Podcasts about conquer busyness

In this episode "from the vault", originally released in November 2021, I had the pleasure of chatting with Juliet Funt, author of "A Minute to Think: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work". Together, we delved into how the often-overlooked concept of whitespace is crucial for creativity, productivity, and a balanced life. Juliet's insights are particularly timely in our fast-paced, performative world where busyness often masquerades as effectiveness. Our discussion ranged from tackling the misconceptions of work-life balance to the innovative concept of 'time sketching' versus traditional time management. Juliet's approach to productivity isn't just about doing more; it's about creating space for what truly matters. This conversation is a must-listen for anyone looking to revitalize their approach to work and life. Key Discussion Points The detrimental effects of "performative busyness" on well-being and productivity. Rethinking the concept of work-life balance and insatiability in the workplace. Creative strategies to boost productivity, exemplified by unconventional sales methods. The vital role of whitespace in fostering creativity and effective work habits. Juliet's unique approach to time management: "time sketching" for flexibility. Addressing the 'thieves of time' like social media, email, and meetings. The importance of integrating whitespace into daily life for focus and creativity. This episode with Juliet Funt was an enlightening journey through the realms of productivity and personal growth. Her perspective on embracing whitespace and thoughtful time management is a game-changer for anyone feeling overwhelmed by the hustle culture. Remember, it's not just about doing more; it's about creating space to do what's truly important. Links Worth Exploring Connect with Juliet: Website | X | LinkedIn Get The Book: A Minute to Think: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work Check Out This Book: Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman My Conversations with Cal Newport: Episode 93 | Episode 229 | Episode 360 Austin Kleon's Appearance on The Podcast: Listen Here Matthew Fox's Book: The Reinvention of Work: A New Vision of Livelihood for Our Time Listen To This: Why Is My Life So Hard? (Ep. 280) – Freakonomics Related Conversation: Episode 266: Becoming Indistractable with Nir Eyal Related Blog Post: Pause and Affect Thanks to all of the sponsors of this episode. You can find all of the sponsors you heard me mention on this episode on our Podcast Sponsors page. Want to support the podcast? Beyond checking out our sponsors, you can subscribe to the show wherever you listen to podcasts. You can subscribe on Spotify and also on Apple Podcasts. Not using either of those to get your podcasts? Just click on this link and then paste the podcast feed into your podcast app of choice. Thanks again for listening to A Productive Conversation. See you later. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode "from the vault", originally released in November 2021, I had the pleasure of chatting with Juliet Funt, author of "A Minute to Think: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work". Together, we delved into how the often-overlooked concept of whitespace is crucial for creativity, productivity, and a balanced life. Juliet's insights are particularly timely in our fast-paced, performative world where busyness often masquerades as effectiveness.Our discussion ranged from tackling the misconceptions of work-life balance to the innovative concept of 'time sketching' versus traditional time management. Juliet's approach to productivity isn't just about doing more; it's about creating space for what truly matters. This conversation is a must-listen for anyone looking to revitalize their approach to work and life.Key Discussion Points The detrimental effects of "performative busyness" on well-being and productivity. Rethinking the concept of work-life balance and insatiability in the workplace. Creative strategies to boost productivity, exemplified by unconventional sales methods. The vital role of whitespace in fostering creativity and effective work habits. Juliet's unique approach to time management: "time sketching" for flexibility. Addressing the 'thieves of time' like social media, email, and meetings. The importance of integrating whitespace into daily life for focus and creativity. This episode with Juliet Funt was an enlightening journey through the realms of productivity and personal growth. Her perspective on embracing whitespace and thoughtful time management is a game-changer for anyone feeling overwhelmed by the hustle culture. Remember, it's not just about doing more; it's about creating space to do what's truly important.Links Worth Exploring Connect with Juliet: Website | X | LinkedIn Get The Book: A Minute to Think: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work Check Out This Book: Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman My Conversations with Cal Newport: Episode 93 | Episode 229 | Episode 360 Austin Kleon's Appearance on The Podcast: Listen Here Matthew Fox's Book: The Reinvention of Work: A New Vision of Livelihood for Our Time Listen To This: Why Is My Life So Hard? (Ep. 280) – Freakonomics Related Conversation: Episode 266: Becoming Indistractable with Nir Eyal Related Blog Post: Pause and Affect Thanks to all of the sponsors of this episode. You can find all of the sponsors you heard me mention on this episode on our Podcast Sponsors page.Want to support the podcast? Beyond checking out our sponsors, you can subscribe to the show wherever you listen to podcasts. You can subscribe on Spotify and also on Apple Podcasts. Not using either of those to get your podcasts? Just click on this link and then paste the podcast feed into your podcast app of choice.Thanks again for listening to A Productive Conversation. See you later.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, Juliet Funt provides strategies you can use to regain control of days, liberate yourself from burnout and busy work, and reclaim creativity and focus—even when there's chaos all around you. • Subscribe to our newsletter • Download our app • Join our club (code DAILY gets you 10% off) • Send us an email

