The Paul Minors Podcast: Productivity, Business & Self-Improvement

Depending on how you stumble across me and my website on the internet, you may be confused about what it is that I do.

This is totally understandable because I cover a range of topics. In the past, I’ve struggled to clearly articulate what I do. And depending on who’s asking I may give a different answer.

So, what is my business all about? Well, the central theme is:

TO HELP YOU ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE

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Download my productivity blueprint and learn the processes and tools I use to be more organised and achieve more in my business and home life. You'll also get my FREE 3-part video training series where I'll explain 1) 4 simple steps to supercharge your productivity 2) common mistakes to avoid 3) the 10 productivity tools I couldn't live without.

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For years I've been following the journey of Jeff Sheldon from Ugmonk.

Ugmonk is an online store that sells beautifully designed t-shirts, prints, and work accessories. Jeff started Ugmonk over a decade ago as a side business and it's grown to become a well-recognised brand (you've probably seen stock photos of Jeff's desk around the internet).

What I love about Jeff's business is that he likes to keep things small. Rather than producing large runs of each design of a t-shirt, Jeff keeps the business small and manageable so that he can balance his work and personal lives.

Jeff often shares behind the scenes of how his products are made and how he does his work. He uses both digital and analogue systems to organise his projects and plan his time.

A few years ago, Jeff ran an extremely successful Kickstarter campaign raising over $430,000 for his desk organiser, Gather. And now, he's running a new campaign for his new task management system, Analog (LINK). While I'm not a big user of analogue tools, I really like the idea of writing down your key tasks on a tangible notecard and can't wait to try it out myself.

If you'd like to support Jeff's campaign, you can learn more here.

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Download my productivity blueprint and learn the processes and tools I use to be more organised and achieve more in my business and home life. You'll also get my FREE 3-part video training series where I'll explain 1) 4 simple steps to supercharge your productivity 2) common mistakes to avoid 3) the 10 productivity tools I couldn't live without.

Download here » https://paulminors.com/products/productivity-blueprint/

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For most of our professional careers, we are pushing to achieve, do and earn more. Constant growth. That’s the goal.

The problem here is that we become insatiable. We’re never satisfied and constantly have to move the goalposts to achieve more. If you’ve ever received a pay rise or promotion, you’ll know what I mean. You think that earning that little bit extra or having that new responsibility will make all the difference, but it usually doesn’t. It quickly becomes your new normal and you need more…

Having ‘enough’ is an idea that challenges you to only earn, do or have enough instead of chasing the constant pursuit of more. This goes against our natural instincts and may be uncomfortable for some to hear.

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Download my productivity blueprint and learn the processes and tools I use to be more organised and achieve more in my business and home life. You'll also get my FREE 3-part video training series where I'll explain 1) 4 simple steps to supercharge your productivity 2) common mistakes to avoid 3) the 10 productivity tools I couldn't live without.

Download here » https://paulminors.com/products/productivity-blueprint/

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast. I'd also love it if you could leave me a review. Doing this will help more people discover the show so they to can get more done and get more out of life.

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My calendar is probably the most important productivity tool I use (even more important than Asana). It’s how I organise my life, see what’s coming up and ultimately how I plan what I should be doing.

But when I work with clients, I’m often surprised by how little or how much they have on their calendar. Or I see they’re not using basic features that can help you to get more out of their calendar.

The calendar you use really doesn’t matter that much. Most people use either the Apple Calendar (like me), Google or Outlook Calendar. They’re all pretty similar and the advice I’m going to share isn’t specific to any one tool.

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Download my productivity blueprint and learn the processes and tools I use to be more organised and achieve more in my business and home life. You'll also get my FREE 3-part video training series where I'll explain 1) 4 simple steps to supercharge your productivity 2) common mistakes to avoid 3) the 10 productivity tools I couldn't live without.

Download here » paulminors.com/products/productivity-blueprint/

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Change can be scary. And this isn’t our fault. The thing about change is that it creates mystery around what’s going to happen next and as humans we are biologically programmed to fear what we don’t know.

But the thing is, change is necessary. Personal growth, self-improvement and business development all require change.

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Download my productivity blueprint and learn the processes and tools I use to be more organised and achieve more in my business and home life. You'll also get my FREE 3-part video training series where I'll explain 1) 4 simple steps to supercharge your productivity 2) common mistakes to avoid 3) the 10 productivity tools I couldn't live without.

Download here » https://paulminors.com/products/productivity-blueprint/

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One of the most frustrating things I hear from clients and subscribers is that they are ‘too busy’ to improve their situation.

These are people who feel overwhelmed and don't have an effective system to manage their work. They usually approach me because they want to use a tool like Asana or Pipedrive to improve their efficiency and free up their time. And they understand that having better systems and processes will improve productivity and even increases the capacity and performance of their business.

