Keeping everything else unchanged, optimising these three “productivity multipliers”, will drastically increase your focus, efficiency and output with no other changes to your routine or productivity systems required.Show notes » PaulMinors.com/126Download my productivity blueprint and learn the processes and tools I use to be more organised an ...…

The life of a digital nomad sounds great. Working and travelling simultaneously sounds awesome (and it is)but it’s not without its challenges.There's a common perception out there that you aren't successful unless you're working from a beach somewhere. In this episode, I’d like to share my thoughts to give you an accurate idea of what it’s like ...…

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing fellow Kiwi, Dr Mike Ashby all about how to balance business growth and lifestyle. This is a topic I'm incredibly passionate about as I'm always looking for ways to optimise my business to fit with my lifestyle.Show notes » PaulMinors.com/124Download my productivity blueprint and learn the processes a ...…

Let me start by saying if you’re not a CrossFit fan, you may not get much out of this episode. But if you’re still interested in hearing how I apply productivity to fitness, keep listening.If you’ve never heard of the CrossFit Open before, it’s a worldwide competition that takes over a 5-week period each year. Each week a workout is announced a ...…

Last week I was chatting with a client who said he’d read that you should spend around 10% of your time planning. My initial thought after hearing this was that it sounded like a good guideline, but I couldn’t really say how much time I actually spend planning. Show notes » PaulMinors.com/122Download my productivity blueprint and learn the proc ...…

Normally, I don't talk about investments or finance on my blog or podcast. But I find Bitcoin is such an interesting topic that I've wanted to explore for a while.I am by no means a Bitcoin expert. I would describe my understanding as slightly above average. So, to do this topic justice, I've roped in my good friend, Denym Bird, who is one of t ...…

In this episode, I chat with Robert Plotkin all about technology and mindfulness. If you haven't heard of Robert before, here's his very impressive bio:Robert is the Founder of Technology for Mindfulness, a leading blog and Top 40 iTunes podcast on science, technology, and mindfulness. His unique approach to technology and mindfulness stems fro ...…

One of the few email newsletters I’ve signed up for is the Daily Stoic. Each day you receive a thoughtful email about how to live a better life by following stoic teachings. Last week, I received an email that really resonated with me. In a nutshell, the email was saying, “If you seek tranquillity… do less”. I love the simplicity of this quote ...…

A few weeks ago I had a call with a previous customer of mine, Frederick Johnson. Frederick purchased my How to become a "virtual consultant" program to help grow his podcast, This Week in Photo. Frederick then emailed me saying he'd just landed a $14k proposal.Wow, what a result!After hearing this I had to get Frederick on a call to learn more ...…

In last week’s podcast about self-doubt, one of the ideas I touched on was whether you should have a ‘Someday/Maybe’ list or not. This week, I’d like to explore the idea a bit more.Show notes » PaulMinors.com/117Download my productivity blueprint and learn the processes and tools I use to be more organised and achieve more in my business and ho ...…

Self-doubt is a feeling everyone can relate to. Whether you’re worried about an upcoming exam, a project at work, an important client or even things going on in your personal life, we often doubt ourselves and our abilities.Even the most “successful” people in the world (whatever that means) feel self-doubt. Also known as imposter syndrome, thi ...…

When the team at Zapier reached out to me and asked if I'd like to interview the CEO, Wade Foster, I was like: “Um, heck yeah!”.If you've followed my work for even a short period of time, you'll probably be aware of how much I LOVE to automate my business and life using tools like Zapier. The way I look at it, why waste time on small mundane ta ...…

Consulting has changed my life (and I don't make this statement lightly). By starting a consulting business I've been able to build a business that supports me and my family that gives me the freedom to work on my terms, when and where I want.This episode is a talk I gave for ProdCon in January 2019 where I share how to get started as a "virtua ...…

Last week I was running an Asana training workshop with a local client here in New Zealand. One of the topics we touched on was communication and more specifically, how to spend less time on email.With this in mind, here are some tactics I’ve used to get my own email usage down to about 30 minutes a day.Show notes » PaulMinors.com/113Download m ...…

After my interview with Miles last week, I got thinking about how to improve my home office set up. In the interview, we briefly discussed Mileses recording set up and after recording, I went about improving my own home office.One of the things Mile’s said that really struck a chord with me was this idea of “reducing friction”. I love this idea ...…

In this episode, I interview an internet marketing guru, Miles Beckler. I met Miles and his wife Melanie in Bali last year when we were both speaking at the DMSS conference.Miles spends half his time doing this internet marketing for his wife's online business Ask-Angels. Through that experience Miles has learned a TONNE about internet marketin ...…