Are your days often so hectic, you long for a minute to breathe? Yet, you're too busy to pause for even a moment to think and rest. Our guest on this episode, Juliet Funt, has some great advice for you!  Juliet is a consultant to Fortune 500 companies and an in-demand speaker on efficiency and time management. She's written a book for all of us who are feeling overworked and overwhelmed—and wish we had more to show for all of our busyness. Her book is called, "A MINUTE TO THINK: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work". Her website is julietfunt.com.   We're excited to tell you about another great product from our sponsor, Ritual.  It's called Synbiotic+ and it's a daily 3-in-1 clinically-studied prebiotic, probiotic, and postbiotic designed to help support a balanced gut microbiome.  Ritual's Synbiotic+ provides two of the world's most clinically studied probiotic strains to support the relief of mild and occasional digestive discomforts, like bloating, gas, and diarrhea.  Synbiotic+ and Ritual are here to celebrate, not hide, your insides. It's time to listen to your gut!  Ritual is offering our Nobody Told Me! listeners 10% off during your first 3 months.  Visit ritual.com/NTM to start Ritual or add Synbiotic+ to your subscription today.   Our sponsor, Zocdoc, is the only FREE app that lets you find AND book doctors who are patient reviewed, take your insurance, are available when you need them and treat almost every condition under the sun.   On Zocdoc, you'll find quality doctors who focus on you, listen to you and prioritize your care.  Go to Zocdoc.com/NTM and download the Zocdoc app for FREE!  Then, find and book a top-rated doctor today.  Many are available within 24 hours.  If you have a symptom that you'd really like to get checked out, don't put it off any more!  Go to Zocdoc.com/NTM and download the Zocdoc app for FREE!

Juliet Funt, the author of A Minute to Think: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work discusses the need for leaders and organizations to embrace white space on their calendars.  Juliet and Joe also talk about the reasons why people feel the need to fill schedules  with activity and how that can actually become a road block to success. Featured in top media outlets such as Forbes, CNBC, and Fast Company, Juliet Funt is a globally renowned keynote speaker, tough-love advisor to the Fortune 500, founder and CEO of the efficiency training firm, Juliet Funt Group.Juliet is the author of A Minute to Think, nominated for the Next Big Idea Club curated by Malcolm Gladwell, Dan Pink, Susan Cain and Adam Grant. She is an evangelist for freeing the potential of companies by unburdening their talent from busywork, and she has brought her powerful concepts to Spotify, National Geographic, Anthem, Vans, Abbott, Costco, Pepsi, Nike, Wells Fargo, Sephora, Sysco, and ESPN. 

Are your days often so hectic, you long for a minute to breathe? Are you too busy to pause for even a moment to think and rest? Our guest on this episode, Juliet Funt, has some words of wisdom we all need to hear right now.  Juliet is a consultant to Fortune 500 companies and an in-demand speaker on efficiency and time management. She's written a new book for all of us who are feeling overworked and overwhelmed—and wish we had more to show for all of our busyness. Her book is called, "A MINUTE TO THINK: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work". Her website is julietfunt.com. Note: This episode was previously aired. Thank you to our sponsors of this episode! Everlywell is digital healthcare designed for you — all at an affordable and transparent price. With over thirty at-home lab tests, you'll be able to choose the test that makes the most sense for you to get the answers you need, like the Metabolism Test or Food Sensitivity Test. Everlywell ships products straight to you with everything needed in one package. To take your at-home lab test, simply collect your sample and use the included prepaid shipping label to mail your test back to a certified lab. Your physician-reviewed results get sent to your phone or device in just days! If you've been experiencing symptoms and don't know where to start, Everlywell is committed to listening and supporting your journey towards better health and wellness. For listeners of Nobody Told Me!, Everlywell is offering a special discount of twenty percent off an at-home lab test at everlywell.com/nobody. That's everlywell.com/nobody for twenty percent off your next at-home lab test. Ora Organic's Trust Your Gut probiotic and prebiotic supplement contains some of the world's most powerful probiotic strains, along with prebiotics to help the good bacteria thrive in your gut so your probiotics work smarter, not harder. Trust Your Gut helps optimize your digestion and support common gut health issues like constipation and bloating. A healthy mix of probiotics in your gut has also been linked to having a strong immune system and can even impact your mood! Trust Your Gut is available in a capsule or powder format. With its variety of products, Ora is your one stop shop for clean, quality, plant-based nutrition that works! You have nothing to lose. Try Ora's products and if you're not happy for any reason within 60 days, get a full refund. No questions asked. Get 30% off your first subscription when you text TOLD to 64000. (sixty-four thousand) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Most of us work at 100 mph. We have endless task lists, back-to-back-to-back-to-back meetings, we eat lunch at our desks so we can respond to a couple more emails and Slack messages, we hardly take a break to go to the bathroom or even to get a drink, we're constantly behind … and … we're exhausted. This pace is unsustainable and I think we all know it. When I read Juliet Funt's book "A Minute to Think" the first thing I did was exhale. She gave me permission to think differently about how I show up at work and at home. What would it look like to operate in a more sane and humane way each and every day?  What would it look like to build in some white space into our days?  And what would that do to the quality of our work, our interactions with our coworkers, and our families? If we want to build a winning team, we need to conquer busyness so that we can do our best work. **Buy Juliet's book “A Minute to Think”: https://amzn.to/3x9Z7vP **Order your copy of "The Secret Society of Success": https://amzn.to/3kPlbVw

Jon Gordon is joined by Juliet Funt, adviser to top Fortune 500 companies and author of A Minute to Think: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work. And that's a lot what Jon and Juliet talk about today. Work. How to get out of misery at work. How to do your best work. How to find meaning and make word not something you dread.  It's a really powerful conversation with a lot of practical insights that will not only given you a minute to think, but tangible practices to put into action.  If you enjoy this, let us and others know. Post on social and share your greatest takeaways. Tag Jon @jongordon11 and Juliet @thejulietfunt.  Our featured resource today is our upcoming Power of Positive Summit. It's FREE online on April 6-10 and features top speakers such as Sean McCay (Head Coach of the LA Rams), Ed Mylett, Jamie Kern Lima, Inky Johnson, Valorie Burton and many more. Sign up now at PowerOfPositiveSummit.com - Each day during the summit we release several speakers that you can watch on-demand, when you want. You don't have to block out your full day. Just sign up and get access at PowerOfPositiveSummit.com 

