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Hey! On today's ep I'm interviewing Laura Vanderkam, the author of several time management and productivity books, including the new Tranquility by Tuesday: 9 Ways to Calm the Chaos and Make Time for What Matters, along with Juliet's School of Possibilities, Off the Clock, I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours. Her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Fortune. She is the host of the podcast Before Breakfast and the co-host, with Sarah Hart-Unger, of the podcast Best of Both Worlds. She lives outside Philadelphia with her husband and five children, and blogs at LauraVanderkam.com. Buy Laura's book Off The Clock, Feel Less Busy While Getting More Done: https://amzn.to/49j0bNo But Laura's other books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Laura-Vanderkam/author/B001JRX55A?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true RECCS OF THE WEEK ✨ Time Smart by Ashley Willans - https://amzn.to/3IW8OTl ✨ Do It Tomorrow and Other Secrets of Time Management - https://amzn.to/3IWT6rb SHOP ✨ The Intention App - Manage Your Mind to Create a Life That Feels Good ⇢ https://www.theintentionapp.com/ ✨ The Life Map - Part eBook, part digital workbook. Use The Life Map (2.0) to create your most incredible year yet ⇢ https://www.muchelleb.com.au/the-life-map CONNECT WITH ME
In a high-demand lifestyle, what does it really look like, functionally, to prioritize ourselves? Join today's conversation with Meg and me as we explore personal expectations and narratives based on what season of life we're in. What's the cost of prioritizing yourself? Where do shame, fear, and blame play a role in putting yourself first? We get told we can't pour from an empty cup, but it's hard to wade through the reasons we don't prioritize ourselves. This episode gets the conversation started. Resources & Links: Learn more about Cowgirls Over Coffee Membership Community Join the Cowgirls Over Coffee Membership Community waitlist Connect with Thea and the community: Follow on Instagram @thea.does.the.things and @cowgirlsovercoffee Follow on Facebook @cowgirlsovercoffee Connect with Meg Scales Follow in Instagram @meg.scales Laura Vanderkam books mentioned in today's episode: I Know How She Does It 168 Hours Make sure to hit subscribe/follow so you never miss a convo!
If life is a circus, then maybe there's a way to get better at performing in it. As Laura shares in this conversation about ways to calm time chaos, “Nobody gets shot out of a cannon at the wrong time in a circus . . . it's a miracle of precision.” In this week's episode, you will learn how to shift from a sense of time scarcity to spacious serenity, how to overcome “horror vacui” and guilt when creating a more open schedule, the importance of margin and creating back-up slots (”rain dates”) for building a resilient a calendar, and committing to time that's just for you. More About Laura: Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time management and productivity books, including Off the Clock, I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours, and her newest book, Tranquility by Tuesday: 9 Ways to Calm the Chaos and Make Time for What Matters. She hosts two podcasts Best of Both Worlds and Before Breakfast. Her 2016 TED talk, How to Gain Control of Your Free Time has been viewed more than 12 million times.
It's that time again! Resource Roundup o'clock. If you're looking for some new books, this episode is certainly for you… Liz's resource recommendations: I Know How She Does It by Laura Vanderkam (book) Meltwater (media monitoring) The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett (podcast) Pretty Little Marketer (online community for social marketing) Belle's resource recommendations: Miro (collaboration software) How To Make The World Add Up by Tim Harford (book) “How to build a great relationship with a mentor” (Harvard Business Review article) Essentialism, The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown (book) If you're enjoying the podcast, (or have some resources you'd love to share) please let us know! You can leave us a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts or connect with us on socials. Instagram LinkedIn See you next week, mates! Belle & Liz.
This week I was excited to welcome Laura Vanderkam back to the show for her sixth appearance! Laura has been coming on Beyond The To Do List for the past ten years and this time she is here to talk about her newest book: Tranquility by Tuesday: 9 Ways to Calm the Chaos and Make Time for What Matters. In this conversation we address the nine “rules” for making more time in your hectic schedule while diving deep into three of the rules I could most intriguing. This is a really insightful and practical conversation about simple suggestions for both gaining back your time and finding a greater sense of calm and purpose during your week. Laura addresses the research process for the book and points out how a test group of 150 people learned her rules and lived them out for 9 weeks providing practical and insightful feedback for people from all walks of life. Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time management and productivity books, including the new Tranquility by Tuesday: 9 Ways to Calm the Chaos and Make Time for What Matters, along with Juliet's School of Possibilities, Off the Clock, I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours. Her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Fortune. She is the host of the podcast Before Breakfast and the co-host, with Sarah Hart-Unger, of the podcast Best of Both Worlds. She lives outside Philadelphia with her husband and five children, and blogs at LauraVanderkam.com. Website: https://lauravanderkam.com Best of Both Worlds Podcast: https://lauravanderkam.com/podcast/ Before Breakfast Podcast: https://lauravanderkam.com/before-breakfast-podcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Laura Vanderkam reveals the secret to carving out time for what's truly important. — YOU'LL LEARN — 1) The right way to do leisure time 2) The perfect day to do your planning 3) How to make your schedule more flexible Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep813 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT LAURA — Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time management and productivity books, including The New Corner Office, Juliet's School of Possibilities, Off the Clock, I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours. Her work has appeared in publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Fortune. She is the host of the podcast Before Breakfast and the co-host, with Sarah Hart-Unger, of the podcast Best of Both Worlds. • Book: Tranquility by Tuesday: 9 Ways to Calm the Chaos and Make Time for What Matters • Website: LauraVanderkam.com — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy — THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • BetterHelp. Get 10% off your first month of therapy at BetterHelp.com/AwesomeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
How strategic are you with your time, attention, and energy? Many successful executives aren't, surprisingly. Their days are overly busy (some feel proud of this), as if their schedules run their life. They're racing against the clock, trying to get through never-ending to-do lists. They feel exhausted by the weekend, and frustrations fester as they don't progress important professional or personal projects. Sound familiar?How do you wrestle back control, tackle the chaos, and make time for what matters? My guest in this podcast, Laura Vanderkam, has pioneered approaches to help you do this. An authority on managing time she advocates time tracking, and in her new book Tranquility by Tuesday sets out nine rules to apply to create more time and cut out waste.We talk about:★ The nine rules.★ The biggest benefits from applying these rules.★ What it takes to commit to the process.★ How to use the rules in your team. ★ How to track your time (and why)★ The power of intentionality.★ How to avoid being inflexible.★ The impact of hybrid working.★ Her impact and legacy.★ Her own habits.About Laura:Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time management and productivity books, including Tranquility by Tuesday: 9 Ways to Calm the Chaos and Make Time for What Matters, along with Juliet's School of Possibilities, Off the Clock, I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours. Her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Fortune. She is the host of the podcast Before Breakfast and the co-host, with Sarah Hart-Unger, of the podcast Best of Both Worlds. She lives outside Philadelphia with her husband and five children, and blogs at LauraVanderkam.com.Tranquility by Tuesday book and scorecard: https://lauravanderkam.com/books/tranquility-by-tuesday/Time Makeover Guide and Time Tracking Sheet: https://lauravanderkam.com/time-makeover-guide/Planning tips and hacks: https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/01/14-time-management-strategies-from-highly-productive-people/My resources:Sign up to my Strategic Leader newsletter (http://bit.ly/36WRpri) for stimuli, ideas, guidance and tips on how to lead your team, organisation or self more effectively, delivered straight to your inbox: If you're not already do subscribe to my youtube channel (http://bit.ly/3cFGk1k) where you can watch the conversation. Take the Extraordinary Essentials test (https://bit.ly/3EhSKY5) to identify your strengths and development areas. For more details about me: ★Services (https://bit.ly/373jctk) to CEOs, entrepreneurs and professionals.★About me (https://bit.ly/3LFsfiO) - my background, experience and philosophy.★Examples of my writing (https://bit.ly/3O7jkc7).★Follow me and engage with me on LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/2Z2PexP)★Follow me and engage with me on Twitter (https://bit.ly/36XavNI).My equipment:★ Shure SM7B Vocal Dynamic Microphone: https://amzn.to/3AB9Xfz★ Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 3rd Gen USB Audio Interface : https://amzn.to/3AFeA8u★ 2M XLR Cable: https://amzn.to/3GGxkbf★ Logitech Brio Stream webcam. https://amzn.to/3EsWt6C★ Elgato Key Light: https://amzn.to/3Xhiqyh★ Elgato Light Strip: https://amzn.to/3gyZF8P★ Riverside.fm for recording podcasts. bit.ly/3AEQScl ★ Buzzsprout Podcasting Hosting gets (listing podcasts on every major podcast platform along with listening analytics. bit.ly/3EBPNTX[These are affiliate links so I receive a modest commission if you buy them.]
Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time management and productivity books, including her latest, Tranquility by Tuesday: 9 Ways to Calm the Chaos and Make Time for What Matters, along with Juliet's School of Possibilities, Off the Clock, I Know How She Does It, and What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast. Her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Fortune. Her Ted Talk, “ How to gain control of your free time” has been viewed over 12 million times. Topics-Tranquility by Tuesday Project-Measure what you treasure-9 Ways to Calm the Chaos-What most successful people before breakfastIf you enjoyed this conversation please be sure to leave a rating, review, and share it on your social medias. Your 5-star feedback helps the show grow tremendously and helps to bring on more amazing guests like Laura. Get your FREE LMNT sample pack at www.drinkLMNT.com/MiFit
In this week's edition of Tranquility du Jour, I chat with returning guest Laura Vanderkam about her new book Tranquility by Tuesday. Learn about her 9 rules to calm the chaos and make time for what matters most plus hear how happiness happens in hours! Direct download: Tranquility du Jour #591: Tranquility by Tuesday Subscribe in your favorite podcast app such as Spotify, Apple Podcast, Amazon. Visit kimberlywilson.com/podcast for more. New to Tranquility du Jour? Learn more here. Upcoming Events TDJ Lifestyle Video 10/12 Free Tenet Masterclass 10/15 Fall Virtual Retreat 10/16 5-Week TDJ Lifestyle E-Course 11/14 Hip Tranquil Chick Sweet 16 12/12 TDJ Holiday Pop-UpCoterie Waitlist: {Opens late 2022} Video Interview https://youtu.be/lhHsdqry9ms Interview Video Link Our Guest Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time management and productivity books, including the forthcoming Tranquility by Tuesday: 9 Ways to Calm the Chaos and Make Time for What Matters, along with Juliet's School of Possibilities, Off the Clock, I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours. Her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Fortune. She is the host of the podcast Before Breakfast and the co-host, with Sarah Hart-Unger, of the podcast Best of Both Worlds. She lives outside Philadelphia with her husband and five children, and blogs at LauraVanderkam.com. Find Our Guest Book Instagram Website Book Pre-Order by 10/11 Previous Tranquility du Jour Interviews #511 The New Corner Office #343 I Know How She Does It #306 What Most Successful People Do at Work #263 Utilizing Weekends Wisely #199 168 Hours Let's Connect Receive inbox love through Love Notes: invites, inspiration, and more. Browse my 6 Books and planner. Follow along on Instagram and YouTube. Shop seasonless, vegan, locally-made, eco-friendly fashion: TDJ by Kimberly. Share a review on Apple Podcasts, Amazon, or Goodreads and you may hear it shared on the show.
If you've listened to any of us for any time at all you know we love Laura Vanderkam, author of I Know How She Does It and 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think. People often attribute to KJ a piece of advice she learned from Laura: People are a good use of time. We think of Laura every time we start to call ourselves “too busy” and then remember that much of what fills our time is a choice, and if we want to do it, we'll find a way to get it done. One glorious result—we're all much better at saying “yes” to the things that are important to us and “no” to the things that would get in their way.Because we always benefit from a re-read of Laura's books, we're bringing this earlier interview out and sharing it again. Laura also has a new book out: Tranquility by Tuesday: 9 ways to calm the chaos and make time for what matters. The idea is genius: upgrade your Tuesday, upgrade your life. The nine rules here really do offer big impact from small change. We can't recommend it highly enough!Also on the horizon: If being a book coach –and you know we love book coaches here--sounds like a dream, but you have no idea how you will run your business or get clients, our friend and sponsor Jennie Nash is hosting an event this month for you. In Find Your Zone of Genius as a Book Coach, Jennie will share the top reasons people resist starting a new endeavor, and how to fight through those negative thoughts. She'll also show you how to brainstorm your way to a zone of genius to your book coaching business. This is a live working session that will not be recorded - because Jennie wants to workshop with YOU on your idea. It's happening October 27th, 2022 at 1PM Pacific, 4PM Eastern. Head here for more info! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amwriting.substack.com/subscribe
Today's guest is Laura Vanderkam. She's an author, speaker and productivity expert best known for her wildly popular Tedtalk, which has been viewed over 7.4 million times, for hosting the Do it by Breakfast Podcast AND co-hosting the Best of Both Worlds Podcast, and for authoring several books, including The New Corner Office, I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast and more Her most recent book, TRANQUILITY BY TUESDAY, is out October 11th and teaches readers to:Think about time strategically by creating a resilient, not perfect, schedule. That's what we're discussing today. Oh and she's also married and a Mother of 5 children, so you best believe her time-management methods work! Her work has appeared in publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, City Journal, Fortune, and Fast Company. She has been on a number of television programs as well including The Today Show, CBS This Morning, and HUNDREDS of radio segments. From This Conversation You'll Learn: How to start tracking your schedule Why time management is an important factor in creating a life you love & reclaiming your time Why creating a schedule isn't restrictive, it's actually expansive How to take a normal life and make it joyful and adventurous, by small adjustments That organizing your life will help increase creativity How to plan ahead for the things you want to do How to prioritize stressful things that need to get done to help with anxiety Why we all need a bedtime How to create a habit in just three days Why making a list of your wildest dreams is important Why adventure is crucial to living a fulfilled life And Much More! Get Laura's new book, Tranquility by Tuesday, HERE: https://www.amazon.com/Tranquility-Tuesday-Ways-Chaos-Matters-ebook/dp/B09Q7SWZRV Follow the show @unleashyourinnercreative Follow me @LaurenLoGrasso Check out our new Website: UnleashYourInnerCreative.com! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unleashyourinnercreative/message
Welcome to Episode 14 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this episode, Laurel and Sarah discuss burnout: what is burnout, how do we avoid it, what do we do when it happens, and why do we see so much of it in the yoga and movement world. Does everyone experience burnout in the same wayWhat does it mean to be emotionally labileWhy do so many yoga and movement teachers go through burnoutCan a teacher in a big expensive city make a living on group classes?How do we create boundaries that keep us from trying to ‘solve' our students' problems?What's the best kind of relationship to have with your students?Some practical tips to prioritize yourself and preserve your own timeWhat does Work Smarter, Not Harder actually look like? Reference links:I Know How She Does It by Laura VanderkamAntifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder by Nassim Talib Sign up here for the Movement Logic Newsletter for course discounts and sales and receive a free mini Pelvic Floor course!Watch the video of this conversation at: www.movementlogictutorials.com/podcast
Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time management and productivity books, including Juliet's School of Possibilities, Off the Clock, I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours. Her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Fortune. Tranquility by Tuesday: https://lauravanderkam.com/books/tranquility-by-tuesday/ In our conversation we talked about work schedules, how to spend your time in no-working hours, balancing you life, to-do lists, and much more. TIME STAMPS: (0:00) Intro (1:22) The 40-hour work week (11:30) Flexibility during the work week (16:02) How many hours can you work in a day? (21:30) Planning for the week (28:39) Tips for scheduling your day (31:25) Saying no to things (35:06) Having open spaces in your schedule (46:44) Creating effective to-do lists About Sean Kim: Sean is an entrepreneur, investor, and host of Growth Minds. He is currently the CEO of Jumpspeak: https://www.jumpspeak.com ✔ Subscribe on YouTube: http://bit.ly/38bZNAY ✔ Subscribe on Apple Podcast: https://buff.ly/2PycRL1 ✔ Subscribe on Spotify: https://bit.ly/growth-minds ✔ Subscribe on Google Podcast: https://buff.ly/2tua5hb ✔ Sponsor the podcast: http://bit.ly/growthsponsor Connect with me: ► Follow on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/heyseankim ► Follow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/heyseankim ► Like on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/seankim
Get the full audiobook https://geni.us/tools-titans-audio (for free) on Amazon. Order the https://geni.us/tools-titans-book (book). Get the full transcript, PDF, infographic and animated book summary on our free app: https://www.getstoryshots.com/ (https://www.getstoryshots.com) StoryShots Book Summary and Analysis of What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast: A Short Guide to Making Over Your Mornings--and Life by Laura Vanderkam Laura Vanderkam's Perspective Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time-management and productivity books, including Juliet's School of Possibilities, Off the Clock, and I Know How She Does It. Her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Fortune. She hosts the time-management podcast Before Breakfast and co-hosts the podcast Best of Both Worlds with Sarah Hart-Unger, which looks at building the perfect balance between family and career. Her blog, LauraVanderkam.com, is a combination of the two, focusing on her own experiences. She lives outside Philadelphia with her husband and five children. Introduction How do you spend your morning? Did you know your morning routine can improve your productivity throughout the day? What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast looks at how you can follow in the footsteps of successful people to maximize your day. StoryShot #1: Start Your Day With the Things That Matter Most to You “You don't build the life you want by saving time. You build the life you want, and then time saves itself. Recognizing that is what makes success possible.” — Laura Vanderkam Mornings can be one of the most hectic times of the day. But, if you plan your mornings effectively, you can make sure you are using this time to focus on the things that matter most to you. Instead of postponing essential tasks, schedule them for the start of your day. You might feel another time would be better for these tasks, but daily pressures will often get in the way, and the tasks will be left undone. So, instead of postponing these critical tasks, you should fit them into the start of your day. We all have things we care about but struggle to fit into our day. For example, you might rank exercise, reading, or a particular long-term project as your most crucial task. It is easy to let daily chores distract you from this. James Citrin leads a headhunting agency. James interviews several high-flying executives to learn about their daily morning routines. Eighteen out of the twenty executives interviewed shared one common factor: they all got up before 6 a.m. every day. Early starts are a common feature for successful individuals. Steve Reinemund is the former CEO and chairman of PepsiCo and the current dean of the School of Business at Wake Fort University. Steve gets up at 5 a.m. for a four-mile run. Then, he has quality time for himself, either reading or praying. Then, Steve has a healthy breakfast with his children. He will keep this routine wherever he goes. For example, if Steve is traveling, he will only stay in hotels with a treadmill. He makes this decision so that he can maintain his four-mile run routine. Waking up early is easier said than done. Yet, the key to waking up this early is willpower and making it a habit. Both of these can be developed. Disclaimer: This is an unofficial summary and analysis.
