Productivity Smarts
by Gerald J. Leonard
Productivity Smarts is an audio podcast hosted by Gerald J. Leonard, a productivity expert who helps other professionals get more done. Each episode features an in-depth discussion or interview with top productivity experts, tips, and strategies to help you become more productive by leveraging neuroscience principles. Features:• Interviews with top productivity experts• Tips and strategies for getting more done• Interviews with people who are doing great things Benefits:• Learn how to get more done• Get inspired by others who are doing great things in their lives• Hear what they do to stay focused and motivatedBooks:Productivity Smarts: Leaders and Managers Unlock Productivity Secrets from 12 Influential Musicians of the 20th and 21st Century: https://amzn.to/4mcy2jrA Symphony of Choices: https://amzn.to/3Keq3zxKIVA:It's a loan, not a donationJoin me in providing microloans through Kiva that create a personal impact worldwide.https://www.kiva.org/lender/topmindshelping
Episodes
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Trust Starts With You: How to Heal and Rebuild Trust After a Breach with Drs. Dennis and Michelle Reina
How do you rebuild trust once it has been broken? And what if the first person whose trust you need to repair is you? Drs. Dennis and Michelle Reina are internationally recognized pioneers in organizational trust and co-founders of Reina Trust Building. They have spent more than three decades...
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The Maestro Mindset: How Orchestras Build the World's Best Teams
Can a symphony orchestra show us how to lead a team? Why do some groups perform brilliantly with one person in front of them and poorly with another? In this episode of Productivity Smarts, Gerald J. Leonard sits down with Charles Grimes, a business psychologist, leadership consultant, lifelong...
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Leadership Isn't a Title: How Roving Leadership Unlocks Your Team's Potential with Sal Tagliareni
What makes someone a leader? Is it their title, their authority, or their ability to help others succeed? And what changes when leadership becomes something everyone on a team can practice? Sal Tagliareni, author of A Roving Leadership, explores a different approach to leadership shaped by his...
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Episode 167 - Design the Life You Would Absolutely Love: Breaking Limiting Beliefs with Dr. Kim Nugent
What if the biggest thing standing between you and the life you want is the way you think and speak about what is possible? In this episode of Productivity Smarts, host Gerald J. Leonard welcomes back Dr. Kim Nugent, an award-winning leadership expert, Dream Builder Master Coach, best-selling...
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Episode 166 - The Best Dad in the Galaxy: A Journey of Love, Loss, and Caregiving
What would you sacrifice to care for a daughter facing Alzheimer's at just 51? What if you moved from your retirement community, lost your wife eighteen months later, and then faced your own cancer diagnosis? And what if, through it all, love refused to let go? In this episode of Productivity...
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Around the World in 42 Days: Turning a Lifelong Dream Into Reality
How does a lifelong scientist reconcile her love of data with her fascination with ancient myths that defy explanation? And what does it take to turn a retired grandmother into a solo traveler crossing six continents in just 42 days? In this episode of Productivity Smarts, host Gerald J. Leonard...
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Episode 164 - An Authentic Success: You're Not Too Old And It's Not Too Late
Do you ever look at those "30 Under 30" lists and feel that little pang of regret, that sinking feeling that whispers, "I should have made my mark by now. Maybe I missed my window?" But the truth is, some of the people who make the biggest impact in the world don't do it in their 20s, 30s, or…
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Episode 163 - The Best Leader in the Room Isn’t Always the Boss
How do you turn a life shaped by adversity into a legacy of courage, service, and impact? And what can we learn from the people who choose to become better rather than bitter when life gets difficult? In this episode of Productivity Smarts, host Gerald J. Leonard sits down with Sylvia Alvarez,...
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Episode 162 - Inner Propaganda: Leading Hearts and Minds Through Turbulent Times with Owen Fitzpatrick
What if the biggest obstacle to your productivity isn't your schedule, your tools, or your willpower, but the stories you've been telling yourself without realizing it? In this episode of Productivity Smarts, host Gerald J. Leonard sits down with Owen Fitzpatrick, CSP, social psychologist…
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Episode 161 - Working Hell to Working Well: Making Your Company Work for You with Lindsay Barnett
How can professionals and creatives transform burnout into sustainable productivity while creating a work life that actually supports the life they want? In this episode of Productivity Smarts, host Gerald J. Leonard sits down with Lindsay Barnett, workplace experience strategist and author of...
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Episode 160: Unequal Justice: The Search for Truth to Balance the Scales with James M. Porfido
In this compelling episode of Productivity Smarts, host Gerald J. Leonard welcomes James M. Porfido, a certified criminal trial attorney by the Supreme Court of New Jersey, former prosecutor turned defense counsel, legal analyst, and author of Unequal Justice: The Search for Truth to Balance the...