In this episode, David sits down with Juliet Funt, Author, Speaker, and Advisor To The Fortune 500, to discuss how to conquer busyness and do your best work. Show Notes: http://trustedleadershow.com/ Buy David's NEWEST Book "Trusted Leader": https://amzn.to/3luyqf1

In this episode of Start With A Win, Adam talks to Juliet Funt, the founder and CEO of The Juliet Funt Group, an efficiency training firm. Juliet and her firm are on a mission to “de-crapify” work, helping business leaders and organizations unleash their full potential by unburdening talent from busywork. She is a renowned keynote speaker and tough-love advisor. Juliet is the author of A Minute to Think: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work. Between meetings, emails, reports, and decks, there are so many low-value tasks that sit on top of the talented people in organizations today. It keeps our teams from being able to do their best work. And COVID has only made the problem worse with more Zoom meetings, over communication, and extra emails. Juliet shares her analogy of building a fire and how creating space between the materials is essential to allow oxygenation to happen. In the same way, people need to have space to not only recuperate, but to step back and think and let ideas build. Team members and leaders can be more creative and engaged when they're allowed a strategic pause to think purposely about the next chapter of a project or the business. Juliet believes that leadership is often over-focused on the logistical questions of “where” (where people sit, where should people work, where we sell) when they should be focused on “how” (how do we want to communicate, how do we want people to work). These questions pave the way for a redesign opportunity in how organizations operate.Juliet also shares about what she calls The Wedge, which is a wedge of time inserted between two activities in your day—between a meeting and a meeting, an emotionally challenging email and your response response. By taking a few micro-moments to process what just happened rather than just jumping to the next thing, our brain can actually better retain information and think more critically. And even if it's only for a few minutes, that “white space” should be completely open time, think about anything we want in those times, which also gives our brain time for ideation and creativity.Episode Links:https://www.julietfunt.comA Minute to Think: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Workhttps://www.julietfunt.com/book/Twitter: https://twitter.com/thejulietfuntLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julietfunt/Order your copy of Start With A Win: Tools and Lessons to Create Personal and Business Success:https://www.startwithawin.com/bookConnect with Adam:https://www.startwithawin.com/https://www.facebook.com/REMAXAdamContoshttps://twitter.com/REMAXAdamContoshttps://www.instagram.com/REMAXadamcontos/ Leave us a voicemail:888-581-4430

The global workforce has a busyness problem. We're overworked, overwhelmed, and operating at breakneck speeds. Every space on our calendars is filled to the brim, with no minute to spare and no moment left un-maximized. Urgency is the norm and immediacy is the gold standard. It's no wonder that, as we emerge from the disruption of the pandemic and head back to the office, weary professionals are experiencing burnout like never before and 40 percent of workers globally are considering quitting their jobs.For a workforce that was already fried and now completely burnt, continuing our current frantic work pace and pressure could have serious consequences for individuals and organizations alike.With her new book, A Minute to Think, renowned speaker and executive advisor Juliet Funt presents a fundamental reimagining of how we approach work that meets the unique demands of the current moment.She reveals the performance-enhancing power of the strategic pause -- periods of open, unscheduled time that allow us to think more wisely and creatively. These strategic pauses give our sparks of talent and contribution the oxygen they need to catch fire. When reinserted into our busy schedules, whether in short sips or long gulps, they can change the very nature of work.

The global workforce has a busyness problem. We're overworked, overwhelmed, and operating at breakneck speeds.The global workforce has a busyness problem. We're overworked, overwhelmed, and operating at breakneck speeds. Every space on our calendars is filled to the brim, with no minute to spare and no moment left un-maximized. Urgency is the norm and immediacy is the gold standard. It's no wonder that, as we emerge from the disruption of the pandemic and head back to the office, weary professionals are experiencing burnout like never before and 40 percent of workers globally are considering quitting their jobs.For a workforce that was already fried and now completely burnt, continuing our current frantic work pace and pressure could have serious consequences for individuals and organizations alike.With her new book, A Minute to Think, renowned speaker and executive advisor Juliet Funt presents a fundamental reimagining of how we approach work that meets the unique demands of the current moment.She reveals the performance-enhancing power of the strategic pause -- periods of open, unscheduled time that allow us to think more wisely and creatively. These strategic pauses give our sparks of talent and contribution the oxygen they need to catch fire. When reinserted into our busy schedules, whether in short sips or long gulps, they can change the very nature of work.

The global workforce has a busyness problem. We're overworked, overwhelmed, and operating at breakneck speeds.The global workforce has a busyness problem. We're overworked, overwhelmed, and operating at breakneck speeds. Every space on our calendars is filled to the brim, with no minute to spare and no moment left un-maximized. Urgency is the norm and immediacy is the gold standard. It's no wonder that, as we emerge from the disruption of the pandemic and head back to the office, weary professionals are experiencing burnout like never before and 40 percent of workers globally are considering quitting their jobs.For a workforce that was already fried and now completely burnt, continuing our current frantic work pace and pressure could have serious consequences for individuals and organizations alike.With her new book, A Minute to Think, renowned speaker and executive advisor Juliet Funt presents a fundamental reimagining of how we approach work that meets the unique demands of the current moment.She reveals the performance-enhancing power of the strategic pause -- periods of open, unscheduled time that allow us to think more wisely and creatively. These strategic pauses give our sparks of talent and contribution the oxygen they need to catch fire. When reinserted into our busy schedules, whether in short sips or long gulps, they can change the very nature of work.