Summary: In this episode, we talk with Laura Vanderkam about time management. We discuss the importance of logging your time, discovering where you spend most of your time, and the areas you can find more time for yourself. Laura shares the many opportunities available to you for being more productive as a result. Learn More About Laura: Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time management and productivity books, including Juliet's School of Possibilities, Off the Clock, I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours. Her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Fortune. She is the host of the podcast Before Breakfast and the co-host, with Sarah Hart-Unger, of the podcast Best of Both Worlds. She lives outside Philadelphia with her husband and five children, and blogs at LauraVanderkam.com. Key Takeaways: [02:09] Meet Laura and learn more about she got started as a time management expert [03:31] 5 simple strategies to be more mindful of your time [10:12] Use this trick to help you change the narrative of “not having enough time” [13:20] The different areas of your life that are affected by too much social media usage [15:59] Has time management been affected by Covid-19? [20:53] 1st way you can start being more mindful of your schedule [23:03] The difference between a hobby vs. a commitment [28:16] The advice Laura would give her younger self Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Learn more about Laura and her latest books by visiting her https://lauravanderkam.com/ (website). Connect with Laura on https://www.instagram.com/lvanderkam/ (Instagram) and https://www.facebook.com/lauravanderkamauthor?ref=hl (Facebook) or read her blogs https://lauravanderkam.com/blog/ (here). Tune into Laura's podcasts https://lauravanderkam.com/before-breakfast-podcast/ (Before Breakfast) and https://lauravanderkam.com/podcast/ (Best of Both Worlds). Other books mentioned in this episode: https://www.amazon.com/Atomic-Habits-James-Clear-audiobook/dp/B07RFSSYBH (Atomic Habits) and https://www.amazon.com/Habits-Highly-Effective-People-Powerful/dp/B0006IU4C0/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1IKVKY82R17EL&keywords=7+habits+of+highly+effective+people&qid=1644527733&s=audible&sprefix=7+habits%2Caudible%2C128&sr=1-1 (7 Habits of Highly Effective People). We'd love to hear from you! Send us a message on https://www.instagram.com/piecesofawomann/ (Instagram) or https://www.facebook.com/Piecesofawomanpodcast (Facebook). Do you want your next vacation to be in luxury? Book your exclusive retreat https://www.exclusiveretreats.com/ (here). Thanks for Listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below! Subscribe to the Podcast: If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or Stitcher. You can also subscribe from the podcast app on your mobile device. Leave Us an iTunes Review: Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on iTunes, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on iTunes.
Check out this episode from Best of Both Worlds. Hosts Laura Vanderkam, author of I Know How She Does It and a mom of four, and Sarah Hart-Unger, a practicing physician and mom of three discuss work/life balance, career development, parenting, time management, productivity, and making time for fun. **In this episode, Laura and Sarah chat with their first dentist guest! Dr. Toni-Ann Mayembe is a dentist who also serves in the military reserves, and she also her own podcast as well! She is passionate about bringing more happiness into the lives of working mothers, and she has a strong interest in promoting rest and balance. She discusses her 5 top tips for preparing for the week ahead on Sundays, as well as her own take on self-care and what it means today. To hear more from Toni-Ann, you can listen to her podcast, called Real Happy Mom! In the Q&A, a listener writes in about her complicated feelings about the bond between her toddler and his nanny.
Check out this episode from Best of Both Worlds. Hosts Laura Vanderkam, author of I Know How She Does It and a mom of four, and Sarah Hart-Unger, a practicing physician and mom of three discuss work/life balance, career development, parenting, time management, productivity, and making time for fun. **In this episode, Laura and Sarah chat with their first dentist guest! Dr. Toni-Ann Mayembe is a dentist who also serves in the military reserves, and she also her own podcast as well! She is passionate about bringing more happiness into the lives of working mothers, and she has a strong interest in promoting rest and balance. She discusses her 5 top tips for preparing for the week ahead on Sundays, as well as her own take on self-care and what it means today. To hear more from Toni-Ann, you can listen to her podcast, called Real Happy Mom! In the Q&A, a listener writes in about her complicated feelings about the bond between her toddler and his nanny.
Many of us have been working from home or doing some type of remote work since COVID-19 struck in early 2020. But even as we kind of round the corner of the pandemic, many of us are staying put! So how can we make remote work as sustainable and productive as the office?Working from home is a skill that takes practice. So today we're talking about focusing on tasks instead of time, learning & establishing the rhythm of your day (without a commute), and using technology to your advantage with a time management expert. Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time management and productivity books, including Juliet's School of Possibilities, Off the Clock, I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours. Her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Fortune. She is the host of the podcast Before Breakfast and the co-host, with Sarah Hart-Unger, of the podcast Best of Both Worlds.
Many of us have been working from home or doing some type of remote work since COVID-19 struck in early 2020. Many of us have been working from home or doing some type of remote work since COVID-19 struck in early 2020. But even as we kind of round the corner of the pandemic, many of us are staying put! So how can we make remote work as sustainable and productive as the office?Working from home is a skill that takes practice. So today we're talking about focusing on tasks instead of time, learning & establishing the rhythm of your day (without a commute), and using technology to your advantage with a time management expert. Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time management and productivity books, including Juliet's School of Possibilities, Off the Clock, I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours. Her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Fortune. She is the host of the podcast Before Breakfast and the co-host, with Sarah Hart-Unger, of the podcast Best of Both Worlds.
Thanks for tuning into the Scale Your Small Business Podcast with your host, Jillian Flodstrom. As any entrepreneur knows, time is an incredibly valuable resource. In fact, it might be the most important facet of running your business. But there will always be areas where we're losing time, and if it can be prevented, why not save your time and money? This week, we're talking about time management. Lauren Vanderkam's book I Know How She Does It breaks down, in depth, how many hours we're actually working in any given day. That's where time-tracking comes in. This exercise can be catered to your work schedule, but the idea is to break down your day into chunks, 15, 30, an hour, whatever works, and log your activities for that time chunk. Consider using a split schedule. Oftentimes, our workdays are broken into different parts of the day--maybe you leave work early and pick it back up later in the evening. If you're losing traction on important projects, it could be because of how much time you're spending scrolling, watching TV, or even doing laundry. The good news is, your logs will show you that, and then you can begin to take that time back. Remember: interruptions are not breaks. They merely tire you more because they are not planned, and because they constantly leave you behind schedule. If you check your Facebook profile just five times a day, and you spend no more than 10 to 15 minutes each time, you've already lost an hour. Those distractions within an eight-hour workday could lead you to work more than 14 hours a day. There are five more key components to managing your time: One, get your big projects out of the way first. You'll thank yourself for the relief later. Two, manage your meetings. If you can shave off 10 minutes from an hour-long meeting, you'll be surprised with how much time you get back. Three, commit to your free time. Block out the time that you consider ‘free' to ensure you have structure to complete tasks for yourself. Four, plan your week ahead. If you go in with a plan, you won't feel like you're flying by the seat of your pants every day. Set your goals and a pathway there, so if any fires arise, you can adapt and continue. Five, find your drive. When you carve our time for your work, you leave time to follow other passions. If you are interested in creating that side hustle, creating that other job to replace your current job, getting focused and scheduling out that time on your calendar will give you the ability to make that happen. Finally, be mindful of family time. When we look back at the memories in our lives, we're not thinking about that big work project that we completed. There is enough time. You just need to change your daily schedule. Nobody's perfect, and nor should we dream about being perfect. It's just not going to happen. We need to cut ourselves a break. Focus on the things that are important and ways that we can manage our daily schedule so that we have more time to spend with family and focus on the work that we love and brings us joy. Key Takeaways Log the time you're spending in 15 minutes chunks to identify areas where you'd losing traction on bigger projects. Get your big projects out of the way first. You'll thank yourself for the relief later. Manage your meetings. If you can shave off 10 minutes from an hour-long meeting, you'll be surprised with how much time you get back. Commit to your free time. Block out the time that you consider ‘free' to ensure you have structure to complete tasks for yourself. Plan your week ahead. If you go in with a plan, you won't feel like you're flying by the seat of your pants every day. Find your drive. When you carve our time for your work, you leave time to follow other passions.
Jesse chats with Laura Vanderkam and Sarah Hart-Unger, two time management experts and the hosts of the Best of Both Worlds Podcast, a show all about balancing busy lives and careers. Sarah is a pediatric endocrinologist while Laura is a writer (and author of I Know How She Does It), and both of them are also busy mothers. While they approach the challenges of time management with different strategies, they are both experts in making things fit in a busy life without getting burned out. Sarah and Laura point out that the things you spend your time on -- the things you say yes or no to -- are ultimately a reflection of your values. If something doesn't fit in your priorities, you simply won't do it. Sounds familiar, eh? Money, or rather the things you spend money on, is also a reflection of your values, as Jesse has argued on previous shows. So, the first step in wrangling your time management problem is to take a hard look at the things you value and see if the things you are spending your time on actually align with those values. Secondly, Laura reminds us that everyone has the same amount of time in a week to get things done, to relax, to pursue hobbies. 168 hours every week, in fact. Unlike money, this resource is equally distributed to all, and we cannot change the amount of time we have. So, being mindful of how you spend your weeks not in days, but in hours, can be a useful exercise. Do you have a hobby that you wished you spent more time on? A stack of books you wish you could finally read? Start tracking your time, and you might be surprised to find a spare hour or two that you were previously wasting on mindless tasks (or social media). Like spare change, these hours can slip between the cushions of the weekdays and weekends. Best of Both Worlds Podcast https://theshubox.com/best-of-both-worlds Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com Best Laid Plans Podcast with Sarah Hart-Unger https://theshubox.com/best-laid-plans-podcast Sign up for a free 34-day trial of YNAB at www.youneedabudget.com
If you’ve ever struggled with the concept of “doing it all” and “finding work-life balance” or even heard (or heck, SAID) the phrase “just wait till you’ve had kids”, well today’s chat is gonna rock your world. We got to talk to the INCREDIBLE Laura Vanderkam. Laura is the author of quite a few time management and productivity books, including I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, Off the Clock, and 168 Hours, and more. Her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Fortune. She is the host of the podcast Before Breakfast and the co-host of the podcast Best of Both Worlds. She lives outside Philadelphia with her husband and five children, and blogs at LauraVanderkam.com. Today we sit down and talked to Laura about all things productivity & time management but from the perspective of a successful entrepreneur & businesswoman who is also an incredible mother of five kids. Now you might be thinking “HOW DOES SHE DO IT ALL?!?” and guess what? WE TALK ABOUT THAT. This episode is for you if you’ve struggled with work-life balance, raising kids (or wanting to someday) while also running a business. If you’ve heard the phrase “just wait until you have kids…” and you’re ready to hear that myth busted once and for all as well as handed some tools and strategies to begin to take back your life. Show notes: http://theheartuniversity.com/125-just-wait-til-you-have-kids-busting-that-motherhood-productivity-lie-with-laura-vanderkam www.theheartuniversity.com/website-templates www.theheartuniversity.com/posing-minor If you want to connect with us and other listeners in the Heart and Hustle community join our Facebook group here. www.lauravanderkam.com Before Breakfast Podcast Best of Both Worlds Follow along: www.instagram.com/mrslindseyroman www.instagram.com/evierupp www.instagram.com/theheartuniversity
We talk productivity, taking your career seriously, and still having friends, family, and time for yourself on this episode of the Kati Hyer Show. Alissa Jenkins from the Hustle Humbly Podcast joins to talk productivity hacks, and I highly recommend the book I Know How She Does It by Laura Vandercam. (Find it on Amazon here: https://amzn.to/35GGCAL)
Laura Vanderkam | 168 Hours & I know How She Does It | Book Review by Lisa Woodruff Laura Vanderkam is one of my favorite authors, and I am a superfan. Her writing has had a tremendous impact on my ability to grow my business. Most importantly, Laura opened my mind to see time in a completely different way. That transformed my productivity. Today, I am reviewing two of Laura’s books. 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think and I Know How She Does It: How Successful Women Make the Most of Their Time (Amazon Affiliate Links). When I read 168 Hours, Laura Vanderkam revolutionized my understanding of time. Instead of feeling frantic and busy, I now consider time over a week span instead of a day. After reading this book, I was able to better analyze how I was using my time, and found much more time for self-care and to make decisions about how and when to work. Because of her, I now divide my week into two halves - 8 am Monday morning through 8pm Thursday and Thursday evening until Monday morning. This helps me to feel like I have much more control over my time. I Know How She Does It is Laura Vanderkam’s analysis of her time study of 6 figure women. I learned so much about outsourcing parts of my work (especially when it was easy to hire help - like house cleaning and child care). My big takeaways: 1. How we spend time is our role in life. 2. For better self care, know you are worth it and know what you need. In the upcoming years, Organize 365® will be working to complete similar time studies focusing on things like the Sunday Basket® and home organization. You can also watch this as a video review on YouTube. Follow me on Goodreads!