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Episode 159 - In High Heels on a Ladder: The 7 Power Tools for Designing Your Life with Tonya Comer
In this episode of Productivity Smarts, host Gerald J. Leonard sits down with Tonya Comer, one of the top 20 African American interior designers in the United States, winner of the 2024 Nautilus Gold Book Award for Business and Leadership, and author of High Heels on a Ladder: The 7 Power Tools…
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Episode 158 - The Quest for Fertility: How Better Health, Better Habits, and Better Choices Lead to a Better Life with Dr. Oluyemisi Famuyiwa
In this episode of Productivity Smarts, host Gerald J. Leonard sits down with Dr. Oluyemisi Famuyiwa, a leading reproductive endocrinologist, associate clinical professor at George Washington University, and author of The Quest for Fertility: The Quest for a Long Life. Dr. Oluyemisi shares what...
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Episode 157 - Finding Your Ikigai with Edi Matsumoto
In this episode of Productivity Smarts, host Gerald J. Leonard welcomes Edi Matsumoto, a visionary artist, former nurse practitioner, and bestselling author of Otter Therapy: 50 Whimsical Whisker Moments for the Soul. After spending nearly 30 years in healthcare, Edi made the courageous decision…
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Episode 156 - Become an Empowered Patient with Dr. Deane Waldman
In this episode of Productivity Smarts, host Gerald J. Leonard welcomes Dr. Deane Waldman, a pediatric cardiologist turned healthcare reform advocate and author of Become an Empowered Patient. Drawing on nearly 40 years of clinical experience, Dr. Waldman explains why today's healthcare system...
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Episode 155 - The Hidden Stress Habit Killing Your Productivity with Dr. Ronald Dushkin
What if the key to better productivity is not doing more, but learning how to manage the stress that quietly controls your day? For many professionals, stress shows up as overwhelm, impatience, anxiety, physical tension, unhealthy habits, or the feeling that life is constantly pulling them out of...
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Episode 154 - Iconic Moments in Broadcast History with Robert M. Patterson
What does it take to keep a live broadcast on the air when a storm knocks out the antenna, a policeman calls a tow truck, and 2,000 people are waiting for the show to start? Right now, the world is watching the 2026 FIFA World Cup unfold live across three countries and 16 stadiums, with millions...
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Episode 153 - Make Business Simple Again with Wes Towers
Is complexity really the price of success, or have we simply forgotten the power of simplicity? For Wes Towers, founder of Uplift 360, the answer is clear. A 20-year veteran of the digital marketing industry, Wes built his career through trial and error, learning the hard way what works and what...
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Episode 152 - Have a Love Affair with Travel With Evelyn Kelly and Natalie Kelly
What if one of the most powerful productivity tools wasn't an app, a planner, or a morning routine, but a passport? For Evelyn Kelly and her daughter Natalie Kelly, travel has been far more than a hobby. Over three decades, it has shaped their resilience, adaptability, negotiation skills, and...
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Episode 151 - The Home with the Most Ties to American History With David Deputy
What if the home you lived in was a secret portal to 250 years of American history, connected to the Revolutionary War, the Kennedy assassination, and the Apollo 11 moon launch? For David Deputy, a retired brigadier general, historian, and former state trooper, that's exactly what he discovered...
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Episode 150 - The Real Map of Life with Dr. James Smith
What if the secret to productivity isn't another to-do list or time‑hack, but a universal map of what it means to be human? In this episode, host Gerald J. Leonard welcomes Dr. James Smith, systems thinker, author of The Real Map of Life, and a man who has lived every corner of his own framework....
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Episode 149 - Hold My Beer, I'm Going to Change My Life with Brian Dixon
What happens when you wake up one day and realize you've been asleep for 20 years successful on paper, but dead inside? For Brian "Dixon" Dixon, that realization came after a near fatal pulmonary embolism. But it didn't have to. In this powerful episode of Productivity Smarts, host Gerald J....
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Episode 148 - Rainbow Gold: Building a Business That's Both the Journey and the Destination
Most entrepreneurs chase the fast exit. But what if the real reward is building a company so meaningful you would never dream of leaving? In this episode of Productivity Smarts, host Gerald J. Leonard sits down with David B. Hampson, acquisition entrepreneur, aviation insurance leader, and...
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Episode 147 - The PhotoReading Whole Mind System
Did you know you could read a 200-page book in under 10 minutes and actually retain it? In this episode of Productivity Smarts, host Gerald J. Leonard sits down with Dr. Paul Scheele, PhD, a pioneer in accelerated learning and creator of the Photo Reading Whole Mind System. Gerald shares how Dr....
