The Productivity Show
Asian Efficiency is the leading website on time management and productivity. Learn how to be efficient, get things done (GTD), and stay motivated.
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On the show
- Julie Morgenstern1 ep
- Ari Meisel1 ep
- Dan Clark1 ep
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Based on 1 signal.
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By chart position
- 🇺🇸United States · CareersHOME#6241K to 215K
- 🇸🇬SG · Careers#151.3K to 6.8K
- 🇵🇹Portugal · Careers#221.1K to 6.0K
- 🇮🇳India · Careers#891.0K to 5.4K
- 🇧🇷Brazil · Careers#104912 to 4.8K
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
52K to 277K🎙 ~2x weekly·24 episodes·Last published 2d ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
105K to 554K🇺🇸78%🇸🇬2%🇵🇹2%+14 more - Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
58K to 305K
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/28/26 | Busy or Overcommitted? The Focus Filter Fix | When was the last time you said no to something and felt good about it? For most of us, a packed calendar starts to feel like the price of being responsible. The meetings, the dinners and the favours keep coming, and one day you notice that the things you care about most are the ones […] | 7m 24s | ||||||
| 10/26/26 | The Time Audit: Where Your 40 Hours Actually Go (TPS636) | In this diagnostic episode, we walk through a Time Audit so listeners can see where their 40 hours actually go and create a measurable before and after. We connect the audit to our broader productivity philosophy, show how data and numbers can reveal hidden patterns, and explain why the best improvements are the ones you […] | 37m 46s | ||||||
| 10/21/26 | From Reactive to Proactive in 10 Minutes a Day | When did you last finish a workday having done what you planned to do, and not just what landed on your desk? Thanh knows the reactive trap well. A few years ago, while Asian Efficiency was growing fast, he spent his days fighting fires, until he noticed something unsettling about the business. In this encore […] | 6m 48s | ||||||
| 10/19/26 | It’s a Signaling Problem: Garrett Salpeter on Faster Recovery (TPS635) | How did Thanh get his arm from 20 degrees to 90 in a single session, just days after shoulder surgery? His surgeon expected that to take more than a month of physical therapy. The answer has less to do with the shoulder than you might think. In this encore episode, Thanh sits down with Garrett […] | 57m 25s | ||||||
| 10/14/26 | Never Forget Again: 5 Places to Use a Checklist | How many times have you been halfway to the airport when it hits you that you forgot something important? Thanh spent years as a digital nomad, living in places like Bangkok, Budapest and Ho Chi Minh City. Even as a seasoned traveler he kept leaving things behind, until he started using a tool so simple […] | 7m 11s | ||||||
| 10/12/26 | Your Q4 Productivity Reset: Plan the Next 12 Weeks Without Burning Out (TPS634) | Q4 is the last clean run at your year, and it’s also the quarter most likely to flatten you. In this episode, Thanh and Brooks walk through a 12-week reset that respects both: how to cut your list down to the one goal that matters, how to pick leading measures you can actually move this […] | 39m 18s | ||||||
| 10/7/26 | Q4 Is Shorter Than You Think | How many productive weeks do you really have left this year? Probably fewer than your calendar suggests. After more than a decade of running Asian Efficiency, Thanh has seen the same pattern every year, in his own business and with his clients: the last stretch of the year quietly disappears long before December 31st. In […] | 7m 48s | ||||||
| 10/5/26 | How to Buy Back Time: 3 Strategies for Everyday People (TPS633) | How much would you pay to never stand in a grocery line again? It’s a question most of us never think to ask, because we assume outsourcing and executive assistants are only for CEOs and millionaires. But when time is the one thing you can’t make more of, using a little money to get some […] | 43m 42s | ||||||
| 9/30/26 | Grow Where You Work: Designing a Space That Helps You Focus | When did you last look at your desk and ask whether it’s helping you or holding you back? We put a lot of thought into apps and systems. But the space where you spend eight hours a day might be doing more to your focus and energy than any tool you use. In this encore […] | 8m 18s | ||||||