Juliet Funt is the founder/CEO of the Juliet Funt Group. She is also the author of a new book that is high on my list of favorites, A Minute to Think: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work. In today's episode Juliet and I talk about the importance of giving yourself room to think and reclaiming "white space " in your day. White space is time with no assignment. I love that phrase. So, we dig into what white space is, how it benefits you (in terms of fighting cognitive fatigue and overload), and what white space isn't: meditation or mindfulness. As Juliet shares, white space it's a more purposeful use of time than that.  This episode was recorded in Early 2021. More on Andy: Connect on LinkedIn Pre-Order Andy's new book on Amazon Learn more at AndyPaul.com Sponsored by: Revenue.io | Unlock exponential growth with an AI-powered RevOps platform | Revenue.io BombBomb | Build better business relationships with video messaging | BombBomb.com Scratchpad | The fastest way to update Salesforce, take sales notes, and stay on top of to-dos | Scratchpad.com Explore the Revenue.io Podcast Universe: Sales Enablement Podcast Selling with Purpose Podcast RevOps Podcast

Do you think about how much you could get done if you were unburdened from busy work? Juliet Funt joins Kevin to talk about the difference between activity and productivity and what we could accomplish if we just had a minute to think. This episode was recorded during Virtual LeaderCon 2021. Key Points Juliet discusses the idea of busyness and the impact it has on our lives. She shares her thoughts about the future of engagement at work. She describes hallucinated urgency. She provides tips on how to clean up work so you can be in a ready stance. Meet Juliet Name: Juliet Funt Her Story: Author of A Minute To Think Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work. She is a globally renowned keynote speaker, tough-love advisor to the Fortune 500, founder and CEO of the efficiency training firm, Juliet Funt Group. Worth Mentioning: Her book was nominated for the Next Big Idea Club curated by Malcolm Gladwell, Dan Pink, Susan Cain, and Adam Grant. She is an evangelist for freeing the potential of companies by unburdening their talent from busywork, and she has brought her powerful concepts to Spotify, National Geographic, Anthem, Vans, Abbott, Costco, Pepsi, Nike, Wells Fargo, Sephora, Sysco, and ESPN. This episode is brought to you by… The Daily Email, daily inspiration for leaders sent Monday-Friday every week. Kevin writes a short message to inform, inspire, engage, and focus you on becoming the best you and the best leader you can be. Book Recommendations A Minute to Think: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work by Juliet Funt The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy Related Podcast Episodes Leadership Productivity Principles with Maura Thomas. Leadership Whitespace with Juliet Funt.

Most bookkeeping business owners have very busy schedules. But what if that busyness is costing you business?  Our guest this week breaks down the dangers of busyness and how it can impact our creativity & ability to do deep work.  We are joined by Juliet Funt, CEO of the Juliet Funt Group, a training and consulting firm that helps organizations, their leaders and employees flip the norms of business in order to reclaim their creativity, productivity, and engagement. She is also the author of “A Minute to Think: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness and Do Your Best Work”. She explains the benefits of a Results-Only work environment & shares with us valuable tips on how business owners can start to regain control of their time. During this interview, you'll learn... The importance of time sketching & ensuring you have time between meetings How to move toward a zero notification lifestyle  Why you should consider an interval schedule for checking your e-mail Connect with Juliet on LinkedIn. Learn more about Juliet Funt Group here. Buy her book, A Minute to Think here.   Time Stamps  1:51 - Juliet's career journey 6:05 - How busy-ness can cost you business 11:17 - Why we are not living in a 9 to 5 world anymore 13:09 - How Juliet created a results-only work environment 18:46 - Coaching demonstration - becoming the architect of your own time

ON COACHING | Meta performance, when pursued effectively, pushes the limits of your capabilities and yields a new level of personal and professional achievement. But there is a risk to watch out for in the journey of meta performance; a slippery slope of expending all your energy on tireless hard work at the cost of physical and emotional wellness. "There needs to be an equal, proportionate upgrade of resting as you upgrade your performance." Listen to coaches Jason Jaggard, Jon Roberts, Amanda Jaggard, and Dan Leffelaar illustrate why self-care and rest are not weaknesses or indulgences but, rather, necessary fuel to allow you to sustain high levels of performance without succumbing to burnout.REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE• Ep089: A Minute To Think with Juliet Funt & Jason Jaggard - The Global Leadership Podcast• A Minute to Think: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work by Juliet FuntNovus Global is a tribe of elite executive coaches who work with Fortune 500 Companies, Professional Athletes, World Renowned Artists and Business Leaders to create lives, teams and companies that go beyond high-performance.Book a free consultation with a Novus Global coach here: http://novus.global/now/ This podcast is produced by Rainbow Creative with Matthew Jones as Senior Producer and Jeremy Davidson as Editor and Audio engineer. Find out more about how to create a podcast for you or your business at rainbowcreative.co

