3 Minutes of TimeCrafting with Mike Vardy

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3 Minutes of TimeCrafting (3MoT for short) is a daily show where productivity and time management strategist Mike Vardy shares inspiration, insights, and information to help you craft your time better.

Mike Vardy


    • Aug 23, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 3m AVG DURATION
    • 153 EPISODES


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    On Finishing

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2019 3:01


    "It ain't over 'til it's over." - Yogi Berra

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    On Smallness

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2019 3:01


    I've been known to throw around the following phrase when putting together a to do list: break down your projects into their smallest particles.

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    On Letting Go

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2019 3:01


    "The hardest part of love is letting go." - lyrics from Letting Go by Straight Lines

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    On Positivity

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2019 3:01


    There are two ways to apply the concept of positivity to your personal productivity and time management. Both work in different ways.

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    On Appreciation

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2019 3:01


    You'll often hear about gratitude and how it can play a big role in improving your outlook on your day, week, and beyond. I'd also throw some appreciation into the mix a little more often.

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    On Breaks

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2019 3:01


    After an extended break from the daily podcast grind, I decided to kick off the return of the podcast with a focus on the subject of taking breaks.

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    On World Productivity Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2019 3:01


    Today is World Productivity Day. Seems like an odd day to carry that distinction, doesn't it?

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    On Sauntering

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2019 3:01


    The definition of "saunter" is as follows: to walk about in an idle or leisurely manner. But sauntering doesn't necessarily mean you're not being productive.

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    On Momentous Occasions

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2019 3:01


    We have more momentous occasions in our lives than we think. What we need is a way to remind ourselves of them; those reminders will help us craft a life teeming with occasions that are momentous in nature.

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    On Permanence

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2019 2:59


    "Focus on the things that don't change." - Jeff Bezos

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    On Musing Mode

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2019 3:01


    As the mini-series on Horizontal Themes wraps up, I wanted to offer up my thoughts on another one of my less specific themes: Musing Mode.

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    On Movement Mode

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2019 3:01


    As I continue through this mini-series on Horizontal Themes I want to share with you the newest of the bunch: Movement mode.

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    On Making Mode

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2019 3:01


    I continue with the mini-series on Horizontal Themes by focusing attention on one of my most important ones: Making Mode.

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    On Maintaining Mode

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2019 3:01


    In this first episode of the mini-series on Horizontal Themes, I share with you the one that really started off the overall concept: Maintaining Mode.

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    On Horizontal Themes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2019 2:59


    I've decided to fire up another mini-series here on 3 Minutes of TimeCrafting that revolves one of the core elements of TimeCrafting: Horizontal Themes.

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    On The Phone

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2019 3:01


    The mobile phone has played a massive role in personal productivity over the years and its impact shows no sign of slowing down anytime soon.

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    On Audiobooks

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2019 3:01


    I enjoy listening to audiobooks. I tend to listen to fiction books and reserve my non-fiction listening to podcasts.

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    On Avoidance

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2019 3:01


    This is a fitting episode for today. Why? Because I was supposed to record it a few days ago...but I avoided doing so.

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    On Friendship

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2019 3:01


    You wouldn’t think that friendship plays that big of a role in your personal productivity, would you? If that’s the case, you’d be wrong.

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    On Recording

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2019 3:01


    Recording things is something that we do both consciously and unconsciously. But if you want it to really benefit you then you need to spend more time doing it deliberately.

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    On Ups and Downs

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2019 2:59


    Life is full of ups and downs. That's inevitable. What we need to work on is how to navigate them.

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    On Running

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2019 2:59


    I started running in mid-2018. And I haven't really stopped since. But what does that have to do with personal productivity and time management?

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    On Tailoring

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2019 2:59


    Even when business isn't personal, productivity always is.

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    On Repetition

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2019 3:01


    "Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex." - Norman Vincent Peale

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    On Rocky Starts

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2019 2:59


    I've found that several of the starts I've had in the past several months have been nothing short of rocky.