“Time keeps passing, whether you think of how you are spending it or not.”Everyone has the same 24 hours in a day. And yet, the busiest people are not necessarily the most productive. How can we best allocate that time that we are given? Laura Vanderkam is a bestselling author, speaker, podcaster, and mother of five who has mastered the art of managing the clock. She lives every day with the belief that time is a choice. To be intentional about what we spend time on, is to restructure our lives around what is important. Join us as Laura shares tips and tricks on prioritizing, balancing, and planning our schedules to get the most out of each day.About the Guest:Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time management and productivity books, including Juliet’s School of Possibilities, Off the Clock, I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours. Her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Fortune. She is the host of the podcast Before Breakfast and the co-host, with Sarah Hart-Unger, of the podcast Best of Both Worlds. She lives outside Philadelphia with her husband and five children.Finding Laura Vanderkam:Visit her website: https://lauravanderkam.com/ Listen to Before BreakfastRead her latest book: The New Corner Office: How The Most Successful People Work From HomeWatch her TEDTalkTo inquire about my coaching program opportunity visit https://mentorship.heathermonahan.com/ Review this podcast on Apple Podcast using this LINK and when you DM me the screen shot, I buy you my $299 video course as a thank you! My book Confidence Creator is available now! get it right HEREIf you are looking for more tips you can download my free E-book at my website and thank you! https://heathermonahan.com *If you'd like to ask a question and be featured during the wrap up segment of Creating Confidence, contact Heather Monahan directly through her website and don’t forget to subscribe to the mailing list so you don’t skip a beat to all things Confidence Creating! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Laura and Sarah open up this episode by talking about some big news -- Laura is moving (though not very far!). She discusses how they made their decision while Sarah shares her family's plans to remain renters indefinitely. Then, Laura welcomes guest Ahlia Kitwana, founder of Little Black Buddha, a new company that helps people through career transitions. Ahlia is also a mom of three and an engineer. She discusses how she's combined work and life (including her appearance in I Know How She Does It!), what nudged her to go out on her own, and her advice for others contemplating a similar move. In the Q&A, a listener writes in with a common dilemma - whether to go back to work post-baby even when childcare costs rival her salary. This episode is sponsored by Fiverr and Eby. For 20% off your first Eby order, visit joineby.com, and use code WORLDS20. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Laura and Sarah open up this episode by talking about some big news -- Laura is moving (though not very far!). She discusses how they made their decision while Sarah shares her family's plans to remain renters indefinitely. Then, Laura welcomes guest Ahlia Kitwana, founder of Little Black Buddha, a new company that helps people through career transitions. Ahlia is also a mom of three and an engineer. She discusses how she's combined work and life (including her appearance in I Know How She Does It!), what nudged her to go out on her own, and her advice for others contemplating a similar move. In the Q&A, a listener writes in with a common dilemma - whether to go back to work post-baby even when childcare costs rival her salary.This episode is sponsored by Fiverr and Eby. For 20% off your first Eby order, visit joineby.com, and use code WORLDS20. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Working from home is the new normal for a lot of us. But that doesn't mean we like it. Or that we're good at it. In this episode I sit down with Laura Vanderkam, author of I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and, most recently, The New Corner Office: How the Most Successful People Work from Home. Working from your house or apartment has taken on new meaning - and stress - in the pandemic. But Laura says there are ways to gain focus, force yourself to stop at the end of the day, and make the rhythm of the whole thing work for you. WFH won't go away when the pandemic does, but doing it well is a skill that most of us need a little help mastering. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In this week’s edition of Tranquility du Jour, I chat with Laura Vanderkam about her latest book, The New Corner Office: How the Most Successful People WFH. Learn how to turn being cooped up into the ultimate career advantage, manage by task (not time), and optimize your well-being while working from home. Direct download: Tranquility du Jour #511: The New Corner Office. Subscribe in your favorite podcast app such as Spotify, Apple Podcast, Amazon, or Overcast. Visit kimberlywilson.com/podcast for more episodes and the Tranquility du Jour Podcast App: iPhone and Android. Upcoming Events Fall TDJ Live Download the replay. TDJ Pop-Up Watch the replay. New Year's Virtual Retreat on January 1 from 2-5pm ET. Join us. Guest Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time management and productivity books, including The New Corner Office, Juliet’s School of Possibilities, Off the Clock, I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours. Her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Fortune. She is the host of the podcasts Before Breakfast and The New Corner Office, and the co-host, with Sarah Hart-Unger, of the podcast Best of Both Worlds. She lives outside Philadelphia with her husband and five children, and blogs at LauraVanderkam.com. Mentioned in the Podcast Find Laura Facebook Instagram Twitter Previously recorded podcasts: #199 168 Hours, #263 Utilizing Weekends Wisely, #306 What Most Successful People Do at Work, #343 I Know How She Does It Let's Connect Join our TDJ Insider's Facebook group. Share resources, get inspiration, make connections, be part of the online book club. New to Tranquility du Jour? Learn more here. Sign up for weekly inbox love, Love Notes: invites, inspiration, and more. Browse my 6 Books and planner. Follow along on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. Shop seasonless, vegan, locally-made, eco-friendly fashion: TDJ by Kimberly. Share a review on iTunes, Amazon, or Goodreads and you may hear it shared on the show. Deets on kimberlywilson.com/review. Techy To listen, click on the player at the top of the post or click here to listen to older episodes. New to podcasting? Get more info at Podcast 411. Do you have iTunes? Click here and subscribe to the podcast to get the latest episode as released. Get the Tranquility du Jour apps to download the podcast "automagically" on iOS or Android
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Time is a strange thing. Though it always continues on, it sometimes feels as though it moves quickly and other times slowly. In work, sometimes it's easy to manage our time and what we can fit into a few hours or a day. Other times it gets away from us — leaving us frustrated and unsatisfied. These are some of the attributes of time that fascinate Laura Vanderkam and drew her to build a career out of writing on the topic. Laura is the bestselling author of What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, I Know How She Does It, 168 Hours, among others. She is the host of a few podcasts and her work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Fast Company, Fortune, and other publications. I really enjoyed speaking with Laura about her new book, as well as many different aspects of time and time management. I hope you will as well. In this episode you'll learn: What Laura does How she got into this particular niche What were she doing before The point in her life when she decided this is what she was going to do Laura share a bit about her new book What are some major themes that helps someone to be effective working from home What does it mean that “Time is Flexible”? Where to start to gain more control over your time How to do a time log How often should you do a time log Where to insert important things into your day How to go about setting priorities How to dealt with uncertainty about next steps What are time traps and how to avoid them How to optimize time in a way that's not exhausting Show notes at: https://themeaningmovement.com/laurav
¿Qué hay para mi dentro del libro La Nueva Oficina del Rincón? Conoce como trabajan las personas más exitosas desde casa, todo esto para elevar tu productividad personal y tener una correcta administracion del tiempo. Monetiza Tus Redes Sociales: https://impactoexperto.com/ Participa del Reto 60/100 para ser una Mejor Versión: https://conocimientoexperto.com/reto60100 Accede a mi sito oficial y desarrolla tu modelo de negocio: https://www.salvadormingo.com/ Accede al Programa Principios Experto: https://conocimientoexperto.com/principios Hazte del libro: https://amzn.to/3mhXuV1 Accede a nuestro grupo privado en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/conocimientoexperto Mis programas: * Programa Principios Experto: https://conocimientoexperto.com/principios * Libro Conocimiento: https://www.conocimientoexperto.org/unavidaconproposito * Programa Posicionamiento de Expertos en Internet: https://conocimientoexperto.com/programaexperto * Más contenidos gratuitos: https://www.conocimientoexperto.org * Aplicación Móvil Conocimiento Experto: https://www.conocimientoexperto.org/apps/ * Programa Conocimiento Experto Elite: https://conocimientoexperto.com/elite Mis redes: * Sígueme En Instagram en: https://www.instagram.com/salvadormingo/ * Sígueme en Facebook en: https://www.facebook.com/Conocimientoexperto * Sígueme en Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/SalvadorMingoConocimientoExperto * Sígueme en Twitter en: https://twitter.com/s_mingo Trabajar desde casa suena como un sueño. No hay viajes diarios al trabajo, tienes bocadillos a la mano y no tienes que enfrentarte a ningún compañero que te haga perder el tiempo. Pero toda esa libertad viene con una responsabilidad adicional. Algunos incluso luchan por seguir siendo productivos. Afortunadamente, La Nueva Oficina del Rincón está aquí para ayudar. Por lo que si quieres saber cómo trabajan las personas más exitosas desde casa… revisa esta información. Para elaborar esta guía práctica para el trabajo remoto, la experta en gestión del tiempo Laura Vanderkam se basó en sus dos décadas de experiencia en la investigación del éxito profesional, así como en innumerables entrevistas con gerentes, empleados y autónomos más exitosos de todo el mundo. ¿El resultado? Un conjunto simple de estrategias probadas y comprobadas para seguir siendo productivo, creativo y feliz mientras trabajas de forma remota. Las recomendaciones sensatas que se encuentran en este análisis te ayudarán a concentrarte en tus tareas, cumplir con tus rutinas y lograr tus objetivos, todo sin sucumbir a la fiebre de la cubiculo. En este análisis, aprenderás: * Qué nos pueden enseñar los cachorros sobre el trabajo; * Cómo hacer una hora feliz digital; y * Por qué deberías elegir siempre una habitación con una vista agradable. Edición: Julio 2020 Laura Vanderkam es autora de los bestsellers 168 Hours, I Know How She Does It y Qué hace la gente exitosa antes del desayuno. Su TED Talk de 2016, "How to Gain Control of Your Free Time", tiene más de 5 millones de reproducciones. Su trabajo ha aparecido en The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Fortune y otras publicaciones. Se Firme Salvador Mingo
¿Qué hay para mi dentro del libro La Nueva Oficina del Rincón? Conoce como trabajan las personas más exitosas desde casa, todo esto para elevar tu productividad personal y tener una correcta administracion del tiempo. Monetiza Tus Redes Sociales: https://impactoexperto.com/ Participa del Reto 60/100 para ser una Mejor Versión: https://conocimientoexperto.com/reto60100 Accede a mi sito oficial y desarrolla tu modelo de negocio: https://www.salvadormingo.com/ Accede al Programa Principios Experto: https://conocimientoexperto.com/principios Hazte del libro: https://amzn.to/3mhXuV1 Accede a nuestro grupo privado en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/conocimientoexperto Mis programas: * Programa Principios Experto: https://conocimientoexperto.com/principios * Libro Conocimiento: https://www.conocimientoexperto.org/unavidaconproposito * Programa Posicionamiento de Expertos en Internet: https://conocimientoexperto.com/programaexperto * Más contenidos gratuitos: https://www.conocimientoexperto.org * Aplicación Móvil Conocimiento Experto: https://www.conocimientoexperto.org/apps/ * Programa Conocimiento Experto Elite: https://conocimientoexperto.com/elite Mis redes: * Sígueme En Instagram en: https://www.instagram.com/salvadormingo/ * Sígueme en Facebook en: https://www.facebook.com/Conocimientoexperto * Sígueme en Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/SalvadorMingoConocimientoExperto * Sígueme en Twitter en: https://twitter.com/s_mingo Trabajar desde casa suena como un sueño. No hay viajes diarios al trabajo, tienes bocadillos a la mano y no tienes que enfrentarte a ningún compañero que te haga perder el tiempo. Pero toda esa libertad viene con una responsabilidad adicional. Algunos incluso luchan por seguir siendo productivos. Afortunadamente, La Nueva Oficina del Rincón está aquí para ayudar. Por lo que si quieres saber cómo trabajan las personas más exitosas desde casa… revisa esta información. Para elaborar esta guía práctica para el trabajo remoto, la experta en gestión del tiempo Laura Vanderkam se basó en sus dos décadas de experiencia en la investigación del éxito profesional, así como en innumerables entrevistas con gerentes, empleados y autónomos más exitosos de todo el mundo. ¿El resultado? Un conjunto simple de estrategias probadas y comprobadas para seguir siendo productivo, creativo y feliz mientras trabajas de forma remota. Las recomendaciones sensatas que se encuentran en este análisis te ayudarán a concentrarte en tus tareas, cumplir con tus rutinas y lograr tus objetivos, todo sin sucumbir a la fiebre de la cubiculo. En este análisis, aprenderás: * Qué nos pueden enseñar los cachorros sobre el trabajo; * Cómo hacer una hora feliz digital; y * Por qué deberías elegir siempre una habitación con una vista agradable. Edición: Julio 2020 Laura Vanderkam es autora de los bestsellers 168 Hours, I Know How She Does It y Qué hace la gente exitosa antes del desayuno. Su TED Talk de 2016, "How to Gain Control of Your Free Time", tiene más de 5 millones de reproducciones. Su trabajo ha aparecido en The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Fortune y otras publicaciones. Se Firme Salvador Mingo
¿Qué hay para mi dentro del libro La Nueva Oficina del Rincón? Conoce como trabajan las personas más exitosas desde casa, todo esto para elevar tu productividad personal y tener una correcta administracion del tiempo.Monetiza Tus Redes Sociales: https://impactoexperto.com/Participa del Reto 60/100 para ser una Mejor Versión: https://conocimientoexperto.com/reto60100Accede a mi sito oficial y desarrolla tu modelo de negocio:https://www.salvadormingo.com/Accede al Programa Principios Experto: https://conocimientoexperto.com/principiosHazte del libro: https://amzn.to/3mhXuV1Accede a nuestro grupo privado en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/conocimientoexpertoMis programas:* Programa Principios Experto: https://conocimientoexperto.com/principios* Libro Conocimiento: https://www.conocimientoexperto.org/unavidaconproposito* Programa Posicionamiento de Expertos en Internet: https://conocimientoexperto.com/programaexperto* Más contenidos gratuitos: https://www.conocimientoexperto.org* Aplicación Móvil Conocimiento Experto: https://www.conocimientoexperto.org/apps/* Programa Conocimiento Experto Elite: https://conocimientoexperto.com/eliteMis redes:* Sígueme En Instagram en: https://www.instagram.com/salvadormingo/* Sígueme en Facebook en: https://www.facebook.com/Conocimientoexperto* Sígueme en Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/SalvadorMingoConocimientoExperto* Sígueme en Twitter en: https://twitter.com/s_mingoTrabajar desde casa suena como un sueño. No hay viajes diarios al trabajo, tienes bocadillos a la mano y no tienes que enfrentarte a ningún compañero que te haga perder el tiempo. Pero toda esa libertad viene con una responsabilidad adicional. Algunos incluso luchan por seguir siendo productivos.Afortunadamente, La Nueva Oficina del Rincón está aquí para ayudar. Por lo que si quieres saber cómo trabajan las personas más exitosas desde casa… revisa esta información.Para elaborar esta guía práctica para el trabajo remoto, la experta en gestión del tiempo Laura Vanderkam se basó en sus dos décadas de experiencia en la investigación del éxito profesional, así como en innumerables entrevistas con gerentes, empleados y autónomos más exitosos de todo el mundo.¿El resultado? Un conjunto simple de estrategias probadas y comprobadas para seguir siendo productivo, creativo y feliz mientras trabajas de forma remota. Las recomendaciones sensatas que se encuentran en este análisis te ayudarán a concentrarte en tus tareas, cumplir con tus rutinas y lograr tus objetivos, todo sin sucumbir a la fiebre de la cubiculo.En este análisis, aprenderás: * Qué nos pueden enseñar los cachorros sobre el trabajo; * Cómo hacer una hora feliz digital; y * Por qué deberías elegir siempre una habitación con una vista agradable.Edición: Julio 2020Laura Vanderkam es autora de los bestsellers 168 Hours, I Know How She Does It y Qué hace la gente exitosa antes del desayuno. Su TED Talk de 2016, "How to Gain Control of Your Free Time", tiene más de 5 millones de reproducciones. Su trabajo ha aparecido en The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Fortune y otras publicaciones.Se FirmeSalvador Mingo
Laura Vanderkam (https://amzn.to/3aEl497) is the author of several time management and productivity books, including Off the Clock, I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours. This is her 5th appearance on the show. Her new book is The New Corner Office: How the Most Successful People Work from Home (https://amzn.to/3aEl497). In this conversation Laura Vanderkam draws from her 18 years of experience working remotely to share strategies for productivity, creativity, and health in the world of remote work. This episode is brought to you by: * Podcast Movement Virtual (https://virtual.podcastmovement.com) Use code BEYOND for a great discount! * Woven (http://woven.com/podcast/beyond)
Long before the pandemic and public health concerns pushed many of us indoors, some of the most successful people fueled their careers with carefully perfected work-from-home routines, recognizing the strategic advantage afforded by greater flexibility. Author of I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, among many others, nationally-recognized expert and podcast host, Laura Vanderkam draws on her 18 years of experience working from home in the THE NEW CORNER OFFICE: How The Most Successful People Work From Home (Portfolio/Penguin Random House; on sale 7/21/20).
