461: Tactics for Boosting Productivity and Banishing Distraction with Erik Fisher (Host of the Beyond the To Do List podcast)

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🗓️ 8 July 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Erik Fisher shares tips and tricks to optimize your productivity without driving yourself crazy.

— YOU'LL LEARN —

1) Tricks to reduce your smartphone dependency.

2) The small habits that create big results.

3) Why it’s okay to not get things done.

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— ABOUT ERIK —

Erik is a Productivity Author, Podcaster, Speaker, and Coach. He talks with real people who practically implement productivity strategies in their professional and personal lives. You’ll be refreshed and inspired after hearing how others fail and succeed at daily productivity and continue to lead successful and meaningful lives.

• Erik’s Podcast: BeyondTheToDoList.com

• Beyond the To-Do List Podcast Episodes:

• Episode 251 – Habits: James Clear on the Power of Habits, Building Good Habits, and Breaking Bad Ones

• Episode 259 – Focus: Cal Newport on Digital Technology, Distraction, and Focus

• Episode 267 – The Meaning of Productivity: Mike Sturm on Being, Thinking, and Doing

• Episode 268 – Focus: Michael Hyatt on Achieving the Freedom to Focus and Eliminating Distractions Through Digital Minimalism

• Episode 277 – Focus: Jaime Masters on Focus, Flow, Time Tracking, and Nootropics

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Tool: Focus At Will

• Tool: Brain.fm

• Tool: Otter.ai

• Tool: Examine.com

• Tool: Star Trek TNG Ambient Engine Noise

• Product: Alpha BRAIN

• Book: “Digital Minimalism” by Cal Newport

• Book: “Atomic Habits” by James Clear

• Previous episode: 199: Supercharging Your Productivity with Erik Fisher

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0:00.0	Welcome to the How to Be Awesome at Your Job Podcast, the show where brilliant professionals share how to sharpen the universal skills required to flourish at work.
0:10.0	Enjoy more career fund, wins, meaning, and money.
0:14.0	With your host, Pete McKitis.
0:19.2	Hello and thanks for joining us here for episode 461 with Eric Fisher. I think you'll dig this conversation
0:25.1	because I've heard frequently things can get tricky in terms of dealing with
0:29.4	all of the stuff coming at you from so many directions. How do you be efficient, productive, and effective
0:35.4	to get it done, manage distractions, and keep your sanity? Well, Eric tackles a bit of all of that.
0:41.5	So you'll learn one tricks to reduce your smartphone
0:44.1	dependency, two the small habits that create big results, and three why it's
0:48.7	okay not to get things done. So if you want to check out the show notes or the
0:52.4	transcript or the
0:53.2	links to items we've referenced it's over at awesome at your job.com slash
0:56.2	F four six one. Now here's Eric's story. Eric is a productivity author,
0:59.7	podcast, or speaker, and coach. He talks with real people who practically implement productivity strategies have been professional and personal lives.
1:06.0	If you check out his stuff you'll discover you are refresh and inspired after hearing how others fail and succeed at daily productivity and continue to lead
1:14.6	successful and meaningful lives.
1:16.8	Thanks to Eric for hanging out with us and thanks to our sponsors.
1:19.6	Check them out.
1:21.9	And now here's Eric.
1:23.0	Eric, thanks so much for joining us here on the How to Be Awesome at Your Job Podcast.
1:28.0	You're welcome. Thanks for having me.
1:30.0	Well, I'm super excited to dig back into the goods,
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