What does being productive mean to you? To productivity “experts,” being productive is a combination of getting a lot of work done in a shorter amount of time and doing great work. There is no set formula for how to be the most productive you can be, but there are plenty of tools out there, such as podcasts, to help you learn which productivity tactics might work best for you.
Listen to these six popular podcasts if you want to be more productive and accomplish your goals in a shorter amount of time.
1. Hack the Entrepreneur
Do you have a lot of great ideas, but can never seem to actually sit down and do anything valuable with them? Do you have so many goals you want to achieve that you aren’t sure where to start? Productivity is a simple yet often confusing cocktail of willpower, determination and raw hard work, but every person has a different way of achieving their own success.
For the idea-prone leader with just as many goals as tasks on their to-do lists, Hack the Entrepreneur is a podcast that gives listeners a glimpse into how some of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs found success and continue to get things done. Jon Nastor interviews his guests with one goal in mind: to figure out their own personal formula for reaching their goals.
In each episode, Nastor talks with his guest and concludes the episode with a “hack,” or one thing the guest said which the listener can then go away with and apply to their own work in their lives.
2. Note to Self
Do you worry about how technology is affecting your professional and/or personal life? Are you curious about ways tech might actually be able to actually help you get more done and be more confident? If so, you need to listen to WNYC’s “tech show about being human.”
Note to Self’s host, Manoush Zomorodi, takes listeners on a journey of discovery, helping them get in touch with themselves through explaining how different technological advances affect the way we think, work, sleep and communicate with the outside world.
The podcast’s most recent listener project, Infomagical, challenged participants to perform a series of tasks to combat information overload and meet goals like being more creative and becoming more in touch with current events.
3. This is Your Life
If you have ever felt as though you are quickly losing your drive to work hard and accomplish your goals, you are not alone. There are plenty of people out there who feel as though they have lost their passion and forgotten why they started this job or company in the first place.
This is Your Life podcast host Michael Hyatt is on a mission to help you work and live more passionately and wants you to be a better and more influential leader. His weekly podcast will give you the tools and background knowledge to accomplish your goals in the most efficient and effective ways possible.
This podcast includes advice on how to sleep better, tips for having more effective conversations with others, tricks for being more productive in the workplace and so much more. Check out the archives and start listening weekly.
4. Back to Work
Everyone out there could use better communication skills and better tools for overcoming the most common barriers to productivity, and listeners to the Back to Work podcast are no exception. They want to get back to real work and get things done, and by listening to the podcast, you can, too.
Back to Work podcast hosts Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin discuss how to be more productive, succeed at work, overcome obstacles and use the right tools to get the most done professionally.
5. The Accidental Creative
Being creative isn’t as easy as it looks. The problem with having a creativity-centric mind is that new ideas are always coming in, sometimes even faster than you can produce them. How are you supposed to get anything done when you spend half your day writing down all the new ideas you come up with as you work?
The Accidental Creative podcast will teach you to come up with better ideas. It will also give you tips on how to more productively accomplish tasks and lead teams. Creativity can be a hard mindset to manage, but it can and should be used to your advantage.
This podcast will inspire you to go out and do amazing things with your ideas, no matter how big or small. Everyone needs a little push every once in awhile to get themselves going again, and this show will be able to do just that for you.
6. Get-it-Done Guy
If you ever feel as though everything you do just takes more time than you have to spare, you’re in need of some quick tips to help you work more efficiently and make better use of your time. There’s a podcast out there just for you.
The Get-it-Done Guy podcast is part of the Quick and Dirty Tips™ network, a series of articles and podcasts helping people do things better, faster by providing helpful “quick and dirty” tips for success in all areas of life.
Get-it-Done Guy host Stever Robbins, in each quick podcast episode, offers actionable tips for his listeners in order to achieve optimal work-life balance and get more done “by doing less.” This weekly series is all about productivity and how to make the most of the time you have to get things done.
Productivity means a little something different for everyone. While one person’s advice might not work for you, someone else’s might. That’s why it is a great idea to explore the tips that are out there to find the ones that you can walk away with and apply to your own work and personal life.
These podcasts each offer something a little different for those who want to learn how to be more productive. Listen to a few episodes of each and see which ones resonate the most with you.