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Episode 146 - Route 66, Research, and the Writer's Mind: Productivity Lessons from a Lifelong Storyteller
What does it take to stay creatively productive for five decades? In this episode of Productivity Smarts, host Gerald J. Leonard sits down with Annette LaFortune Murray, storyteller, educator, and Route 66 expert, to unpack the habits and mindset behind five decades of prolific, purposeful...
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Episode 145 - Crack the LUCK Code: How to Change Your Business and Personal Life Using the 4 Personality Expressions
How often does an employee's personality get mistaken for a performance problem, quietly undermining productivity across teams? In this episode of Productivity Smarts, host Gerald J. Leonard sits down with Ariel Vox, award-winning author of Crack the Luck Code. Ariel blends psychology,...
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Episode 144 - Gray Divorce: My Life, Rewritten
What do you do when life looks successful on the outside but deep down you feel stuck, unfulfilled, and disconnected from yourself? In this episode of Productivity Smarts, Gerald J. Leonard sits down with Anne Smith, a seasoned corporate trainer and HR expert who transformed her life after the…
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Episode 143 - Not Just Sunglasses and Autographs: Turning Life's Setbacks into Stepping Stones
What happens when a Hollywood insider faces career-ending setbacks, cancer, and a Parkinson's diagnosis all while refusing to give up? In this episode of Productivity Smarts, Gerald J. Leonard chats with Tommy Burke, a film and TV veteran who turned some of life's hardest punches into stepping...
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Episode 142 - Breaking the Binge Cycle: How Sugar, Stress, and Hidden Triggers Sabotage Your Productivity
What if the "sugar high" you rely on for a productivity boost is actually the very thing sabotaging your focus, mood, and long-term performance? In this episode of Productivity Smarts, host Gerald J. Leonard sits down with Connie Bennett, a transformational speaker, certified health coach, and...
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Episode 141 - The Montessori Home and Beyond: Nurture the Heart of Your Child and Family
Did you know the habits and environment you create in your child's first six years can shape how they focus and function for life? In this episode of Productivity Smarts, Gerald J. Leonard sits down with Teresa Angeles, a Montessori educator, parent mentor, and author of The Montessori Home and...
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Episode 140 - Fertility as a Vital Sign: What Reproductive Health Reveals About Productivity
We often measure productivity by output, deadlines, and achievements. But could one of the most powerful indicators of human performance be something we rarely discuss in leadership conversations, our fertility and overall biological health? In this episode of Productivity Smarts, host Gerald J....
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Episode 139 - The Productivity of Wholeness with Terry and Carol Moss
Are you leading from a place of wholeness or simply performing while carrying hidden emotional wounds? What if your struggles in leadership, creativity, or relationships are not really about strategy or productivity systems, but about deeper issues that have never been addressed? In this episode…
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Episode 138 - The StressRx with Dr. Trupti Gokani
Do you know your unique stress personality pattern? What if your stress isn't coming from your workload… but from a hidden personality pattern running your life? Why do some people shut down under pressure, others explode, and others spiral into anxiety and overwhelm? And what if understanding…
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Episode 137 - Future of Work with Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez
If AI can plan your day, write your reports, and automate the busy work, what's really left for you? Are we all project managers now? Or is the bigger shift that entire organizations have to become project driven just to stay relevant? In this episode of Productivity Smarts, host Gerald J.…
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Episode 136 - The Light Doctor with Dr. Martin Moore-Ede
What if one of the biggest drivers of your productivity wasn't your calendar, your habits, or your willpower but the light around you? In this episode of Productivity Smarts, host Gerald J. Leonard sits down with Dr. Martin Moore-Ede, a world-leading expert in circadian biology and founder of the...
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Episode 135 - The Daddy Files with Melissa Jean Rod
Imagine at 45, Melissa Jean Rod discovered that the man she had always believed was her father wasn't. What followed was a journey full of family secrets, DNA twists, and moments that felt almost like a detective story, all while learning to forgive when it seemed impossible. In this episode of...
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Jet Prompt Optimizer: Turning AI into a True Productivity Tool
In this episode, host Gerald J. Leonard pulls back the curtain on his personal journey into the world of Artificial Intelligence and accelerated learning. What began as a physical constraint, losing the ability to walk before a TEDx talk, became a catalyst for discovering the neuroscience of...
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Episode 134 - Unexpected Awakening with Laurie Jacobson
How can a 22 day silent retreat at a Buddhist monastery transform trauma, mindset, and daily productivity? In this episode of Productivity Smarts, Gerald J. Leonard sits down with Laurie S. Jacobson, certified health coach, motivational speaker, and author of Unexpected Awakening: 22 Days at a...
