It’s one of (maybe) three podcasts I listen to

I don’t listen to many podcasts. I don’t have time for it. It might be because of Beyond the To-Do List. The content has helped me pair down the clutter in my life and focus on the task in hand instead of staying in a constant state of distraction.

I don’t hike or walk or jog with headphones on anymore. I don’t even listen to music anymore when I’m working: unless it’s focus music - another idea I got from one of the shows. I get like 3 times as much done, and and finally getting over a 3-year burnout in digital marketing. Work-Life balance.

That said, I binge listen to these with my wife. We often take road trips up I5 from Bay Area to the Oregon Coast to visit her mother. It is the first series we catch up on.

I’m writing this from Northwest Indiana. We just drove here from Bay Area, CA. Yes, we spent most of the first day listening to Beyond the To-Do List. In fact, I’m going to go back to listen to the one on Tripp and Tyler again just to remind myself of the ebb and flow of getting projects going.

FULL DISCLOSURE: I met Erik years ago at Blog Indiana. He was the silent one watching everything unfold from the back of the room while everyone networked like chickens with their heads cut off. You could see the gears turning in his head. I knew him more for his relentless Facebook obsession with bacon. My wife actually found the podcast series in attempts to get me to listen to podcasts as a way to be productive during our 700-mile-at-a-time treks. The first time, we heard about 7 episodes of Beyond the To=Do List going up to Oregon. The only reason we stopped was because we made our destination - at 5am. It was the first time I really listened to Podcasts without getting bored or believing the host was in love with their own voice. After about 20 podcasts I started looking up the info about the series, looking to see if their was other content: infographics, blogs, books... When I realized the host was the same silent Erik Fisher from Blog Indiana, I shouted, “holy s***,” so loud my wife about veered the car off the road in shock. I messages him later that night to let him know, “I just found it. I didn’t know it was you.”

Way to stay under the radar and let everyone else parade for each other during networking sessions then come out with a great theme with incredible content. Now, that said, Erik, you have about 10 days to crank out another 10 hour of stuff so Katie and I have stuff to listen to while we drive back to the left coast.

- to a more productive life

Finn

And, thank you. I always thought, “productivity,” trendy content bait that “coaches” talked about when they didn’t have case studies to back up their bulls**. You opened my eyes to show me that it’s a thing many of us go through. Great guests, great themes, and unabashed honesty.