| 9/28/26 | AI Isn’t Saving You Time Yet: Diagnose the Workflow Blockers First (TPS632) | AI usually fails to save time for one simple reason: the bottleneck is not the model, it is the workflow around it. In this episode, we break down the most common blockers, like unclear prompts, messy source material, too many tools, review overhead, trust issues, and missing definitions of done. We also show you how […] | 48m 36s | ||||||
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| 9/23/26 | What a Coffee Shop Walk Taught Me About Focus | How many hours did you work straight through yesterday without once stepping away from your screen? For years, Thanh believed that powering through from morning to evening was the secret to getting more done. Then, while coworking with a friend at an Austin coffee shop, he got an unexpected invitation: a 10-minute walk, right in […] | 7m 33s | ||||||
| 9/21/26 | Stop Managing Your Time. Start Managing Your Energy and Attention (TPS631) | In this episode, we break down why clock-based planning often fails and why the real bottlenecks are energy, attention, and cognitive load. We talk about protecting peak hours, matching the right task to the right mental state, reducing attention residue, and planning recovery on purpose. We also share practical ways to notice how sleep, stress, […] | 42m 19s | ||||||
| 9/16/26 | Heck Yeah or No: How to Say No, Even to Your Boss | Did you say yes to something recently and regret it before the calendar invite even arrived? Thanh once turned down an opportunity he was excited about, and it was tied to something he loves. Find out why he said no, and why it turned out to be one of his better decisions. When the request […] | 8m 22s | ||||||
| 9/14/26 | The Productivity Rules We Stopped Following (and What We Do Instead) (TPS630) | A lot of popular productivity advice sounds smart until you actually try to live by it. In this episode, Thanh and Brooks share the rules they’ve stopped following, from inbox zero and rigid morning routines to building elaborate note systems and optimizing every minute. More importantly, they explain what replaced them: flexible systems, useful constraints, […] | 47m 32s | ||||||
| 9/9/26 | productivitybehavior change+3 | — | — | — | productivity tipsbehavior change+3 | — | 10m 20s | ||
| 9/7/26 | focusmusic+3 | Dan Clark | Brain.fm | — | deep focusfunctional music+3 | — | 43m 02s | ||
| 8/31/26 | workflow frictionproductivity+3 | — | — | — | workflow auditcontext switching+3 | — | 56m 16s | ||
| 8/26/26 | time managementadaptive planning+3 | — | Asian Efficiency | — | time-blockingfocus blocks+4 | — | 9m 57s | ||
| 8/24/26 | productivityprocrastination+3 | — | — | — | productivityprocrastination+3 | — | 50m 30s | ||
| 8/19/26 | AI toolsproductivity+3 | — | AI toolsAsian Efficiency | — | AIproductivity+3 | — | 12m 33s | ||
| 8/17/26 | productivity systemsworkflow+3 | — | — | — | productivitysystems+3 | — | 49m 27s | ||
| 8/12/26 | AI productivityemployee skills+3 | — | Asian Efficiency | — | AIproductivity+3 | — | 7m 46s | ||
| 8/10/26 | time managementadaptive planning+3 | — | — | — | time-blockingadaptive planning+3 | — | 49m 49s | ||
| 8/5/26 | goal settingpersonal development+3 | — | — | — | goalsprogress+3 | — | 8m 35s | ||
| 8/3/26 | The Knowledge Worker’s AI Operating System: From Inbox to Deep Work to Done (TPS624) | Inbox zero is not the win. You can hit inbox zero every single day and still feel like you’re drowning—because the real problem isn’t the inbox. It’s that most people are bolting AI tools onto a broken system. Today we’re going to fix that. We’re going to show you how to think about AI not […] | 54m 40s | ||||||
| 7/20/26 | productivity adviceself-improvement+3 | — | Asian EfficiencyBreak These Productivity Rules (If They’re Not Working) | — | productivitytime management+3 | — | 47m 33s | ||
| 7/15/26 | AI meeting assistantsproductivity tools+3 | — | OtterFireflies+2 | — | AI meeting assistantstranscripts+4 | — | 9m 14s | ||
| 7/13/26 | email managementdecision making+3 | Ari Meisel | Less Doing | — | emaildecision fatigue+3 | — | 45m 40s | ||
