AIR stands for Act Inform Restore Remember? Restore is what you do to get your head back in the game and we all need it. There's no point in slogging on for hour after hour, day after day, week after week, 'cos your productivity just falls r

Batching is bad! Episode 28

Jan 29th, 2019 6m 47s

Batching is the way to go, right? It's more efficient to do things together in one go. It makes sense - we get our stuff set up... our computers turned on... our head in the game... and off we go. But what if it's not? What if there are a few

The obligatory New Year thing! Episode 027

Jan 15th, 2019 10m 9s

In this short solo episode I explore a couple of changes to the podcast but more importantly I look at some ideas to make your New Year Resolutions more likely to be successful. There's no certainty of course, but there's quite a lot of science

Masterminding differently with Natalie Shaul - episode 26

Dec 18th, 2018 17m 53s

Natalie is a life coach - not just any old life coach... a life coach who's lived what she's teaching. We dig straight in to the useful stuff here but Natalie's personal story involves big business, finance and significant health challenges. Ri

Masterminding to get more done...in depth - Episode 025

Dec 4th, 2018 20m 36s

After introducing the idea of MasterMinding last week, this week I chat to Ady Henderson, an uber-productive small business owner about how she uses masterminding as a productivity - tool. Even dedicating a full half day per week, still means

Solving Other People's Problems - episode 24

Nov 27th, 2018 8m 9s

It's not rocket science! You can't solve your own problems. If you could, you'd do so, and there wouldn't be a problem any more. So rather than sit banging your head on the computer desk, take a moment to see if solving other people's problems.

Procrastination bites the dust - Episode 023

Nov 20th, 2018 8m 9s

You know the evil big bad productivity-killer-monster called procrastination? Here's a procrastination killer... Well, okay, not a killer, but a damned handy productivity idea that gets us past our procrastination problems pretty easily. It's s

Two simple tools for getting more done - thinking like twitter

Nov 6th, 2018 6m 3s

The AIRcast is back! What? You didn't know we'd been away? Shame on you! The quick and helpful productivity podcast is back and it went away for a number of reasons, some of which were my fault. I had a family bereavement a few months ago an

Episode021 - Counting backwards from ten!

Sep 24th, 2018 7m 17s

In this short (seven minutes) solo episode, I talk through a really (and I do mean really!) simple technique for when you're faced with overwhelm... how to deal with Learned Helplessness. What's Learned Helplessness? It's the belief that you ca

Episode_020 - not working with Chris Huskins

Sep 10th, 2018 24m 5s

Chris is the chilled out podcast man! Starting a young family and running four companies should drive him round the bend. Instead he's cool, calm and cucumber-like! So what is it that allows him to be so chilled and yet so fantastically product

Episode_019 Discipline! with Scott Beebe

Aug 28th, 2018 30m 37s

Scott Beebe is head of MyBusinessOnPurpose.com and an absolutely awesome productivity-ist (Is that a real word?) Passionate about what he does (getting business owners out from the chaos of working in their business to being able to work on it)

Episode018 - one down level down from The Big Idea

Aug 9th, 2018 5m 2s

A short, solo episode where I share the thee Ts that make it more likely you'll hit your big, strategic ideas. Strategy and Big Ideas are great. If you get them wrong nothing else matters, but all to often the Big Idea is there - but the execut

Episode017 - Dan Moyle - marketing manager and so much more

Jul 31st, 2018 27m 31s

Dan Moyles is a busy, busy man. He's the marketing manager for a fast-growing (and impressive) business in the states and yet he still has time to ride his motorbike for fun, be with his family and take an hour a day for just getting ready, pra

Episode016 - balancing planning with flexibility

Jul 17th, 2018 6m 49s

A short, solo episode... looking at the trade off between planning a long time in advance and doing things at the last minute. Both have advantages and both have disadvantages... ...so is there a secret trick that balances the two? Yes - sort

Episode 014 -Reflective Practice

Jun 19th, 2018 4m 16s

We all want to be better next time. The key to doing that is looking at what we've done so far. It doesn't take a genius to work that out, right? Reflective Practice is the formal name for thinking about how to make it better next time - and th

Episode 013 - an accountant talks about experimenting

Jun 5th, 2018 22m 55s

Jon Norton is an accountant. Don't switch off! He's an interesting accountant - honestly! As you might expect from an accountant everything in Jon's world is about proof and making sure it works. And by "everything" we include his personal pro

Episode 012 - Working from home and being a parent

May 22nd, 2018 17m 44s

Clare's productivity is amazing. She's a mum. She does other stuff. She works two days a week. She's running her own business. Oh, and she's a blast! What's not to love with a combination like that? Clare and I chat about what she does to be so

Episode 011 - Cathy Wassell and being a productive mum

May 8th, 2018 12m 20s

In this down-the-wire-via-Skype interview, I chat with Cathy Wassell. She's a mum of two small kids, who runs her own small business, managing the social media for other small businesses. It's quite the balancing act, because you can't always c

Episode 010 - Two thoughts about making decisions

Apr 24th, 2018 4m 56s

This is a solo episode, so brace yourself as I pretend to know what I'm talking about. I apply Occum's Razor to making decisions and come to the conclusion that one way to improve our productivity is not to worry about what the decisions are th

Episode 009 - Running a business on only three hours a day!

Apr 10th, 2018 20m 46s

Chatting to Sarah Tomlinson about how she runs her web design business on only a few hours a day is inspiring. (On a bad day it's intimidating!) With a seven month old and another baby on the way, Sarah's learned how to be more efficient than m

Episod 015 - Natalie Hailey

Apr 7th, 2018 22m 40s

Natalie Hailey is one of those people who does it all... mum, wife and entrepreneur. She's also fun, sane and one of the nicest people I've met online. So, at risk of making her sound like some kind of saint, in this episode I chat to her about

Episode 008 - Tim Lewis on being productive while working for yourself

Mar 27th, 2018 15m 7s

It's hard work to do stuff for The Man, sure. But at least you know what to do. When you hire yourself because you're self employed things get messier. Not only do you have to do the work, you have to figure out which work to do. Self employed

Bonus

Bonus episode: Hunting The Missing Mojo

Mar 15th, 2018 24m 54s

No matter how big your plan for changing the universe and no matter how much you love what you do, there are days when you just feel 'meh'. Your mojo has just upped and left. So what do you do when that happens? You can't be productive without

Episode 007 - Lifehacking. Easier said than done

Mar 13th, 2018 6m 37s

We all know that willpower (alone) is rubbish for improving our productivity and keeping us doing what we're supposed to be doing. That's everything from going to the gym to working harder to being nice to that irritating neighbour and taking l

Episode 012 - Odd things we say in my family

Mar 7th, 2018 5m 30s

I'm not making any claims, but no one has seen me and Batman in the same room, at the same, time, right? ;) In this episode I explore a couple of sayings we use around here to help us get things done and to help us figure out what we need to ge