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The Productivityist Podcast: Ideas and Tools for Personal Productivity | Time Management | Goals | Habits | Working Better

Mike Vardy

Hosted by productivity strategist Mike Vardy, The Productivityist Podcast is a weekly show that discusses tips, tools, tactics, and tricks that are designed to help you take your productivit...

Episodes

20 of 696 episodes

The Difference Between Experimenting and Tinkering (with Patrick Rhone)

My book, Productiveness, is now available. It's about the difference between doing more and doing what matters, and how we lost the ability...

53:30Oct 14, 2026

Trust Is Broken, and Optimization Won't Fix It (with Nick Richtsmeier)

We're at a forty-year low for trust across nearly every institution, and the reflex is to reach for something faster — a better funnel, a ti...

32:16Oct 7, 2026

My Daughter Interviews Me About Productiveness (with Grace Vardy)

Normally I'm the one asking the questions. This time I wasn't. I was in New York for Podcast Movement , my daughter Grace came down from Mon...

61:52Sep 30, 2026

You Didn't Fall Behind This Summer. You Just Stopped.

I missed two Wednesday livestreams this month, and I spent more time than I'd like to admit trying to decide whether that meant I'd fallen b...

32:01Sep 23, 2026

Why One Challenge Beats Ten (with Zakhar Azatian)

My book, Productiveness, is now available. It's about the difference between doing more and doing what matters, and how we lost the ability...

25:38Sep 16, 2026

PM Talks S3E9: What Problem Does This Actually Solve?

My book, Productiveness, is now available. It's about the difference between doing more and doing what matters, and how we lost the ability...

45:46Sep 9, 2026

The Five Kinds of Work Stress (with Amy Leneker)

My book, Productiveness, is now available. It's about the difference between doing more and doing what matters, and how we lost the ability...

32:09Sep 2, 2026

Why a Retreat Is Part of the Work, Not a Reward for It

My book, Productiveness, is now available. It's about the difference between doing more and doing what matters, and how we lost the ability...

27:13Aug 26, 2026

The Jolts That Make Us Quit — and the Ones Worth Ignoring (with Anthony Klotz)

Most of us don't drift into quitting a job. Something happens — a single, identifiable moment — and that's when the relationship with our wo...

44:58Aug 19, 2026

The Difference Between an Aha Moment and a Full-Blown Epiphany (PM Talks S3E8)

This month's PM Talks starts with a confession: I've had an epiphany, and I don't use that word lightly. Somewhere between an "aha, I get it...

44:12Aug 12, 2026

Why Logic Alone Can't Explain the Human Mind (with Tom Griffiths)

My next book, Productiveness, arrives this September. It's about the difference between doing more and doing what matters, and how we lost t...

38:34Aug 5, 2026

Why "Life Is" Might Be the Only Sentence You Need (with Gary John Bishop)

My next book, Productiveness, arrives this September. It's about the difference between doing more and doing what matters, and how we lost t...

38:47Jul 29, 2026

The Goal Was Never Inbox Zero (It Was a Quiet Mind)

My next book, Productiveness, arrives this September. It's about the difference between doing more and doing what matters, and how we lost t...

22:01Jul 22, 2026

Why Procrastination Is Emotional, Not a Discipline Problem (with Robin J Emdon)

This episode is brought to you by The 10 Second Inbox—a small, tactical system for taming email without chasing inbox zero. One ten-second d...

52:25Jul 15, 2026

Within Tolerance (PM Talks S3E7)

This episode is brought to you by The 10 Second Inbox—a small, tactical system for taming email without chasing inbox zero. One ten-second d...

44:15Jul 8, 2026

Why You Can't Outwork Bad Sleep (with Shimin Ooi)

This episode is brought to you by Your Clockwise Week—a personalized weekly structure built around your actual life, not an ideal one. If yo...

40:35Jul 1, 2026

What You're Not Measuring Is Costing You (with Dr. Henry Cloud)

This episode is brought to you by Your Clockwise Week—a personalized weekly structure built around your actual life, not an ideal one. If yo...

49:05Jun 26, 2026

Paying Attention to Your Attention

This episode is brought to you by Your Clockwise Week—a personalized weekly structure built around your actual life, not an ideal one. If yo...

50:10Jun 24, 2026

The Art of Pacing: Why Slowing Down Is a Long Game Strategy (with Elizabeth Svoboda)

This episode is brought to you by Your Clockwise Week—a personalized weekly structure built around your actual life, not an ideal one. If yo...

40:50Jun 19, 2026

The Principles You're Already Overlooking (with Heather Jo Kennedy)

This episode is brought to you by Your Clockwise Week—a personalized weekly structure built around your actual life, not an ideal one. If yo...

41:22Jun 17, 2026