First off – I’m not one of those people that listens to podcasts all day so I can reference them at cocktail parties and seem enlightened (yes, I’ve met those people) plus I have a hard time maintaining focus for more than a few minutes – my mind will invariably wander and when I snap back into focus 20 minutes of the podcast will have gone by and I didn’t hear any of it (this is also the reason I struggle with audio books) <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However – I knew I had two captive hours every day during my commute to work that I could leverage. I usually just listened to sports radio or Apple music but I started thinking that’s probably not the greatest use of that captured time. So I decided to lean into informational podcasts so I can use that time to learn and broaden my mind (not that sports radio doesn’t do that…)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since I started a new job as a people manager it’s a bit heavy in the beginning on management tools and strategies since I was trying to build a management style but as the work picked up I started leaning into productivity podcasts to help balance work, life, and this 50for50 goals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was a bit of a struggle to maintain focus in the beginning since my mind tended to wander often but I think the meditation I was trying was helping me focus and be present and a few months in I found I could focus on most of the episodes without having to rewind<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since I was doing it so often it became a bit of a habit and now whenever I drive somewhere I’m usually trying to listen to something interesting but sometimes my brain just doesn’t want to work that hard and that’s when I crank the tunes and just enjoy the drive. In fact for a few months I split it up mornings for podcasts, afternoons for listening to the ‘Top 50 albums of all time’ maximizing that captive time to achieve my goals!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here’s the list of the podcasts I’ve listened to while achieving this goal. There’s a few I listen to often because they’re consistently interesting enough that I didn’t feel the need to go and find new podcasts to listen to as I only had two hours a day <\/p>\n\n\n\n First off – I’m not one of those people that listens to podcasts all day so I can reference them at cocktail parties and seem enlightened (yes, I’ve met those people) plus I have a hard time maintaining focus for more than a few minutes – my mind will invariably wander and when I snap…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-one-shot-goals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tonypanariello.com\/blog\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tonypanariello.com\/blog\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tonypanariello.com\/blog\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonypanariello.com\/blog\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonypanariello.com\/blog\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonypanariello.com\/blog\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonypanariello.com\/blog\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tonypanariello.com\/blog\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonypanariello.com\/blog\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonypanariello.com\/blog\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Manager Tools<\/td> How to set annual goals<\/td><\/tr> Work Life with Adam Grant<\/td> Your hidden personality<\/td><\/tr> Hidden Brain<\/td> Making the most of your mistakes<\/td><\/tr> Hidden Brain<\/td> How to Believe in yourself<\/td><\/tr> Beyond the to-do list<\/td> Self-Awareness<\/td><\/tr> Manager tools<\/td> One on Ones Part 1<\/td><\/tr> Manager Tools<\/td> Giving Effective Feedback<\/td><\/tr> Hidden Brain<\/td> Finding Focus<\/td><\/tr> Manager Tools<\/td> Giving Effective Feedback Part 2<\/td><\/tr> A Bit of Optimism w\/Simon Sinek<\/td> Atomic Habits with James Clear<\/td><\/tr> Manager Tools<\/td> Giving Effecive Feedback Part 3<\/td><\/tr> A Bit of Optimism w\/Simon Sinek<\/td> Theory of everyone<\/td><\/tr> Manager Tools<\/td> Effective Meetings 1\/4<\/td><\/tr> Work Life with Adam Grant<\/td> Your Brain on Art<\/td><\/tr> Beyond the to-do list<\/td> Harnessing Creativity at Work<\/td><\/tr> Work Life with Adam Grant<\/td> The Problem with Optimizing our Lives<\/td><\/tr> Beyond the to-do list<\/td> Super power of clear communicators<\/td><\/tr> Beyond the to-do list<\/td> Repurpose your content<\/td><\/tr> Manager Tools<\/td> Culture: Core Behaviors<\/td><\/tr> Work Life with Adam Grant<\/td> Daniel Kahneman: Don’t trust your instinct<\/td><\/tr> The Next Big Idea<\/td> MIDLIFE: Once a crisis, now an opportunity<\/td><\/tr> A Bit of Optimism w\/Simon Sinek<\/td> Sweting the small stuff with Steven Bartlett<\/td><\/tr> Work Life with Adam Grant<\/td> How to be productive w\/o burning out<\/td><\/tr> Beyond the to-do list<\/td> Myths Surrounding Memory<\/td><\/tr> Hidden Brain<\/td> Escape the Matrix<\/td><\/tr> Work Life with Adam Grant<\/td> AI and the future of creativity<\/td><\/tr> HBR on Leadership<\/td> How to be persuasive at work<\/td><\/tr> HBR on Leadership<\/td> How the best leaders drive innovation<\/td><\/tr> HBR on Leadership<\/td> How to lead great conversations<\/td><\/tr> Beyond the to-do list<\/td> Finding the right productivity tools<\/td><\/tr> HBR on Leadership<\/td> Whan you make the leap to manager<\/td><\/tr> HBR on Leadership<\/td> How to become a better manager<\/td><\/tr> The Next Big Idea<\/td> Look again: How to debabitualize<\/td><\/tr> Hidden Brain<\/td> Are you listening? 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