Stever Robbins, host of the Get-It-Done-Guy Podcast and author of Get-It-Done Guy's 9 Steps to Work Less and Do More, shares his best productivity hacks. And host Keith McArthur speaks with fitness contributor Kathleen Trotter about how exercise can help us beat the February blahs.

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Episode 19 Show Notes

[00:00] Welcome and Intro

[00:57] 18 Steps to Own Your Life

• Keith's next book comes out Tuesday, March 6
• Keith is recruiting launch team members who can get a pre-release review copy now
• myinstructionmanual.com/launchteam

[01:43] Featured interview with Stever Robins

Stever Robins is author of Get-It-Done Guy's 9 Steps to Work Less and Do More: Transform Yourself from Overwhelmed to Overachiever and host of the Get-It-Done-Guy Podcast. He is an executive coach and communications consultant who has been involved in multiple startups.

• Stever moved out of home as a teenager at 14 and got started as a computer programmer [2:30]
• How growing up a computer programmer led Stever to crack the human algorithm [4:22]
• The trouble with productivity [9:05]
• How the erosion of task-specific space has created a productivity crisis [13:15]
• Why smartphones make it harder to implement workarounds, such as only checking your email a couple times a day [18:03]
• Is it time to get rid of the smartphone and go back to a flip phone? [20:26]
• Why putting your phone in black and white mode makes it less addicting [22:10]
• Divorcing your computer  [22:54}
  • Work Less and Do More: The Zombie Musical
• Stever's views on living an extraordinary life [29:35]
• Why we should pursue fulfillment instead of success [31:46]
• Stever's theory of hard work [34:30]

[36:06] Stever's Instruction Manual

1. What are the habits you maintain every day to stay happy and healthy? [36:26]

• Exercise
• Eat well
• Have human contact regularly

 2. What personal development book do you recommend? [38:23]

• Loving What Is: Four Questions that Can Change Your Life by Byron Katie
• "I have found nothing that even approaches this in terms of how powerful it can be."

3. Favorite personal mantra / inspirational quote [39:26]

• "Done is the Engine of More" from The Done Manifesto

4. What's your one guilty pleasure? [40:55]

• Oreo Ice Cream Cake

5. When your time comes, how do you want to be remembered? [41:06]

• "To be honest, how I'm remembered is just not important to me. What's important to me is the change that I make in the world."

[42:12] Where to find Stever

• Podcast on iTunes: Get It Done Guy
• SteverRobbins.com
• Stever's Living and Extraordinary Life Speech
• Work Less and Do More: The Zombie Musical

[43:24] Fitness contributor Kathleen Trotter on how exercise can help with the February blahs

Kathleen Trotter is author of Finding Your Fit: A Compassionate Trainer's Guide to Making Fitness a Lifelong Habit

In this conversation, Keith and Kathleen discuss:

• Why working out is most important on days we don't feel like working out [44:37]
• Getting outdoor exercise in the winter is good for you, but you need to take precautions to stay safe [47:09]
• Where to find Kathleen [48:49]
  • KatheenTrotter.com
  • Instagram: KathleenTrotterFitness
  • Twitter: KTrotterFitness
  • Facebook: KathleenTrotter

[49:12] Closing words