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Asian Efficiency is the leading website on time management and productivity. Learn how to be efficient, get things done (GTD), and stay motivated.

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From Burnout to Breakthroug...

06.05.2023

Are you an engineer feeling overworked, undervalued, and unsure of how to advance in your career? We speak to former engineer Zach White, who overcame burnout and personal struggles to achieve career success and personal fulfillment. Tune in to learn ...

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06.05.2023 From Burnout to Breakthrough: How This Engineer Achieved Career Success w/ Zach White (TPS459) Are you an engineer feeling overworked, undervalued, and unsure of how to advance in your career? We speak to former engineer Zach White, who overcame burnout and personal struggles to achieve career success and personal fulfillment. Tune in to learn ...
05.31.2023 Find Your Flow: Boost Your Productivity and Creativity – Wisdom Wednesday Ever wondered how high achievers seem to accomplish so much effortlessly? The answer is your ability to get into a flow state. Discover how you can tap into this powerful state to supercharge your productivity, enhance your creativity, and find ...
05.29.2023 How To Manage Stress: Unconventional Ideas for Busy Professionals (TPS458) When was the last time you felt stressed out? Stress is such a productivity killer, and while there are lots of common ways to manage your stress — we promise we aren’t going to tell you to exercise — we’re ...
05.24.2023 Weekly Planning: Your Blueprint For Success – Wisdom Wednesday Are you feeling like you're constantly playing catch up with your tasks and your goals? Ever wish you just had a crystal ball to show you exactly what your week should look like? In this episode, we share something even ...
05.22.2023 The Power of Nonverbal Communication: Boosting Productivity and Success w/ Blake Eastman (TPS457) Unleash the power of nonverbal communication to boost your productivity and success with Blake Eastman, a distinguished behavioral scientist and founder of The Nonverbal Group. Discover how to decode body language, manage stress and anxiety, and enhance your communication and ...
05.17.2023 The Power of the Daily Check-In – Wisdom Wednesday A daily check-in can be a game changer in how you manage your work, your day, and ultimately your life. In this episode, we'll walk you through this simple but profound ritual. Be proactive and in control of your day, ...
05.15.2023 10 Tricks and Hacks to Turn Your Phone Into a Productivity Tool (TPS456) Unlock your hidden potential in just minutes! We dive into ten secret phone settings that will revolutionize your daily routine. Don't let your phone control you; take charge and make every moment count. Miss out on this episode, and you'll ...
05.08.2023 Achieving Financial Freedom Without Sacrificing Your Family Life w/ Steve Chou (TPS455) If you're looking to achieve financial freedom while still prioritizing your family and health, this episode is a must-listen! We sat down with Steve Chou, founder of MyWifeQuitHerJob.com and author of "The Family First Entrepreneur." Steve shares his personal story ...
05.03.2023 Master the Daily Target for Unstoppable Success – Wisdom Wednesday Are you ready to transform your productivity game and make every day count? We reveal the power of the Daily Target concept from our 25X Productivity System. Learn how to determine what makes a day truly productive, and never again ...
05.01.2023 New Alternative to Notion, 6 Bad Habits to Break, & Weekly Review Tips (TPS454) We discuss the app that will crush Notion, 6 non-obvious habits that make you miserable, how to choose the best productivity apps, and how to conduct a weekly review. We have lots to go over with you so tune in ...
04.26.2023 The Focus Filter: Identify Your Key Tasks Every Day – Wisdom Wednesday Have you ever looked at your to-do list for the day and thought to yourself “I have NO idea where to start”? Sometimes it is very clear, but other days everything has flags or due dates or we just start ...
04.24.2023 Find Your Unique Ability and Ikigai w/ Ali Nasser (TPS453) Discover your unique abilities, skills and passions. By the end of this episode, you will be able to identify your Ikigai and know the intersection of your passion, what you can get paid to do, and your contribution to the ...
04.19.2023 Unleash the Power of the Shutdown Ritual – Wisdom Wednesday Discover the transformative power of the Shutdown Ritual, a game-changing evening routine designed to optimize your productivity and sleep quality. In this episode, we reveal the secret to waking up refreshed, focused, and ready to tackle your day like never ...
04.17.2023 Free Up Time In Your Business Using ClickUp w/ Kaci Ackerman (TPS452) Every business owner knows they should spend more time working ON their business than IN their business, but how do you do that? In this episode, Certified Business Manager Kaci Ackerman shares how to create white space in your life ...
04.12.2023 3 Must-Have Productivity Apps – Wisdom Wednesday Do you have these 3 productivity apps? If not, you’re not as productive as you could be. Tune in and discover what they are. Learn more at https://theproductivityshow.com/
