A Productive Conversation
Hosted by productivity strategist Mike Vardy, A Productive Conversation offers insightful discussions on how to craft a life that aligns with your intentions. Each episode dives into the art of time devotion, productiveness, and refining your approach to daily living. Mike invites guests who are thinkers, doers, and creators to share their strategies for working smarter and living more intentionally. From practical t
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What Radical Hope Actually Requires (with Dr. Tiffany G. Townsend)
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Weathering the Storm: Navigating the Anti-Social Justice Wave
Tiffany G. Townsend
well this this book is a is called weathering the storm navigating the anti social justice wave ▶ tap to play from here
The Difference Between Experimenting and Tinkering (with Patrick Rhone)
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Tiny Experiments
Anne-Laure Le Cunff
and lork um uh she wrote the book uh tiny experiments which has been getting a lot of praise ▶ tap to play from here
Atomic Habits
James Clear
I wonder if'cause you know, obviously James's book Atomic Habits came out and that would like took the world by storm ▶ tap to play from here
How to Decide
Annie Duke
there's books called by and any do called how to decide ▶ tap to play from here
Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work
Chip Heath and Dan Heath
decisive by the heath brothers and stuff like that ▶ tap to play from here
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The Van Halen Encyclopedia
CJ Chilvers
cj even wrote literally wrote the van halen encyclopedia ▶ tap to play from here
Trust Is Broken, and Optimization Won't Fix It (with Nick Richtsmeier)
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Blue Ocean Strategy
W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne
we've heard this before i mean again you mentioned like blue ocean strategy employee and entrepreneurial time ▶ tap to play from here
The Art of Possibility
Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander
i stole this from a book called the art of possibility that i read 25 years ago ▶ tap to play from here
My Daughter Interviews Me About Productiveness (with Grace Vardy)
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The Front Nine: How to Start the Year You Want, Any Time You Want
Mike Vardy
when i wrote the front nine which we talked about it was the subtitle is how to start the year you want any time you want ▶ tap to play from here
Getting Things Done for Teens
David Allen
i remember giving you the book getting things done for teens ▶ tap to play from here
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Night Owl Action Plan
Mike Vardy
called the night owl action plan by mike vardy ▶ tap to play from here
You Didn't Fall Behind This Summer. You Just Stopped.
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Productiveness
Mike Vardy
my new book is called productiveness and mikevardicom slash productiveness is where you can get it ▶ tap to play from here
Why One Challenge Beats Ten (with Zakhar Azatian)
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Blue Ocean Strategy
W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne
you've read the blue ocean strategy like employee time versus entrepreneur time ▶ tap to play from here
PM Talks S3E9: What Problem Does This Actually Solve?
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The Innovator's Dilemma
Clayton Christensen
clayton christensen a number i think it was in the innovator's dilemma ▶ tap to play from here
The Five Kinds of Work Stress (with Amy Leneker)
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Cheers to Monday: The Surprisingly Simple Method to Lead and Live with Less Stress and More Joy
Amy Linaker
your book cheers to monday the surprisingly simple method to lead and live with less stress ▶ tap to play from here
Why a Retreat Is Part of the Work, Not a Reward for It
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Creative Quest
Questlove
and i remember reading the book uh creative quest by quest love and he talks about micro meditations ▶ tap to play from here
The Jolts That Make Us Quit — and the Ones Worth Ignoring (with Anthony Klotz)
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Jolted: Why We Quit, When to Stay, and Why It Matters
Anthony
upcoming book as we're recording this jolted why we quit when to stay and why it matters ▶ tap to play from here
The Innovator's Dilemma
Clayton Christensen
clayton christensen you know innovator's dilemma you talk about him there ▶ tap to play from here
The Difference Between an Aha Moment and a Full-Blown Epiphany (PM Talks S3E8)
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Why Logic Alone Can't Explain the Human Mind (with Tom Griffiths)
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Algorithms to Live By
Brian Christian
when your previous book algorithms to live by right that was the one that i i look at that book in in the context of your body of work when it comes to writing and then the laws of thought ▶ tap to play from here
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
and that's what's summarized in the book thinking fast and slow ▶ tap to play from here
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Robert M. Pirsig
kinda like persig's work uh in you know in his in zen and and and his other work ▶ tap to play from here
The Goal
Eliyahu M. Goldratt