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    On Niceness

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2019 3:00


    What does the word "nice" mean to you? What kind of feelings does it bring up? Does the word have enough depth in it to have meaning for you?

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    On Refusals

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2019 3:01


    You've likely heard that there is a real power in the word "no." But what if you were to take that power to another level?

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    On Flourishing

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2019 2:58


    When you think about the word "flourish" what words come to mind? Do you have a clear idea of what the word means?

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    On Aging Tasks

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2019 3:01


    Take a look at your to do list. How many tasks on it have been there for a long time? Why are they still on it? How come you haven't taken care of those aging tasks?

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    On Attention Hygiene

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2019 2:59


    Attention is one of the key ingredients to personal productivity and giving you the best chance to craft your time well.

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    On Fixing Things

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2019 3:01


    One aspect of optimization - which is one of my daily themes - is fixing. But sometimes you can spend time fixing when you should instead be figuring out if the fix is even worth it.

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    On Speed

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2019 3:01


    Here’s the thing: efficiency isn’t solely about speed. I’d argue that speed is what you need to keep out of your mind as you work to become more efficient with your to do list.

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    On Pride

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2019 3:01


    “Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.” - Thomas Merton

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    On Protection

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2019 3:01


    In order to craft your time and ensure you can handle the things you need and want to do on a consistent basis, you need to protect your time and attention.

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    On Slowness

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2019 3:01


    "Slow and steady wins the race." - The Tortoise and The Hare

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    On Standing Out

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2019 2:59


    There are plenty of ways that you can try to stand out from others. The question is...in what way do you want to be standing out?

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    On Notebooks

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2019 3:01


    If you’ve been keeping up with me fo some time then you know that I have an affinity for notebooks.

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    On Measuring

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2019 3:01


    “The hours of folly are measured by the clock; but of wisdom, no clock can measure.” - William Blake

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    On Seasons

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2019 2:59


    When we think about managing our time, we often think about the days, the weeks, and months. But what about the seasons of the year?

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    On Deep Work

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2019 3:01


    “What we choose to focus on and what we choose to ignore—plays in defining the quality of our life.” - Cal Newport, Deep Work

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    On Changing Gears

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2019 3:01


    There's no question about it: in life you're going to need and want to change gears from time to time. But how do you do it in a way that doesn't throw you off course in the process?

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    On Waiting

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2019 3:01


    ‘The waiting is the hardest part.’ - Tom Petty

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    On Meditation

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2019 3:01


    I’ve gone back and forth with meditation over the years. Not on that it should be done, but that I’ve struggled to be consistent with it.

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    On Quality

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2019 3:01


    It's not always about how much you do, but about the quality of what you do. Yet sometimes quality can suffer in the face of the demands we have from outside forces...and place on ourselves.

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    On Quantity

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2019 2:59


    There's this idea out there that you should do less stuff better. But what if doing that meant you actually had to add MORE to your to do list first?

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    On Longevity

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2019 3:01


    Sometimes you just want to get through today. But you need to make sure you have a way to get through every day after that as well.

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    On Ego

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2019 3:01


    Ego can get in the way of progress. In fact, as Ryan Holiday says it can be an enemy of that...and much more.

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    On Rest

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2019 3:01


    Without rest and recuperation, you're going to be spinning your wheels. And that will take you nowhere...fast.

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    On Teaching

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2019 3:01


    Stephen Covey said, "I believe in this concept that you learn by teaching." You know what? I believe in that concept as well. And I also believe that it's important to make and take time for teaching.

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    On Being A Night Owl

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2019 3:01


    I'm a night owl and I'm proud of it. If you're a night owl then you should be too.

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    On Breathing

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2019 3:01


    There are plenty of productivity tips you'll hear coming from me and many others. But there's one thing you can do that requires no additional tools and is something you already take for granted.

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