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Film Pro Productivity

Film Pro Productivity

Written by: Carter Ferguson
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 Are you a creative who wants to do more, create more, and live more? This is the podcast for you. Join 30-year film pro Carter Ferguson as he shares practical strategies and real-world insights to help you boost productivity, sharpen your focus, and achieve greater success. Discover how to streamline your creative process, build better habits, and unlock your full potential. Carter Ferguson Art Economics Leadership Management & Leadership Self-Help Success
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  • FIVE LESSONS ABOUT LIFE AND TRUST WE CAN LEARN FROM THE TRAITORS #183

    FIVE LESSONS ABOUT LIFE AND TRUST WE CAN LEARN FROM THE TRAITORS #183
    Feb 22 2026
    Why do groups make bad decisions even when everyone involved is intelligent and well-intentioned?This episode uses The Traitors as a pressure test for real human behaviour. By stripping away politeness and certainty, it reveals how trust forms, how beliefs harden, and why productivity often collapses in groups under pressure.The focus isn’t the TV show itself, but what it exposes about information, bias, emotional control, and short-term thinking – and how misunderstanding these patterns quietly drains energy at work and in life. QUOTE “Productivity collapses when attention shifts from truth to comfort.” Carter Ferguson (Host) LINKSOfficial website: https://www.filmproproductivity.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/filmproproductivityContact: https://www.filmproproductivity.com/contactIndie Film Hustle Network: https://indiefilmhustle.com/ifh-podcast-network-filmmaking-and-screenwriting/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqo0Zld2Lm2lJDpDh3GsuZgQUOTES“The trust of the innocent is the liar’s most useful tool.” Stephen King“The one who controls the narrative controls the group.” Marshall McLuhan“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” Aristotle“Where there is fear, there is haste.” Seneca“He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.” Confucius“What is avoided is rarely escaped.” Baltasar Gracián“It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life.” Jean-Luc PicardTHIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BYFraser Coull of Silly Wee Filmswww.copsandmonsters.ukhttps://www.instagram.com/copsandmonsters?igsh=YWdlaHh4dGczb2s2&utm_source=qrhttps://www.instagram.com/sillyweefilms?igsh=aGFmNHpudjFnMHBh&utm_source=qrREFERENCESThe Traitors (UK & US)Information asymmetryConfirmation biasGroup decision-making under uncertaintyEmotional regulation and perceived credibilityShort-term safety vs long-term trustPlease check out my friends shows:FILM FIGHTS WITH FRIENDS PODCAST with Stephen Koepfer and Paul Varacchi (etc)THE FILMMAKERS PODCAST with Giles Alderson (etc.)THE HORROR CUT with Stephen Kerr and Gary HewittWILDE WORLD with David WildeFILMMAKING CONVERSATIONS with Damian SwabyMUSIC & CREDITSA Himitsu Music: Adventures by A HimitsuCommons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...Music released by Argofox https://www.youtu.be/8BXNwnxaVQEMusic provided by Audio Library https://www.youtu.be/MkNeIUgNPQ8Contact the artist: x.jonaz@gmail.comhttps://www.facebook.com/ahimitsuhttps://www.twitter.com/ahimitsu1https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgFwu-j5-xNJml2FtTrrB3A
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    19 mins
  • THE INTELLIGENCE TRAP: WHY SMART PEOPLE STRUGGLE WITH PRODUCTIVITY Part 2 #182