the theory of constraints from the book the goal ▶ tap to play from here
How to Live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day
Arnold Bennett
arnold bennett's book how to live on twenty four hours a day which is a hundred and ten year old book ▶ tap to play from here
Future Shock
Alvin Toffler
unlike say alvin toffler's future shock which is an old like his wife had to rewrite it ▶ tap to play from here
The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho
cord of allegorical or fable type type books that aim to teach us something ▶ tap to play from here
An Investigation of the Laws of Thought
George Boole
he wrote this book called an investigation of the laws of thought that title is obviously echoed by my title here ▶ tap to play from here
Why "Life Is" Might Be the Only Sentence You Need (with Gary John Bishop)
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Time and the Art of Living
Robert Grudin
this is reminding me of sections of robert gruden's book time and the art of living ▶ tap to play from here
Soundtracks
Jon Acuff
the other thing he's talking about is soundtracks the john acup book you know the idea of the the things we keep replaying in our head again and again ▶ tap to play from here
Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and into Your Life
Gary John Bishop
we get back to the the kind of the book that you're most known for on fuck yourself ▶ tap to play from here
Now What? Your Life, Your Truth, and Your Way Forward
Gary John Bishop
and now we're into now what ▶ tap to play from here
The Goal Was Never Inbox Zero (It Was a Quiet Mind)
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Deep Work
Cal Newport
he's a computer science professor at georgetown right for the new yorker wrote deep work among others ▶ tap to play from here
Slow Productivity
Cal Newport
we just finished uh in my time crafting trust community our time crafting trust community talking about the book's slow productivity ▶ tap to play from here
A World Without Email
Cal Newport
and again cal wrote a book called the world without email ▶ tap to play from here
Why Procrastination Is Emotional, Not a Discipline Problem (with Robin J Emdon)
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Get Resultsology: The Science of Getting Stuff Done
Robin J. Emden
so it's get resultsology the scientist of getting stuff done ▶ tap to play from here
The Midnight Library
Matt Haig
all so you're right we it's so i mean i've said this before and this is not new but we don't just learn about we don't just learn what to do from the people that are in our purview our stories or whatever especially our parents we also learn what not to do like th i won't do that i won't do that and it it is fascinating um but you can't in in my experience that stuff you it doesn't you sometimes you get the epiphany and when you get the epiphany it's important to sit with it ▶ tap to play from here
Within Tolerance (PM Talks S3E7)
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Enough
Patrick Rhone
part of the reason why they motivated me to write enough is because ▶ tap to play from here
Future Shock
Alvin Toffler
in his book future shock he talks about this term over choice ▶ tap to play from here
Why You Can't Outwork Bad Sleep (with Shimin Ooi)
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What You're Not Measuring Is Costing You (with Dr. Henry Cloud)
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Boundaries
Dr. Henry Cloud
boundaries of course uh is is one of your your works ▶ tap to play from here
Necessary Endings
Dr. Henry Cloud
well the short version is i wrote a book called necessary endings ▶ tap to play from here
The Power of Moments
Chip Heath and Dan Heath
have you read the power of moments by chip and dan heath ▶ tap to play from here
Paying Attention to Your Attention
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Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life
Nir Eyal
this book called in indestractable by nir eall which came out in two thousand nineteen ▶ tap to play from here
Hyperfocus: How to Be More Productive in a World of Distraction
Chris Bailey
my friend chris bailey wrote a book a number of years ago called hyper focus how to be more productive in a world of distraction ▶ tap to play from here
Answers to Distraction
Edward M. Hallowell and John J. Ratey
so this is from edward m hallowell and john j rady and it's called answers to distraction ▶ tap to play from here
Driven to Distraction
Dr. Hallowell
so they wrote the book called driven to distraction ▶ tap to play from here
The Art of Noticing
Rob Walker
rob walker has written a great book i don't have in front of me here right now but it's called the art of noticing ▶ tap to play from here
The Score Takes Care of Itself
Bill Walsh
i r remember reading the score takes care of itself by bill walsh ▶ tap to play from here
The Art of Pacing: Why Slowing Down Is a Long Game Strategy (with Elizabeth Svoboda)
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Excellent Sheep
William Deresiewicz
he wrote a book called excellent sheep and b excellent sheep is basically about when you get really really good at performing a specific thing ▶ tap to play from here
The Art of Pacing: A Guide to Balancing Short-Term Demands with Long-Term Thriving
Elizabeth Svoboda
the book is called the art of pacing a guide to balancing short term term demands with long term thriving elizabeth ▶ tap to play from here
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