For my final podcast of 2018, I’d like to end the year with a review. I’m going to discuss my achievements, what went well, what didn’t get well and what I’d like to focus on for next year.Show notes » PaulMinors.com/110Download my productivity blueprint and learn the processes and tools I use to be more organised and achieve more in my busines ...…

The headline of this post is meant to be ironic because here’s the secret - there is no secret. There’s no silver bullet that’s going to solve all your problems. There is no #1 tip I can give you. Sorry to burst your bubble.Next year, if you want to be more productive, more organised, to start or grow a business, all you need to do is to sit do ...…

One of the ways you can massively increase your productivity and be more organised is to follow a simple rule - do your future self a favour.The key principle here is to think about what you can do now to save yourself time later.Show notes » PaulMinors.com/108Download my productivity blueprint and learn the processes and tools I use to be more ...…

A few weeks ago I caught up a friend and previous customer of mine, Gareth Pronovost. Gareth purchased my How to become a "virtual consultant" program after being laid off and is now an Airtable Consultant. What's amazing is Gareth made over $10,000 in his first month of consulting. It's been great following Gareth's progress to see what's poss ...…

In this podcast episode, I'm very excited to be interviewing one of my favourite online people - Paul Jarvis.As well as having a super cool first name (yep, I went there), Paul is someone I've looked up to for the last few years. Paul has been operating a company of one for over 20 years. He comes from a web design and development background an ...…

Having worked with hundreds of clients to help optimise their productivity tools, I keep coming across some common mistakes that people tend to make with notes.The issue I see is that people tend to overuse notes. That’s right. I think people consider notes to be “everything apps” that can handle everything to do with their productivity (read m ...…

If you've followed me for a while you'll know I'm all about living a happier, healthy lifestyle where I can live on my terms. And part of living on your terms involves getting control of your personal finances. Money is one of the biggest things we worry about. But remember, it's not the money that's important, it's what the money allows us to ...…

Our little boy Jay is now just over 4 weeks old. I can safely say that the last month has been a rollercoaster of emotion and there really is nothing that can prepare you for becoming a parent.In this episode, I'd like to share my experience of what the last 4 weeks have been like and how I'm adjusting to my new role as a Dad (seeing that word, ...…

When you sign up to my email list, as part of my onboarding emails, I ask subscribers a very simple question:What does “success” mean to you?I love this question as it gets so many different responses. And it’s great to see how often “success” has very little to do with fame and fortune.Show notes » PaulMinors.com/102Download my productivity bl ...…

Get to work and focus on making small amounts of progress each and every day. But look up every now and then to make sure you’re still on track and heading in the right direction. On a daily basis, don’t worry about your big goals and how far away they seem. Instead, concentrate on making a little bit of progress.Show notes » PaulMinors.com/101 ...…

Wow… Here we are at the 100th episode for the podcast.I wasn't really sure what to do for this episode. As a bit of a milestone, I thought I should do something special.Then, right on cue, my good friend Joseph Fenity, asked if he could "hijack" my show and interview me for the 100th episode. I was a little hesitant at first but gave in after J ...…

There’s a big misconception out there that you need loads of money to start a business. In fact, I think a lot of people use this as an excuse NOT to start a business to disguise the real reason why they’re not starting (often out of fear). Today I'm going to talk about my views on this and how much money I used to start my business.Show notes ...…

Last week I took part in a side-hustle discussion panel where myself and a bunch of super smart online entrepreneurs got together to talk about the challenges of starting a side-business.The panel was put together by my friends Tom Morkes and Cary Richards.What's more, Cary recently invited me to contribute to his "Side-Hustle Toolbox". This is ...…

I get asked all the time about what apps and tools I use to be more productive and to run my business. And I’m a big fan of using the right tool for the right job instead of overlapping your tools and creating a confusing productivity system (which is why I created my productivity blueprint).This is my list of my absolute favourite productivity ...…

As an independent worker, learning how to properly price your service is MUST. Since starting my consulting business back in mid-2016 I’ve experimented with a number of different pricing methods. In fact, just last month I started experimenting with a completely new way of pricing my services.Pricing is a tricky topic. There are loads of ways y ...…

Last week I talked about how to track your time. The premise here is that time tracking is a great way of measuring how productive you're being and identifying sources of distraction. However, you need to track your time and put this information to good use in order to make the effort of tracking worthwhile.The same is true of life tracking.“Li ...…

In this podcast, I’m going to explore the benefits of time tracking and some options for getting started.Show notes » PaulMinors.com/94Download my productivity blueprint and learn the processes and tools I use to be more organised and achieve more in my business and home life. You'll also get my FREE 3-part video training series where I'll expl ...…

