We are starting to think about the New Year. What goals are we developing? What methodology are we going to use? We talk about our approaches in this episode.

What are you thankful for? And how does reflecting on your gratefulness help your mindset? Justin and Stu discuss ways to start a gratitude journaling practice (which still needs a verb).

This week, Justin and Stu have a perspective on how to change the outcome of your thinking. We discuss our own experiences, and leave with a few things to try.

Making friends becomes more difficult as we get older. Yet True Friendships are more important than ever. Justin and Stu discuss the importance of friendships and give some tips on how to make new friends whatever age group you are in.

It's planner season. Lot's of choices and hype. Which tools will Stu and Justin choose for the next year? Listen in and find out.

Stu and Justin go a little philosophical this week - thinking about how we implement systems and tools in our lives. We probably have some good ideas for you as well.

Stu and Justin have been writing with our new-to-us digital versions of our beloved analog(ue) tools and we check in and see what we think. Are they any good?

Data, data, everywhere. How do a couple of curmudgeons who knew these bits and the bytes before they were mega- or giga- handle data? Listen to the show.

This week Stu and Justin talk Planning. After all, how could we be a productivity focused podcast without discussing direction. And, we contemplate what happens when a plan goes off the rails.

We love books. Hardcover, softcover, and even digital. Stu and Justin talk about how we read. Discuss our differing approaches, and suggest what you should consider about reading.

What is a note, and how do we use them? What tools do we use for note-taking and note-making? Join us as we dig into our note-taking workflow this week.

Task managers are a favourite way for many of us to keep organized. Particularly Justin. We both discuss how we use our trusted systems to stay organized and stress-free in our organization.

Calendars. Simple things, really. Not so in practice, especially when your hosts use them differently. We go deep on how we use calendars in all the different ways.

Following our recent email conversation, we deep dive into instant communication and find out how people can interrupt us and who we let. The discussion is particularly interesting because of the trans-Atlantic cultural differences!

In this week’s episode, Stu and Justin tackle that monster that lies over many corporate jobs: email. How do we organize our email to avoid someone else controlling our time? Listen in…

Everyone's favourite topic - budgets. We discuss the good and the bad. And give our thoughts on setting or reviewing your personal budget during these "unprecedented times".

Unsubscribing, deleting, unfollowing, and unfriending. Sounds rather negative, doesn't it. But Justin and Stu tackle this valuable practice and have realized how liberating reducing digital clutter is.

Notes, notes, notes. PKM, sense-making, and building second brains. It's all the buzz and we dive deep into how we make notes and whether an app or philosophy helps or hinders our process.

How much more focused can we be when we are held accountable to an external person or deadline? Or we can even be accountable to ourselves. Stu and Justin, who are accountable to each other, talk about their views on accountability.

For the Northern Hemisphere, summer is here. Heat, sunlight, and vacation time have an impact on productivity. What changes for us? We talk about it in this episode.