04.10.2023 Invest In Yourself: 3 Ways To Accelerate Progress And Get Unstuck (TPS451) Have you ever felt like your career or your life is stuck, or not progressing as quickly as you think it should? Forward momentum doesn't just happen on its own - YOU have to make it happen, and to do ...
04.05.2023 Ask The Right Questions To Make The Best Decisions – Wisdom Wednesday We all know people who are great at making decisions. How do they know the right thing to do? Sometimes it is instinct, but more often than not it is because they know the right questions to ask. In this ...
04.03.2023 Do Your Apps Cause Procrastination? Plus The Quiet Weekend Trend & More (TPS450) Are your favorite apps wasting your time with “sophisticated procrastination”? What would you buy if your company gave you a WFH budget? How can you have a “Quiet Weekend”? In this episode, we talk about these topics, Thanh’s new favorite ...
03.29.2023 How To Find Your Peak Productivity Times – Wisdom Wednesday How productive would you be if you could time things, so you got the right things done at the PERFECT time to do them? In this episode, we’ll cover a 3-part framework for finding your peak productivity times: the best ...
03.27.2023 Doctor Reveals Top Productivity Tips and Workflows for Medical Professionals (TPS449) If you're a medical professional looking to boost your productivity and reduce burnout, you won't want to miss this insightful conversation. Tune in as Dr Don Pelto discusses actionable ways to streamline your workflow and maximize your time, all while ...
03.22.2023 Unlock Productivity and Save Hours a Day – Wisdom Wednesday Discover how checking your email only twice a day can significantly increase your productivity and save you hours of valuable time. With practical tips and insights, you'll learn how to avoid distractions, prioritize tasks, and achieve more in less time. ...
03.20.2023 Take Better Notes: Our Favorite Note-Taking Apps Right Now (TPS448) Are you tired of messy, disorganized notes scattered across different platforms? Are you overwhelmed by the number of note-taking apps out there? It seems like there is a new “hot” app every week, but in this episode, you’ll discover the ...
03.15.2023 How To Build Renewal Into Your Day – Wisdom Wednesday Imagine how productive you’d be if you had as much energy at the end of your day as you do at the start. We’ve all heard “you need to take breaks!” and “downtime makes you more productive!”, but how do ...
03.13.2023 Find The Right Productivity Tool For You w/ Francesco D’Alessio (TPS447) There are so many productivity tools out there; how do you know which tool is the right one for you? How do you avoid “Shiny Object Syndrome”? What are the latest trends in productivity? In this episode, we are joined ...
03.08.2023 How To Stay Consistent With Your Weekly Review – Wisdom Wednesday Being consistent with your weekly review is, for most people, the hardest part of productivity systems like David Allen's Getting Things Done. Doing it once or twice is easy. Doing it every single week? Not so much. In this episode, ...
03.06.2023 The Year Of Efficiency, Micromanaging Apps & AI Wars (TPS446) How can your career thrive in “The Year of Efficiency”? Would you use an app that records EVERYTHING on your computer? Are productivity apps even worth it? In this episode, we talk about these topics, the coming AI wars, and ...
03.01.2023 Productivity Insurance: How To Predict Productivity Problems – Wisdom Wednesday Want to avoid productivity problems before they even happen? The unexpected will come up of course, but let’s face it — if we had thought about it, a lot of our issues could have been avoided or at least minimized. ...
02.27.2023 Travel Hacking and Remote Working Tips w/ Nomadic Matt (TPS445) You can travel the world and work productively at the same time. Our guest is a NYT bestselling author, traveled to over 100 countries and built a successful business at the same time. Matt Kepenes, also known as Nomadic Matt, ...
02.22.2023 Mind The Gap: Make Your Quarterly Plan A Success – Wisdom Wednesday Goals aren’t enough! You need to know where you are now, where you want to get to, and what you need to do to get there. We call that Minding The Gap. In this episode, we’ll show you how to ...
02.20.2023 The Best Calendar Apps for iOS and Android (TPS444) Tired of constantly double-checking your schedule and missing important appointments? In this episode, we'll dive into the world of calendar apps for iOS and Android. From the best apps for managing multiple calendars to the top features for increasing productivity, ...
02.15.2023 Personal Outsourcing – Save Time, Energy, and Attention – Wisdom Wednesday Want a next-level productivity hack? Focus as much of your time, energy, and attention as possible on things that bring you joy and move you closer to your goals. For everything else, eliminate what you can, and for much of ...
02.13.2023 Chris Bailey Teaches You To Calm Your Mind (TPS443) The world is filled with stress and anxiety, but that doesn’t mean you need to be. It might sound surprising, but the way to true productivity is through.. calm. Hustling, grinding, and imbalance will happen from time to time, but ...
