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A Productive Conversation

A Productive Conversation

Mike Vardy 688 Episodes Oct 14, 2026

Hosted by productivity strategist Mike Vardy, this podcast features conversations about designing a life aligned with your intentions. Episodes explore time devotion, productivity, and practical strategies for working smarter and living more intentionally. Mike brings on thinkers, doers, and creators to share mindset shifts and tips for balancing a busy life. The show aims to help listeners reframe their relationship with time and achieve a more productive, intentional existence.

Episodes

The Difference Between Experimenting and Tinkering (with Patrick Rhone)
The Difference Between Experimenting and Tinkering (with Patrick Rhone) Oct 14, 2026 3210 My book, Productiveness, is now available. It's about the difference between doing more and doing what matters, and how we lost the ability to tell them apart. I'll send the release date the day it's set. Visit https://mikevardy.com/productiveness to learn more and get your copy today.I spoke at Podcast Movement in New York last month, and the whole conference ran on headphones — every at
Trust Is Broken, and Optimization Won't Fix It (with Nick Richtsmeier)
Trust Is Broken, and Optimization Won't Fix It (with Nick Richtsmeier) Oct 7, 2026 1936 My book, Productiveness, is now available. It's about the difference between doing more and doing what matters, and how we lost the ability to tell them apart. I'll send the release date the day it's set. Visit https://mikevardy.com/productiveness to learn more and get your copy today.We're at a forty-year low for trust across nearly every institution, and the reflex is to reach for somet
My Daughter Interviews Me About Productiveness (with Grace Vardy)
My Daughter Interviews Me About Productiveness (with Grace Vardy) Sep 30, 2026 3712 My book, Productiveness, is now available. It's about the difference between doing more and doing what matters, and how we lost the ability to tell them apart. I'll send the release date the day it's set. Visit https://mikevardy.com/productiveness to learn more and get your copy today.Normally I'm the one asking the questions. This time I wasn't. I was in New York for Podcast Movement, my
You Didn't Fall Behind This Summer. You Just Stopped.
You Didn't Fall Behind This Summer. You Just Stopped. Sep 23, 2026 1921 My book, Productiveness, is now available. It's about the difference between doing more and doing what matters, and how we lost the ability to tell them apart. I'll send the release date the day it's set. Visit https://mikevardy.com/productiveness to learn more and get your copy today.I missed two Wednesday livestreams this month, and I spent more time than I'd like to admit trying to dec
Why One Challenge Beats Ten (with Zakhar Azatian)
Why One Challenge Beats Ten (with Zakhar Azatian) Sep 16, 2026 1538 My book, Productiveness, is now available. It's about the difference between doing more and doing what matters, and how we lost the ability to tell them apart. I'll send the release date the day it's set. Visit https://mikevardy.com/productiveness to learn more and get your copy today.The appeal of a hard challenge is that nobody's pretending it's easy. Most of what gets sold to us leads
PM Talks S3E9: What Problem Does This Actually Solve?
PM Talks S3E9: What Problem Does This Actually Solve? Sep 9, 2026 2746 My book, Productiveness, is now available. It's about the difference between doing more and doing what matters, and how we lost the ability to tell them apart. I'll send the release date the day it's set. Visit https://mikevardy.com/productiveness to learn more and get your copy today.Patrick's wife has an iPad mini she uses for exactly one thing: reading. She's never called it an iPad mi
The Five Kinds of Work Stress (with Amy Leneker)
The Five Kinds of Work Stress (with Amy Leneker) Sep 2, 2026 1929 My book, Productiveness, is now available. It's about the difference between doing more and doing what matters, and how we lost the ability to tell them apart. I'll send the release date the day it's set. Visit https://mikevardy.com/productiveness to learn more and get your copy today.Most people describe work stress as one undifferentiated thing: I'm stressed at work. Amy Leneker's resea
Why a Retreat Is Part of the Work, Not a Reward for It
Why a Retreat Is Part of the Work, Not a Reward for It Aug 26, 2026 1633 My book, Productiveness, is now available. It's about the difference between doing more and doing what matters, and how we lost the ability to tell them apart. I'll send the release date the day it's set. Visit https://mikevardy.com/productiveness to learn more and get your copy today.We treat retreats as something you earn — a reward that shows up once you've worked hard enough, long eno
The Jolts That Make Us Quit — and the Ones Worth Ignoring (with Anthony Klotz)
The Jolts That Make Us Quit — and the Ones Worth Ignoring (with Anthony Klotz) Aug 19, 2026 2698 My book, Productiveness, is now available. It's about the difference between doing more and doing what matters, and how we lost the ability to tell them apart. I'll send the release date the day it's set. Visit https://mikevardy.com/productiveness to learn more and get your copy today.Most of us don't drift into quitting a job. Something happens — a single, identifiable moment — and that'
The Difference Between an Aha Moment and a Full-Blown Epiphany (PM Talks S3E8)
The Difference Between an Aha Moment and a Full-Blown Epiphany (PM Talks S3E8) Aug 12, 2026 2652 My book, Productiveness, is now available. It's about the difference between doing more and doing what matters, and how we lost the ability to tell them apart. I'll send the release date the day it's set. Visit https://mikevardy.com/productiveness to learn more and get your copy today.This month's PM Talks starts with a confession: I've had an epiphany, and I don't use that word lightly.
Why Logic Alone Can't Explain the Human Mind (with Tom Griffiths)
Why Logic Alone Can't Explain the Human Mind (with Tom Griffiths) Aug 5, 2026 2314 My book, Productiveness, is now available. It's about the difference between doing more and doing what matters, and how we lost the ability to tell them apart. I'll send the release date the day it's set. Visit https://mikevardy.com/productiveness to learn more and get your copy today.Logic is beautiful and it's also almost never enough. That's the tension running through this entire conv
Why "Life Is" Might Be the Only Sentence You Need (with Gary John Bishop)
Why "Life Is" Might Be the Only Sentence You Need (with Gary John Bishop) Jul 29, 2026 2327 My book, Productiveness, is now available. It's about the difference between doing more and doing what matters, and how we lost the ability to tell them apart. I'll send the release date the day it's set. Visit https://mikevardy.com/productiveness to learn more and get your copy today.There's a two-word sentence that's been sitting with me since I finished this book, and I haven't been ab

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