PRODUCTIVITY
Self-Improvement
About
The PRODUCTIVITY Podcast brings you science backed productivity tactics, techniques, and procedures that work so you can get the most out of your time, talent and ideas. You get one productivity episode a day in a short, productive, episode that gives you actionable playbooks to put the ideas to work for yourself. Your Host Brandon White has been an entrepreneur in the trenches for over two decades. He has his Masters in Psychology, MBA, and is a certified Expert Tiny Habits Coach studying with BJ Fogg from Standford's Behavioral Design Lab. With real life experience , Brandon knows he'll never get everything done in a day, but he's figured out the best productivity strategies and products that are force multipliers to get the most out of a day in your personal and professional life. Listen in for your daily productivity tips.
Episodes
- The Red Queen Effect: How to Stay Relevant When the World Won't Slow Down
This episode explains the Red Queen Effect and its impact on individuals and organizations, based on research. It offers three protocols to help listeners maintain relevance and stay ahead.
- The ONE Thing: Gary Keller's Method for Getting More Done by Doing Less
This episode explores Gary Keller's ONE Thing method, explaining its principles and how task-switching hinders productivity. It offers three protocols to implement the method for better results.
- The OODA Loop: A Four-Step Framework for Making Faster, Smarter Decisions
This episode discusses the OODA Loop, a four-step decision-making framework. It explores research on the benefits of faster OODA Loop cycling and provides three methods for applying it to projects, ideas, and team feedback.
- Are You Always Late? Science Explains Why and Gives You 4 Protocols to Fix It
This episode explores the reasons behind chronic lateness, citing research on personality and conscientiousness. It offers four protocols to help listeners improve their punctuality.
- Phosphatidylserine: The Supplement Backed by Science to Boost Your Brain Power
This episode explores phosphatidylserine, discussing its impact on brain function and stress hormones. It also provides three ways to utilize the supplement for maximum benefit, referencing scientific studies.
- AI Brain Fry: How to Avoid It and Stay at Peak Productivity When Using AI
This episode discusses AI Brain Fry, including its definition, research-backed causes, and three protocols to prevent burnout while using AI. Studies on AI in the workplace are cited.
- How to Stop Being a People Pleaser: The Science Behind Why We Do It and How to Stop
This episode explores people pleasing, discussing its definition, scientific reasons behind it, and three strategies to overcome it. The episode aims to help listeners protect their time and sanity to enhance their happiness.
- A Wandering Mind Is an Unhappy Mind: Here's What the Science Says How to Avoid It
This episode discusses what mind wandering is and why research suggests it leads to unhappiness. It also offers three methods to control a wandering mind for improved presence, productivity, creativity, and happiness.
- How to Protect Your Team When Stress Turns Someone Into a Liability
This episode discusses how to identify and manage team members under pressure. It also covers methods to prevent stress from negatively impacting team productivity and goals.
- The US Army’s 4 Leadership Principles: What They Are, Why They Work, and How You Can Use Them
This episode discusses the US Army's four leadership principles, examining their effectiveness and providing actionable protocols for listeners. It references research on transformational leadership and performance.
- Creatine: The Brain and Body Benefits and How to Use It Right For Both
This episode discusses creatine, its benefits for the brain and body, and practical ways to use it. It highlights research supporting creatine's role in cognitive performance and muscle strength.
- The 3-Step Protocol to Never Forget a Name or Face Again When You Meet Someone New
This episode of PRODUCTIVITY discusses a 3-step protocol for remembering names and faces. It examines research on why face-name memory is challenging and offers techniques to improve recall.
- How to Write a Modern Business Plan in 11 Slides and Increase Your Chances of Success
This episode explains how to write a modern business plan using an 11-slide framework. It covers the definition of a business plan, its importance, and the specific slides required to test and validate products or services efficiently.
- Trust Your Gut or Run the Numbers? Here's What the Research Says About When to Use the Decision Matrix
This episode discusses the gut versus data debate in decision-making, exploring when intuition is beneficial and when it can be detrimental. It introduces a decision matrix as a tool to aid in making difficult choices.
- Decision Fatigue Mastery: 3 Protocols to Make Better Choices Every Day
This episode discusses decision fatigue, explaining what it is and why it affects decision-making capacity. It presents three protocols designed to help individuals overcome decision fatigue and maintain productivity throughout the day.
