Real World Productivity

Episode 49 - Being your own Time Boss With Andrew Hartman

Joining me for this episode is Andrew Hartman, a seasoned operations leader and the founder of Time Boss, to uncover his insights into optimizing productivity. With experience working with clients, teams, and more, Andrew developed his own systems that he shares freely with others. Drawing from his experience as both a founder and fractional COO for an IT provider, Andrew emphasizes the importance of habits over tools in achieving sustainable productivity. Andrew and I share many common thoughts when it comes to productivity, and we touch on several such as being honest with yourself, making your time count, and the importance of a daily routine. Join us as we delve into Andrew's approach to leveraging digital tools for tracking and journaling, reflecting on experiences for growth and pattern recognition. Learn how habit stacking and a strong sense of identity play crucial roles in effective time management. Books, Resources, Tools, or URLs mentioned: * TimeBoss.us [https://productivity.academy/timeboss] * Asana [https://productivity.academy/asana] * ClickUp [https://productivity.academy/clickup] * Todoist [https://productivity.academy/todoist] * Atomic Habits by James Clear [https://productivity.academy/atomichabits] * Andrew Hartman on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewhartman/] Check out the full post and more here: https://productivity.academy/news/episode-49-being-your-own-time-boss-with-andrew-hartman/ [https://productivity.academy/news/episode-49-being-your-own-time-boss-with-andrew-hartman/] Tags: #productivity #timeboss #adammoody #andrewhartman #timemanagement #productivityacademy

Episode 48 - Focus To Avoid Overcommitment With Dr. Don Davis

Joining me this time on the Productivity Podcast is Dr. Don Davis, author, and established coach & consultant for businesses in the healthcare and life sciences industries. A big proponent of daily routines and time blocking, Dr. Don starts off his day by meditating and journaling to close out the previous day and prepare for what’s coming. While it may sound weird to you to close a day in the morning of the next day, this is what works for him and it’s something that everyone has to take into account when building up a daily routine. There are a lot of different routines that big names like Cal Newport follow that work for them, but that doesn’t mean that they will work for YOU—trust me on this one, I’ve tried... You need to find something that works for you instead of trying to force yourself to follow a routine that was not meant for you. Dr. Don shared several great methods to deal with over-commitment, focus, and goal setting in this episode of the podcast. My personal favorites are the “DARE” method (listen and find out more!) as well as time blocking with color coding to show how much time you’re putting towards your goals. There are many great actionable nuggets in the episode, and with all of his experience helping others, I highly suggest checking out Don’s book (link below), website, and more. Books, Resources, Tools, or URL’s mentioned: * Overcommitted: How to transform your habits and achieve the life you desire [https://productivity.academy/overcommittedbook]  * Linchpin - Seth Godin [https://productivity.academy/linchpinbook]  * Atomic Habits - James Clear [https://productivity.academy/atomichabits] * Daily Shutdown Routine - Cal Newport [https://productivity.academy/calnewportworkshutdown]  * Find Dr. Don Davis on his website here [https://www.drdavisphd.com/], LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/dondavis/], and Twitter [https://twitter.com/drdavisphd]. Check out the full post and more here: https://productivity.academy/news/episode-48-focus-to-avoid-overcommitment-with-dr-don-davis/ [https://productivity.academy/news/episode-48-focus-to-avoid-overcommitment-with-dr-don-davis/]

Episode 47 - Happily Consistent Results With David Salib

Joining me today is David Salib, Associate Product Manager at Lyft and a man with many cool side-products...one of them being Momento, a podcast app that I’ve been using a lot lately (check out more on the app in these videos here [https://youtu.be/0gBJDLRpfHI] and here [https://youtu.be/7IBVIV53d5I]). As usual, I asked him about his daily routine. Like many of the guests of the Real World Productivity Podcast, David’s days begin with an early visit to the gym, followed by time for reading; then he starts working and after that, he devotes his free time to side projects. Some of these side projects are Momento, a podcast app that lets you transcribe audio on the fly (and add your own notes), and Catena, a bible app. David was interesting to me because I don’t know that many people that manage to work a full-time job and then spend their free time working on long-term side projects with consistency. Another good note from David was his saying that you have to build your downtime to avoid burnout. The way he does this is by organizing his day in a way that allows him to go for walks or having breaks. Listen to this episode and learn: +Why you should have days when you don't work on your side projects and don't feel bad for not doing it +Why having more responsibilities make you have more time +When to scale and add more people to a project Resources mentioned: * RocketBook https://productivity.academy/rocketbook [https://productivity.academy/rocketbook] * OneNote https://productivity.academy/onenote [https://productivity.academy/onenote] * Asana https://productivity.academy/asana [https://productivity.academy/asana] * Sticky Note Widget App on Android Phone * Business Wars [https://open.spotify.com/show/6RbJUsaOaboqSBqQUfdQtR] * Philosophize This! [https://open.spotify.com/show/2Shpxw7dPoxRJCdfFXTWLE]