| 7/8/26 | focusdistraction+3 | — | — | — | focusdistraction+5 | — | 8m 42s | ||
| 7/6/26 | productivitysubtraction strategy+4 | — | — | — | productivity advicesubtraction audit+5 | — | 45m 21s | ||
| 7/1/26 | healthhappiness+3 | — | one of the most-gifted books | — | healthhappiness+3 | — | 8m 33s | ||
| 6/29/26 | decision fatiguemicro-decisions+3 | — | — | — | decision fatigueproductivity+3 | — | 54m 14s | ||
| 6/24/26 | productivitysummer reset+3 | — | Asian Efficiency | — | productivitysummer+5 | — | 8m 47s | ||
| 6/22/26 | AI meeting assistantsproductivity tools+3 | — | OtterFireflies+2 | — | AI meeting assistantsproductivity+5 | — | 50m 48s | ||
| 6/17/26 | energy managementproductivity+3 | — | Asian Efficiency | — | energy auditproductivity+3 | — | 9m 15s | ||
| 6/10/26 | productivitylaziness+3 | — | — | — | strategic lazinessproductivity+3 | — | 9m 24s | ||
| 6/8/26 | AI productivitywarning signs+5 | — | Asian Efficiency | — | AIproductivity+5 | — | 52m 58s | ||
| 6/3/26 | productivitylife leverage+4 | — | — | — | to-do listfocus+4 | — | 7m 47s | ||
| 6/1/26 | work-life balanceproductivity+3 | — | — | — | work calendarpersonal tasks+3 | — | 46m 24s | ||
| 5/27/26 | productivityfocus+3 | — | — | — | productivityenergy cycle+3 | — | 9m 15s | ||
| 5/25/26 | productivityapps+3 | — | Asian Efficiency | — | productivity stacktask management+3 | — | 55m 28s | ||
| 5/20/26 | investmentssuccess+3 | — | — | — | investmentssuccess+3 | — | 9m 36s | ||
| 5/18/26 | ultradian rhythmsfocus blocks+3 | — | Asian EfficiencyUltradian Rhythms: How 90-Minute Focus Blocks Changed Everything | — | ultradian rhythms90-minute focus block+3 | — | 41m 46s | ||
| 5/13/26 | productivitysystems+4 | — | Asian Efficiency | — | productivity stacksystems over tools+3 | — | 9m 14s | ||
| 5/11/26 | parentingproductivity+3 | Julie Morgenstern | New York TimesTime to Parent | — | parentingproductivity+3 | — | 55m 18s | ||
| 5/6/26 | procrastinationemotion regulation+3 | — | Asian Efficiency | — | procrastinationtask delay+5 | — | 11m 37s | ||
| 5/4/26 | procrastinationemotion regulation+3 | — | — | — | procrastinationemotion regulation+5 | — | 42m 20s | ||
| 4/29/26 | AI delegationtime management+3 | — | Asian Efficiency | — | 80-10-10 ruleAI workflow+3 | — | 11m 22s | ||
| 4/27/26 | AIproductivity+3 | — | Asian Efficiency | — | AIautomation+3 | — | 58m 52s | ||
| 4/22/26 | AIproductivity+3 | — | — | — | AIproductivity+3 | — | 11m 50s | ||
| 4/20/26 | cognitive biasesproductivity+4 | — | Asian EfficiencyThe Productivity Show | — | cognitive biasesproductivity+5 | — | 47m 15s | ||
| 4/15/26 | Fresh Start Effectpsychological clean slates+4 | — | — | — | Fresh Start EffectKaty Milkman+5 | — | 8m 09s | ||
| 4/13/26 | attention residuecontext-switching+4 | — | Asian Efficiency | — | attention residuecontext-switching+4 | — | 39m 24s | ||
| 4/8/26 | AI skillscareer risk+3 | — | Asian Efficiency | — | AIskill gap+5 | — | 9m 16s | ||
| 4/6/26 | AI adoptioncareer risk+3 | — | AIAsian Efficiency | — | AIskill gap+5 | — | 56m 49s | ||
| 4/1/26 | creative focusproductivity+4 | — | — | — | creative potentialproductivity strategies+3 | — | 9m 28s | ||
| 3/30/26 | workspace organizationclutter management+3 | — | — | — | clutter-free workspacemental friction+3 | — | 39m 21s | ||
| 3/25/26 | letting goproductivity+3 | — | — | — | productivitycommitment+3 | — | 9m 51s | ||
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Chart history for The Productivity Show
Peaked at #15 in SG, currently #15 in SG.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SG | — | #15 | #15 | — |
| PT | — | #22 | #22 | — |
| GR | — | #35 | #35 | — |
| PE | — | #39 | #39 | — |
| IS | — | #50 | #50 | — |
| CL | — | #50 | #50 | — |
| Finland | — | #51 | #51 | — |
| RO | — | #51 | #51 | — |
| Sweden | — | #52 | #52 | — |
| United States | — | #62 | #62 | — |
| SA | — | #65 | #65 | — |
| HU | — | #69 | #69 | — |
| AR | — | #69 | #69 | — |
| Norway | — | #72 | #72 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #75 | #75 | — |
| South Africa | — | #77 | #77 | — |
| KE | — | #86 | #86 | — |
| ID | — | #87 | #87 | — |
| India | — | #89 | #89 | — |
| PH | — | #92 | #92 | — |
Chart Positions
41 placements across 41 markets.
Chart Positions
41 placements across 41 markets.