I often get approached by readers or clients who are having trouble maintaining their productivity system. I get asked about how and when to use email, notes, task lists, document folders and the calendar and whether it’s okay to use your email as a to-do list or notes for sorting documents.The problem here is that your blur the boundaries betw ...…

One of the ways I try to increase my effectiveness and efficiency is by “multiplying outcomes”.I literally just made up this phrase but what I mean is when you do some work, you can multiply the benefits of that work by making the outputs go further.The idea here is that you’ve already done some work and this is now a “sunk” cost. In economics, ...…

You probably know that I’m someone who’s very organised. I live by my calendar, not just for client appointments but I block out time for most of the tasks I’m working on as well.But now we have this baby on the way. Hayley is 33 weeks pregnant and realistically the baby could decide to come early. For all I know, this time next week we could h ...…

Getting new clients is one of the hardest parts of going out on your own as a freelancer, consultant or coach. This is the part of the job that often holds people back. Especially in the beginning, it’s hard asking for money when you’re new to freelancing and don’t have an established track record.In the last 2 years, I’ve completed 369 “introd ...…

The Productivity Podcast is now The Paul Minors Podcast. As my business and website has grow to include more topics, it's time the podcast reflects that.Show notes » PaulMinors.com/89Download my productivity blueprint and learn the processes and tools I use to be more organised and achieve more in my business and home life. You'll also get my F ...…

Unfortunately, when we think about how to be more productive, we usually think about the tools and tactics we can use to save time and be more organised. But all this stuff is just the tip of the iceberg.The real skills you need to develop in order to be more productive are the principles, habits and mindset you apply to your work. Tools are ju ...…

It’s such an amazing time to be alive. Technology has made it easier than ever to start a business, generate an income online and even work for yourself full-time.Naturally, this is very exciting, but before you make the leap to becoming a freelancer, consultant or coach, let’s discuss the pros and cons of becoming an independent worker.Show no ...…

A few months ago, I asked members of the Better Book Club:Have you ever read a book that was impressive and powerful that your opinion/perspective on something was drastically changed? I'd love to hear what book changed you and why!We had some great responses to this question but I realized I didn’t actually give my own answer to this question. ...…

We’ve all experienced that feeling of being “too busy”. When you feel like you have so much to do and never get a break. Or maybe you feel like you’re a slave to your customers or clients and don’t have time to work on the things you want to do.I’ve been thinking about how to take back control of my calendar and deal with this issue of being “t ...…

I often get asked to give recommendations on books to read or podcasts to listen to. In this post, I’d like to share some podcasts I’ve recently been enjoying. I often find that when I discover a new show, I’ll listen to it for a while then lose interest and get bored. Listed below are the shows I’ve been listening to most consistently over the ...…

I don’t know about you, but I struggle to mentally shut down at the end of the day if I haven’t tied up all my loose ends. You know all that work you’ve started throughout the day that hasn’t been finished? Or the people you’re waiting on responses from. How do you deal with this stuff so that nothing falls through the cracks?Show notes: PaulMi ...…

Over the last 10 weeks, I’ve been taking part in the Wim Hof Method online training program. In this episode, I’d like to share my experience with the program and the effects I’ve noticed as a result of Wim’s method.I noticed that most other WHM reviews online are pretty detailed and talk a lot about Wim’s history and the benefits of the progra ...…

I answered the following question recently on YouTube. Here's the answer for you again in wonderful podcast format.Show notes: PaulMinors.com/81If you want to be more productive, start my free 3-part video series to supercharge your productivity and get more organised!: PaulMinors.com/trainingIf you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the ...…

I answered the following question recently on YouTube. Here's the answer for you again in wonderful podcast format.Show notes: PaulMinors.com/80If you want to be more productive, start my free 3-part video series to supercharge your productivity and get more organised!: PaulMinors.com/trainingIf you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the ...…

I answered the following question recently on YouTube. Here's the answer for you again in wonderful podcast format.Show notes: PaulMinors.com/79If you want to be more productive, start my free 3-part video series to supercharge your productivity and get more organised!: PaulMinors.com/trainingIf you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the ...…

Making the leap from full-time employment to an independent business owner is a scary step. What if you don’t make enough money? Are you even good enough to work for yourself? These are questions almost every business owner asks themselves at some point.I’m sure many people reading this are facing this challenge right now. And one of the goals ...…

In this episode, I discuss what it's like to work with your spouse and how we coped with this transition.Show notes: PaulMinors.com/77If you want to be more productive, start my free 3-part video series to supercharge your productivity and get more organised!: PaulMinors.com/trainingIf you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast. ...…