Juliet Funt is a renowned keynote speaker and tough-love advisor to the Fortune 500 who is regularly featured in top global media outlets, including Forbes and Fast Company. She is a white-space warrior as the founder and CEO of The Juliet Funt Group, helping business leaders and organizations to unleash their full potential by unburdening talent from busywork. Juliet has earned one of the highest ratings in the largest speaking event in the world, and she has worked with brands such as Spotify, National Geographic, Vans, Costco, Pepsi, Nike, Wells Fargo and ESPN.Juliet shares some key insights from her book ‘A Minute to Think: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work'. We also discuss finding your spark, making time for mental space, why we fill time, the humane element of productivity – and increasing the sales of salmon tips. Talking Points Performative busyness The curse of insatiability How to not confuse activity with productivity What is white space? Time sketching Taking one minute to think Establishing your non-negotiable white spaces Quote"Interlace space throughout the day."Helpful Links ‘A Minute To Think' by Juliet Funt ‘Four Thousand Weeks' by Oliver Burkeman ‘Indistractable' by Nir Eyal ‘The Reinvention of Work' by Matthew Fox Episode 360: A World Without Email with Cal Newport Episode 229: Exploring Digital Minimalism with Cal Newport Episode 93: Deep Work with Cal Newport Episode 238: How to Keep Going with Austin Kleon Why Is My Life So Hard? (Ep. 280) - Freakonomics The Busyness Test JulietFunt.com Want to discover some of the books mentioned on the podcast? Check out Scribd, my reading app of choice. If you enjoyed the episode, please leave a rating and/or review wherever you listened to the episode. Also don't forget to check out all of our podcast sponsors found on our podcast sponsors page. If you enjoyed the episode, please leave a rating and/or review wherever you listened to the episode. And if you want to have easy access to the archives of the show and ensure you don't miss the new episodes to come then subscribe to the podcast in the app you're using.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Juliet Funt is a renowned keynote speaker and tough-love advisor to the Fortune 500 who is regularly featured in top global media outlets, including Forbes and Fast Company. She is a white-space warrior as the founder and CEO of The Juliet Funt Group, helping business leaders and organizations to unleash their full potential by unburdening talent from busywork. Juliet has earned one of the highest ratings in the largest speaking event in the world, and she has worked with brands such as Spotify, National Geographic, Vans, Costco, Pepsi, Nike, Wells Fargo and ESPN. Juliet shares some key insights from her book ‘A Minute to Think: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work'. We also discuss finding your spark, making time for mental space, why we fill time, the humane element of productivity – and increasing the sales of salmon tips.  Talking Points Performative busyness The curse of insatiability How to not confuse activity with productivity What is white space? Time sketching Taking one minute to think Establishing your non-negotiable white spaces Quote "Interlace space throughout the day." Helpful Links ‘A Minute To Think' by Juliet Funt ‘Four Thousand Weeks' by Oliver Burkeman ‘Indistractable' by Nir Eyal ‘The Reinvention of Work' by Matthew Fox Episode 360: A World Without Email with Cal Newport Episode 229: Exploring Digital Minimalism with Cal Newport Episode 93: Deep Work with Cal Newport Episode 238: How to Keep Going with Austin Kleon Why Is My Life So Hard? (Ep. 280) - Freakonomics The Busyness Test JulietFunt.com Want to discover some of the books mentioned on the podcast? Check out Scribd, my reading app of choice.   If you enjoyed the episode, please leave a rating and/or review wherever you listened to the episode. Also don't forget to check out all of our podcast sponsors found on our podcast sponsors page.   If you enjoyed the episode, please leave a rating and/or review wherever you listened to the episode. And if you want to have easy access to the archives of the show and ensure you don't miss the new episodes to come then subscribe to the podcast in the app you're using.

In this episode, Juliet Funt, globally recognized warrior in the battle against busyness, shares tips from her latest book, A Minute to Think: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work. Funt developed a framework to help people regain control of an overloaded, chaotic schedule. She reminds us to insert white space—short periods of open time into our daily routine to reinvent the way we approach a maxed-out schedule. For more information about Juliet Funt, visit www.Julietfunt.com  

Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Joel Weber and Bloomberg Latin America Reporter Andrew Rosati talk about Andrew's Businessweek Magazine story about how allies to former President Donald Trump, such as Steve Bannon and Jason Miller, have bonded with people close to Brazil's embattled president, Jair Bolsonaro. Dexter Roberts, Mansfield Fellow at the University of Montana and senior fellow at the Atlantic Council's Asia Security Initiative, discusses China's move make all crypto-related transactions illegal. Juliet Funt, CEO of Juliet Funt Group, discusses her book “A Minute to Think: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work.” And we Drive to the Close with Chadd Garcia, Portfolio Manager at Ave Maria Funds. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Joel Weber and Bloomberg Latin America Reporter Andrew Rosati talk about Andrew's Businessweek Magazine story about how allies to former President Donald Trump, such as Steve Bannon and Jason Miller, have bonded with people close to Brazil's embattled president, Jair Bolsonaro. Dexter Roberts, Mansfield Fellow at the University of Montana and senior fellow at the Atlantic Council's Asia Security Initiative, discusses China's move make all crypto-related transactions illegal. Juliet Funt, CEO of Juliet Funt Group, discusses her book “A Minute to Think: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work.” And we Drive to the Close with Chadd Garcia, Portfolio Manager at Ave Maria Funds. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

“Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it” ― Buddha If you're a business leader, entrepreneur, manager, director or you've just started a business on your own - are you asking the right questions and what is the most important question?  Start with why. No. Start with want. What is the most important question in business?  Answer: What do you want? Does your mission start with 'why' or a want? For me, you have to want something and then know why you want it. Asking someone what they want is so much easier than asking them what their why is.  Don't know what you want? It's time to do some exploration. Teams Take yourself and leadership team into a different environment Socialise, get to know watch other personally Discuss ideologies, behaviour and aspirations Solo Experiment  Get creative Get spiritual Talk to people Wants = goals. A goal framework can impact trust, understanding, and innovation within a company's culture. Additionally, when employees have clear visibility and communication around the company's goals and mission there is an increase in performance and engagement. By creating goals you give yourself and your team a new set of ideas and new perspectives. This then forms your why. Why you do what you do, the direction you move in and the way you live your life. And how you run the business. Define your goals  Achievements and fulfilments Hedgehog concept  What are you deeply passionate about? What can you be the best in the world at? What drives your economic engine? More info here: https://www.jimcollins.com/concepts/the-hedgehog-concept.html (https://www.jimcollins.com/concepts/the-hedgehog-concept.html) Ikigai  What are you good at? What do you enjoy? What can you be paid for? What does the world need? More info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikigai (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikigai) Seed goals Healthy, happy and valued team Give our full attention and value to our clients  Produce meaningful and influential work  Award-winning campaigns Market-leading agency Create a lasting and positive legacy Seed's why: To use creativity to help brand leaders solve the world's biggest challenges. Start with goals. Then why.  Recommended Book-  A Minute to Think By Juliet Funt Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work Meet the powerful guide that will help you regain control in your overloaded, caffeinated, inbox-worshiping work day. An efficiency expert explains how to liberate your talent, reduce waste, and help teams do more meaningful work by incorporating strategic pauses - what she calls "white space" - into your workdays and personal life. Podcast Recommendation Finding Mastery - Michael Gervais A high performance psychologist whose clientele consists of the NFL's Seattle Seahawks, Olympians and MVPs from every major sport, world record holders, internationally acclaimed artists and corporate leaders. Host and high performance psychologist, Dr. Michael Gervais, interviews people excelling in the most hostile environments to discover the mental skills used to push the boundaries. Each episode features inspiring stories from the world's best athletes, brilliant business minds, and the musicians and artists changing our perspective of what's possible. Thoughtful, spontaneous, and engaging, Dr. Michael Gervais provides insights to help listeners live connected to their potential and pursue their very best. Please support: like, share, comment, subscribe. Brand Master Flash is Jonny Prest. A brand strategist and director at brand agency Seed. Jonny prides himself on his work ethic, unique approach and sense of humour. He's passionate about brand strategy, working hard to get into the mindset of his clients and in the shoes of their consumers to find the right solutions and...