- Self-Sabotage: The Behavioral Science of Self-Sabotage and How to Get Out of Your Own Way
This episode of the PRODUCTIVITY podcast explores the behavioral science of self-sabotage. It discusses the Immunity to Change framework and offers protocols to understand and overcome self-sabotaging behaviors.
- Continuity Books: The Military's Secret to Seamless Role Transitions and How to use it to Get New People Productive Faster
This episode explores continuity books, their effectiveness in facilitating seamless role transitions, and their application in quickly integrating new team members. It covers the military's use of these books and provides protocols for th…
- Why 44% of Meeting Action Items Never Get Done and the AI Protocol That Fixes It
This episode discusses why 44% of meeting action items go unfinished and introduces AI meeting assistants as a solution. It covers what these assistants are and provides three protocols for their use to improve meeting outcomes and follow-…
- Your Job Is Changing. How to Stay Relevant and a Step Ahead as AI Takes Over the Work
This episode explores how AI is changing the job market and the importance of adapting to these changes. It discusses job security and provides protocols for transitioning your career in the age of AI.
- Flow State Psychology: The 4 Triggers You Need to Enter "The Zone" on Command To Hit Your Peak Performance
This episode discusses flow state psychology, including research on how flow state works. It covers four triggers identified by psychologists and performance researchers to enter flow state on command for peak performance.
- How to Handle "Can I Pick Your Brain" Meeting Requests To Protect Your Time
This episode of PRODUCTIVITY focuses on strategies for handling "Can I Pick Your Brain" meeting requests. It explores why you should initially decline and offers three protocols for managing these requests effectively to protect your time.
- The Indirect Approach: The Life Lesson From Lawrence of Arabia's 600-Mile Desert March
This episode discusses the indirect approach, drawing lessons from Lawrence of Arabia's military strategies. It covers research on why this approach is effective and provides two ways to apply it for better outcomes in your own life.
- Trick Your Brain into Peak Performance: How to Tap the Hidden Performance Reserve Your Brain Is Keeping From You
This episode of the PRODUCTIVITY podcast discusses how to achieve peak performance by tricking your brain. It covers research on hidden brain reserves and provides three ways to improve workouts, deep work, and creative projects.
- The Ask Me First AI Prompt: The AI Prompt That Improves Your Results Every Time
This episode explains the "Ask Me First" AI prompt, detailing what it is, why it works, and three methods to utilize it for personalized results. The discussion includes practical applications of the prompt to enhance daily life.
- Gaslighting: What it Actually Is, How to Recognize When You Are Getting Gaslit, and How to Respond
This episode discusses gaslighting, its impact on one's sense of reality, and offers methods for recognition and self-protection. It covers how gaslighting can affect various aspects of life, including personal relationships and the workpl…
- Steel Man: Why the Smartest People Always Argue the Other Side First
This episode discusses the Steel Man Technique, including its definition, supporting research, and three applications for improving decision-making in various aspects of life. It also mentions study citations and ways to connect with the p…
- How to Avoid Groupthink
This episode covers the concept of groupthink, its impact on decision-making and ideas, and offers three methods to prevent its negative effects on individuals and teams. Research cited in the episode explores the organizational applicatio…
- The Imposter Syndrome Flip: Why Feeling Like a Fraud Might Mean You're Exactly Where You Should Be
This episode discusses imposter syndrome, examines relevant research, and provides strategies to reframe it as a positive indicator of personal and professional growth. It explores how understanding and addressing imposter syndrome can lea…
- How to Say No Without Guilt and Why People Are Terrible At It
This episode of the PRODUCTIVITY podcast explores the difficulty of saying no and provides three strategies to do so without guilt. It also references research on the language of refusal.
- How to Use Google’s Nano Banana to Edit Images Like a Pro
This episode discusses using Google's Nano Banana for image editing. It covers what Nano Banana is, the impact of vague prompts, and provides three effective prompting techniques.
- Email Signatures: The Email Trick That Cuts Your Inbox Time Without AI Getting It Wrong
This episode discusses email signatures as pre-written response templates to save time. It covers their definition, research-backed benefits, creation, and applications to reduce repetitive typing.
- The Steve Jobs 2-Hour Rule: How to Make Time For Your Best Thinking
This episode explores the Steve Jobs 2-hour rule, explaining its concept and the neurological basis for why unstructured thinking time enhances productivity. It also provides three methods to integrate this rule into your daily schedule.
- 5 AI Prompts for Your Work Life That Get You Out the Door Earlier So You Can Beat Traffic and Get Home Early
This episode of PRODUCTIVITY shares 5 AI prompts to help streamline your work life. It explores how these prompts can contribute to saving time and improving work-life balance.