Episode 46 - The Varied Path To Routine Excellence - Jeroen Corthout

In this episode of the Real World Productivity Podcast, I interviewed Jeroen Corthout, CEO and Co-founder of the CRM system Salesflare [https://salesflare.com/]. Before founding Salesflare, Jeroen worked for several companies and started many others that weren't long-term successful before settling into Salesflare and beginning the long-term push for success. We covered a lot of areas, and on top of those, Joeren shared a lot about his routines: After a morning exercise routine that involves running, situps, and pushups, Jeroen begins his working day with a standup meeting. This is just a short meeting where everyone says what they worked on the previous day and what are the plans for the current day. This helps a lot when you're planning out your day and let everyone else in your team know what you'll do and vice versa. Having effective short meetings like this gets everyone on the same page quickly and helps projects move forward. Jeroen also shared some advice on how small businesses or solopreneurs can and should operate their prospecting so that they always have a pipeline. Listen to this episode and learn: * Jeroen’s personal and business routines for better results * Why a standup meeting that lasts minutes can improve communication, keep everyone on track, and lead to better success * What a successful business founder did at different stages of his business Books, Resources, Tools, or URL’s mentioned: * How Not To Die https://productivity.academy/hownottodie [https://productivity.academy/hownottodie] * - Trello https://productivity.academy/trello [https://productivity.academy/trello] * - Google Docs / Sheets * - Slack https://productivity.academy/slack [https://productivity.academy/slack] * - Zapier https://productivity.academy/zapier [https://productivity.academy/zapier] * - Salesflare https://productivity.academy/salesflare [https://productivity.academy/salesflare] * - Clubhouse.io * Cold email guide from Salesflare: https://blog.salesflare.com/cold-emails [https://blog.salesflare.com/cold-emails] Check out the full post and more here: https://productivity.academy/podcast/episode-46-the-varied-path-to-routine-excellence-jeroen-corthout/ [https://productivity.academy/podcast/episode-46-the-varied-path-to-routine-excellence-jeroen-corthout/] https://blog.salesflare.com/cold-emails

Episode 45 - Eating Processes For Breakfast - Pauline Malubay

Joining me this episode is Pauline Malubay, Small Business Operations Expert, & Business Growth Strategist. I like to start these podcast episodes by asking about morning routines. Although it may vary, Pauline says that she can't start her day without coffee (and I totally agree!), following this comes reading, and 5-minute meditation using the Shine app [https://www.theshineapp.com/]. Meditation has been a constant these past few episodes and I agree with that. It is very important but it doesn't work the same for everyone. You have to do it your way - some do yoga, some do visualization, affirmation, and many other styles and types. If you're starting and don't know what to do, there are a lot of free apps and Youtube videos that can help you with this and we both agree that starting this way can save you time and money. Moving into the business realm, Pauline noted that she didn't like startups where everything was "messy" and was given no other reason than "That's just the way things are". Now, after applying processes to her own side hustle, she works with CEOs to make their ideas turn into processes and implement them throughout the company to make things run smoothly. One thing that she mentioned and I find to be true is that you need to "slow down to speed up". What this means is that you need to slow down and implement processes and make sure team members understand and put them in place before you overload your system and it just gets harder to fix. Pauline is active on several platforms like Linkedin, Instagram, Facebook, and many more. The way she finds the time to do this is by looking at what needs to be done and see if she can Automate, Outsource, Delegate or Delete them. I love this - reminds me of my weekly reviews which are super effective and over time help identify areas to improve. Favorite Books The Alchemist https://productivity.academy/thealchemist [https://productivity.academy/thealchemist] Millionaire Mind https://productivity.academy/millionairemind [https://productivity.academy/millionairemind] 12 Week Year https://productivity.academy/12weekyear [https://productivity.academy/12weekyear] Mentioned in this episode: Slack https://productivity.academy/slack [https://productivity.academy/slack]