Welcome to episode #792 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #792 - Host: Mitch Joel. She's known as a "tough-love" advisor to Fortune 500 companies. Juliet Funt is a keynote speaker and Founder of the efficiency training firm, Juliet Funt Group. Juliet is also the author of the newly-published book, A Minute to Think - Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, And Do Your Best Work. She is an evangelist for freeing the potential of companies by unburdening their talent from busywork, and she has brought her powerful concepts to brands like Spotify, National Geographic, Vans, Sephora, and beyond. According to Juliet: "The global workforce today is so fried that it belongs in a food booth of a county fair. We're relentlessly behind the curve, dousing fires everywhere, and our 3 a.m. insomnia provides the only unscheduled thinking time of the day." This pandemic hasn't helped. Want to rethink your productivity and workflow? Enjoy the conversation... Running time: 50:50. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at Apple Podcasts. Please visit and leave comments on the blog - Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. or you can connect on LinkedIn. ...or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Juliet Funt. A Minute to Think - Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, And Do Your Best Work. Juliet Funt Group. Follow Juliet on LinkedIn. Follow Juliet on Twitter. This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.    

Making space between activities can be done solo, without allies. But industry norms and workplace culture might pull you back into chronic busyness. Norms are standards or principles of action that apply to a group. A culture is made up of norms. Effective leadership from the top reduces the burden on individuals who seek to have more margin in their day.In episode 35 of The Incrementalist, you will learn:1) Creating space solo, without allies, is doable. But it's easier to sustain when you have support. Interactions with others and not just your own actions lead to positive change. 2) To shift mindset, you start with yourself. Cut down on unnecessary meetings, stop interrupting others, and keep your emails clear and brief. Avoid being redundant without being harsh and cold. 3) How to check and process emails4) How to avoid overuse of digital devices, which lead to absent presence5) The skill of saying no by sandwiching it between two yeses or using the hourglass method6) When assigning tasks or delegating projects, spotlight what's most important. (The to-do list can be confusing and overwhelming.) 7) The 50/50 Rule: "Anything that bothers you at work is 50% your responsibility until you've asked for what you want.” 8) A four-step approach to express your truth with less stress: vent, empathize, prepare, share9) The importance of selecting the right medium for the message you want to sharea) The two types of communication 2D communication involves simple issues, yes/no answers.  3D communication is more nuanced and complex. They benefit from verbal cues, tone of voice and eye contact.  b) The two types of mediums A 2D medium is static, like email, Slack, and instant messages. A 3D medium is live, like telephone, video and face to face meetings. c)  A 2D message is efficient in a 2D medium and wastes time in a 3D medium. A 3D message is effective in a 3D medium, and compromises richness in a 2D medium. 10)  In meetings, the three key questions to ask yourself before you say something are: Is it kind? Is it honest? Is it necessary? 11) How to find out if you're in an SBH (Shouldn't Be Here) situation and negotiate your way out of it12) Fix the road, not the car. Isolated Interventions are quick, short-sighted fixes to complicated issues. 13) As a change catalyst and leader, you speak the language of the person you seek to engage.  Making judgments and using force and commands don't sit well and is bound to spark underground sabotage and outright resistance. Knowing how to talk with Finance Folks, People People, and Idea Lovers is key 14) Making space is not just for the workplace, but also sparks high joy and deep joy at home.  High joy is an experience that makes you gasp; it comes from surprise, risk and exertion.  Deep joy is an experience that reaches down into your body and warms you; it comes from friendship, gratitude, giving, and peace. Read the transcript. Resources cited: Juliet Funt, A Minute to Think: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work Dyan Williams, The Incrementalist: A Simple Productivity System to Create Big Results in Small Steps Dyan Williams, The Incrementalist podcast,  Ep. 34, Create Space to Think (part 1) Dyan Williams, The Incrementalist podcast,  Ep. 16, Hack Back Email Music by:Sebastian Brian Mehr: Album – Olemus; Song – La Nieve (hearnow.com) Dyan WilliamsCheck out the book: The Incrementalist, A Simple Productivity System to Create Big Results in Small StepsVisit website: www.dyanwilliams.comSubscribe to productivity e-newsletter