Do you often feel like you never have enough time to do what you want, including podcasting? It’s the worst! You’re spending hours at your computer and yet nothing is getting done. What is going wrong? And where did the day go? Imagine how great it would feel if you had all the time you needed to podcast. My guest today says it’s possible because time is more abundant than you think. We can actually stretch it. Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time management and productivity books, including Juliet’s School of Possibilities, I Know How She Does It, and 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think. She also speaks at conferences, including at TED; writes for publications like the New York Times; hosts the podcasts Before Breakfast and The New Corner Office, and co-hosts the podcast Best of Both Worlds. She has five kids and blogs almost every day at Laura Vanderkam.com. So if Laura can find time to do all that plus hang out with friends and get eight hours of sleep, then there is hope for us all. *** Hello. I’m Sarah, your host and founder of Podcast Launch Academy. Are you ready to launch a podcast that builds your brand and business, connects you to your global community, and grows your influence? Visit sarahmikutel.com to see how we can work together. Here’s a special treat for you: Use my Buzzsprout affiliate link to sign up for their podcast media hosting and get a $20 Amazon gift certificate. I’ve gotten to know the Buzzsprout team over this last year and love their customer service so much, I moved my shows over there.
Laura Vanderkam, author and productivity expert, joins us with tips and strategies to help you KonMari your calendar. Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time management and productivity books, including Juliet’s School of Possibilities, Off the Clock, I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours. Her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Fortune. She is the host of the podcast Before Breakfast and the co-host, with Sarah Hart-Unger, of the podcast Best of Both Worlds. She lives outside Philadelphia with her husband and five children, and blogs at LauraVanderkam.com. We want to hear from you! Tell us your burning tidying questions or share stories about how KonMari has impacted your life. Find us at www.sparkjoypodcast.com and click “Ask Spark Joy” to leave a question or comment for a chance to be featured on next week’s show. While you’re there, sign-up to join our Spark Joy podcast community and get notified when each episode airs. You can also join the Spark Joy podcast community on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter at the handle @sparkjoypodcast. Join The Spark Joy Club today! (https://www.patreon.com/sparkjoy) In this episode, you’ll enjoy: - How Laura became a student of time and a time management expert The quote from Laura (https://www.instagram.com/p/B3mzJosgLbJ/) that summarizes time management in a nutshell What to do first when it comes to figuring out exactly where your time goes and how it's similar to the KonMari Method The questions you should ask yourself when taking inventory of your time and tips that help you protect that time while tidying Laura (mom of FIVE!) shares her tips for working moms trying to manage their time and make time for what matters How avoid chasing a "typical" week when time tracking Laura's podcasts Before Breakfast podcast (https://lauravanderkam.com/before-breakfast-podcast/) and Best of Both Worlds (https://lauravanderkam.com/podcast/) Laura's favorite time management tip: Plan your week on Fridays. What sparks joy for Laura: Her bar height set of tables and chairs for her deck. To connect with Laura, visit her at lauravanderkam.com (https://lauravanderkam.com/) and download her free Time Makeover Guide. Gems: “Time is the ultimate non-renewable resource." "We often blame time for things that aren't really about time at all." "Saying 'I'm too busy' or 'I don't have time' puts the responsibility somewhere else." "If anyone wants to spend their time better the first thing they should do is figure out where their time is going now." "What do I like about my schedule?" "What do I want to spend more time doing?' "Don't bring it in if it's just going to be schedule clutter." "Anytime someone asks you to do something in the future, ask yourself if you'd do it tomorrow." "Start thinking of your life in terms of a week instead of a day." You can find Karin Socci at The Serene Home (https://www.theserenehome.com/) You can find Kristyn Ivey at For the Love of Tidy (https://fortheloveoftidy.com/) Special Guest: Laura Vanderkam.
Most of us dream about all the great things we could achieve if only there were more hours in the day. Well, what if I told you time was more abundant than you think, and that we can actually stretch it? My guest today is going to tell us how. Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time management and productivity books, including Juliet’s School of Possibilities, I Know How She Does It, and 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think. Laura also speaks at conferences, including at TED; writes for publications like the New York Times; hosts the podcast Before Breakfast and co-hosts the podcast Best of Both Worlds. Plus, she has five kids and blogs almost every day. So if Laura can find time to do all that and hang out with friends and get eight hours of sleep, then there is hope for us all. Historically, I have not been the best at time management, but Laura’s work has had a tremendously positive effect on my productivity and I’m honored that she made time for this interview. Get ready to have your mind blown as Laura talks us through different strategies we can use to take back our time so we can enjoy more freedom in our life to pursue what we love. *** I’m your host, Sarah Mikutel. Did you know I host another show called Podcasting Step by Step? Check it out if you’ve been wanting to start a podcast. Every week, I break down ‘how to podcast’ with a little loving motivation to give you the skills and confidence you need to finally launch that show of your dreams. Ready to start your podcast right now? Check out Podcast Launch Academy. Ready to travel? Get your free guide to cheap airfare. Thank you so much for listening to this show. I know you’re busy and have many listening options, so it means a lot to me that you’re here. You are the best. P.S. Need simple and flexible travel insurance? Get a cost estimate from World Nomads using their handy calculator at postcardacademy.co/insurance
Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time management and productivity books, including Juliet’s School of Possibilities, Off the Clock, I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours. Her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Fortune. She is the host of the podcast Before Breakfast and the co-host, with Sarah Hart-Unger, of the podcast Best of Both Worlds. She lives outside Philadelphia with her husband and four children, and blogs at LauraVanderkam.com. In this episode, Karen and Laura discuss: Success Story of Laura Commit to Get Leads o People are a good use of time. It’s all about relationships. Consult to Sell o Set priorities and set times to do the things that you need to do. Look at when they will happen, but also set a backup spot to make sure it happens. Connect to Build and Grow o Leave a little bit of growth on the table – it keeps things sustainable and leaves momentum for growth. The idea of keeping going – continuous momentum – is the key to long-term growth. Success Thinking, Activities and Vision o The berry season is short - It is possible to have a very full life and to enjoy it! Sweet Spot of Success "Everything takes longer than you think it will, so build in extra space for things like that, and build in space for opportunity for things that are going well."- Laura Vanderkam *5 Minute Success - Listener Giveaway* Go here to receive your FREE Time Makeover Guide! Connect with Laura Vanderkam: Twitter: @lvanderkam Facebook: Laura Vanderkam Website: LauraVanderkam.com Show: Before Breakfast Podcast Instagram: @lvanderkam Book: Juliet’s School of Possibilities & Off the Clock: Feel Less Busy While Getting More Done & I Know How She Does It: How Successful Women make the Most of Their Time & 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think & What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast & All the Money in the World & The Cortlandt Boys About the Podcast Join host Karen Briscoe each week to learn how you can achieve success at a higher level by investing just 5 minutes a day! Tune in to hear powerful, inspirational success stories and expert insights from entrepreneurs, business owners, industry leaders, and real estate agents that will transform your business and life. Karen shares a-ha moments that have shaped her career and discusses key concepts from her book Real Estate Success in 5 Minutes a Day: Secrets of a Top Agent Revealed. Here’s to your success in business and in life! Connect with Karen Briscoe: Twitter: @5MinuteSuccess Facebook: 5MinuteSuccess Website: 5MinuteSuccess.com Email: Karen@5MinuteSuccess.com 5 Minute Success Links Learn more about Karen’s book, Real Estate Success in 5 Minutes a Day Karen also recommends Moira Lethbridge's book "Savvy Woman in 5 Minutes a Day" Subscribe to 5 Minute Success Podcast Spread the love and share the secrets of 5 Minute Success with your friends and colleagues! Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time management and productivity books, including Juliet’s School of Possibilities, Off the Clock, I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours. Her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Fortune. She is the host of the podcast Before Breakfast and the co-host, with Sarah Hart-Unger, of the podcast Best of Both Worlds. She lives outside Philadelphia with her husband and four children, and blogs at LauraVanderkam.com. In this episode we dive into: 1. Laura's initial spark of interest in the world of productivity and time management. 2. Going through her K-12 education years, Laura explains that although schooling came easy, it wasn't necessarily rewarding. 3. What an outcome goal is versus a process goal and where we should be focusing our energy. 4. Why Laura believes we are actually less busy than previous generations, and why people still love to wear the “busyness badge of honor”. 5. The lies we are telling ourselves about the management of time. 6. Why structure should not be looked at as a loss of freedom, but rather the opposite. 7. Finding your leisure time while still working and raising a family. 8. What Laura views as “successful” and how this has developed over time. 9. Why we need to stop using the “we have no time” excuse, and focusing on finding the time or admitting it is not of importance. 10. The shortcut to finding your ultimate energy period during your day. 11. Laura dives into some strategies that will help create time management skills, as well as how to make a “time tracking chart”. 12. Learning about ourselves through the “100 Dreams Exercise”, that Laura challenges everyone to create. www.brenttieri.com www.lauravanderkam.com
Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time management and productivity books, including Juliet’s School of Possibilities, Off the Clock, I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours. Her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Fortune. If you’d like to keep in touch with Laura, you can check out her short daily podcast, Before Breakfast, to start your morning with productivity advice that will take your day from great to awesome. In this episode Laura and I discuss: How Laura became interested in studying and writing about time management Why Laura focuses on weeks instead of days The first step you should take if you want to improve your own productivity What surprising insight Laura discovered about successful people’s schedules by reading their time diaries How anyone can create extra hours in their week How you can stretch out the good moments in life What Laura learned after her first book flopped and didn’t find its audience. My book, Think Like a Rocket Scientist: Simple Strategies You Can Use to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life, is now available for pre-order (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Indiebound). I’ve been ecstatic about the early reviews. The book was named a “must read” by Susan Cain (NYT Bestselling Author of Quiet), “endlessly fascinating” by Daniel Pink (NYT Bestselling Author of Drive and A Whole New Mind), and “bursting with practical insights” by Adam Grant (NYT Bestselling Author of Originals). If you pre-order the book, you’ll get digital access to the book to read on your favorite device within seven days of your pre-order. That means you can start reading it months before the book is released to the public. You’ll also get pre-order bonuses worth at least 10 times the cost of the book. You can check out the bonuses at rocketsciencebook.com.
