Stop Doing Productivity and Start Being Productive - with Mike Vardy
About this episode
Bob Gentle interviews productivity strategist Mike Vardy about the distinction between productivity and productiveness and the principles that lead to genuine productivity.
If you're someone who has a lot to do, a lot of ambition, and a system that never quite feels like enough - this episode is for you. I sat down with Mike Vardy, productivity strategist and author of the new book Productiveness , to talk about something most productivity content completely misses: the person behind the system. Mike has spent decades in this space - from life hacker contributor to managing editor of LifeHack, to building his own framework called time crafting. And this conversation gets into the territory I find most interesting - not what system to use, but who you need to be to use it well. ✳️ Productiveness vs productivity - Mike draws a sharp distinction between the two. Productivity has come to mean speed and volume. Productiveness, the older word, means being in a state of producing - without sacrificing quality for quantity. ✳️ The nine principles of productiveness - Mike walks through the principles at the heart of his new book: humanness, grace, nuance, cadence, prudence, trust, will, efficacy, and tolerance. These aren't things you check off a list - they're ongoing states that, when practised together, create a genuinely productive person rather than…
People in this episode
Host: Bob Gentle
Guest: Mike Vardy
Topics covered
- productivity
- personal development
- time management
- productiveness
- self-improvement
Keywords
- productivity
- productiveness
- time crafting
- principles of productiveness
- self-management
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: LifeHack, Life Hacker
Books & works: Productiveness
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