MARK STRUCZEWSKI

Cory spent 20 years in hospitality as a waiter and manager before starting ShedWool.com - an all-in-one web and mobile app used in the retail, medical, education and yes, hospitality industries. Cory has emerged as a top influnecer on LinkedIn, and has now co-founded Mentor You Global, a pay-it-forward consulting platform with Caroline Ferndanes, and is a mentor with The Founder Institute.

In this episode with Cory Warfield: instead of tooting your own horn, do this; why Cory created the ShedWool app and why we need to get real with ourselves.

Yes, it IS possible to be productive and have a smartphone. But it requires you to step up and be the one in control instead of letting your smartphone be the boss.

There are countless benefits of smartphone technology and in this post, I give you some suggestions to make your phone your ally.

I believe technology is a blessing and a curse.

A blessing because it allows us to do so much at our fingertips: stay in touch via email, texting, or social media.

A curse because it can be a time suck. Spending too much time in email (which is just a place where people drop problems into your lap), texting friends, or social media (do I really need to talk about this?)

Let's focus on the GOOD that technology brings us with an emphasis on smartphones.

Note: it doesn’t matter what smartphone you use but as an Apple fanboy (no apologies), I may refer to my iPhone a lot but it’s not meant to offend anyone.

Before I get started

I find that Screen time is a game for me....

Rachel S. Heslin is the author of Navigating Life: 8 Different Strategies to Guide Your Way. She has been immersed in the study of human psychology for over 35 years, and her work through her company, The Fullness of Your Power, helps people embrace all parts of themselves so they can live deeper, richer, and more fulfilling lives.

In this episode with Rachel Heslin: what you're guilty of if you spend your life doing what someone else wants you to and why you saying "should" should be replaced with another word.

Demir and Carey Bentley are the husband and wife team behind Lifehack Bootcamp, the productivity and lifestyle design company for high performing individuals who want to bring sanity back in their lives. They’re members of the Forbes Coaches Council and Influencive Top 25 Influencers. Their work has been featured in Forbes, Inc, Entrepreneur, Bloomberg, WSJ, HuffPo, and on podcasts like Forbes 30 Under 30, Amy Porterfield's Online Marketing Made Easy, The ONE Thing, and Don’t Keep Your Day Job. Carey and Demir live the nomadic lifestyle, living up to 3 months at a time in cities around the globe.

In this episode with Carey & Demir Bentley: lessons learned from living the nomadic lifestyle, their favorite and least places they've lived, pre and end of work routines, and why you should be dumb and care less!

How would you like to know the secrets to have an unbelievably unproductive, miserable and frustrating day, week, month, or year? 

Well, I got you!

Here are 21 things you need to in order to your most unproductive self.

But if you'd be productive, happy, and fulfilling, I've got you covered too!

Let's do this!

1. Stay in REactive mode. Being proactive is for the strong.
2. Subscribe to as many newsletters you can. The goal: clog up your inbox. Make a game of how many unread emails you can get. Invite your friends!
3. Encourage people in your office to always CC you. Even on emails that have nothing to do with you.
4. Don't plan. In fact, just delete that calendar app you love so much and/or throw away your paper planner. Remember, stay in REactive mode.
5. Say yes to every request you get. It doesn't matter what the request is, just say yes!
6. See how many YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, or other videos you can watch in one sitting. Again, make a game of it and invite your friends.
7. When...

In this episode with Len Testa: advice for first-timers to Walt Disney World, the biggest mistakes visitors make, the myth about "free dining", FastPasses explained, the power of the Crowd Calendar, what happened when Mark deviated from the Plan and so much more!

Kat Boogaard is a Wisconsin-based freelance writer who specializes in career advice, as well as productivity and self-development content. Her work has been published all over the web, including outlets like Forbes, Fast Company, TIME, Inc., Business Insider, Mashable, Trello, and more. When she manages to escape from behind her computer screen, you can find her talking in an obnoxious voice to her two rescue mutts, Bert and Gracie.

In this episode with Kat Boogaard: blocking tasks for work tasks when most inspired, productivity is highly personal, we're all human and mapping out what you want to do.

Has this ever happened to you? You return from vacation all rested and raring to go.

But...you can't.

You have the best of intentions but you just can't seem to get moving.

If you have, rest assured...you're not alone. We've all been there. Even me...Mister Productivity!

Not too long ago, I returned from visiting my parents.

For the first time in a few years, it was just me and my parents.

I had a great time but…as an entrepreneur…

I returned ready to get back to work stronger than ever.

That's when reality hit.

I scheduled a half-day to catch up - which was my first mistake. It took far longer than that to catch up.

But once I did catch up, my motivation wasn't there.

For the rest of that week!

Why does this happen?

I mean, I knew what needed to be done.

That wasn't the problem.

Getting back into the swing of things was.

Let’s talk about BEFORE you leave for vacation

Thing #1: make sure your calendar is clear.

Put your time off on your calendar as soon as you...

Recognized as one of the 50 leading business thinkers in the world, Whitney Johnson is an innovation and disruption theorist; a framework in which she codifies her books Disrupt Yourself and Build an “A” Team. A sought after speaker and advisor, Whitney is one of Marshall Goldsmith's original cohort for the #100 Coaches Project, is a frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, is a Linkedin influencer, and hosts the weekly Disrupt Yourself Podcast.

In this episode with Whitney Johnson: the seven-point framework for success, silly little things that upend the world, valuing our strengths, chasing the right goal, not focusing on your weaknesses, and more!

Chris Johnson is the bestselling author of On Target Living and co-author of Capacity. He has presented on thousands of stages in the US and internationally. Organizations, leaders, and teams have benefitted from his unique approach, which flies in the face of convention by showing us how to unleash human potential and create transformation from the inside out.

In this episode with Chris Johnson: getting back to the basics when it comes to food, why an apple a day is so important to your health, superfoods: cod liver oil, spirulina/chlorella, wheatgrass, oh my!