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PRODUCTIVITY
Hosted by Brandon White · EN
The PRODUCTIVITY Podcast brings you science backed productivity tactics, techniques, and procedures that work so you can get the most out of your time, talent and ideas.
You get one productivity episode a day in a short, productive, episode that gives you actionable playbooks to put the ideas to work for yourself.
Your Host Brandon White has been an entrepreneur in the trenches for over two decades. He has his Masters in Psychology, MBA, and is a certified Expert Tiny Habits Coach studying with BJ Fogg from Standford's Behavioral Design Lab.
With real life experience , Brandon knows he'll never get everything done in a day, but he's figured out the best productivity strategies and products that are force multipliers to get the most out of a day in your personal and professional life. Listen in for your daily productivity tips.
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How to Respond When Someone Unfairly Accuses You: A Tactic Top Lawyers Use to Stay in Control
Yesterday00:04:07Tap to summarizeWhat happens to your brain the moment someone unfairly accuses you of something, what the research says about why your first instinct to defend yourself can backfire, and 3 protocols top lawyers use to stay in control so you walk away with your credibility and your composure intact.STUDY CITATIONSGross, J. J., & John, O. P. (2003). Individual differences in two emotion regulation processes: Implications for affect, relationships, and well-being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85 (2), 348–362. Make sure you hit "FOLLOW" in your podcast player so you never miss an episode of the PRODUCTIVITY PodcastSUPPORT OUR SPONSORTrevally: A Home for All Your Family, Friends and Colleagues One location for all your relationships with the ability to do things with them. Check it out today.https://app.Trevally.ioOTHER GREAT PODCASTS ON THE BEST PODCASTS NETWORKMARKETING PodcastHow to Write a Business Plan PodcastThe EDGE - Long form conversations worth listening.Thanks for listening to the productivity podcast for your daily dose of productivity and peak performance protocols to be your best self!
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Bruce Lee Life Lesson: How to Build Your Own Mind
2d ago00:04:01Tap to summarizeA Bruce Lee principle that goes way beyond martial arts, what the psychology says about why writing to your future self changes your behavior, and 3 protocols to start building the version of you that doesn't exist yet.STUDY CITATIONKing, L.A. (2001). The health benefits of writing about life goals. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27 (7), 798–807. Make sure you hit "FOLLOW" in your podcast player so you never miss an episode of the PRODUCTIVITY PodcastSUPPORT OUR SPONSORTrevally: A Home for All Your Family, Friends and Colleagues One location for all your relationships with the ability to do things with them. Check it out today.https://app.Trevally.ioOTHER GREAT PODCASTS ON THE BEST PODCASTS NETWORKMARKETING PodcastHow to Write a Business Plan PodcastThe EDGE - Long form conversations worth listening.Thanks for listening to the productivity podcast for your daily dose of productivity and peak performance protocols to be your best self!
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The Peak-End Rule: Why Your Brain Only Remembers 2 Moments
3d ago00:04:18Tap to summarizeThe peak-end rule, what it is, what the research says about how memory rewrites experience, and 3 protocols to design your endings so the peak-end rule works for you instead of against you, in your own head and in everyone else's.STUDY CITATIONSFredrickson, B. L., & Kahneman, D. (1993). Duration neglect in retrospective evaluations of affective episodes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 65 (1), 45–55. Make sure you hit "FOLLOW" in your podcast player so you never miss an episode of the PRODUCTIVITY PodcastSUPPORT OUR SPONSORTrevally: A Home for All Your Family, Friends and Colleagues One location for all your relationships with the ability to do things with them. Check it out today.https://app.Trevally.ioOTHER GREAT PODCASTS ON THE BEST PODCASTS NETWORKMARKETING PodcastHow to Write a Business Plan PodcastThe EDGE - Long form conversations worth listening.Thanks for listening to the productivity podcast for your daily dose of productivity and peak performance protocols to be your best self!
