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The PRODUCTIVITY podcast delivers time management strategies that work. You get one productivity tip a day in a short, productive episode. From the best productivity apps, software, and tools, to science-backed productivity tips, each episode helps you get your important things done consistently and make the most of your time and talent. Host Brandon White has been an entrepreneur for over two decades. Knowing he'll never get everything done in a day, he's identified the best productivity strategies and products that act as force multipliers in business and everyday life.
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The Eisenhower D-Day Decision, and why waiting for certainty before making a decision is one of the most expensive habits you face throughout your life. We'll explore the psychology behind why your brain defaults to inaction, what the research says about the hidden cost of standing still, and three protocols to help you make faster, better decisions so you stop losing ground while you wait for the perfect answer. STUDY CITATIONS Samuelson, W. & Zeckhauser, R. (1988). Status quo bias in de...
What happens to your brain the moment someone unfairly accuses you of something, what the research says about why your first instinct to defend yourself can backfire, and 3 protocols top lawyers use to stay in control so you walk away with your credibility and your composure intact. STUDY CITATIONS Gross, J. J., & John, O. P. (2003). Individual differences in two emotion regulation processes: Implications for affect, relationships, and well-being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychol...
A Bruce Lee principle that goes way beyond martial arts, what the psychology says about why writing to your future self changes your behavior, and 3 protocols to start building the version of you that doesn't exist yet. STUDY CITATION King, L.A. (2001). The health benefits of writing about life goals. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27 (7), 798–807. Make sure you hit "FOLLOW" in your podcast player so you never miss an episode of the PRODUCTIVITY Podcast SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR Treva...
The peak-end rule, what it is, what the research says about how memory rewrites experience, and 3 protocols to design your endings so the peak-end rule works for you instead of against you, in your own head and in everyone else's. STUDY CITATIONS Fredrickson, B. L., & Kahneman, D. (1993). Duration neglect in retrospective evaluations of affective episodes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 65 (1), 45–55. Make sure you hit "FOLLOW" in your podcast player so you never miss an e...
How AI memory in tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude can quietly limit your thinking, what the research says about why AI personalization narrows your perspective, and 3 protocols to audit and reset your AI memory so it stays a productivity tool and not a productivity trap. STUDY CITATION Lopez-Lopez, E., Abels, C. M., Holford, D., Herzog, S. M., & Lewandowsky, S. (2025). Generative artificial intelligence–mediated confirmation bias in health information seeking. Annals of the New York...
The Cynefin framework, a decision-making model that sorts problems into five categories so you stop wasting time and energy on the wrong approach. We'll breaking down where the Cynefin framework comes from, what the research says about matching your strategy to the problem type, and 3 protocols to use the Cynefin framework before your next decision costs you a weekend or a deadline. STUDY CITATIONS Nachbagauer, A. (2021). Managing complexity in projects: Extending the Cynefin framework. Proje...
The intransigent minority, why a tiny fraction of any group can reshape the rules for everyone else, what the research says about how small that fraction can be, and 3 protocols to spot when an intransigent minority is steering your choices so you stop finding out after the fact and what you can do about when you find out. STUDY CITATIONS Centola, D., Becker, J., Brackbill, D., & Baronchelli, A. (2018). Experimental evidence for tipping points in social convention. Science, 360(6393), 111...
AI automation email agents, what they are, what they're good at, where they'll get you in trouble, and 3 protocols to set up your own AI email agent so you spend less time in your inbox and more time on the work that moves things forward. STUDY CITATIONS Noy, S. & Zhang, W. (2023). Experimental evidence on the productivity effects of generative artificial intelligence. Science, 381 (6654), 187–192. Make sure you hit "FOLLOW" in your podcast player so you never miss an episode o...
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The PRODUCTIVITY podcast delivers time management strategies that work. You get one productivity tip a day in a short, productive episode. From the best productivity apps, software, and tools, to science-backed productivity tips, each episode helps you get your important things done consistently and make the most of your time and talent. Host Brandon White has been an entrepreneur for over two decades. Knowing he'll never get everything done in a day, he's identified the best productivity strategies and products that act as force multipliers in business and everyday life.
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