- 5 AI Prompts for Your Personal Life That Save Hours Every Week
This episode explores 5 AI prompts designed to save hours every week by streamlining personal life tasks. It discusses how AI can change the way daily responsibilities are managed at home, offering practical prompts for immediate use.
- Churchill's Secret Unit: Why Cognitively Diverse Teams Win
This episode discusses cognitive diversity, its historical proof through Churchill's WWII unit, and scientific research supporting its effectiveness. It also provides steps to build more productive and cognitively diverse teams.
- The Power of "Because": The One Word That Makes People Say Yes
This episode discusses the power of the word "because," exploring why the brain responds to it and what research reveals. It offers three methods to utilize "because" for increased agreement in professional and personal settings.
- No Single-Player Mode: How to Break the Bottleneck
This episode of the PRODUCTIVITY podcast discusses "No Single-Player Mode," exploring why being the sole person with specific knowledge can lead to productivity issues and burnout. The hosts offer three strategies to help teams move beyond…
- Google NotebookLM: The AI Tool That Actually Knows Your Stuff
This episode discusses Google NotebookLM, its distinctions from other AI tools, and practical applications for saving time and uncovering insights. It also references relevant research on AI usage.
- The Pygmalion Effect: How Your Expectations Shape the People Around You
This episode discusses the Pygmalion Effect, examining its definition, research findings on its presence in personal and professional settings, and practical applications for positively influencing those around you.
- Interpreting Digital Tone: Why Your Brain is Wired to Misread Messages and How to Stop The Anxiety It Creates
This episode discusses how the brain is wired to misread digital messages and the anxiety this can create. It presents research findings and offers three methods to prevent these messages from causing daily stress.
- Strategic Vulnerability: How Vulnerability Builds Trust
This episode discusses strategic vulnerability, why it is often misunderstood, and how it builds trust and improves productivity. It also covers practical ways to apply strategic vulnerability in various aspects of life.
- The Science of Emotional Contagion: How One Person's Bad Mood Tanks Everyone Around Them and How to Protect Yourself
This episode of the PRODUCTIVITY podcast discusses emotional contagion, explaining how it spreads in various environments and offering practical tips to protect your energy and positivity. Scientific studies on emotional contagion are cite…
- The After Action Report: The Military Tool That Makes Teams 25% More Productive Your Team Should be Using
This episode discusses the After Action Report, a military tool that can enhance team productivity. It covers the origins of the report, methods for implementation after meetings or projects, and offers tips to increase team productivity.
- The Marshmallow Test: How to Train Yourself for Delayed Gratification
This episode explores the Marshmallow Test, research on delayed gratification, and offers three ways to train oneself for delayed gratification to enhance productivity in various aspects of life.
- Clean Screen Means Clear Mind: The Productivity Hack Nobody Talks About and How to Do It
This episode explores the link between screen cleanliness and productivity, discussing the impact of visual clutter on the brain. It also offers three practical tips for cleaning your screen to improve focus.
- Attrition Warfare: Why Outlasting the Problem Is the Most Underrated Productivity Strategy and How to Use It To Accomplish Your Goals
This episode discusses attrition warfare as a personal productivity strategy. It explains why it is effective, presents relevant research, and provides three tips for its application to achieve goals.
- Build Your Network 8/7 BONUS Episode: The Tool That Runs the Whole Relationship Building System
This bonus episode from the PRODUCTIVITY podcast focuses on a tool designed to manage personal and professional networks. It serves as a complement to the "Build Your Network" series, explaining the featured application.
- Build Your Network 7/7: The Long Game. Your Network at 50 Looks Nothing Like Your Network at 30. Here’s How to Build It The Right Way at Each Stage
This episode of the PRODUCTIVITY podcast, "Build Your Network 7/7: The Long Game," discusses building a professional network that changes over time. It covers strategies for forming relationships that support career trajectory and personal…
- Build Your Network 6/7: Your Pivotal Contacts. And How to Find Them
This episode, part of the "Build Your Network" series, focuses on identifying pivotal contacts who can significantly impact one's career. It explores how these relationships can accelerate progress and provides insights into finding them.
- Build Your Network 5/7: The Four Ways to Invest in Your Network That Pay Off
This episode of the PRODUCTIVITY podcast explores four effective ways to invest in your network and why these methods are successful. It also touches on the long-term impact of consistent investment in professional relationships.