened the Paperless Coalition [http://paperless2013.org] to help you “take the paper out of ‘paperwork!’” In this episode, learn about the Paperless 2013 and go paperless in 2013!

This is about the time of year (end of February, beginning of March) when you realize that your New Year’s resolution/s aren’t going to happen, or you’ve forgotten that you’ve actually made them. So, in this episode, I offer a solution: banish making New Year’s resolutions! Here’s how….

Here’s a quick overview of the amazing capabilities of my personal productivity software, Remember The Milk. What’s your favorite personal productivity software? Let me know in the comments, contact form or via email!