To do creative, high-leverage work, you need to step back and look at the big picture. But when there are fires to put out, demands to meet, and crises to solve, it's hard to stop and think about what's really important. When we zoom out though, we find that urgency doesn't equal a true emergency.  Many of the things we did should have waited until another day, or maybe another week. Some required more thought before action. And maybe the problem would have resolved itself. We often confuse active busyness with true productivity, and favor the number of tasks over the value of tasks completed. Take strategic pauses to avoid burning yourself out. A pause doesn't have to be that long.  In episode 34 of The Incrementalist, you will learn: 1) There are four types of pauses Recuperative Reflective  Constructive  Reductive 2) White space is time without an assignment. It's the free and open time on your calendar. Although it's negative space, it still has a purpose and holds value. 3) A wedge is bits of time between activities: between one meeting and the next, a request and a response, feedback and reply, an impulse and action, an idea and a plan, work and life, and want and get. With a wedge in the middle, you're not jumping immediately from one thing to the next. 4) Ten seconds is more than enough for a strategic pause5) White space or a strategic pause is not the same as meditation, mind wandering or mindfulness Meditation is like keeping your dog on the leash, and when it tries to pull away, you gently say, heal.  Mind wandering is like your dog slipping out of the leash when you're distracted. By the time you look up, your dog has run all the way across the other side of the park.  Mindfulness is like your dog feeling the grass under his feet, listening to the birds chirping, and smelling the hot pretzel cart. It's the closest to white space, but it's different.  6) Thieves of Time are overgrown assets that become risks Drive becomes overdrive Excellence becomes perfectionism Informed becomes information overload Activity becomes frenzy 7) Simplification questions to ask to disarm the thief Overdrive: is there anything I can let go of? Perfectionism: where is "good enough," good enough? Information overload: what do I truly need to know?  Frenzy: What deserves my attention? 8) A task can be one of the following three:  Not time sensitive - doesn't deserve attention now Tactically and strategically time sensitive - speedy or immediate action is important for good results Emotionally time sensitive - desire or fear drives you do something or want to have something done even though there is no real urgency 9) Hallucinated Urgency is the Pavlovian pull to meet the expectation now. This builds the tendency to interrupt others to get our burning needs met while stealing time away from them. What goes around comes around. You get information overload and more interruptions when these become the norm.10) How a strategic pause helps you to make a decision on what to do nextResources cited: Juliet Funt, A Minute to Think: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work Dyan Williams, The Incrementalist: A Simple Productivity System to Create Big Results in Small Steps Dyan Williams, The Incrementalist podcast,  Ep. 10, Rest Even When You're Busy Music by:Sebastian Brian Mehr: Album – Olemus; Song – La Nieve (hearnow.com) Dyan WilliamsCheck out the book: The Incrementalist, A Simple Productivity System to Create Big Results in Small StepsVisit website: www.dyanwilliams.comSubscribe to productivity e-newsletter

Juliet Funt (https://www.julietfunt.com) is a renowned keynote speaker and tough-love advisor to the Fortune 500. She is an evangelist for freeing the potential of companies by unburdening their talent from busywork. Her new book is 'A Minute to Think: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work (https://amzn.to/2WTYWFg)'. In this conversation Juliet talks about how to reclaim creativity, conquer busyness, and do your best work using strategic pauses. This episode is brought to you by: * LMNT (http://drinklmnt.com/beyond) * Setapp (http://setapp.com)

We're all looking for a small tweak that could make us more creative and productive. Juliet Funt has some ideas on that front! Her new book "A Minute to Think: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work." She talks with Kindra about the concept of white space and how it can allow your mind to do its best work. Buy Juliet's book here: https://amzn.to/3sglMm3 This episode is sponsored by BELAY. Text the word SUCCESS to 55123 for your free download from BELAY or visit belaysolutions.com/success See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're all looking for a small tweak that could make us more creative and productive. Juliet Funt has some ideas on that front! Her new book "A Minute to Think: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work." She talks with Kindra about the concept of white space and how it can allow your mind to do its best work. Buy Juliet's book here: https://amzn.to/3sglMm3 This episode is sponsored by BELAY. Text the word SUCCESS to 55123 for your free download from BELAY or visit belaysolutions.com/success See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're all looking for a small tweak that could make us more creative and productive. Juliet Funt has some ideas on that front! Her new book "A Minute to Think: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work." She talks with Kindra about the concept of white space and how it can allow your mind to do its best work. Buy Juliet's book here: https://amzn.to/3sglMm3 This episode is sponsored by BELAY. Text the word SUCCESS to 55123 for your free download from BELAY or visit belaysolutions.com/success See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Juliet Funt: A Minute to Think Juliet Funt is a renowned keynote speaker and tough-love advisor to the Fortune 500 who is regularly featured in top global media outlets, including Forbes and Fast Company. She is the founder and CEO of The Juliet Funt Group, helping business leaders and organizations to unleash their full potential by unburdening talent from busywork. She has earned one of the highest ratings in the largest leadership event in the world, and she has worked with brands such as Spotify, National Geographic, Costco, Pepsi, Nike, and many more. Her new book is titled, A Minute to Think: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work. In this conversation, Juliet and I explore the four assets that many leaders bring to the workplace — and when taken too far, how these assets become risks. Juliet shares four questions we can ask of ourselves (and perhaps of others) that will surface where to start with finding space. Plus, we discuss some of the practical steps leaders can take to influence a culture of margin with their teams. Key Points The science is showing what many of us have experienced intuitively: space itself helps us to explore and expand possibility. Key assets can, if overused, become risks. These risks manifest in four ways: overdrive, perfectionism, overload, and frenzy. Four questions are useful starting points for controlling risk: When the risk is overdrive, the question is: Is there anything I can let go of?  When the risk is perfectionism, the question is: Where is ‘good enough', good enough? When the risk is overload, the question is: What do I truly need to know? When the risk is frenzy, the question is: What deserves my attention? Resources Mentioned The Busyness Test A Minute to Think: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work* by Juliet Funt Interview Notes Download my interview notes in PDF format (free membership required). Related Episodes The Power of Solitude, with Mike Erwin (episode 308) How to Change Your Behavior, with BJ Fogg (episode 507) How High Achievers Begin to Find Balance, with Michael Hyatt (episode 522) Discover More Activate your free membership for full access to the entire library of interviews since 2011, searchable by topic.

