The Productivity Show

You Are Drowning in Micro-Decisions

Decision fatigue is not about mental collapse. It is about subtle quality decay. The more choices your day demands, the more likely you are to procrastinate, default, or choose what is easy instead of what matters. Here are three rules to stop it. Visit www.asianefficiency.com for more productivity tips and tactics. Use promo code TPS at evenrealities.com to get 10% off Even Ring 1 and/or Even Clip when you add them to your Even G2 order. Listen to this episode (MP3) Links Even Realities (Even G2) 25X Productivity Coaching Eat That Frog! by Brian Tracy If you enjoyed this episode, follow the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcast player. It’s easy, you’ll get new episodes automatically, and it also helps the show. You can also leave a review!

Break These Productivity Rules (If They’re Not Working) (TPS622)

Should you really eat that frog first thing every morning? We aren’t so sure, and in this encore episode, we’re throwing out four pieces of productivity advice so widely repeated that most people follow them without ever asking whether they actually work. From the classics to the modern assumptions, we make the case that some of the most popular productivity wisdom might be quietly holding you back. Visit www.asianefficiency.com for more productivity tips and tactics. Masterclass: Masterclass.com/TPS for at least 15% off any annual membership. Use promo code tps at evenrealities.com to get 10% off Even Ring 1 and/or Even Clip when you add them to your Even G2 order. For 50% less your first year, go to HomeServe.com/TPS. Void in Florida. Listen to this episode (MP3) Cheat Sheet 🎧 Top 3 Productivity Resources [1:31] 🌅 Why the early risers really win — and the “time arbitrage” idea behind it [5:17] 📅 The “crazy” one-day meeting fix that gave back the whole week [11:16] 📈 What actually happened after every meeting moved to Wednesday [17:00] 💸 The productivity lever nobody in this industry talks about [24:12] 🙋 No budget? How to buy back time when you’re starting from zero [35:00] 🐸 The take that might get Brooks fired: skip eating the frog [39:56] Links Masterclass Even Realities HomeServe 25X Productivity Coaching Grailed Daylio Snapseed 8 Strategies for Waking Up Early and Becoming a Morning Person (TPS130) Scaling Up by Verne Harnish 6 Tips for Running More Effective Meetings (TPS195) TaskRabbit Instacart Whole Foods Market Bodybuilding.com WebMD How I Spend $5,000/Month to Win Back Time Eat That Frog! by Brian Tracy Erin Chase — $5 Dinners Structuring the Day and Week w/ Erin Chase (TPS226) If you enjoyed this episode, follow the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcast player. It’s easy, you’ll get new episodes automatically, and it also helps the show. You can also leave a review!

AI Meeting Assistants: Stop Transcribing and Start Saving Time

Most AI meeting assistants create transcripts, but few actually save time. We rank the top tools like Otter, Fireflies, and Fathom based on ruthless practicality. Learn how to automate your follow-up, reclaim 10 to 20 hours a week, and close deals faster by eliminating post-meeting admin work. Visit www.asianefficiency.com for more productivity tips and tactics. Get 20% off your first order at dripdrop.com and use promo code TPS. Listen to this episode (MP3) Links DripDrop 25X Productivity Coaching Otter Fireflies Fathom Zoom AI Companion Granola Read AI Lindy Todoist Attio If you enjoyed this episode, follow the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcast player. It’s easy, you’ll get new episodes automatically, and it also helps the show. You can also leave a review!

Rethinking Email, Focus & Doing Less w/ Ari Meisel (TPS621)

How many good decisions do you actually have in you each day? Ari Meisel says the answer is about two dozen — which means your inbox, with its thousands of tiny choices, is quietly bankrupting you before lunch. In this encore conversation, the founder of Less Doing joins us to reframe email as a decision-making problem rather than a communication one, and to explain why he’s replaced almost all of his messaging with asynchronous voice. He shares how he runs a coaching business, closes sales, and stays close with far-flung friends without a single call on his calendar — and how those constraints made him more effective, not less. If you’re looking for genuinely unconventional ways to do less and get more done, this one’s worth your time. Get 20% off your first order: dripdrop.com and use promo code tps. Make the switch! MINTMOBILE.com/PRODUCTIVITY. Get 60% off personal and family plans at Keepersecurity.com/TPS. Listen to this episode (MP3) Cheat Sheet 🎧 Top 3 Productivity Resources [1:43] 🔥 The diagnosis that cut an 18-hour workday down to one [4:05] ⏳ Forget “eat the frog” — the prioritization rule most people miss [6:32] 📥 Why your inbox isn’t an email problem at all [11:11] 🎙️ How he closed a $1,500 sale in 8 minutes of voice notes [19:40] ⚡ Drowning in a new inbox? The four-times-speed fix [26:10] 🩺 The hospital night that turned him into a data geek [34:59] 🍽️ The one non-negotiable he wishes he’d started sooner [40:35] 👋 Where to find Ari [44:39] Links DripDrop — promo code TPS for 20% off your first order Mint Mobile Keeper — 60% off personal and family plans 25X Productivity Coaching Voxer Smart Nora Emergency by Neil Strauss Less Doing Eat That Frog! by Brian Tracy Double Double by Cameron Herold Vivid Vision by Cameron Herold Oura Ring Levels Dexcom Viome If you enjoyed this episode, follow the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcast player. It’s easy, you’ll get new episodes automatically, and it also helps the show. You can also leave a review!

Focus Isn’t the Problem You Think It Is

Why did reading twenty books a year suddenly become impossible? Thanh used to fly through books and podcasts without a second thought — until his ability to concentrate quietly started slipping away, and no amount of blocking notifications or silencing his phone fixed it. The distraction wasn’t coming from his devices. It was coming from inside his own head. In this encore episode, Thanh breaks down what actually happened, the strange mix of experiments he ran to fix it, and the concept of attention management that came out the other side — a shift in thinking that helped him concentrate for 90 minutes or more at a stretch. If you’ve noticed your own focus fading and assumed it was just a willpower problem, this episode makes the case that it isn’t. Get 60% off personal and family plans at Keepersecurity.com/TPS. Listen to this episode (MP3) Links Keeper Security 25X Productivity Coaching If you enjoyed this episode, follow the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcast player. It’s easy, you’ll get new episodes automatically, and it also helps the show. You can also leave a review!