I've stayed away from productivity books and talks like they were the flu. I just didn't think I needed efficiency in my life. I didn't want to hear their email hacks or their prioritization matrix. And then I came across the work of Laura Vanderkam and understood just how wrong I had been all this time. Productivity isn't about being a more efficient cog at work. Productivity is about managing your life in such a way to significantly increase how much fun you're having and how much growth you're achieving. Laura is the author of several time management and productivity books, including Juliet’s School of Possibilities, Off the Clock,I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall StreetJournal, Fast Company, and Fortune. She lives outside Philadelphia with her husband and four kids.Laura and I are going to discuss:The biggest question you can ask yourself to increase the time you have available each dayHow we ruin the free time we do haveHow to help yourself do the things you really want out of lifeThe tool Laura recommends to help you find all the free time you actually needHow to change your morning routine to be a lot more fun and productiveImportant Links for the Show:The ultimate fitness tracker to help you make positive changes in your life: https://www.whoop.com/ and use code DIANA at checkout for 15% off!A bank that prides itself on how it treats both it's employees and it's customers: http://nbkc.com/diana - get a box of awesome Professional AF stuff for signing up, including a book that we discuss on the show!The ultimate STEAM project each month: http://kiwico.com/DIANA - my code gets your first month freeLaura's book that we discussed today: https://www.amazon.com/What-Successful-People-Before-Breakfast/dp/1591846692/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=laura+vanderkam&qid=1572821941&sr=8-4Laura's website: https://lauravanderkam.com/The time tracker worksheet: https://lauravanderkam.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/168-hours-v2.pdfProfessional AF Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/943925015810362/Diana online: www.DianaKander.com
Meredith and Kaytee are recording with a special guest this week, Sara Hildreth of @fictionmatters on Instagram. We’ll chat with her about building a 70K follower account and how that affects her reading life. You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of us: a long-awaited pre-order arrives, a forthcoming release that we’re excited to read, and exploring a new literary scene. Next, we discuss our current reads for the week. We are each sharing two books that we’ve read recently. We’ve got some differing opinions about books we’ve all read, which is my FAVORITE thing. We’ll move on to a short Slow But Steady update from each of us, with more observations about what Slow But Steady can be and doesn’t have to be. For our deep dive this week, we are going deep into the backside of #bookstagram, asking Sara about her history on the platform, how she keeps her reading life in balance, and her favorite and least favorite parts of being a BIG bookstagrammer. Finally, this week, we are Pressing Books Into Your Hands. Each of us is sharing a book that we can’t wait for you to read. As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down! *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!* . . . . . 1:13 - @fictionmatters on Instagram 2:12 - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling, Illustration Edition 3:35 - The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins 3:47 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 6:46 - The Familiars by Stacy Halls 7:09 -The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe 10:37 - Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins 13:15 - I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh 16:36 - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn 16:37 - Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins 17:11 - She Said by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey 19:25 - Bad Blood by John Kerryrou 21:42 - The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton 21:57 - The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton 22:15 - The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton 22:19 - Episode 11 of Season 1 25:13 - The House at Riverton by Kate Morton 26:51 - Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey 26:57 - Mary Heim in Episode 36 of Season 1 28:15 - Harry Potter by JK Rowling 30:43 - Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry 30:57 - North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell 31:05 - On Writing by Stephen King 31:24 - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 31:32 - Anne of Avonlea by LM Montgomery 32:28 - The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon (Outlander #5) 32:43 - How to Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi 52:52 - Possession by A.S. Byatt 57:22 - The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 59:33 - I Know How She Does It by Laura Vanderkam 1:01:31 - Connect with Sara: @fictionmatters on Instagram, fictionmattersbooks.com
"You have more time than you think.'' - @lvanderkam Today on the show, we are joined by NYT best-selling author Laura Vanderkam. Laura is the author of several time management and productivity books, including Juliet’s School of Possibilities, Off the Clock, I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours. This is a fascinating and highly practical interview with Laura, in this episode you will learn: - Why you have more time than you think - How your language around time is so critical - What Laura has learned from studying time diaries of high performers - Practical steps to getting more things done - Laura's fascinating idea of 100 dreams - & so much more JOIN THE CONVERSATION: If you'd like to connect with us, please do! We love to connect. Email: Freedompact@gmail.com Social Media: @freedompact (IG) / @freedompactpod (TW) Laura: TW & IG: @lvanderkam 168 hours: https://www.amazon.co.uk/168-Hours-Have-More-Think/dp/159184410X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=168+hours&qid=1570398535&sr=8-1 Laura's Website: https://lauravanderkam.com Laura's Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/before-breakfast/id1450018819
Catherine is here today with Laura Vanderkam. Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time management and productivity books, including Juliet's School of Possibilities, Off the Clock, I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours. She has appeared on numerous television programs, including The Today Show and CBS, This Morning, hundreds of radio segments, and has spoken about time and productivity to audiences of all sizes. Her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Fortune. Her TED talk, “How to gain control of your free time,” has been viewed more than 8 million times. She is the co-host, with Sarah Hart-Unger, of the podcast Best of Both Worlds. She hosts the every-weekday-morning podcast Before Breakfast, featuring productivity tips designed to take listeners' days from great to awesome. Find Out More About Laura Vanderkam Visit Laura's Website Follow Laura Vanderkam on Facebook Connect with Laura on Twitter @lvanderkam Follow Laura Vanderkam on Instagram @lvanderkam It's now time to tune into this one very inspirational human being. ENJOY!
Catherine is here today with Laura Vanderkam. Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time management and productivity books, including Juliet's School of Possibilities, Off the Clock, I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Befor...
Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time management and productivity books, including Juliet’s School of Possibilities, Off the Clock, I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours.
The Real Estate InvestHER Show with Elizabeth Faircloth and Andresa Guidelli
How many of us women investors feel we just don't have enough time to get it all done? So many of us! We are thrilled to sit down with Laura Vanderkam on today's show. Laura is the author of several time management and productivity books, and her TED talk has been viewed more than 8 million times. On today's episode, we cover a ton of productivity strategies including how to spend time intentionally, why focusing on 24 hours is the wrong approach and how to get things done that you have been avoiding. Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time management and productivity books, including Juliet's School of Possibilities, Off the Clock, I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours. Her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Fortune. Her TED talk, “How to gain control of your free time,” has been viewed more than 8 million times. She is the host of the podcast Before Breakfast and the co-host, with Sarah Hart-Unger, of the podcast Best of Both Worlds. She lives outside Philadelphia with her husband and four children, and blogs at LauraVanderkam.com. On today's episode, we discuss a lot with Laura, including: How to be mindful of the stories we tell ourselves The power of tracking your time Strategy to achieve your goals on a weekly basis How to spend time intentionally How to get things done that you tend to avoid or have been procrastinating Why focusing on 24 hours is the wrong approach Contact Information Website and contact info – www.LauraVanderkam.com Books/Resources: Take Control of Your Life by Mel Robbins 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven Covey InvestHER Community Our mission is to support and inspire women real estate investors around the globe to live a financially free and balanced life. We are dedicated to creating empowering online and in person communities where women have a non-intimidating environment to ask questions and receive the support they need. Our vision is to see all woman investors achieve her financial freedom goals on her own terms. How To Join the InvestHER Movement 1) The Real Estate InvestHER Podcast - The weekly show details the journey of some of the most amazing women real estate investors around the world, who open up their lives and share practical and strategic tools for growing a rental portfolio, flipping houses and the mindset that allows them to run a successful investing business while taking care of their families and most importantly taking care of themselves. Subscribe via Itunes Subscribe via Andriod Subscribe via Stitcher 2) InvestHER Community on Facebook We have 1000+ members in our Facebook InvestHER Community (and growing!) This is a safe place for women to ask real estate investing questions and gain the support they need to achieve their goals! 3) InvestHER Meetups Around the Globe We have over 2000 meetup members attending close to 15 InvestHER Meetups across the country and Canada. Meetups are being held monthly by experienced InvestHER Leaders! Learn more about our InvestHER leaders, meetup locations, and how to become an InvestHER Leader HERE! Follow us on: Facebook: @therealestateinvesther Instagram: @therealestateinvesther Please leave a comment below!
How many of us women investors feel we just don't have enough time to get it all done? So many of us! We are thrilled to sit down with Laura Vanderkam on today's show. Laura is the author of several time management and productivity books, and her TED talk has been viewed more than 8 million times. On today's episode, we cover a ton of productivity strategies including how to spend time intentionally, why focusing on 24 hours is the wrong approach and how to get things done that you have been avoiding. Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time management and productivity books, including Juliet's School of Possibilities, Off the Clock, I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours. Her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Fortune. Her TED talk, “How to gain control of your free time,” has been viewed more than 8 million times. She is the host of the podcast Before Breakfast and the co-host, with Sarah Hart-Unger, of the podcast Best of Both Worlds. She lives outside Philadelphia with her husband and four children, and blogs at LauraVanderkam.com. On today's episode, we discuss a lot with Laura, including: How to be mindful of the stories we tell ourselves The power of tracking your time Strategy to achieve your goals on a weekly basis How to spend time intentionally How to get things done that you tend to avoid or have been procrastinating Why focusing on 24 hours is the wrong approach Contact Information Website and contact info – www.LauraVanderkam.com Books/Resources: Take Control of Your Life by Mel Robbins 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven Covey InvestHER Community Our mission is to support and inspire women real estate investors around the globe to live a financially free and balanced life. We are dedicated to creating empowering online and in person communities where women have a non-intimidating environment to ask questions and receive the support they need. Our vision is to see all woman investors achieve her financial freedom goals on her own terms. How To Join the InvestHER Movement 1) The Real Estate InvestHER Podcast - The weekly show details the journey of some of the most amazing women real estate investors around the world, who open up their lives and share practical and strategic tools for growing a rental portfolio, flipping houses and the mindset that allows them to run a successful investing business while taking care of their families and most importantly taking care of themselves. Subscribe via Itunes Subscribe via Andriod Subscribe via Stitcher 2) InvestHER Community on Facebook We have 1000+ members in our Facebook InvestHER Community (and growing!) This is a safe place for women to ask real estate investing questions and gain the support they need to achieve their goals! 3) InvestHER Meetups Around the Globe We have over 2000 meetup members attending close to 15 InvestHER Meetups across the country and Canada. Meetups are being held monthly by experienced InvestHER Leaders! Learn more about our InvestHER leaders, meetup locations, and how to become an InvestHER Leader HERE! Follow us on: Facebook: @therealestateinvesther Instagram: @therealestateinvesther Please leave a comment below! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Psychologists Off The Clock: A Psychology Podcast About The Science And Practice Of Living Well
Time is arguably our most valuable resource, and yet we often don’t manage, allocate, or savor it effectively. In this episode, Debbie talks with Laura Vanderkam, author of several books on time management and productivity, about strategies to make time feel more abundant, memorable, and enjoyable. Listen and Learn: Tips for savoring and stretching out pleasure in the passage of time How to best optimize time by prioritizing your core competencies Why effortful fun trumps effortless fun The benefits of keeping a time log for a week About Laura Vanderkam: Laura Vanderkam is the author of time management and productivity books, including Juliet’s School of Possibilities, Off the Clock, I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours. Her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Fortune. She is the host of the podcast Before Breakfast and the co-host, with Sarah Hart-Unger, of the podcast Best of Both Worlds. She lives outside Philadelphia with her husband and four children, and blogs at LauraVanderkam.com. Resources: Laura’s Books: 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think I Know How She Does It: How Successful Women Make the Most of Their Time What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast Off the Clock: Fell Less Busy While Getting More Done Juliet’s School of Possibilities Laura’s Podcasts: Before Breakfast Best of Both Worlds, co-hosted by Sarah Hart-Unger Laura’s Website, where you can find her blog and time logs - fill one out for yourself! __________________________ Thank you for joining us on this episode of Psychologists Off The Clock. We appreciate your feedback. Please take a moment to leave a quick rating and review of the show on Apple Podcasts. It helps us spread the word to more folks like you! Subscribe for free where you listen to podcasts! Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Deezer, iHeartRadio, TuneIn
“Having it all” has become the subject of countless books, articles, debates, and social media commentary, with passions running high in all directions. Many now believe this to be gospel truth: Any woman who wants to advance in a challenging career has to make huge sacrifices. She's unlikely to have a happy marriage, quality time with her kids (assuming she can have kids at all), a social life, hobbies, or even a decent night's sleep. But what if that's not the whole story? What if all those tragic anecdotes ignore the women who quietly but consistently do just fine with the juggle? Instead of relying on scattered stories, I Know How She Does It adds hard data to the debate. Based on hour-by-hour time logs from 1001 days in the lives of working mothers earning at least $100,000 a year, this book shows how these women spend the 168 hours that every one of us has each week. Case studies and interviews document how women make time to advance in their careers, enjoy family activities, and pursue their own passions. Based on these strategies, I Know How She Does It offers a framework for anyone who wants to thrive at work and life. Laura Vanderkam is an author, speaker and writer. Her work has appeared in numerous publications including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Reader's Digest, City Journal, Fortune, and Prevention.
Today's show is personal because it's all about you and your time. How are. you using it? Whats' on your to-do list that really shouldn't be there? How do you stop saying, "I don't have time?" Because you're really saying, "I don't want to do that" or "I don't like what I'm doing". Priorities are everything and today's guest is an expert in just that. Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time management and productivity books, including Off the Clock, I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours. Her 2016 TED talk, "How to Gain Control of Your Free Time," has been viewed more than 5 million times. She regularly appears in publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Fortune. She is the co-host, with Sarah Hart-Unger, of the podcast Best of Both Worlds. She lives outside Philadelphia with her husband and four children, and blogs at LauraVanderkam.com. Her new book, Juliet's School of Possibilities, features a main character that reminds me a lot of myself. She's stressed out and overwhelmed, trying to make all of her commitments work and in the process, losing people she cares about and opportunities that are more perfect for her future goals. Laura and I chat about how to break the social media, email checking, and to-do list addiction and focus on what matters. "How we live our hours is how we live our lives" Laura's book: You're Not Getting Any Younger FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/anyyounger
Have you ever said, ”How is it Christmas already?” Or “How is that kid I babysat already in college?” Part of living a great life is living a life that you remember. We can all get sucked into the grind of day-to-day life causing us to watch the weeks slip by. Our guest today gives us tips to actually create a life we remember. She helps people spend more time on things that matter and less time on things that don't. Today we're speaking with Laura Vanderkam who is the author of several time management and productivity books, including Off the Clock, I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours. Her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Fortune. She is the co-host, with Sarah Hart-Unger, of the podcast Best of Both Worlds. She lives outside Philadelphia with her husband and four children, and blogs at LauraVanderkam.com. She also spoke at Ted Women, which is how I found her work. And in full disclosure, I'm truly a big fan of Laura's work and her books and I was a little overzealous in this interview. I may have talked a little too much and didn't let Jordan into the discussion at all. I'm still learning how this whole podcasting thing works. Get ready to start living a life that you actually remember as Laura breaks down the small actions we can all take today to make some space in our hectic schedules, and stop feeling so busy. Thanks for listening and please rank, review, and subscribe! We love the feedback. You can learn more about Laura and her new book at… Laura's blog - https://lauravanderkam.com/ Juliet's School of Possibilities by Laura Vanderkam with the cartoon I can't get enough of watching - https://lauravanderkam.com/books/juliets-school-of-possibilities/
Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time-management and productivity books, including Off the Clock, I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours. She is the co-host, with Sarah Hart-Unger, of the podcast Best of Both Worlds and blogs at LauraVanderkam.com. In this episode, Laura talks with Erik about her new book: Juliet’s School of Possibilities: A Little Story About the Power of Priorities. Mentioned in this episode: Perfect Keto – Get 30% off sitewide with promo code ‘beyond’! Blinkist – Get a 7-day free trial! UCI – Get 15% of one course!
Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time management books, including Off the Clock, I Know How She Does It, and 168 Hours. Her TED talk, "How to gain control of your free time," has been viewed more than 7 million times. She is the co-host, with Sarah Hart-Unger, of the podcast Best of Both Worlds. She lives outside Philadelphia with her husband and four children, and blogs at LauraVanderkam.com. Laura sent me a copy of Off The Clock and I could not put it down. The stories were so compelling and her tactics around time management made me straight up PUMPED UP about being a better time manager in order to create more time in my life and more space in my head. Take notes on this episode. There are so many fantastic pointers! Listen in to hear Laura share: The secrets of people who have all the time in the world How a mom or 18-month-old triplets created 3 hours of personal time for herself #everydamnday What she learned from time tracking her habits for 8,784 hours How to change your perspective on time and immediately have more time in your day How to better prioritize time for things you actually enjoy Why checking our phones makes us feel like we have less time How to use memories to expand the time Why you should plan your upcoming weeks on Friday and not Sunday (or Monday!) Links Mentioned: Connect with Laura: Laura Vanderkam Tune into Laura’s podcast: Best of Both World Laura on Facebook Laura on Twitter Laura on Instagram Thank you to our sponsors: Headspace: If you’ve been wanting to add mediation to your life, check out the Headspace app and get a free month trial at Head Space.
