22 episodes
How They Get Stuff Done Peter Akkies
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4.6 • 8 Ratings
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What’s Barack Obama’s #1 piece of advice for young people? “Just learn how to get stuff done.” Whether we’re young or more seasoned, we can all get better at this essential skill. So let’s find out how people do, in fact, get stuff done.
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Judson Rollins - What To Do When Work Is Like Drinking From a Fire Hose
Is working in management consulting as glamorous as it seems? What’s the best thing you can do to improve your public speaking skills? How can you use different pricing strategies to scale up your business?
Welcome back to How They Get Stuff Done. Today I’m speaking with Judson Rollins. Judson is an aviation strategy consultant and a monetization architect for expert service providers who want to decouple their revenue from their hours.
Judson and I discuss finding the middle ground between perfection and acceptability, the pros and cons of time blocking, Judson’s favorite ways to capture ideas on the go and even in the shower, and more. Enjoy the conversation.
Find Judson:
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Derek Sivers - What Do You Need to Believe Right Now?
Why does Game of Thrones cost $70,000 to watch? What happens when you choose to believe that everything is your responsibility? And why do smart people not think that others are stupid?
Welcome back to How They Get Stuff Done. Today I’m speaking with Derek Sivers.
Derek Sivers has been a musician, a circus performer, an entrepreneur, and a TED speaker. He’s the founder of CD Baby, an online distributor of independent music. He’s written several books, including How to Live and Hell Yeah or No. Most recently, he’s been working on his latest book, Useful Not True.
Derek and I discuss choosing your beliefs, taking radical responsibility for whatever happens to you, the benefits of not having a to-do list, walking away from what doesn’t work for you, and more. Enjoy the conversation.
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Jack Ellis - How to Run a Company People-First
What happens when you judge employees on their work (rather than on measures like hours worked)? Why is online privacy so important? Why is running a lifestyle business just the best?
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Floris van der Pol - Living Without a Smartphone and Reading 100 Books a Year
How can you read 100 books a year? What’s it like to live without a smartphone? What’s more important: willpower or designing your environment for productivity?
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Derrick Reimer from SavvyCal - Can You Regain Your Confidence After Failing?
How do you regain your confidence after launching a failed product? How can you transition from wearing all the hats in a business to delegating tasks? Why is it so important to save your most productive time for your most valuable work?
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Dianna Allen - From Writing About Garage Doors to Building Two Successful Businesses
How do you start a business from your mom’s kitchen? What effect does a supportive partner have on growing a company? And how do you juggle two wildly different businesses that both need your attention?
Customer Reviews
Empowering!
So exciting to be able to learn from others things that we can use to improve the way we work and live.
Great Show, Peter!
I love the show Peter! There is so much theory in the podcast world, but I really enjoy the practicality as it gives some real world, applicable knowledge. Keep ‘em coming.
Vegan Ideology
Peter might consider interviewing former vegans who had to give up the diet due to health concerns including in many cases cognitive decline. A vegan diet does not work for everyone. And if a diet is causing health issues, especially cognitive decline, then obviously it does not make for a productive person, which is purportedly the subject of this podcast. Also, to counter some misinformation brought forth from a guest: Not all beef gets it’s B12 from supplementation. A grass-fed cow raised on a regenerative farm gets its B12 from the soil which inevitably gets into the cow’s stomach when it eats the grass. I personally have tried vegetarianism once, vegan once, and then just reducing meat intake. Every time I experienced cognitive decline. So this podcast really just does not speak to me.