    THE INTELLIGENCE TRAP: WHY SMART PEOPLE STRUGGLE WITH PRODUCTIVITY Part 2 #182
    Feb 15 2026
    Why does knowing what to do still not translate into doing it?In part two of this two-part series, the focus shifts from diagnosing the intelligence trap to dealing with it. This episode looks at how systems, attention, and environment matter more than motivation or willpower when it comes to sustained productivity.Rather than pushing harder, the episode explores how to redirect intelligence by changing structure, protecting attention, and designing conditions where progress becomes the default instead of a daily fight. “Motivation is unreliable. Systems are what keep work moving when energy drops.”Carter Ferguson (Host) LINKSOfficial website: https://www.filmproproductivity.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/filmproproductivityContact: https://www.filmproproductivity.com/contactIndie Film Hustle Network: https://indiefilmhustle.com/ifh-podcast-network-filmmaking-and-screenwriting/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqo0Zld2Lm2lJDpDh3GsuZg QUOTES“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.” Stephen King“You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.” James Clear“Your focus determines your reality.” George Lucas“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle“Success is the product of daily habits, not once-in-a-lifetime transformations.” James Clear“Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.” Vincent van GoghTHIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY JAMES MCCREADIE & DEBBIE MAYREFERENCESThe Science of Intelligent Achievement – Isaiah HankelDeep Work – Cal NewportSystems over motivationAttention as the primary bottleneckEnvironment shaping behaviourHabits and structural changePlease check out my friends shows:FILM FIGHTS WITH FRIENDS PODCASTTHE FILMMAKERS PODCASTTHE HORROR CUTWILDE WORLDMUSIC & CREDITSA Himitsu Music: Adventures by A HimitsuCommons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...Music released by Argofox https://www.youtu.be/8BXNwnxaVQEMusic provided by Audio Library https://www.youtu.be/MkNeIUgNPQ8Contact the artist: x.jonaz@gmail.comhttps://www.facebook.com/ahimitsuhttps://www.twitter.com/ahimitsu1https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgFwu-j5-xNJml2FtTrrB3A
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    22 mins
  • THE INTELLIGENCE TRAP: WHY SMART PEOPLE STRUGGLE WITH PRODUCTIVITY Part 1 #181

    THE INTELLIGENCE TRAP: WHY SMART PEOPLE STRUGGLE WITH PRODUCTIVITY Part 1 #181
    Feb 8 2026
    Why do smart, capable people struggle to follow through?In part one of a two-part series, this episode looks at the intelligence trap - the way thinking, analysis, and complexity can quietly replace action. Drawing on ideas from Isaiah Hankel and real creative experience, it explores how depleted mental energy, busyness, and fragmented attention undermine productivity, even when motivation and ability are high.This episode isn’t about fixing anything yet. It’s about noticing what drains your energy, what work expands when focus collapses, and how intelligence can start working against progress instead of supporting it. “Smart people don’t stall because they lack discipline. They stall because they see too much.”Carter Ferguson LINKS Official website: https://www.filmproproductivity.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/filmproproductivityContact: https://www.filmproproductivity.com/contactIndie Film Hustle Network: https://indiefilmhustle.com/ifh-podcast-network-filmmaking-and-screenwriting/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqo0Zld2Lm2lJDpDh3GsuZgQUOTES“Being intelligent doesn’t automatically make you effective.” Isaiah Hankel“Clarity about what matters provides clarity about what does not.” Cal Newport“Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them.” David Allen“The key is not to prioritise what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.” Stephen Covey“What we call interruptions are really the enemy of deep thought.” Herbert Simon“What is important is seldom urgent, and what is urgent is seldom important.” Dwight D. Eisenhower“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.” Daniel J. BoorstinTHIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY JAMES MCCREADIE & DEBBIE MAYREFERENCESThe Science of Intelligent Achievement – Isaiah HankelDeep Work – Cal NewportThe intelligence trapFinite mental energyBusyness as avoidanceAttention fragmentationPlease check out my friends shows:FILM FIGHTS WITH FRIENDS PODCASTTHE FILMMAKERS PODCASTTHE HORROR CUTWILDE WORLDMUSIC & CREDITSA Himitsu Music: Adventures by A HimitsuCommons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...Music released by Argofox https://www.youtu.be/8BXNwnxaVQEMusic provided by Audio Library https://www.youtu.be/MkNeIUgNPQ8Contact the artist: x.jonaz@gmail.comhttps://www.facebook.com/ahimitsuhttps://www.twitter.com/ahimitsu1https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgFwu-j5-xNJml2FtTrrB3A
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    17 mins
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