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Is Your AI Memory Working Against You? How to Know and How to Fix It
4d ago00:04:05Tap to summarizeHow AI memory in tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude can quietly limit your thinking, what the research says about why AI personalization narrows your perspective, and 3 protocols to audit and reset your AI memory so it stays a productivity tool and not a productivity trap.STUDY CITATIONLopez-Lopez, E., Abels, C. M., Holford, D., Herzog, S. M., & Lewandowsky, S. (2025). Generative artificial intelligence–mediated confirmation bias in health information seeking. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1550 (1), 23–36. Make sure you hit "FOLLOW" in your podcast player so you never miss an episode of the PRODUCTIVITY PodcastSUPPORT OUR SPONSORTrevally: A Home for All Your Family, Friends and Colleagues One location for all your relationships with the ability to do things with them. Check it out today.https://app.Trevally.ioOTHER GREAT PODCASTS ON THE BEST PODCASTS NETWORKMARKETING PodcastHow to Write a Business Plan PodcastThe EDGE - Long form conversations worth listening.Thanks for listening to the productivity podcast for your daily dose of productivity and peak performance protocols to be your best self!
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The Cynefin Framework: Why One Strategy Can't Solve Every Problem
5d ago00:04:32Tap to summarizeThe Cynefin framework, a decision-making model that sorts problems into five categories so you stop wasting time and energy on the wrong approach. We'll breaking down where the Cynefin framework comes from, what the research says about matching your strategy to the problem type, and 3 protocols to use the Cynefin framework before your next decision costs you a weekend or a deadline.STUDY CITATIONSNachbagauer, A. (2021). Managing complexity in projects: Extending the Cynefin framework. Project Leadership and Society, 2, 100017. Make sure you hit "FOLLOW" in your podcast player so you never miss an episode of the PRODUCTIVITY PodcastSUPPORT OUR SPONSORTrevally: A Home for All Your Family, Friends and Colleagues One location for all your relationships with the ability to do things with them. Check it out today.https://app.Trevally.ioOTHER GREAT PODCASTS ON THE BEST PODCASTS NETWORKMARKETING PodcastHow to Write a Business Plan PodcastThe EDGE - Long form conversations worth listening.Thanks for listening to the productivity podcast for your daily dose of productivity and peak performance protocols to be your best self!
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The Intransigent Minority: How 3% Can Control the Other 97%
6d ago00:04:28Tap to summarizeThe intransigent minority, why a tiny fraction of any group can reshape the rules for everyone else, what the research says about how small that fraction can be, and 3 protocols to spot when an intransigent minority is steering your choices so you stop finding out after the fact and what you can do about when you find out.STUDY CITATIONSCentola, D., Becker, J., Brackbill, D., & Baronchelli, A. (2018). Experimental evidence for tipping points in social convention. Science, 360(6393), 1116–1119. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aas8827 Make sure you hit "FOLLOW" in your podcast player so you never miss an episode of the PRODUCTIVITY PodcastSUPPORT OUR SPONSORTrevally: A Home for All Your Family, Friends and Colleagues One location for all your relationships with the ability to do things with them. Check it out today.https://app.Trevally.ioOTHER GREAT PODCASTS ON THE BEST PODCASTS NETWORKMARKETING PodcastHow to Write a Business Plan PodcastThe EDGE - Long form conversations worth listening.Thanks for listening to the productivity podcast for your daily dose of productivity and peak performance protocols to be your best self!
