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May 19, 2025 62 mins

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Join Dr. B and inventor Dr. Mark Ellwood as they explore turning ideas into reality, mastering productivity, and finding your purpose. Mark shares his journey from paperboy to creating a time-saving device, plus a game-changing to-do list tip to boost your efficiency. 

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What if everything you thought about productivity was backward? What if doing more wasn't the goal, but rather doing what matters most?

Mark Elwood, inventor of the TimeCorder and productivity expert, challenges conventional wisdom with a refreshingly practical approach to getting things done. After decades of conducting time studies across industries, Mark reveals the startling truth: most people spend only 20% of their time on high-priority activities. The top performers? They manage to push that number to 30%—a small difference that creates massive results.

Mark's journey to productivity mastery began in childhood as a newspaper delivery boy, where he intuitively developed systems to fold papers faster, optimize routes, and collect payments efficiently. Those early experiences later informed his invention of the TimeCorder—a simple device that tracks time spent on different activities throughout the day. But what began as a product quickly evolved into a service, as Mark discovered the real value wasn't in selling devices but in analyzing how people actually spend their time.

Perhaps most surprising is Mark's revelation that despite decades of technological advancement, we still spend roughly the same percentage of our time (25%) on administrative tasks as we did before the internet. Technology promised to liberate us but has often just replaced old busywork with new digital distractions.

His remedy isn't complicated: start each day with a blank to-do list and ask, "If I had nothing on my schedule, what would I do to affect my results a month from now?" Those activities—not yesterday's unfinished tasks or today's emergencies—deserve your first attention.

Whether you're building a business, advancing your career, or searching for purpose, Mark's approach offers a clear path forward: identify what truly matters, break big dreams into manageable steps, and protect your time for high-impact work. Because productivity isn't about doing everything—it's about doing what counts.

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