Ironically, it's often during the "most wonderful time of the year" that time becomes a rarefied commodity. Ads and jingles and carols are pressing the importance of spending quality time with loved ones, but between shopping, holiday parties, pageants, and oh yeah, all the stuff that occupies your time in any normal week, you're hard-pressed to spend quality time with anything besides your Mary Poppins-esque work/gym/random White Elephant present bag. I'm guilty of this too, and that's exactly why I decided to take 30 minutes and revisit this old episode with Laura Vanderkam, a time-tracking expert and author of I Know How She Does It. Not only do Laura and Maggie discuss tried-and-true techniques for tracking your time, but they also talk in a bigger sense about the story you create about your time. For example, why do some people feel calm about time management while others feel stressed? Why do some of us feel like we have to be stressed or anxious about time in order to feel busy or productive? How come we often use "busy" as a mood and an answer to "How are you?" instead of actually having a conversation with the person asking us? This week, I'm taking control of my time by instituting my own time-tracking challenge so I can see how long it ACTUALLY takes me to pick up a bottle of wine for a hostess gift rather than convincing myself I can squeeze in just one more errand in the ten minutes before I call an Uber. And with that data, I'm going to try and be brutally honest with myself — does where I spend my time coincide with my seasonal values of quality evenings with family and friends, my favorite holiday traditions (hi, Brew Lights!), and staying active throughout the shorter daylight hours? I challenge you to do the same — let me know how it goes over at @asweatlife.com. This episode may be a re-run, but we recorded a new intro explaining what drew me to this particular episode and why we wanted to reshare it, so take a listen (we're doing that for each episode this month — think of it as the Best of #WeGotGoals). For the long road trips and lounging at airports we all have coming up, you can find back episodes of #WeGotGoals onSpotify, Apple Podcasts, or any other podcasting app. And in lieu of a holiday present this year, the best thing you could get us is the gift of two minutes of your time, by leaving us a rating or a review. Feeling bold? If you want to be featured as one of our real-life goal-getters in an upcoming episode, just send a voice memo with a goal you’ve crushed, a goal you’re eyeing, or your best goal-getting tip to Cindy at cindy@asweatlife.com.
Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time management books, including Off the Clock, I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours. She also co-hosts the podcast Best of Both Worlds and blogs at LauraVanderkam.com. On this episode with Laura Vanderkam: the power of tracking your time…every hour of every day, including weekends and vacation. And Laura discusses the insights she's learned from tracking her time for over 1000 days. Where you can find Laura online: LauraVanderkam.com What did you think of this episode? I want to know. Go to MarkStruczewski.com/laura and leave a comment. To leave feedback about the podcast or give suggestions for ideas for future episodes (including guests you'd like to hear me interview), go to MarkStruczewski.com/mypodcast or email feedback@markstruczewski.com. If you are looking to take your productivity to the next level or if you are interested in bringing me in to speak at your event, visit MarkStruczewski.com. Follow me on LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram. Subscribe to my weekly Next Level Productivity Digest. If you love the show, share it with a friend on Apple Podcasts.
Creative pursuits often happen in addition to other, often more pressing, obligations. Our commitment to the various demands on our bandwidth can often lead us to overlook rest, healthy eating, exercise, and purposeful pauses, elements necessary to keep us effective in meeting our commitments! Join Jerzy and Rob for a discussion on navigating the frictions between bandwidth for creative projects and for self care. Sponsors for this episode Boulder and Fleet: Adventurers for Hire This Panda Needs You Lean Into Art Workshops Thanks to our top 5 Patreon supporters Shauni Redfearn Todd Lauzon Bill Gathen Rachel Ross Mike White Links Mentioned The Upside of Stress I Know How She Does It Monkey Step-Dad Connect with Jerzy and Rob Jerzy on Twitter Rob on Twitter Lean Into Art on Twitter Support the show via Patreon Lean Into Art Patreon
In December 2017, I called Laura Vanderkam to ask her what I needed to know about time tracking if I was going to attempt to do it. What's time tracking? It's exactly what it sounds like - keeping tabs on how you spend your time all day, every day, for as long as you want - and I was intrigued by the prospect of attempting to do it. After reading Vanderkam's book I Know How She Does It, I knew I wanted to track my time for at least a week to see what I could learn (hint: so much). One of my biggest takeaways was that by analyzing the data on how you do spend your time, you can make better-informed decisions about how you want to spend your time and how you're going to do that. When Vanderkam came out with her latest book, Off The Clock, I knew there was no better time to have her as a guest on our podcast, #WeGotGoals. We've interviewed some pretty hardcore goal-setters and getters in the past, and discussed anything from how someone might attempt to sell every cup of coffee in the entire world, to doing whatever it takes to become the fastest woman in the world. Vanderkam is a high achiever whose goals take a different spin: she led the goal setting conversation with what she calls "better than nothing goals" - not Big, Hairy, and Audacious, but incredibly powerful nonetheless. Case in point, Vanderkam has run at least one mile a day for more than 500 consecutive days. She talks about how that wouldn't have been possible if she'd set a goal to run a marathon or even to run 30 miles a week, but that one mile is "like nothing," she says, and she's really content with and proud of that goal and the way it makes her feel. Clearly, Vankderkam is a process-driven person versus an outcome-based goal setter, as proven by her three year time-tracking streak. Prior to writing I Know How She Does It, she set the big goal to track all of her time for one year. Turns out, she liked the accountability it gave her so much, she just kept going. And the lessons she learned over three years of tracking time - plus input from other case studies and experts - make up the newest addition to her collection as an author Off The Clock. What time tracking taught her All of this tracking has helped her as she sets goals and spends her time in two key ways: 1. She remembers how she spent her time more fondly and with gratitude: By looking over her own spreadsheets to reflect back on where the hours went, Vanderkam sees all the things she's done - something our brains don't tend to do without bias. Vanderkam notes that our brains have the tendency to remember the negative over the positive (a phenomenon that's been tested and proven), but she's able to reminisce on her past more fondly and strip some of those negative connotations away. 2. She's able to separate the days from one another: She also took notice of what habits she tends to fall into and asks herself, "How is today going to be different from other days?" Vanderkam does this because it helps her to expand time by making memories more, well, memorable. "When the brain thinks about time, its sense of memory perception is affected by how many memories you have in that unit of time," Vanderkam says. When we talk about time flying by, she continues, we're experiencing the shortcut our brain takes to group similar memories together. "So that's how life starts to disappear into these memory sinkholes." Sure, we need routines to help us make decisions quickly and efficiently, but what are we turning into a routine that would be more fun if we did something otherwise? Vanderkam encourages doing things differently, from trying something new to simply walking a different route to work to make your brain remember days differently and apart from each other. Ready to hear all of her big goals? Listen to her on the full episode of #WeGotGoals on Apple Podcasts here. You'll hear the big goals she's outlined for the future and why she's still tracking her time down to the half-hour each and every day. If you like the show as much as we do, be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and leave it a rating and a review it really does help. And stick around until the end of the episode, goal getters. We have real life goal getting to share from a listener. Transcript: -------------------- C:Welcome to #WeGotGoals, a podcast by aSweatLife.com on which we talk to high achievers about their goals. I'm Jeana Anderson Cohen; with me, I have Maggie Umberger and Kristen Geil. MU:Morning, Jeana. KG:Hey Jeana. JAC:Thanks for joining me ladies. Maggie, you did the podcast today and you interviewed Laura Vanderkam. MU:I did. I interviewed Laura Vanderkam, who is a writer, an author, a speaker. She's written so many books that just the title alone makes you just think, I need to read this book. Recently she just finished off the clock and so it has just been released. She's a time management expert. She tracks her own time. She helps other people become more productive by analyzing how they spend their time and it's a really fascinating job that she has, that she's also turned into a career in multiple different facets. So companies work with her, she works with individuals and she, she tracks her time personally and kind of describes her experience doing that as well. JAC:Now when you say time tracking, it gives me flashbacks to agency life, but she means it differently, right? Maggie? MU:Yes and no. She tracks her time down to the 30 minute increment, which does remind me of agency life for having to remember who you're working with and what clients you're working on, all the way down to the quarter hour. But Laura tracks our time by analyzing where she spends her time with work, with her personal life and doing life admin things. She keeps the categories really broad, but it gives her information about really where she's spending her time and what her habits are and if she is aligning what her goals are with where she is spending her days. JAC:Super interesting and she even gets right down to the sleep time, which you'll hear more about in the episode. I don't want to blow it for you. But Maggie, I know you tracked your time personally right around the New Year, so you have experience with this. MU:I do, I got to interview her already for just a phone conversation and ask her how to go about starting to do this task because it seems pretty daunting at first, but she, she told me not to get too bogged down or in the weeds with it. I could keep it really general, but just to keep a log and I did it in my google calendar of how I'm spending my time. And it did a lot of things for me as in terms of showed me where I was spending more time than I thought. Sometimes I would say that I was completely bogged down with some assignment or some piece of work and then when I looked at where I was spending that time, sometimes it was just in the transition of getting from place to place and so it wasn't actually with that task or whatever it was. MU:It's just a nice way to see where you're actually spending time and then the story you create around that. But it also helped me see where I could be a little bit more productive and so if I would put it in my calendar that I was going to do it. I actually did it during and I try to do that more often than not. But when I was doing that exercise, I was super accountable to myself by saying this is realistically going to take me 90 minutes and then I would make sure it took me 90 minutes and if I needed more time I would carve out a separate hour or whatever it was later in my week so that I could be really realistic about how long things were going to take me. I was checking more things off of my to-do list and I felt like I was actually doing the things I was said I was going to be doing. KG:Maggie, Laura also mentioned something that I had never heard of before that she called better than nothing. Goals. Can you give us an idea of what that is? MU:Yeah. So, and I also don't want to spoil it in the episode either, but we could have talked forever about just time tracking because it is really fascinating. But, uh, the idea of looking at time tracking and how it can help you set your goals is something that we kind of focus this episode on. She talks a little bit about those better than nothing goals. And one of those, um, goals that she has was just running a mile every day. She talks about it being almost like nothing. Like she could just slough it off and just that could, she could attain that goal no matter what. But if she set even a medium sized goal of trying to run x number of miles in a week, even that could get too daunting. MU:Like forget setting a goal to run a half marathon or a marathon, like when we're busy, sometimes our bigger goals that we want to do start to feel like shoulds or need to dos. And then more like burdens. So the goal is that she keeps pretty small and almost like a no brainer achievement are the ones that she can feel really, really proud of every single day. And I totally resonated with that. Like if I think I can't make it to a workout class, but I can do 10 squats, that's better than nothing, and it's a nice, almost refreshing take on feeling accomplished. JAC:One other concept that I thought was really interesting and I grabbed onto was the idea that time is sort of collapsible and expandable based on the novelty of your experiences, whether you're doing the same routine things every single day or whether you're going out of your way to experience new things. I always talk about how my life every day is a little bit different, so maybe we're living very long days around here, but can you talk a little bit about that, Maggie? MU:Yes, absolutely. So Laura talks about how our brains condense things and make things a little bit more truncated in order for us to remember things in sort of blocks of time. And when we create habits that's really valuable for being efficient and for getting more things done. Habits are a very useful tool for us, but those habits can then lead to us doing very routine things that our brain starts to chunk together and that's where we start to have those thoughts like, where did the week go, where did the time go? And so she talks about just switching your routine ever so slightly, in big ways if you can, but even if it's just walking a different way to work, it's going to help your brain think differently about a routine thing and then it's going to actually create a little bit more opportunity for you to have memories of that time and so therefore your time becomes more valuable, more memorable. It was a different and unique take on the power of a routine. I think we all agree that they're important to have, but just thinking about how to make today a little different than yesterday and a little different than tomorrow places more value on the present moment. KG:It sounds amazing and as someone who lives and dies by my planner, my google calendar, I cannot wait to learn more about Laura's tips. So here is Maggie with Laura. JAC:And stick around listener for the end of the episode where you'll hear from real life goal getters and what they're achieving out there in the real world today. MU:Welcome, Laura to the #WeGotGoals podcast. I am Maggie with aSweatLife and I'm so excited to get to talk to you today about not only the launch of your new book Off the Clock: Feel Less Busy While Getting More Done, but also about what we love to talk about on this podcast, which is going after and achieving really big goals and getting to talk to high achievers and entrepreneurs and CEOs in different industries about how they think and go after big goals. And so, so this is going to be a really, really fun conversation I feel, but thank you again for, for taking the time to be on the #WeGotGoals podcast. LV:Thank you so much for having me. MU:So I know this is gonna sound kind of funny, probably considering your line of work, but I always like to ask the question to our guests, how you spend your days just for some listeners at home who might not know about the time tracking work that you do. LV:Yeah, so I’m, I write books on and I speak on the topic of time management and productivity. I pretty much work out of my home office most days. That's where I'm recording this from. I live outside Philadelphia. I get up in the morning, get my four kids breakfast and ready and all that good stuff. Three of them go off to school. I have a sitter for the youngest one and then I work during the day. My work is about how people spend their time and how they can spend it better. I probably travel once every week or two to go give speeches different places on the topic, but if I'm not speaking that I'm here writing books and articles and running a podcast and blog and all that good stuff. Kids see activities after school, dinner, homework, you know, all that good stuff. So that's pretty much my life. MU:And so you've written, you've written many books, but the last book that just came out on the 29th of May I want to hear a little bit about what inspired you to, to talk about how people feel about time and their perceptions about time. LV:Well, I've long been fascinated by why some people who seem to have a lot going on in their lives still feel very relaxed about time. You know, some people who are, who have a lot going on, run around like chickens with their heads cut off going, I'm so busy, I'm so busy. But some people just act like they have all the time in the world and I say, well, what is the difference? Why do some people feel calm about time while others feel stressed? And so for Off the Clock I decided to explore this question more deeply and I did some research on it too. I had 900 people with full time jobs who also had families track their time for a day, March 27, 2017, and then I asked them questions about how they felt about their time so that I could then compare the schedules of people who felt starved for time with those who felt like time was abundant and the strategies that I learned from those books are what make up the book Off the Clock. MU:And I'm sure I could ask a gazillion questions just based on that little snippet, but one thing that really sticks out to me is the idea that I think it's prevalent that we think we have to be stressed for time or kind of like we don't have enough time and that kind of sense of urgency in order to feel productive or successful. Did you feel like that coming for, or based on your research or that you maybe saw based on seeing some people that felt more productive versus not? LV:Yeah, I mean I think time is often just what we perceive it as and there's this idea that if we're not filling every minute we're not being productive, but in fact I think the opposite is often true. Having open space in your schedule is a great way to kind of invite opportunities into your life. If you think about it, you know, having a longer conversation with someone in the hallway might lead to a new way of working on a project or if somebody who reports to you has these great ideas, she wants to come and talk about like you don't want to be like, yeah, I got an eight-minute window at 4:12 come back then. You want to actually be able to have these conversations and I think not filling every available minute is what leaves time for these things to happen. MU:Exactly. I think about the little time tracking exercise that I did when I actually got to speak with you before I did it, and doing a 30 minute, in in blocks of time of 30 minutes all week long, just for one week I noticed certain things that I was spending time on that I didn't think that I prioritized and somehow I did and then vice versa, the things I thought I prioritized, I didn't really spend time doing so there was some disconnect there, but I think I. I probably said that I was busier than I actually was based on looking at the time, looking at the data, so I think that's one piece of this book that I love getting to read the data behind it. Can you talk a little bit about some of the overarching themes that you saw based on pulling 900 studies per se? LV:Yeah. No, I mean I think you're not alone in finding that how we perceive time as often not the way we actually spend our time. We all have stories we tell ourselves about where the time really goes and and those are often not based on real data, like not on reality. I don't know a better way to say this, that they're not rooted in reality at all. Which is what always strikes me as hilarious when you read these studies out there and be like, Americans are increasingly sleep deprived. Well where did that number come from? Well you asked a bunch of people how much they think they sleep on a typical night. Well, what is a typical night? Did they actually record it or is that what they thought they slept? Are they remembering like the worst night in the last week or the best night? Are they thinking Tuesday night? Are they thinking Saturday night? Like what? What is this? And and and in fact when you have people keep track of it, like the Americant Time Use Survey, which is this huge study that has thousands of Americans track their time rolling through the year finds that in fact the amount of sleep Americans is getting is going up. It has risen by in a statistically significant amount over the past 15 years. You never read that anywhere like you never actually hear people say, whoa, actually, we're sleeping more than we were in the past, which is actually true. Yet we prefer the story of like, oh, we're increasingly sleep deprived. Anyway. A little bit of my own tangent on this because I, you know, I think that's so much of what we talk about in our modern society of time is not actually based on data. It is based on what people think they do with their time and it is not true. LV:That's it. Going back to my 900 people tracking their time. I mean, there's some fascinating things, I mean, one is that, you know, people who are intentional about their time, who actually think about what they want to do before they are in that unit of time, are far more likely to make progress on their goals. I