Juliet Funt is the founder/CEO of the Juliet Funt Group. She is also the author of a new book that is high on the list of my favorites, "A Minute to Think: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work." In today's episode Juliet and I talk about the importance of giving yourself room to think and reclaiming "white space " in your day. White space is time with no assignment. I love that phrase. So, we dig into what white space is, how it benefits you (in terms of fighting cognitive fatigue and overload), and what white space isn't: meditation or mindfulness. As Juliet shares, white space it's a more purposeful use of time than that.  Sponsored by: ringDNA | Transform your sales team into a high-performing revenue engine | www.ringDNA.com/andy Blueboard | A rewarding alternative to President's Club | https://podcast.blueboard.com Explore the ringDNA Podcast Universe: Sales Enablement Podcast | https://bit.ly/SEP-LP Selling with Purpose Podcast | https://bit.ly/SWP-LP RevOps Podcast | https://bit.ly/RP-LP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode SummaryWhat would you do with more white space?How crowded is your calendar? How much wiggle room do you have to maneuver your tasks, projects, and meetings each week?In this week's episode of The 5 AM Miracle Podcast I speak with Juliet Funt, author of A Minute to Think, about increasing your white space to conquer busyness and unleash your creative potential. Episode Show Notesjeffsanders.com/405 Learn More About The 5 AM MiracleThe 5 AM Miracle Podcast Free Productivity Resources + Email Updates!Join The 5 AM Club! The 5 AM Miracle BookAudiobook, Paperback, and Kindle Connect on Social MediaFacebook Group • Instagram • Twitter • LinkedIn • YouTube About Jeff SandersRead Jeff's Bio © Jeff Sanders Productions, LLCSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Do you find your days are often so hectic, you long for a minute to breathe? Yet, you're too busy to pause for even a moment to think and rest. Our guest on this episode, Juliet Funt, has some words of wisdom we all need to hear right now. Juliet is a consultant to Fortune 500 companies and an in-demand speaker on efficiency and time management. She's written a new book for all of us who are feeling overworked and overwhelmed—and wish we had more to show for all of our busyness. Her book is called, A MINUTE TO THINK: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work. Her website is julietfunt.com. ***** Thanks to our sponsors of this episode! --> AirMedCare: If you're ever in need of emergency medical transport, AirMedCare Network provides members with world class air transport services to the nearest appropriate hospital with no out of pocket expenses. Go to http://www.airmedcarenetwork.com/nobody and use offer code 'nobody' to sign up and choose up to a $50 eGift Card gift card with a new membership! --> Care/Of: to get 50% off your first order of personalized vitamin packs, go to http://www.takecareof.com and enter code 'nobodytoldme50' at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Minute to Think: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work by Juliet Funt “You're going to want to share copies of this book with your overbooked friends and colleagues, but before you do, take some time to read it yourself. Funt's wisdom around making space is priceless.” —Seth Godin, author of The Practice Do you wish you could stop the mayhem of work and life and just take a minute? Do you sense you could contribute more if there were a little more room in the day? Does busyness deprive you and your burnt-out team of the oxygen your talents need to catch fire? Many have felt that way, yet taking a pause has seemed impossible—until now. In A Minute to Think, Juliet Funt, a globally recognized warrior in the battle against busyness, provides a powerful guide that will give you the permission, framework, and specific direction you need to do the following: Regain control of your overloaded, caffeinated, inbox-worshiping workday Liberate yourself and your teams from burnout and busywork Reclaim creativity and focus despite the chaos around you Bring thoughtfulness into designing your next work norms Tame the beast of email and escape the mire of meetings Find your precious minute to think You're not alone in your yearning for freedom from constant reactivity. The global workforce today is so fried that it belongs in the food court of a county fair. We're relentlessly behind the curve, dousing fires everywhere, and our 3 a.m. insomnia provides the only unscheduled thinking time of the day. What we need reinserted in our lives is the missing element of white space—short periods of open, unscheduled time that, when recaptured, change the very nature of work. White space is the stepping back, the strategic pause, the oxygen that allows the sparks of our efforts to catch fire. White space has the power to radically—and simply—reinvent the way we approach work in this maxed-out, post-COVID 21st-century world. With Juliet's memorable stories, easy-to-use tools, and razor-sharp instruction, she carves for us an escape route from the overwhelming amount of low-value tasks and the daily avalanche of e-mails, meetings, decks, and reports. Using research, client stories, and a relatable voice, Juliet shows all of us how to reclaim time for thinking and make room for what truly matters. Whether you are an individual trying to build a more sane and humane flow of daily work, a team that wants new levels of efficiency and effectiveness, or an entire organization changing your culture toward thoughtfulness, this book will lead you there.

Juliet Funt is a keynote speaker and advisor to Fortune 500 companies. She's the founder and CEO of the efficiency firm Juliet Funt Group and an evangelist for expanding the potential of companies by unburdening their talent from busywork. She has also put her insights into a new book, A Minute To Think: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work. Listen in as Juliet explains what white space is and why it is so important to enhance productivity in the workplace and get away from the hustle culture that has so many of us feeling burned out. She also shares some of the small ways that white space can be incorporated into your day, why we need to break the assumption that white space is only for recuperation, and tips on how to get away from living in your inbox so you can be less frazzled and more productive. You can find show notes and more information by clicking here: https://bit.ly/2VZ1n8X