https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/v75zx2/TPL_ep17-daily_themes_mixdown_LUF_FINAL.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS | More Knowing what to work on is hard enough and if you are like us, our task lists are a mix of things forcing us to often perform context switching. What if there was a way to bulk our tasks and combine them for easier execution? In this episode, Kyle & Mark try out Read more…
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/r2nymt/Ep_16_-_Yearly_Themes.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS | More It might be February, but it’s never too late to plan out the year. This time we’re testing a year-long experiment: yearly themes. Themes are different from resolutions, where resolutions notoriously fail, themes propose a different approach: they provide a filter to make all your decisions through. A theme allows you to ask Read more…
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/38fc6d/TPL_ep15_getting-things-done_mixdown_LUF_FINAL.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS | More Are your projects piling up? Are your task list and to-do lists out of control? Do you find that you are always overwhelmed with the things you need to do? Then you need to listen to our third book review for Getting Things Done. In this episode, Kyle & Mark get heated when Read more…
http://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/fvs7eg/Ep_14_-_TenishAppsWeCantLiveWithout.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS | More Between last week’s review of Forest and the episode before it on the Mobile Monochrome method, we’ve explored apps that are supposed to limit our phone usages. Instead of trying to avoid our phones this time, we wanted to praise the apps that make us more productive people. In this episode of The Read more…
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/xqvuhu/TPL_forest_app_mixdown_LUF_FINAL.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS | More In this episode, Kyle & Mark, reeling from their Mobile Monochrome challenge, head back to the land of time tracking and put the Forest App to work. Does this help keep us focused on our tasks? Does it block us from using our mobile devices? See how they fared on this episode of Read more…
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ui4a4p/Ep_12_-_Mobile_Monochrome.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS | More It’s been over a decade since the first iPhone came out, launching the smartphone revolution. Since then smartphones have gone from a novelty to a necessity in our daily lives, and as the smart phone has grown more and more ubiquitous so have concerns about the addicting behavior associated with the smartphone. In Read more…
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/m9rxnq/TPL_ep11-bad-habits_ch_LUF_FINAL.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS | More In this episode, Kyle & Mark take inspiration from the book Atomic Habits by James Clear and tackle two of their bad habits. See what habits they chose to tackle and how they fared on this episode of The Productivity Lab. Resources and Fun Stuff: Atomic Habits Book Review Toggl TPL Time Tracking Read more…
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ahviav/Ep_10_-_Atomic_Habits_Review.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS | More Welcome to our second book review! In this episode Mark and Kyle sit down to review the hit sensation in productivity circles around the world: Atomic Habits by James Clear. Just published over a year ago Jame Clear’s book took the productivity and self improvement corners of the internet by storm, and being Read more…
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/zwfcxf/TPL_EP9_-_Hyperfocus_Scatterfocus_mixdown_LUF_FINAL.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS | More Everything comes to a head for a final look at the book Hyperfocus by Chris Bailey. In this episode, Kyle & Mark put the book to the test by executing the methods put forth by Chris Bailey and seeing how it impacts their day-to-day. Find out how things went and what they learned Read more…
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/23iky4/Episode_8_-_Time_Tracking.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS | More Time tracking is a hot topic in the world of productivity. We only have so many hours in a day and sometimes it’s best to know exactly how you’re spending them, especially in the world of getting stuff done. Have you ever wondered how many hours you actually put into your side projects? Read more…