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Episode 133 - The New Choice Effect with Gina Trimarco Klauder
Did you know quick, courageous decisions can unlock clarity, confidence, and real progress in life and in work, especially when you approach them in creative, improv-inspired ways? In this episode of Productivity Smarts, host Gerald J. Leonard reconnects with longtime friend and former coach Gina...
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Episode 132 - Neurogiving with Cherian Koshy
How can understanding neuroscience transform your decision-making and productivity? In this episode of Productivity Smarts, Gerald J. Leonard sits down with Cherian Koshy, author of Neuro Giving: The Science of Donor Decision Making, for a thought-provoking conversation that explores how...
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Episode 131 - Make Me Great! with Dr. Thomas Trautmann, Ph.D
neuroscientist, former CMO, and author of Make Me Great, for an engaging conversation that redefines productivity from the inside out. Thomas shares his unconventional journey from artificial intelligence and neuroscience into marketing, leadership, and ethical persuasion, revealing how his early...
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Episode 130 - Purpose as the Engine of Performance with Suzanne Smith
Have you heard the saying before: find what you love, get so good at it that no one can ignore you, and you will never truly work a day in your life? But what if that same passion could also fuel your productivity, your purpose, and your impact on the world? In this episode of the Productivity...
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Episode 129 - Find Your Voice and SPEAK with David Brown, Sr.
In this episode of Productivity Smarts, host Gerald J. Leonard interviews David Suk Brown, co-author of 'Identical Opposites: Find Your Voice and Speak.' They discuss practical strategies for boosting workplace productivity, overcoming the fear of speaking up, and leveraging the power of...
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Episode 128 - Finding America's Greatest Champion with Terry Iverson
What if the path to a stable, meaningful, and lucrative career wasn't found in a four year university, but in a hands on craft that's been powering America for more than a century? And what if the biggest productivity hack you're missing is actually mentorship, not better software? In this…
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Episode 127 - The Shortcut to Magnificence with Chris Livezey
In this episode of the Productivity Smarts podcast, host Gerald J. Leonard converses with Chris Livezey, a transformative success story. They delve into the power of the subconscious mind, the importance of setting and achieving goals, and the profound impact of positive thinking and…
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Episode 126 - Cracking Your Calorie Code with PJ Glassey
What if getting fit didn't mean spending hours at the gym but just 21 minutes, twice a week? And what if the real secret to lasting health wasn't about your body at all, but about rewiring your brain? In this episode of the Productivity Smarts Podcast, host Gerald J. Leonard chats with PJ…
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Episode 125 - Imposter Syndrome & Neuroplasticity with Armida Espinoza
What if that nagging voice of imposter syndrome isn't really yours, but a belief you picked up in childhood and never questioned? In this episode of the Productivity Smarts podcast, host Gerald J. Leonard sits down with Armida Espinoza, educator, speaker, and author of Brave Lolis's Box of Hope…
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Episode 124 - Success is More than Winning with Lou Pelliccioni
Did you know that 85% of your success comes from believing in yourself? In this episode of the Productivity Smarts Podcast, host Gerald J. Leonard sits down with Lou Pelliccioni, a seasoned coach, businessman, and author of Success Is More Than Winning: 99 Tips to Up Your Game. At 77 years young,...
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Episode 123 - Healthy Dad, Sick Dad with Dr. Glen Robison
In this episode of Productivity Smarts, Gerald J. Leonard is joined by Dr. Glen Robison, a podiatric surgeon and author of 'Healthy Dad Sick Dad.' Dr. Robison shares his journey from conventional medicine to holistic health practices, discussing the importance of balancing productivity with...
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Episode 122 - Completely Healed with Cindy Wageman
What if your greatest health challenge could become your most powerful teacher? In this episode of Productivity Smarts, host Gerald J. Leonard sits down with Cindy Wageman, speaker, coach, and bestselling author of Completely Healed: How Understanding the Link Between Trauma, Stress, and…
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About this show
Productivity Smarts is an audio podcast hosted by Gerald J. Leonard, a productivity expert who helps other professionals get more done. Each episode features an in-depth discussion or interview with top productivity experts, tips, and strategies to help you become more productive by leveraging neuroscience principles. Features:• Interviews with top productivity experts• Tips and strategies for getting more done• Interviews with people who are doing great things Benefits:• Learn how to get more done• Get inspired by others who are doing great things in their lives• Hear what they do to stay focused and motivatedBooks:Productivity Smarts: Leaders and Managers Unlock Productivity Secrets from 12 Influential Musicians of the 20th and 21st Century: https://amzn.to/4mcy2jrA Symphony of Choices: https://amzn.to/3Keq3zxKIVA:It's a loan, not a donationJoin me in providing microloans through Kiva that create a personal impact worldwide.https://www.kiva.org/lender/topmindshelping
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