The Darius Foroux Show: Master Your Productivity. Master Your Life.

Claude Shannon, considered as the Einstein of the Information Age, made many contributions to science and society during his lifetime. That thing you’re holding in your hand or that’s sitting on your lap, reading these very words, are made possible by Shannon. Jimmy Soni and Rob Goodman, authors of Rome’s Last Citizen, just published a book about the life of Claude Shannon. Shannon was an American mathematician and electrical engineer known as “the father of information theory”. He is also known for inventing digital circuit design theory in 1937, when he was only 21 years old. He's considered as one of the greatest inventors in modern history. Listen to the full interview to learn: - How you can use curiosity to achieve success and overcome obstacles - A simple strategy to find new opportunities - Why forming positive habits will help you finish anything - What Radical Simplification means (Claude Shannon’s strategy to get better results) - Why having no ego leads to more happiness - How you can use distractions to achieve more

Last year I decided to make a list of the most important life lessons I had learned until then. I had no idea that a year later, the article was viewed more than two million times. The article is a reader’s favorite. And I still get emails about the article almost every week. So I thought I’d create an audio version of it, narrated by me. After the audio article, I talk about how and why I wrote the article. So if you’re interested in behind the scenes, stick around until after the audio article. Enjoy! If you want to read along, you can find the post here: http://dariusforoux.com/25-things-about-life-audio

There’s a very fine line between boredom and having a burnout. In this episode, you'll learn more about the right level of challenge that we need in our life, career, and relationship so that we can grow.

In this episode, I talk health and fitness. You’ll learn: 1. What effective strength training means 2. How you can prioritize exercise 3. Where and how you can educate yourself about fitness 4. How to set goals for fitness 5. Why diet is more important than working out

How many minutes of undisturbed work do you get done on an average day? 10, 20, maybe 50 minutes? If you think that sounds low, just examine your life. Most of us can’t go undisturbed for more than 10 minutes. We’re all so connected that it becomes impossible to find time to focus on yourself and your work. Some of us get hundreds of notifications and messages per day. In this episode, I talk about: 1. Why no priorities means no focus. 2. How you can get rid of distractions at work and life. 3. Why no focus means that you’re not in control of your life.

Nalden is a self-taught entrepreneur. He's the co-founder of WeTransfer and is known as one of the most successful bloggers of The Netherlands. In this interview, we talk about entrepreneurship, blogging, learning, creating, and dealing with distractions.

From now on, episodes will be 20 minutes and come out every Thursday. In this episode, I ramble about being busy, back pain, and flat earth theory. I also answer a reader’s question: “How do you build a stable career?”

What do you do when everyone does the same thing in your industry? Do you try to take a different approach, or do you look at best practices? In this episode, I share how I like to stand out from the crowd as a productivity writer.

In this episode, I talk to Paul Jarvis, a designer, author, teacher, software creator, and podcaster. We talk about entrepreneurship, dealing with criticism, having an inner compass, providing value to other people’s lives, and much more topics.

In this episode, I share a quick answer to a question I received about criticism.

In this episode, I ramble about working too much, Shark Tank, social media, building an online community, and finding mentors.

In the first episode, I talk too fast, say weird stuff, and ramble for way too long. I also recorded it, edited it, and even made the music for it with Garageband. It’s safe to say my podcast is not perfect.

Hey, I'm Darius Foroux. I'm an author and entrepreneur. On my podcast, I talk about everything I've recently learned. I'll talk about life, business, relationships, productivity, etc. Send me your questions, I'll answer them.