But here’s the crazy part, they don't want to put in the TIME to learn the tool or improve the system. They’re riding the ‘too busy bicycle’

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Download my productivity blueprint and learn the processes and tools I use to be more organised and achieve more in my business and home life. You'll also get my FREE 3-part video training series where I'll explain 1) 4 simple steps to supercharge your productivity 2) common mistakes to avoid 3) the 10 productivity tools I couldn't live without.

Download here » https://paulminors.com/products/productivity-blueprint/

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast. I'd also love it if you could leave me a review. Doing this will help more people discover the show so they to can get more done and get more out of life.

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There are loads of habits you can adopt to be more productive. Some people like to meditate, journal, wake up early (or stay up late), drink coffee, set timers and so on…

If you think this episode is going to tell you which habits are the absolute best to adopt in order to be more productive, sorry to disappoint you. The not so exciting answer is that there is no secret recipe to productivity. If you ever read headlines like ’The 10 best habits to help you get more done’ or something like that, you should be sceptical.

Improved productivity is going to be different for each person.

In this episode, my goal is to help you to identify the right habits that you should focus on in order to be more productive. Below I have listed a series of questions you can ask yourself to determine if the habits you’re trying to adopt are indeed the right ones. As you read this post, perhaps have a habit in the back of your mind that you can think about while answering these questions for yourself.

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Download my productivity blueprint and learn the processes and tools I use to be more organised and achieve more in my business and home life. You'll also get my FREE 3-part video training series where I'll explain 1) 4 simple steps to supercharge your productivity 2) common mistakes to avoid 3) the 10 productivity tools I couldn't live without.

Download here » paulminors.com/products/productivity-blueprint/

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast. I'd also love it if you could leave me a review. Doing this will help more people discover the show so they to can get more done and get more out of life.

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5 Years ago I made my first ever online sale. It sounds cliche but I really couldn’t believe it when it happened. It was a Saturday morning and I received a Paypal notification on my phone and here’s what went through my head:

“WTF! Someone, from somewhere in the world just found me online and decided to send me their hard-earned money to buy an ebook I had created from nothing on my computer. And I was able to deliver that product, without having to ship any physical goods earning almost pure profit.”

No joke, I literally ran and told my wife Hayley what had just happened.

Today, 5 years on, I want to share this story and a message to anyone who’s thinking about starting or who has just started their online business.

Show notes » https://paulminors.com/173

Download my productivity blueprint and learn the processes and tools I use to be more organised and achieve more in my business and home life. You'll also get my FREE 3-part video training series where I'll explain 1) 4 simple steps to supercharge your productivity 2) common mistakes to avoid 3) the 10 productivity tools I couldn't live without.

Download here » https://paulminors.com/products/productivity-blueprint/

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast. I'd also love it if you could leave me a review. Doing this will help more people discover the show so they to can get more done and get more out of life.

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5 Years ago I made my first ever online sale. It sounds cliche but I really couldn’t believe it when it happened. It was a Saturday morning and I received a Paypal notification on my phone and here’s what went through my head:

“WTF! Someone, from somewhere in the world just found me online and decided to send me their hard-earned money to buy an ebook I had created from nothing on my computer. And I was able to deliver that product, without having to ship any physical goods earning almost pure profit.”

No joke, I literally ran and told my wife Hayley what had just happened.

Today, 5 years on, I want to share this story and a message to anyone who’s thinking about starting or who has just started their online business.

Show notes » https://paulminors.com/173

Download my productivity blueprint and learn the processes and tools I use to be more organised and achieve more in my business and home life. You'll also get my FREE 3-part video training series where I'll explain 1) 4 simple steps to supercharge your productivity 2) common mistakes to avoid 3) the 10 productivity tools I couldn't live without.

Download here » https://paulminors.com/products/productivity-blueprint/

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast. I'd also love it if you could leave me a review. Doing this will help more people discover the show so they to can get more done and get more out of life.

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“Busy” has become the default response whenever someone asks how we’re doing (which is a terrible answer).

Right now, a lot of us have more idle time on our hands than we’re used to and don’t know what to do. Now, we can finally do all those things that have been put off to “one day”.

On Saturday morning, I jokingly asked Hayley how we were going to fill our time over the weekend while on COVID lockdown. I joked at first as I thought we had nothing to do. But we ended up spending a good chunk of the weekend sorting messy cupboards, clearing the shed, walking and relaxing. We ended up having a great weekend and actually got a lot done.

It turns out, there’s more to do than you think and plenty of ways you can put your idle time to good use and have fun at the same time. Here are a few things I came up with. Please leave me a comment below with your ideas (as we’ve run out of stuff to clean this weekend).

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Download my productivity blueprint and learn the processes and tools I use to be more organised and achieve more in my business and home life. You'll also get my FREE 3-part video training series where I'll explain 1) 4 simple steps to supercharge your productivity 2) common mistakes to avoid 3) the 10 productivity tools I couldn't live without.

Download here » https://paulminors.com/products/productivity-blueprint/

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast. I'd also love it if you could leave me a review. Doing this will help more people discover the show so they to can get more done and get more out of life.

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