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How to Set Up an AI Agent to Automate Your Email
1w ago00:05:07Tap to summarizeAI automation email agents, what they are, what they're good at, where they'll get you in trouble, and 3 protocols to set up your own AI email agent so you spend less time in your inbox and more time on the work that moves things forward.STUDY CITATIONSNoy, S. & Zhang, W. (2023). Experimental evidence on the productivity effects of generative artificial intelligence. Science, 381 (6654), 187–192. Make sure you hit "FOLLOW" in your podcast player so you never miss an episode of the PRODUCTIVITY PodcastSUPPORT OUR SPONSORTrevally: A Home for All Your Family, Friends and Colleagues One location for all your relationships with the ability to do things with them. Check it out today.https://app.Trevally.ioOTHER GREAT PODCASTS ON THE BEST PODCASTS NETWORKMARKETING PodcastHow to Write a Business Plan PodcastThe EDGE - Long form conversations worth listening.Thanks for listening to the productivity podcast for your daily dose of productivity and peak performance protocols to be your best self!
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Why Fighter Jet Pilots Choose Their Words Carefully And You Should Too
1w ago00:04:03Tap to summarizeWe're breaking down why fighter jet pilots are trained to avoid certain words in the cockpit, what the psychology says about how your brain processes thoughts, and 3 protocols to rewire the way you talk to yourself so you stop programming failure into your most imporant moments.STUDY CITATIONSWegner, D.M., Schneider, D.J., Carter, S.R., & White, T.L. (1987). Paradoxical effects of thought suppression. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 53 (1), 5–13. Make sure you hit "FOLLOW" in your podcast player so you never miss an episode of the PRODUCTIVITY PodcastSUPPORT OUR SPONSORTrevally: A Home for All Your Family, Friends and Colleagues One location for all your relationships with the ability to do things with them. Check it out today.https://app.Trevally.ioOTHER GREAT PODCASTS ON THE BEST PODCASTS NETWORKMARKETING PodcastHow to Write a Business Plan PodcastThe EDGE - Long form conversations worth listening.Thanks for listening to the productivity podcast for your daily dose of productivity and peak performance protocols to be your best self!
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The Empty Boat Theory: Why You Get Angry Before You Know the Truth
1w ago00:05:10Tap to summarizeThe Empty Boat Theory. What the empty boat theory is, what the research says about why your brain invents stories before you have the facts, and three protocols to catch yourself before your reaction costs you more than the moment ever did.STUDY CITATIONSDenson, T.F., Grisham, J.R., & Moulds, M.L. (2011). Cognitive reappraisal increases heart rate variability in response to an anger provocation. Motivation and Emotion, 35 (1), 14–22. Make sure you hit "FOLLOW" in your podcast player so you never miss an episode of the PRODUCTIVITY PodcastSUPPORT OUR SPONSORTrevally: A Home for All Your Family, Friends and Colleagues One location for all your relationships with the ability to do things with them. Check it out today.https://app.Trevally.ioOTHER GREAT PODCASTS ON THE BEST PODCASTS NETWORKMARKETING PodcastHow to Write a Business Plan PodcastThe EDGE - Long form conversations worth listening.Thanks for listening to the productivity podcast for your daily dose of productivity and peak performance protocols to be your best self!
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The Skunk Works Principle: Copy Lockheed's Skunk Works Team That Built a Working Prototype of a Fighter Jet in 143 Days
1w ago00:04:25Tap to summarizeThe Skunk Works Principle, what it is, how Lockheed's Skunk Works proved it works with incredible results, what the research says, and 3 protocols to build a Skunk Works team inside your own company so you can move faster and deliver more.STUDY CITATIONSStaats, B.R., Milkman, K.L., & Fox, C.R. (2012). The team scaling fallacy: Underestimating the declining efficiency of larger teams. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 118(2), 132–142. Make sure you hit "FOLLOW" in your podcast player so you never miss an episode of the PRODUCTIVITY PodcastSUPPORT OUR SPONSORTrevally: A Home for All Your Family, Friends and Colleagues One location for all your relationships with the ability to do things with them. Check it out today.https://app.Trevally.ioOTHER GREAT PODCASTS ON THE BEST PODCASTS NETWORKMARKETING PodcastHow to Write a Business Plan PodcastThe EDGE - Long form conversations worth listening.Thanks for listening to the productivity podcast for your daily dose of productivity and peak performance protocols to be your best self!
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