52 – Checklists – The Secret To Optimal Productivity in Lifestyle, Career and Business

In this inbetweenisode, I share the power of checklists! Checklists are often overlooked due to their simplicity. However, with today’s information overwhelm, it’s never been a better time to create checklists for all of those repetitive tasks. This removes the need to remember all of the to-dos within a project and increases accuracy and effectiveness.

In this podcast, I forgot to mention how my buddy, Tom Church, first inspired me to use checklists. You can listen to my interview with Life Hacker and Latestdeals.co.uk co-founder, Tom Church, here.

In this podcast, I talk about:

• Why checklists are super handy!
• How I use checklists in my own life
• How checklists have been incredibly helpful in my full-time job and business

 

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Show notes

• Lawrence’s current lifestyle [3:30]
• Why are checklists important? [5:15]
• What is a checklist? [6:40]
• Lawrence’s travel checklist [6:50]
• Checklists for repetitive corporate processes and sales tasks [8:20]
• The checklists I rely on for my blog and podcast [11:03]
• The impact that using checklists and outsourcing has had on my business and my lifestyle [13:50]

Selected Links from the Episode

• Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande (Amazon US / Amazon UK)
• Node4 (my employer)
• Evernote
• Tom Church’s checklist

People mentioned

• Tim Ferriss
• Nava Ravikant
• Atul Gawande

Example checklists (a peek inside the machine!)

Audio structure checklist

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• Podcast intro
• Podcast main
• Sponsor/eBook offer
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I send this to my sound engineer and continuously refine and improve.

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I send this to a contractor on UpWork.

2-day trip to Portsmouth, UK

• Phone/laptop charger
• Laptop?
• Wallet
• Phone
• Kindle/Kindle charger
• Keys & Portsmouth house keys
• 2 x boxers and socks
• Belt
• 1 x Trousers/shorts
• 2 x T-Shirts
• 1 x morning PJs
• Toothbrush, soap, toothpaste, moisturiser, ear buds, razor, floss
• ALA, CQ, Creatine w/ shaker
• Sleep master

Let me know how you think I can improve these checklists!

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