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Hi, I'm Paul, host of The Productivity Podcast. This podcast is dedicated to helping you learn how to become a Jedi Master of productivity. If you're the kind of person who wants to get more...

Last year was a big year for me and my family. This is why, in 2025, I'm going to take my foot of the accelerator, slow down and I'm not goi...

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In this episode of the Paul Minors Podcast, I catch up with my good friend, Francesco D'Alessio. Francesco is a fellow YouTube creator. We s...

Almost all of the Pipedrive and Asana clients we work with tell us the same thing - “We’re not getting as much as we can out of the tool”. A...

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It’s that time of year again when we set goals for the new year. And it’s important to have well-defined goals with specific outcomes you ca...

For the last few years ( 2019, 2020 , 2021 ) I've shared a breakdown of how I spent my time that year. It’s always an interesting exercise a...

Every week, my Zapier expert, Warwick, and I do a ’weekly review’ where we run down the list of all clients we’re currently working with to...

We make thousands of decisions every single day from what to wear or what to eat for breakfast to how to respond to an email or what to work...

As a student of stoic philosophy, I’ve read many times about the importance of focusing on what you can control and how this impacts your ha...

When you come across a new tool or piece of software, it’s easy to sign up for a free trial only to waste a bunch of time after you later re...

Like a lot of business owners, I’m concerned about the ongoing inflation that we’re experiencing and how it’s going to impact the economy. I...

You’ve probably heard the expression “Perfection is the enemy of progress”. Of course, there’s always a balance with everything and I’m not...

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