The Productivity Lab

The Productivity Lab


Latest Episodes

Our (Strange) Habits
October 04, 2021

The spiritual successor to our lost episode: The Quantified Self. In this episode, Kyle and Mark discuss some of their productivity habits that they are a bit obsessed about and that may be a bit str

Daybooks
September 20, 2021

In our recent review of Refuse to Choose by Barbra Sher we got interested in a concept brought up a lot throughout the book: the daybook. The daybook, aka the scanner daybook, is a system of capturing

Rebroadcast: Scary Fast Book Review
September 06, 2021

This is a rebroadcast of Episode 30: Scary Fast Book Review. Today we take a turn from the best sellers list and take a deep dive into the self publishing scene within our work of productivity. In thi

Two Years of Experiments
August 23, 2021

In this episode, we take a look back at the last year of experiments and book reviews. From the app Exist to Refuse to Choose! we rank our top three favorite habits and books and take a look at the ha

Refuse to Choose Book Review
August 09, 2021

Do you want to learn and do everything? Do you find it hard to choose one thing to start? Do you feel like a failure because you never complete a project? You're not alone! Author Barbara Sher promis

Dice & Doing
July 26, 2021

Sometimes our todo list can be overwhelming with too many things of equal importance on it all at once. How do you stop such madness from consuming you? In this episode of The Productivity Lab we test

Distraction Free Workspaces
July 12, 2021

Sometimes it can feel like it’s impossible to get anything done, the world is just so full of distractions and now more than ever it’s possible to distract ourselves with social media, video streaming

Distraction Logging
June 28, 2021

What where we doing, oh, right! Continuing with challenges from the Productivity Project book, Kyle and Mark start tracking their distractions. What did they learn? What distracted them the most? Fi

Maintenance Days
June 14, 2021

The Routinery App helps you create and manage your routines with guided task completion, task timer, and routine reminders. Does the app do what it claims? Does it help you build a routine? Kyle and M

The Productivity Project Book Review
May 31, 2021

Three years ago Kyle picked up a book that caught his eye, and little did he know at the time would lead to the creation of this very podcast you’re listening to right now. The that would lead to the