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February 13, 2017 Ray Sidney-Smith

ProdPod: Episode 98: The Power of Short-Term Challenges

Have you ever entered a competition, or a race, of some kind? Whether it’s a science fair, marathon, triathlon, March

April 5, 2016 Ray Sidney-Smith

ProdPod: Episode 97: Time Thieves, Time Thugs, and Time Terrorists – How to Combat Them So You Can Get Back to Being Productive

In a nutshell: In the last episode we covered the descriptions of time thieves, thugs and terrorists. Now, I’d like

March 31, 2016 Ray Sidney-Smith

ProdPod: Episode 96: Time Thieves, Time Thugs, and Time Terrorists – Who They Are So You Can Identify Them Efficiently

In a nutshell: Time thieves, time thugs, and time terrorists are lurking around personal and work corners. Identifying them is

ProdPod - Effective Meeting Series-More Productive MeetingsWith Robert's Rules, Part I

March 1, 2016 Ray Sidney-Smith

ProdPod: Episode 95: Effective Meeting Series: More Productivity Meetings With Robert’s Rules of Order, Part II

In a nutshell: While Robert’s Rules of Order may seem outdated, outmoded, prescriptive, and even restrictive, you’d be surprised what a

February 23, 2016 Ray Sidney-Smith

ProdPod: Episode 94: Effective Meeting Series: More Productivity Meetings With Robert’s Rules of Order, Part I

In a nutshell: While Robert’s Rules of Order may seem outdated, outmoded, prescriptive, and even restrictive, you’d be surprised what

February 16, 2016 Ray Sidney-Smith

ProdPod: Episode 93: Gamification and Your Productivity

A gamified life. For the productivity and technology geek that I am, it sounds like a pretty cool existence to

November 3, 2015 Ray Sidney-Smith

ProdPod: Episode 92: Rewarding Yourself for Productive Habit Development and Reaching Goals

Summary: I have a three-tiered reward system for conquering mundane tasks, sustaining habit development, and reaching big goals. Rewarding yourself helps

August 6, 2015 Ray Sidney-Smith

ProdPod: Episode 91: What Do You Own?

Have you ever been in a situation where you lost all your worldly possessions in one day? I have. It’s

March 31, 2015 Ray Sidney-Smith

ProdPod: Episode 90: Biology, Self-Actualization and Your Productivity

When the idea of self-actualization developed in the mid-20th century, far before the field of positive psychology was fostered by

March 24, 2015 Ray Sidney-Smith

ProdPod: Episode 89 — Multi-Sensory Productivity

Humans have five common senses. (We actually have several more senses not commonly discussed.) Your sense of touch is mostly