Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life

Dustin Riechmann is the creator of the site  Engaged Marriage , where he seeks to help you live a married life you love. Dustin Riechmann is just a normal guy with a passion for marriage and life and a knack for helping others achieve big things. He’s an engineer by trade, and tries to be a good husband and a mostly patient Dad to his three great kids. Dustin and Erik are doing a live online works...

Jim Woods is a  Writer , Coach , and Instigator. He is the co-author of ‘Ready Aim Fire! – A Practical Guide to Making and Achieving Goals’ . The book is also co-authored by the host of this podcast, Erik Fisher . In this more raw episode than usual, Erik and Jim talk a bit about personal productivity struggles, how life is seasonal, the need to simplify, and why they rebranded their 1st book a fe...

Merlin Mann is an Independent Writer, Speaker, and Broadcaster at  MerlinMann.com  and Cohost of  Back to Work Podcast  on the  5 by 5 Podcast Network  with  Dan Benjamin . You can find Merlin’s previous appearance on this podcast here . Covered in this episode: Back to Work Episode 153: ‘Anxiety’s a Goat ‘ Getting Things Done by David Allen  ©DavidCo, 2001. The unknown inboxes out there that we d...

Donald Miller  is all about story. He is the author of several books , including multiple New York Times Best Sellers. Donald is also the founder of Storyline , an organization that helps people live better stories. He’s helped thousands overcome a sense of meaninglessness by helping them create their  Storyline  life plan . If you’re struggling with a sense of meaningless,  pick up  Storyline  to...

David Sparks is an Orange County, California business attorney, geek, podcaster on the Mac Power Users podcast ,  blogger , and author who writes about finding the best tools, hardware, and workflows for using Apple products to get work done. David also writes for  Macworld magazine  and  speaks about technology . Mentioned in this episode: Unclutter Drafts Publishing on the iBooks Store Why Email...

Crystal Paine is the founder of the popular blog  MoneySavingMom.com . The mission of the blog is talking about Intentional Finance, Intentional Family, and Intentional Business. Her new book Say Goodbye to Survival Mode  is aimed as a help to the super busy, the stressed out, and the overtired. In it, she gives you ways to: Feel healthier and more energetic by setting priorities and boundaries El...

Jon Acuff is the New York Times Bestselling author of four books including his most recent,  Start: Punch Fear in the Face ,  Escape Average & Do Work that Matters . For 15 years he’s helped some of the biggest brands in the world tell their story, including The Home Depot, Bose, Staples, and the Dave Ramsey Team. Most recently he’s spoken to hundreds of thousands of people at conferences, col...

Tony Stubblebine is the CEO and Co-founder of Lift . Before that he was the founder of CrowdVine, and contributor to Wesabe, Odeo, and O’Reilly Media. Lift is an app designed to help you unlock your potential and help you reach your goals. Lift provides you steps and milestones to make goals manageable, daily motivation, and community support. Covered in this episode: Lift 2.0 Positive reinforceme...

New York Times  best-selling author  Michael Hyatt returns to the show to talk about his proven, five-step process to help you get clear, get motivated, and get started on the path toward achieving your most important goals. Between being the CEO of a major corporation, building his own personal platform, and managing his family, Michael’s life has been busy. And yet, he has consistently made prog...

Chris LoCurto returns to the show to talk about understanding personality styles. You can listen to his previous episode here , and make sure to subscribe to his blog , podcast , and grab his personality styles video and workbook . Check out @ChrisLoCurto on Beyond the To-Do List talking about understanding personality styles! http://t.co/tOwpPjNFkP — Erik Fisher (@ErikJFisher) November 19, 2013 T...

Ray Edwards is an author, speaker, copywriter, and fellow-podcaster on his successful podcast ‘The Ray Edwards Show’ . Ray has many creative insights in entrepreneurship and productivity. Ray is also  the author of the  #1 Amazon Bestseller Writing Riches. Please make sure to visit this episodes sponsor  captureapps.com/todo  for a great way to record audio notes with markers and text! Mentioned i...

Andy Andrews is an American author and corporate speaker, known for his 2002 bestselling book The Traveler’s Gift . He has written over 20 books and sold more than 3.5 million copies around the world. Andy Andrews is the author of the  New York Times  bestsellers  How Do You Kill 11 Million People? ,  The Noticer , and  The Traveler’s Gift , and is also an in-demand speaker for the world’s largest...

