Erik Fisher on starting a productivity podcast – BTTDL000

August 20, 2012 by 11 Comments
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  • http://www.christopherbattles.net/ Christopher Battles

    Congratulations Erik on your first solo podcast.  I was thinking the other day that you needed a podcast or a personal blog. It was a good idea to have this episode to get to know you and what this podcast is about.
    Thank you sir.
     
    K, bye

  • FredFirestine

    OK, I have listened to this episode now. Of all the podcast episodes in this series, it was the first.  :-) Seriously, I think we share some similar character traits. I have been known to de-clutter to clear my mind (and procrastinate) in preparation for a task. I sometimes prioritize “fun” technical tasks ahead of real work. I have a lot of productivity and self-help books around which I have half read. I definitely need all the inspiration I can get, and a little push, maybe. Looking ahead to the published episodes, I am excited to hear what your guests have to share.

  • http://www.masonworld.com/ masonworld

    Love the idea for this — just assumed you were doing Yet Another Time Management Podcast (YATMP).  Very excited about your angle — and leading with @GSPN was nice…Let me know if there is anything that I can do to help you — this is a great idea.  – Mark

    • Erik Fisher

      Really glad you’re liking the show! Yes, I wasn’t into doing YATMP. This is something much more conversational and ambitious.

  • żabucha

    I can’t figure out what you guys contribute to the world. I mean, you talk about productivity and management and that stuff, but what do you really _do_? Everything gets abstracted away to maximizing “social media contact” to some vague and undefined end. Saw this and thought of many of your podcasts:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK62I-4cuSY

    • http://DanielJLewis.net/about Daniel J. Lewis

      Hilarious video!

      Have you gotten to listen to the podcast episodes? The people that Erik has talked to have raised products and businesses from failure to success, run companies, written books, been featured speakers at international conferences, consulted for massive corporations, and revolutionized entire industries.

      And even those who aren’t the big-name successes are pursuing their dreams and reaching the goals they work hard to achieve through their intelligence and creativity.

      Erik’s podcast talks to these people to learn how they get stuff done, their life-decisions that make them successful, and what makes them tick.

      “Vague and undefined end” is the total opposite of what Erik and his guests talk about. Their goals are specifically defined, big, and achieved or actively being pursued.

      • żaba

        Maybe I should listen to more of them — forgive me, but I don’t want to delineate the ones I heard because there’s no need to call undue attention to some of these folks, all of whom are friendly people who write books / blogs / podcasts about social media and social media marketing and/or productivity… it starts to make me realize how vapid a lot of this stuff is (through no fault of Erik’s polite and thoughtful banter!) but for some reason, perhaps the combination of the excess of productivity buzzwords and the job title “social media and content strategist”, brings to mind a haunting vortex of nothingness.

    • http://www.twitter.com/erikjfisher/ Erik Fisher

      You got me. Thanks for setting me straight. :)

    • breakroom

      That’s a pretty funny video. They should do another one, called “Posting unnecessary and vague critical comments to cover for a lack of any actual contributions of your own.”

      • zaba

        :(

        • breakroom

          Sorry… too harsh?
          Really, though, as much as “social media contact” is a buzzword or cliché, it’s also a very real and tangible way of reaching an audience/customers that one would not otherwise be able to reach.