The Essential Guide to Productivity for Small Business Leaders

Key Resources for Productivity

On My Quest for the Best with Bill Ringle, the podcast for ambitious small business leaders, I have had the pleasure and privilege of meeting and learning from world-class authorities on the topic of productivity as it applies to business leaders of small and mid-sized firms.

Topics:

  • Success Mindset
  • Habits, Work-life balance 
  • Methods/Tools/Hacks
  • Creativity
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The Essential Guide to Productivity for Small Business Leaders

Use this table of contents to easily find helpful resources.

What is Productivity?

Productivity – individual productivity in this case – covers a wide span of disciplines. If you step back to the level of preparation, productivity has to start with the correct attitude or mindset in accomplishing something; goal setting and accomplishment methods; identifying your strengths and styles of thinking, communicating, and teaming; habits to sustain and repeat performance; lateral thinking and other forms of creativity to generate new ideas; and finally the methods, tools, and shortcuts that we all want to have on our radar.

Productivity Includes:

  • Success Mindset
  • Habits
  • Work-life balance 
  • Methods/Tools/Hacks
  • Creativity
  • Career planning

Industry Leaders and Sources for Productivity

Top Works in the Productivity Domain for Small Business Leaders

David Allen is one of the top productivity consultants in America.

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Stephen Covey was an author, educator, businessman, and motivational speaker.

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James Clear is a bestselling non-fiction author whose book sold more than 5 million copies worldwide.

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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is a Hungarian-American psychologist and professor at Claremont University. He is best-known for his work and recognition of the psychological concept of flow, a highly focused mental state conducive to productivity.

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Martin Seligman is a top figure in the scientific community of positive psychology.

His best-known books include:

Angela Duckworth is the Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. She is best-known for her work in grit and self-control.

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Brian Tracy is a top motivational speaker, and bestselling author of self-help books. He wrote over eighty books which are translated to many languages and sold worldwide.

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Greg McKeown is a top tier business strategist and speaker know for his leadership programs.

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Tim Ferris is an author, lifestyle-guru, businessman and host to the top-rated podcast ‘The Tim Ferris Show.’

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James Loehr and Tony Schwartz – James is a world-class performance-psychologist, author, and co-founder of the Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute. Tony Schwartz is a journalist, author, and the founder and president of The Energy Project.

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Sam Horn is a world-class speaker, author, and communication strategist.

Her best-known books include:

Productivity Resources on My Quest for the Best

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