Todd Henry, author of The Accidental Creative and the founder and CEO of Accidental Creative, a company that helps creative people and teams be prolific, brilliant and healthy. He regularly speaks and consults with companies about how to develop practices that lead to everyday brilliance. His new book is Die Empty: Unleash Your Best Work Every Day . Tweetable quotes from this episode (click to twe...

Mari Smith is one of the world’s leading social media strategists and widely recognized as THE top Facebook marketing expert in the world. She is author of  The New Relationship Marketing  and coauthor of  Facebook Marketing: An Hour A Day . Fast Company describes Mari as, “A veritable engine of personal branding, a relationship marketing whiz and the Pied Piper of the Online World.” Forbes recent...

Baratunde Thurston is the CEO, co-founder, and hashtagger-in-chief of  Cultivated Wit . He wrote the New York Times bestseller  How To Be Black  and served for five years as director of digital for the satirical news outlet, The Onion. When he’s not delivering keynote talks at gatherings such as SXSW Interactive, LeWeb, and Personal Democracy Forum, he writes the monthly back page  column for Fast...

Laura Vanderkam is a nationally recognized writer who questions the status quo and helps her readers rediscover their true passions and beliefs in pursuit of more meaningful lives. Laura is the author of  168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think , What Successful People Do Before Breakfast , What Successful People Do on the Weekend , and What People Do at Work , now all out in paperback compil...

Susan Baroncini-Moe is the founder and CEO of Business in Blue Jeans , a business and marketing consulting firm based in Indianapolis, Indiana. She has worked with clients on four continents, in both profit and non-profit industries, with startups and growth companies, in all different industries, and has been mentoring entrepreneurs and small business owners for over fifteen years. We talk about...

Jeff Goins is a writer, and a second time guest of the show. You can find listen to his first appearance almost a year ago here . His new book The In-Between is just out, and I am especially excited to talk to Jeff about how the subject of waiting impacts productivity. Jeff will be speaking at Jon Acuff’s upcoming Start Conference , which I will also be attending, so grab your tickets now! Covered...

Dan and Vanessa Hayes of SimpleLifeTogether.com join us this week to talk about lifestyle design. We touch on routines, priorities, simplicity and other topics. Sponsor:   get an intranet you’ll actually enjoy with your teammates from Igloo . Dan provides business development consultation for select business owners/leaders in niche markets by helping them build an integrated approach to enhancing...

Justin Wise is content marketing practitioner living in Des Moines. He helps people and organizations tell their stories online. He started the podcast #THINKDIGITAL.  It’s a fun way to talk about new media and play lots of 90s rap. Covered in this episode: Knowledge Worker Productivity Juicing How Having ADHD Actually Increased My Productivity Productivity recovery Power nap Take a walk To do lis...

Jocelyn K. Glei is the Editor-in-Chief of 99U.com , Behance’s effort to provide the “missing curriculum” for making ideas happen. 99U has won two Webby Awards for “Best Cultural Blog”. Jocelyn is also the Exec Producer of the 99U Conference , and Editor of 99U’s latest book  Manage Your Day-to-Day  which will give you a toolkit for tackling the new challenges of a 24/7, always-on workplace. Manage...

Robert D. Smith has managed and overseen the career of Andy Andrews , a three-time  New York Times  best-selling author and in-demand speaker. He has served as a private consultant to numerous best-selling authors, speakers, entertainers, and cutting edge organizations, educating them on the unique methods he has employed to sustain massive success and growth across multiple industries for his ent...

John Dumas is the creator and host of the extremely popular podcast  Entrepreneur on Fire  inspiring people daily. John has interviewed a number of people that have been guests on Beyond the To-Do List as well like Chris Brogan , Dan Miller , Cliff Ravenscraft , Michael Hyatt , Michael Stelzner , Farnoosh Brock , Pat Flynn , Jay Baer , Justin Lukasavige , and Erik Fisher , host of Beyond the To-Do...

Merlin Mann is an Independent Writer, Speaker, and Broadcaster at MerlinMann.com and Cohost of Back to Work Podcast  on the 5 by 5 Podcast Network with Dan Benjamin . Transcript of this episode provided by Rev Audio Transcription and Document Translation Covered in this episode: Different definitions of the word ‘productivity’ Merlin’s superhero origin story as a productivity student The creation...

Mike Vardy is a writer, speaker and podcaster on productivity. His main site is Productivityist.com . He’s given talks on productivity and technology, as well as several featured keynotes and workshops related to time, task, project, and goal management. Covered in this episode: Productivityist = a person who wants to get more efficient and more effective with their work Working on ways to get bet...