02.08.2023 Life Leverages – One Skill To Master Your Attention – Wisdom Wednesday Have more time and feel less overwhelmed by creating leverage. We’ll show you how to do this in less than 10 minutes. Learn more at https://theproductivityshow.com/
02.06.2023 Was Your Password Manager Hacked? Is Clutter A Good Thing? & More (TPS442) There is starting to be a pushback against decluttering in articles and social media trends. Can clutter actually be a good thing? Also, quiet quitters are getting quiet fired, and a popular password manager has been hacked yet again. You ...
02.01.2023 Rise Ritual: Win The First 90 Minutes Of Your Day – Wisdom Wednesday The first 90 minutes of your day will set the tone for everything that happens after. The best way to have a positive start consistently is with a Rise Ritual, a set of repeatable steps that you do every day. ...
01.30.2023 5 AI Tools To Save Time And Be 100X More Efficient (TPS441) Discover 5 AI tools that will save you multiple hours a week and have you do less mundane tasks. This episode might change your life and the way you work moving forward. Don’t miss out on these new productivity apps ...
01.25.2023 Monthly Planning The Easy Way – Wisdom Wednesday Monthly plans get a bad rap because they can take a long time, and often don’t work out. But it doesn’t have to be that way! You can make a helpful monthly plan that is easy to do, and you’ll ...
01.23.2023 How Ultra Wealthy People Manage Their Money w/ Jim Dew (TPS440) Get the secrets to managing your money and growing your wealth like billionaires do. We also asked a wealth manager how he manages his time and money. In an industry where laws are always changing, how does he stay on ...
01.18.2023 Reflection Ritual: Learn, Grow, De-Stress, and Clarify – Wisdom Wednesday A tool that helps you learn, grow, de-stress, and get clarity: what’s not to like? A Reflection Ritual is a quick process that helps you learn from the day, get stuff out of your head, and clarify what you are ...
01.16.2023 Success In A World of Exponential Information w/ Futurist Ross Dawson (TPS439) The amount of information we have to make sense of is staggering and can be overwhelming. However, it’s possible to not only survive this information overload but thrive! In this episode, we’re joined by futurist Ross Dawson to talk about ...
01.11.2023 Focus Engine: How To Get Focused Quickly – Wisdom Wednesday Do you have problems getting started when you sit down to get something done? The secret is not more willpower, it is to have a Focus Engine — a reliable set of tools and techniques to help you get started, ...
01.09.2023 How You Can Live Longer and Be In Shape In Only 30 Minutes A Day (TPS438) Live longer, lose weight and exercise for longevity. We have a world class strength & conditioning coach that reveals how to exercise to live longer and use technology to help you exercise more efficiently. It’s possible to workout in less ...
01.04.2023 Roll With The Punches: A Productivity Superpower – Wisdom Wednesday The ability to roll with the punches is a productivity superpower. It separates the people who throw up their hands at any setback from those who are able to get SOMETHING done in any circumstance. After this episode, you’ll be ...
01.02.2023 Evernote RIP? Should You Cancel All Meetings? & More (TPS437) A company tried to cancel all meetings during the summer. How did it work out? A country is recommending companies move to 4-Day Work Week Permanently. Also, our thoughts on Evernote being bought out. RIP? You can find links to ...
12.28.2022 1 Tweak to Change Your Life Trajectory – Wisdom Wednesday Accomplish your goals, in less time, and with more consistency by introducing this one tweak to your goal setting. In less than 10 minutes, I’ll show you what this one tweak is and how it can change your life trajectory ...
12.26.2022 New Year’s Resolutions: How To Make and Keep One This Year (TPS436) New Year’s Resolutions never work… UNLESS you do them the right way. In this episode, we will take you through a 3 step process to look back at the last year, set focused resolutions for the upcoming year, and actually ...
12.21.2022 Goal Getting: Don’t Just Set Goals, Get Them! – Wisdom Wednesday What is the point of setting goals if you don’t do the right things to achieve them? That’s why we don’t like goal SETTING, we like goal GETTING. In this episode, we take you through a 5-step process for goal ...
12.19.2022 Hunting Discomfort w/ Sterling Hawkins (TPS435) Is discomfort actually a good thing? Many of us do whatever we can to avoid it, but in reality, discomfort can be a feedback system, and can help point us forward. In this episode, we’re joined by entrepreneur and keynote ...
12.14.2022 Movement – One Daily Activity To Have More Energy – Wisdom Wednesday Have more energy, concentrate longer, and get more stuff done in the same amount of time. That’s what’s possible when you have daily movement practices in your life. In less than 10 minutes, we’ll show you how to have more ...
12.12.2022 Productivity For How You’re Wired w/ Ellen Faye (TPS434) Want to be more productive, but just can’t figure out how? There's so much productivity advice out there that is great... for the person giving it. But is it the right strategy for you? In this episode, Certified Productivity Leadership ...

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