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

James Beshara on Caffeine Alternatives for Energy and Productivity

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

Erik Fisher

Business, Careers, Education, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship

4.5877 Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

James Beshara is a startup founder and investor in San Francisco, CA. After developing a heart condition in 2013 from excess caffeine consumption, James became fascinated by the science and research backing up alternatives to caffeine for energy, productivity, and focus. His new book is 'Beyond Coffee: A Sustainable Guide to Nootropics, Adaptogens, and Mushrooms'.

In this conversation Erik and James talk about James past relationship with caffeine, decreasIng stress and improving productivity.

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1:20.2

I'm your host, Eric Fisher, and this is the show where I talk to the people behind the productivity.

1:24.5

This week, I'm excited to share with you a conversation I had with James Bichara.

1:28.2

He's got a brand new book out called Beyond Coffee, A Sustainable Guide to Neutropics, Adaptogens, and Mushrooms.

1:34.9

This is a very interesting topic to bring up because ultimately, it dawned on me as I was preparing for this conversation with James, that I'd never actually done a conversation on this show focused

1:44.7

around caffeine. It's interesting because, you know, 80% of the world is consuming caffeine every

1:49.3

day and it's such a tied into productivity topic, this caffeination, this overcaffeination even.

1:56.5

And I thought, you know, it does make sense to take a step back, take a look at this and see

2:00.4

what other possible sources of energy there are. And James has done a deep dive as well as with

2:06.9

his two co-authors to assess which ingredients are scientifically proven to be effective and safe.

2:12.6

So as we're all searching for the answer for optimal productivity and for many of us that's that first cup of

2:19.1

coffee and then continual cups of coffee throughout the day. This book and this conversation

2:24.1

will hopefully enlighten you to the proper amount of coffee, if any, you should be having,

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