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Ray Sidney-Smith and Augusto Pinaud

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How to Conduct a Mid-Year Review
24-07-2023
How to Conduct a Mid-Year Review
Today on ProductivityCast we’re going to be talking about stepping away from getting things done so you can review and reflect, and then get back to getting things done better. It’s halfway through the year and so it’s a good time to discuss the mid-year review.

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How to Conduct a Mid-Year Review
24-07-2023
How to Conduct a Mid-Year Review
Today on ProductivityCast we’re going to be talking about stepping away from getting things done so you can review and reflect, and then get back to getting things done better. It’s halfway through the year and so it’s a good time to discuss the mid-year review.
Defining Personal Productivity
20-03-2023
Defining Personal Productivity
Today, the ProductivityCast team talks about terminology, that is, what are the terms that we use in the personal productivity
Subjective versus Objective Time
13-03-2023
Subjective versus Objective Time
In this week’s episode, the ProductivityCast team debated subjective versus objective time as commentary on the article, “My Fixation on
One Size Doesn’t Fit All – ProductivityCast Live
09-03-2023
One Size Doesn’t Fit All – ProductivityCast Live
Today, we’re releasing this episode which was recording live at the Task Management & Time Blocking Summit 2023 stage. The
Hyper-Scheduling: Commentary on MacSparky’s Granular Time Blocking Method
06-03-2023
Hyper-Scheduling: Commentary on MacSparky’s Granular Time Blocking Method
In a post entitled, Hyper-Scheduling, David Sparks (a/k/a MacSparky) writes about his method of time blocking on a granular level.
Projects Sequencing: Ordering Your Projects to Enhance Productivity
29-08-2022
Projects Sequencing: Ordering Your Projects to Enhance Productivity
In this week’s episode, the ProductivityCast team continues their conversation about sequencing for greater productivity, this time about ordering projects
Task Sequencing: How to Condition and Order Tasks for Greater Momentum
13-06-2022
Task Sequencing: How to Condition and Order Tasks for Greater Momentum
This week, the ProductivityCast team tackles the topic of ordering tasks conditionally and task sequencing for momentum. (If you’re reading
Get More Out of Your Calendar: Forecasting, Budgeting and Tracking Your Day
30-05-2022
Get More Out of Your Calendar: Forecasting, Budgeting and Tracking Your Day
In this week’s episode, the ProductivityCast team chats about how to track and manage time in a calendar/agenda style format
Time Blocking and Time Chunking: Setting Up an Effective Reminder System
23-05-2022
Time Blocking and Time Chunking: Setting Up an Effective Reminder System
This week, the ProductivityCast team talks about how to set up effective reminders when you’re time blocking (or time chunking)
Why Task Lists Fail?
02-05-2022
Why Task Lists Fail?
In this week’s cast, Ray, Augusto, Francis and Art discuss why task lists fail in your personal productivity systems? And,
Learning and the Four Stages of Curiosity
18-04-2022
Learning and the Four Stages of Curiosity
This week, Ray, Augusto, Francis and Art discuss learning and four stages of curiosity. Curious what they are? Listen in
Caffeine-Based Productivity, Part 2
11-04-2022
Caffeine-Based Productivity, Part 2
Last week, Ray, Augusto, Francis and Art started a discussion about caffeinated productivity. This week, they continue their conversation about
Caffeine-Based Productivity, Part 1
04-04-2022
Caffeine-Based Productivity, Part 1
This week, Ray, Augusto, Francis and Art start a conversation about coffee and tea and all things caffeine! (If you’re
Productivity Taxonomy: Making Tags Work in Your Personal Productivity System (Part 2)
28-03-2022
Productivity Taxonomy: Making Tags Work in Your Personal Productivity System (Part 2)
This week, Ray, Augusto, Francis and Art continue the conversation about tags, discussing how they use tags in their own
Productivity Taxonomy: Do Tags Help You Be More Productive? (Part 1)
14-03-2022
Productivity Taxonomy: Do Tags Help You Be More Productive? (Part 1)
This week, Ray, Augusto, Francis and Art start a conversation about tags. Classifying information in our productive lives comes in
The Power Bible: In Conversation with Comedian and Author Brendon Lemon
07-03-2022
The Power Bible: In Conversation with Comedian and Author Brendon Lemon
This week, Augusto and I sat down with co-author of The Power Bible, Brendon Lemon. Brendon is a comedian and
BookCast: The Myth of Multitasking, Second Edition by Dave Crenshaw
28-02-2022
BookCast: The Myth of Multitasking, Second Edition by Dave Crenshaw
This week, Ray, Augusto, Francis and Art start a new series on ProductivityCast, BookCast, to discuss books in time management-related
Personal Knowledge Management With Zettelkasten
21-02-2022
Personal Knowledge Management With Zettelkasten
This week, in continuing on our recent episodes about note-taking methods, Ray, Augusto, Francis and Art are taking on a
Productivity Labs, Methods Edition—Bullet Journal
14-02-2022
Productivity Labs, Methods Edition—Bullet Journal
Ray, Augusto, Francis and Art art starting a new “series” called Productivity Labs here on ProductivityCast. We’re going to be
Note-Taking Methodologies
07-02-2022
Note-Taking Methodologies
In this week’s ProductivityCast episode, Ray, Augusto, Francis and Art voiced their thoughts on note-taking methodologies. (If you’re reading this