Productivity Without Burnout: Executing with Agency Instead of Illusion of Control

I don't personally think that a productivity tool can change your entire life, but I do think tools can lower friction and BrainfM falls in that category. It's a functional music app designed for things like focus, relaxation, meditation, and sleep, and it's definitely worth testing out like I did and got hooked on it years ago. What I did was I chose to try it during one real focused session of work. just to see if it would help me focus my attention better while I did that work. And the time flew by, I got the work done, and I've been using it ever since for that mode and all the others I mentioned.

And you can too. Try it out. Go to beyondtheto list.com slash brainfm and get 20% off or go to the link in the show notes of this episode. Again, try it out by going to beyondtheto list.com slash brainfm and you'll get 20% off and support the show. Hello and welcome back to Beyond the To-do list, a podcast about productivity.

I'm your host, Eric Fisher, and welcome to the first episode of 2026. Like a lot of you, maybe feel forced to do. We're thinking about making goals for this year. And sometimes that comes in the form of resolutions, which I don't do.

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