mean, that doesn't seem very surprising when you think about it, but I think a lot of people just sort of roll around with time I mean it keeps passing whether we think about how we spend it or not. And so like eventually you're gonna be on the other side of tomorrow. Like tomorrow will have come and tomorrow will have gone. But if you think about how you would like to spend tomorrow, that vastly increases the chances that tomorrow is spent doing things you care about. So not, not surprising, but uh, but you can see that in, in, in how people spend their time. LV:You know, kind of an interesting phenomenon that is more unexpected is, is that people who felt like they had a lot of time, were far more likely to do kind of fun interesting out of the ordinary things on the March Monday that I had them record. I mean we're talking like a normal March Monday and the people with the biggest highest time perception scores were doing stuff like going to salsa dancing lessons on Monday night and you know, on some of them might say, well, oh, once you put commitments into your time, then you have less time because you've filled your time with stuff and to a degree that's true if you're filling your time with things you don't actually want to be doing. But when you fill your time with things that you want to do and that you find interesting and exciting and novel and all that, you actually feel like you have more time because in your mind you become the kind of person who can go to salsa dancing lessons on a Monday night and clearly you must be the kind of person who has time for that. And so you feel like you have time for the things that matter to you. So I found that kind of interesting too. MU: That is so fascinating because it really is all about our perception and this kind of leads into the conversation about goals, which is something that we're pretty obsessed with a aSweatLife thinking not just about fitness goals, but any type of goal that you go after. I'm interested to know. I want to get to our big question that I'll ask you, but based on your research and the the countless hours that you've spent studying sort of the process by which people live, has it, does it make you think one way or another about setting goals? LV:Well, I explore the topic of goal setting a little bit in Off the Clock. I think often the way people go about setting goals is problematic. We have a tendency to focus on outcomes, which makes sense on some level. I mean that's what you kind of. I mean that seems like what a good goal would be. Like I want to, you know, run a mile in 7 minutes or I want to lose 15 pounds or I want to bench press x amount of pounds or whatever it is, right? They seem like very good ways to set goals. They're specific, they're measurable. The issue is that, you know, outcomes can often be achieved by many means, some of which are good and some of which are not. I mean the quickest way to lose 10 pounds is to get the stomach flu, but I don't really recommend it. LV:And that's not, that's not what you really meant. Like hopefully the, the reason to lose 10 pounds is that it's, it's part of a healthier lifestyle that you are taking care of your body in great ways and so I think focusing more on process goals is better, because those tend to be within your control and when you focus on things that are within your control, you have more of a sense of agency and that's just more motivational in general. I also think that setting very small process goals to the point where I call them like better than nothing goals. They're just better than nothing. They're not huge, but they're better than nothing. Also increases the chances that we stick with them. So. So one example is I've actually been running every day since December 24, 2016, so I've run at least a mile every day, for it's over 500 days now. MU:Oh my gosh. LV:If I had, if I had set a goal of saying like, Oh, I need to run three miles every day or five miles every day, there's no way I would've stuck with it, right? And in fact, if I'd even set a goal probably saying like 30 miles a week or something, I wouldn't have stuck with it. But one mile is like nothing, right. You know, it's, it's not that much. I can run it in 10 minutes or less, like I can run it in eight minutes if I'm running fast, but it's, you know, so once I normally run one mile, I'm fine to keep going. It's just saying, okay, well I'm just going to run that. Like it's just a few minutes, I'll run it and then it can go on my day. I can always find 10 minutes in my life to, to run. So, you know, setting a very small goal means I don't feel any resistance to sticking with it and that's what's made it possible to run more than 500 days in a row now. MU:A small tangential question to that. By running those one mile a day, like making that habit for yourself, did it lead you to setting a goal, like since I already run every day, maybe I'll train for this half marathon? Did it lead to bigger goals? LV:I don't know that it has per se. I mean partly because I've done races in the past and one of the things I was doing with this daily goal is kind of getting away from the whole race thing. So I was a bit burnt out on that. I can say that since I've started running a mile a day, I’m definitely faster. I've been able to run faster miles. Uh, I recently did a 10 mile race that it was just, I was running with somebody else, so I was running a little bit slower than I would have, but I felt like at the end of it I could have kept going for quite a ways. I mean, it's interesting to run a race and, and feel very strong through it, you know, and I can tell things like that with, with the running, you know, I mean maybe I'll set some other goals for right now. I think I'm happy with a mile a day. I don't know that I need to pile onto that one. MU:Yeah, no, I, that's, that's a fantastic goal. So getting onto the big question that we ask all of our guests is what is one big goal, whether it's this year or just in the past that you've accomplished and why was it important to you slash how did you get there? LV:Well, I certainly wanted to write books in my life. I've always wanted to be a writer and I am. And so that's pretty cool and sometimes when I have some issues with like, oh, things aren't going how I want or whatever, you know, I remind myself of that, like I could be doing something totally different with my life that I don't want to be doing, and in fact that I'm getting to write as a living is pretty cool. So I think reminding yourself of these goals that you have achieved can be very helpful for those moments we all have when we're feeling a little bit down on life in general. MU:I completely agree with that. I think it's also very compelling for me to hear you talk about kind of acknowledging your accomplishments because that is in essence kind of using the data that you've been collecting for more than just seeing the data like you, you're, you're using it in your real life as well to notice those accomplishments along the way. LV:One of the great things about tracking my time and you're like, wow, okay, so this is one of these kind of funny women. She runs a mile a day, she tracks all of her time, like, you know, okay, I'm a bit of a freak on some of these tracking things, but I, I have tracked my time in half hour blocks for three years at this point. Not that anyone else needs to do that. I do think tracking a week in life is very useful just to see where the time goes, but I have one of the best things about is not just saying, oh well I have time here. I could do x, y, or Z. I also get to look back on these logs and say like, Oh, you know, life, life is pretty good. Like I might feel like, oh, what am I actually doing with myself? And then I look back on a log and be like, wow, that's pretty cool. You know, in one week I gave two speeches and wrote this and also took my kids to an amusement park and went for a good dinner this place, and saw an art museum. I'm like, wow, that's kind of a lot to happen in one week. And I think looking back on my time logs reminds of those sorts of things, that life isn't just whatever your current annoyance is. Um, it's a bit broader than that. MU:Absolutely. I think there's, I think it's common for us to complain if there, if there's a reason to complain versus think about the good and just project the good and then kind of bring in, bring in more good into your life. It's, it's easier to just lean on something that wasn't so great versus boasting about what is great. But that's what's so cool about the exercise of time tracking because it, it doesn't lie, it is what it is right in front of you. LV:The brain naturally focuses on the negative. I mean that's just sort of an assumed state in life. And so I think you have to be very conscious of calling your attention to good things because you know, bad stuff will, will kick you in the face, but a good stuff, not so much. LV:How, how did you, or at what point did you decide to start tracking your time? Was it based off of seeing other accomplished people? Do it or just a curiosity? LV:Well, I think originally it was more a curiosity and because I've been writing about time management for so long and then one of the exercises I always have people do is to track their time like I, you know, had had hundreds of people track their time over the years and I had tracked various weeks here and there, you know, fair play, right? If I'm asking other people to do what I should do it as well. But, but what happened in April of 2015 as I just had this idea, well what if I undertake this project of trying to track my time for a year is what my original goal was. And it was, I knew it was going to be kind of a busy year. I had a different book coming out then it was called I Know How She Does It in June of 2015. I had also just had my fourth child in January of 2015. LV:So it was it, you know, and it was gonna be an interesting year in terms of adjusting to having life with four kids, having this book come out, my speaking career was kind of taking off, so lots of lots of exciting things going on and I wanted to see, well what does life really look like on this sort of half hour by hour basis? So I started tracking continuously and then just kept going. I mean I got into a rhythm of it. It doesn't really take me much time. It takes me about three minutes a day. I check in maybe three or four times during the day and write down what I've done since the last time I checked in. At the end of the week. I look over the week and then save it and then I've probably every six months or so I do a bigger, deeper dive into my time log, see where the time has gone. Add up different categories, things like that, work, sleep, whatever time in the car, housework, doing whatever it is I'm doing. LV:So you know, every, every six months or so, add that up and get the data on that. I guess I just, I wanted to see where the time went and I knew obviously I could write about it being a time management person I could probably turn it into something and I, I did and it was actually a great the project bore a lot of fruit for me, which is, which is wonderful in terms of my professional life, but I found it so interesting that I just kept going and so, you know, in Off the Clock I talk about basically three years of time tracking data and talk about what other people have learned as well. MU:And, and you also traveled to speak, as you said, and work with companies. I'm talking about productivity and time management and so I'm curious to know maybe in that setting when you're thinking about just the productivity at work and your work life, what are some big misconceptions that companies or people have about productivity at work? LV:Well, I think one of the worst things that happens is people start to associate work with the term scheduled meeting. Having these two become sort of intertwined with each other and, and it's very easy for companies to sort of slip into this issue of people being booked in constant meetings. Obviously other people have stuff that we need to work with and they have ideas they have, you know, they help us with projects and they don't tend to show up at our desk at the exact moment that we want them to. So hence you schedule meetings. I mean there are reasons that this happens, but when, when people start packing their schedules too tightly, you know, a, everything runs over and so, so then nothing is ever happening when it's supposed to happen. People don't just call each other because they feel like you need to have a scheduled meeting so then you're waiting for two days to get on somebody's calendar to just get a very quick answer for something that probably didn't need to happen anyway. LV:Like people don't have space in their calendars to deal with things that come up because they're already so packed in. And so, you know, I think you really have to push back against it. The first question should always be not like, oh, are you free to have a meeting then? It’s like, well, do we actually need to meet? And so if people can start thinking about that question first or this, could we just have a two minute conversation right now and solve this issue? Like why do we need to have a meeting? Or do all these people need to be in this room for absolutely every single minute of this meeting and if not like, well why are they there? Are people being able to multitask while they're on this conference call? If so, then they probably don't need to be on the call because their presence wasn't required. All of these are good questions to ask. I think, you know, we can all waste our own time and that's fine, but when you get six people in a room and you're wasting all of their time, that starts to get expensive pretty fast. So treating time a wee bit more preciously would be a major breakthrough for a lot of places. MU:And, and I hear you talk about, you know, time is money from, from a company or a corporate perspective, but also those realizations or kind of questions to ask apply to individuals as well. And I think about how people go after goals and then are not sure why they're not getting there and probably taking inventory and getting that real time feedback, analyzing like what are you actually doing with your time? Could I be spending it a little bit differently? Is it going in the direction towards where I want to be heading? Can yield faster, more productive results. LV:Oh definitely. Um, yeah, I think we all need to be aware of where our time goes and when you are aware of where it's going and then you ask what you would like to spend your time doing, you vastly increase the chances that that is what you actually spend your time doing. MU:And I love that question. Like where, how do I want to be spending my time? And another question that you pose in off the clock is how is today going to be different from other days, which really spoke to me. Can you, can you talk a little bit more about, I guess the power behind asking questions like that and if there are other ones that you typically ask yourself? LV:Yeah, I mean the reason to ask why is today different from other days is that adult life winds up having a high degree of similarity day today. You know, if you think about when you were a kid and you're experiencing a lot of firsts and new things and you're like a teenager or something, you have a lot of memories of this time because of that novelty. The brain, when it thinks about time, its sense of time perception is affected by how many memories you have of that unit of time. So if you think about like the first day of a vacation to somewhere interesting, it seems very long because your brain is taking in all this new information. It doesn't know what of it is important. So it's trying to remember all of it and that makes time seem a lot faster than if you're just doing the same thing day in, day out. LV:I mean, if you've commuted to work in the same way for the past like 500 days, you're not—your brain is that remembering each of those 500 days of sort of just remembers one day and and so that's how life starts to disappear into these memory sinkholes that whole years pass by without seeming very different from each other. So, you know, some of this is inevitable. I mean, I'm not saying you need to commute 500 different ways to work because that's not really gonna happen. But if you ask yourself this question, how is today different from other days, then that can nudge you to think about how I could make today slightly more memorable. Like could I plan in some mini adventure into my day? Like let's say you always walk by some little stationery store on your way into work from the parking garage. LV:And you’re like, oh, I should stop there sometime. Well, why don't you do it? Go in there, explore it, see maybe you'll find something really cool or, you know, grab your colleagues and go have a picnic lunch somewhere. Um, or maybe you go for a bike ride on that trail you've been eyeing after work or try a new restaurant or something, you know, there's just a million ways you could do little tiny adventures into your life or put in some sort of emotional intensity like speak to someone you've been meaning to speak to and actually have a good conversation with them. But doing these things makes a day memorable and when you have more memories of a day, then time seems to expand and that's what keeps time some sort of slipping through our fingers. MU:That's so, so fascinating to me because that is when I think about wanting to achieve big things, ultimately it's every single day that would get me there and doing something like that means everyday becomes more meaningful. Like you say, like you talk about the process being the ultimate goal, setting yourself up for success when you elevate the process. So I love that because it makes it tangible. It makes it doable every single day. LV:Yeah. No, I think that that, I mean we can't do everything every single day, but certainly how we live our daily lives is important. MU:So this leads me to the next big question. What is a big goal now that you want to go after in the future or that you are going after and how do you plan on getting there? LV:Well, let's see. I mean I do set goals. I think one interesting goal that I'm trying to think about is a philanthropic goal and I know that sounds funny, like I'm not, you know, Bill Gates here, but we could all be more intentional about our charitable giving. Like, what we give money to and what we're hoping to do with it and I would like to spend some time this year thinking about that. I have an interest in new music and I have been a donor for a choir I was part of for years in New York. I left New York but I've still donated money to it that runs a competition for young composers that comes up with new music every year and I've enjoyed doing that and I'd like to do more of that. I'd like to have some more new music come to be, new choral music come to be and you know, it's generally less expensive than you might think to support this sort of thing, but you know, being a real patron of the arts in that sense, would be cool. I want to think about how I want to go about doing that. MU:Very cool. So, so I want to make sure that people know how, how they can find you. Not only can they now buy your book, Off the Clock, Feel Less Busy While Getting More Done. They can listen to your podcast, Best of Both Worlds. And then how else can people find you and what do you want them to know about all of these different channels? LV:Uh, yes. You can come find me at my website, LauraVanderkam.com. Listen to my podcast, the Best of Both Worlds and the check out my time management books like Off the Clock, which is recently out now on May 29 and the others as well. MU:And if people want to start time tracking, you have some sources for them to go about this process on your website too. LV:Yeah, if you come to my website, you can fill out the subscription form. I'll mail you a time log. You can do that. You can also just Google Vanderkam manage your time if you want to find it directly. But yeah, you can download these timesheets. Use the 30-minute log, which is what I do. The 15-minute log is also there. Some people like to get a little bit more granular on their time tracking details. So yeah, no, I think it's really fascinating to see where the time goes and once you do you can decide what you like, what you don’t; celebrate what's working and maybe change things that aren't. MU:I love it. Thank you so much for spending the time, the 30 minutes of precious time on your calendar to speak with me for the podcast. It was, it was a wonderful conversation. LV:Well thank you so much. CK:Hey, goal-getters! This is co host and producer Cindy Kuzma here. Just checking into the to know that we are once again bringing you a goal from one of you, a goal-getter out in the community, this one we recorded live at the SweatWorkingWeek Michelob Ultra Fitness Festival last month, and hey, if you'd like to hear about your goal, if you have one in mind or one that you've accomplished or one that you're setting your sights on and you want to tell us about it, we would love to have you as part of this podcast. So here's what you can do. You can record a quick audio memo on your iphone, android, whatever kind of phone you have, and email it to me, cindy@asweatlife.com, and you could be on this very podcast. Just say your name, where you're from, and then tell us about your goal. Thank you so much for listening and here is one of your goals. M:My name is Meg, I'm from St Louis, but I've lived in Chicago for just over two years and a big goal that I have for the future that I'm currently working on is to really dive into fitness and wellness as more of a career path and something that I'm doing currently is I'm studying for my NASM certification, which hopefully I will be certified very soon and then from there just doing more and more events like this, networking with people, meeting with lots of likeminded individuals in both of the industries of wellness and fitness and just learning as much as I can and hopefully eventually creating a client base and just helping people as much as I can with my knowledge and growing knowledge and fitness and nutrition and holistic wellness. CK:This podcast is produced by me, Cindy Kuzma, and it's another thing that's better with friends, so please share it with yours. You can subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and while you're there, please leave us a rating or review. Special thanks to J. Mano for our theme music; to our guest this week, Laura Vanderkam; and to Tech Nexus for the recording studio.
Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time management and productivity books, including Off the Clock, I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours. Her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Fortune. She is the co-host, with Sarah Hart-Unger, of the podcast Best of Both Worlds. She lives outside Philadelphia with her husband and four children, and blogs at LauraVanderkam.com. In this episode Laura talks with Erik about her new book: Off the Clock: Feel Less Busy While Getting More Done which explores, through more than 900 time diaries collected on a single March day, why some busy people feel relaxed about time, while others do not. You can listen to Laura’s previous appearances here: What Successful People Do: before breakfast, at work, and on the weekend with Laura Vanderkam – BTTDL043 Having it all: Laura Vanderkam on success in career, family and self investment – BTTDL104 Mentioned in this episode: Grove Collective ButcherBox – Use Promo Code ‘todo’ to get FREE Bacon and $20 off your first box! Ziprecruiter Off the Clock Please connect with me Subscribe, rate, and review in iTunes Follow @ErikJFisher Check out more Noodle.mx Network showsThe Audacity to Podcast: "How-to" podcast about podcastingBeyond the To-Do List: Personal and professional productivityThe Productive Woman: Productivity for busy womenONCE: Once Upon a Time podcastWelcome to Level Seven: Agents of SHIELD and Marvel’s cinematic universe podcastAre You Just Watching?: Movie reviews with Christian critical thinkingthe Ramen Noodle: Family-friendly clean comedy
I’m super excited to introduce Laura Vanderkam to the podcast. I’m a HUGE fan and I’ve wanted to get her on the show since I started out. Laura is the talented author of several time management and productivity books – I’ve read them all! She is here to guide us through life by saying, "Hey! It can be tough, but there’s so many different ways to manage our time and make things easier." I feel like I already know so much about Laura from her inspirational podcast, "The Best of Both Worlds." I’m always searching for podcasts about successful women and how they do it (aren’t we all?) and this is where I discovered Laura. The podcast is all about loving our families and our jobs as one, a concept that’s often presented as oppositional, but this one aims to prove it doesn’t have to be that way. Laura and her co-host Sarah Hart-Unger have taught me so much, not only about organizing my life for the better, but also giving me the confidence to speak up and stand my ground on the things that are important to me. Can You Have It All? Well, according to Laura – yes, you can. Not only that, she tells you how to hit it out of the park. My personal light bulb moment was coming across, "What Most Successful Women Do Before Breakfast," one of Laura’s books. To me, the content really makes sense. It’s about loving harmonizing your family and career, helping out, being flexible, and organizing your time to allow you to feel fulfilled in every part of your life. Grab Those Goalposts Use goals to manage your time. I’m a big believer that you can pretty much do whatever you want if you pick a goal and set steps to make it work. I definitely look at my time differently now thanks to Laura. Unfortunately, good things don’t just appear like magic. You need to think about how you’re realistically going to get to where you want to be. Set manageable targets within achievable timeframes and the goal setting process will start to flow. The book "I Know How She Does It" is really good for this. Prioritizing Family Time – Anytime Talking about looking at time differently, I love the concept of shaking things up. A simple change can affect your life dramatically. For example, if you feel like you’re missing out on quality time with your family, why not try making your meal time together at the beginning of the day. There’s so much pressure for family meals to be in the evening, but this can happen at any other time. How about breakfast? Breakfast food is fun and often people, especially children, are in a better mood in the morning. So it really can be a great option for busy families to have that time to sit together. Work out what works best for you and your family and shake it up. Looking At Your Time Differently Who knew the middle of the week was Thursday evening? I know, right?! This is a game changer. Laura explains that if you start from Monday morning, the midpoint of the week is really Thursday evening, even though it feels like the end of the week. For Laura, managing time is about balance. What does balance mean to you and how can you achieve it? Don’t be leisurely about your leisure time. It’s not about scheduling things you have to do – it’s about scheduling things you WANT to do! While she doesn’t suggest planning every part of your life, sometimes we do need to schedule our free time. If you want to go for a run, factor in that 20 minutes somewhere. Laura also says it’s important not to blame anyone else. You are in control. Don’t use the kids as an excuse for not being able to do things. I pick 1-3 things I want to accomplish and look at how that fits in with the family – at least then I’m in the equation. We need to think about ourselves. The Great Sleep Debate – Are We Getting Enough? I was inspired by Laura tracking her sleep over a couple of years and had every intention of tracking my sleep for 2 weeks – I ended up doing 2 nights! I’ve always said I need 6/7 hours, but the issue is I love sleeping in on the weekends. The purpose of Laura’s study was to see, in actual numbers, what the life of a professional woman looks like. It turns out, we have a lot more free time than we think. It’s how we use that time that’s key. Outsource The Things That Actually Take Up Your Time We need to ask ourselves, where are we actually spending most of our time? It’s likely to be picking up laundry or doing the daily house chores, but we definitely need to look beyond the obvious if we want to save time. Many of you know that I used to organize people professionally. I’d get constant calls from women asking me why they suddenly felt overwhelmed by the housework, despite work not changing and their kids being older. The reason was mostly because they’d gotten rid of the nanny who had been looking after the kids AND the housework. Often, they’d just need a part-time housekeeper to fill the gap and they’d be back on track. Laura points out that those little jobs we often multitask are actually taking up tons of valuable hours that we could be spending elsewhere. She says to set aside a time and, if it’s not done in that time, it’s probably not that important. We definitely underestimate the hours it takes to sort the home, but give yourself credit for doing that activity, whether you outsource it or not. Putting You In Control If something’s not done, I feel like it’s my problem. I know that I often put that on myself. I’m sure many of you can relate, but Laura says there’s always a choice and I think that is so important to remember. Sometimes you are doing this to yourself and you can take back control. Balancing family, free time, and chores can be overwhelming. What I LOVE about Laura is that not only does she have great ideas for managing your time effectively, she’s able to make me see that I can’t do it all. I’m WORKING And best of all – that’s ok! Looking Forward The next book from Laura is called "Off The Clock" and it comes out on May 29th. It’s a time study about tracking time and how people look at their lives. How do people spend their time differently? Laura found that people who felt like they had a lot of time had done something different or memorable. They felt like they had more time because they were doing something with their time that they actually remembered. The conclusion was that when you do this, your time actually expands. I LOVE it! The date is already on my calendar to get it. To find out more about Laura Vanderkam, click here. Follow me on Facebook and on Instagram – I’m currently addicted to Instagram Stories! View the complete post here: https://organize365.com/213
"I want to read more" is a common refrain in January, so here's some good news: today's episode is full of tips and tricks to help you maximize your time and strategize your next best read!If you've been listening to WSIRN for a while, you've heard Anne talk more than once about supply-side vs demand-side readers. The brilliant mind behind that concept is author and podcaster Laura Vanderkam, who you may know from her books 168 Hours, I Know How She Does It, and What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, or her new podcast Best of Both Worlds. On today's WSIRN episode Laura shares the strategies she uses to improve her own reading life (one of which includes reading War And Peace in the grocery store), a new perspective on free time, her bucket list books, and LOTS more.Click over to the podcast website for the full list of titles discussed in this episode, and leave us a comment to let us know what you think!Connect with Anne: Blog | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | WSIRN Instagram Connect with Laura: Twitter | Website | Ted Talk
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Hey y'all, here's another episode from our Simplify podcast. As we mentioned, we're phasing out this RSS feed, so if you want to hear more great stuff, subscribe to the podcast! iTunes: apple.co/2sUeLYA PocketCasts: pca.st/qnKH Overcast: bit.ly/2uVNFlk RSS: bit.ly/2uVeF4j // In this week’s episode of Simplify, Ben Schuman-Stoler chats to time management expert and author of the bestsellers I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours, Laura Vanderkam. If you feel like you simply don’t have enough time for all you want to achieve, or have been putting off your pet project to focus on your day job/family/life admin, you’ll finish this episode feeling more confident about being able to achieve your goals. You just have to learn to bend time to your will. Simple. Simplify is made with love by Blinkist. To try Blinkist free for 14 days use the voucher code "waterheater" here: https://www.blinkist.com/friends/?v=waterheater That excellent intro and outro music you heard is by Nico Guiang. You can find more of it on Soundcloud (@niceaux) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/niceaux).
The Faster Than Normal Book launches October 3rd, and we're so excited!! Head over to Amazon now and pre-order a copy, and you'll get a bunch of goodies included if you email your receipt to ftnreceipt at shankman.com - Let's see it! We're already #1 in multiple categories on Amazon, and the book isn't even out yet! Welcome to episode 70, the productivity episode! Who couldn't use some extra time in their life? Our guest today shows us how to get it, without drama, without giving up the things that are already important to us! Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time management and productivity books, including I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours. Her next book, Off the Clock: The Fine Art of Feeling Less Busy While Getting More Done, will be published by Penguin Random House in May, 2018. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Fortune, and other publications, and her TED Talk, "How to gain control of your free time," has been viewed more than 4.7 million times. She's pretty awesome. You'll like this quick episode - Laura gives us her top three productivity tips, and a host of other hacks to make your time more useful than ever before. For the ADHD brain, this is solid gold. Enjoy! As always, if you have a second, head over to iTunes and leave us a review, ok? Those reviews help keep the podcast going!
Ben Schuman-Stoler talks to time management expert Laura Vanderkam, author of I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours. Her writing has appeared in Fast Company, Fortune, USA Today, and the Wall Street Journal. Vanderkam made a surprising discovery after interviewing hundreds of professional women: most of us actually have way more free time than we think. She also tells an unforgettable story involving an exploding water heater and a flooded basement that will motivate you to get to work on that unfinished novel languishing on your desktop. After the interview, Caitlin Schiller joins Ben to go a bit deeper into the ideas and the books covered in the interview, so that by the end of the episode you’ll have an entirely new perspective on how to make the most out of the 168 hours that make up your week. For more info, including links to everything we discussed in the episode and a voucher to use Blinkist for free, go to http://blnk.st/2fb8k1n. That excellent intro and outro music you heard is by Nico Guiang. You can find more of it on Soundcloud (https://soundcloud.com/niceaux) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/niceaux).
In this Podcast, Allan McKay interviews Laura Vanderkam, the bestselling author of What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, I Know How She Does It, 168 Hours and several others. A graduate of Princeton University, she worked as a journalist before becoming interested in the subject of productivity. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune and many other publications. Allan and Laura discuss the subjects of time management, productivity, working from home; and tools for making your lifestyle more fulfilling -- and your work more efficient. For more show notes, visit www.allanmckay.com/86/.
How would you like some extra time in your day to yourself? Laura Vanderkam is a global specialist in time, how to maximise it and how to approach time with the right psychology. Laura is the author of several time management and productivity books, including I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours. Her work has appeared in Fast Company, Fortune, USA Today, and the Wall Street Journal. Laura questions the status quo and helps us rediscover our true passions, create the time for what is most important to US, and helps us pursue much more meaningful lives. With a husband and four children, Laura walks the talk. The Mojo Radio Show copyright Gary Bertwistle & Darren Robertson Products or companies we discuss are not paid endorsements. They are not sponsored by, nor do we have any professional or affiliate relationship of any kind with any of the companies or products highlighted in the show.... sadly! It's just stuff we like, think is cool and maybe of interest to you our listeners. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Laura Vanderkam, author of I Know How She Does It, shares her strategies from her research on how women who have a career and family make time for both. We're discussing how tracking your time and managing it is key to living the best, healthiest and most fulfilling life possible. Learn about the "scripts" we tell ourselves when it comes to how we manage time. What's In This Episode: Laura discusses the idea behind her book “I Know How She Does it.” Take a look inside how women allocate their time to both careers and family. See how time tracking can help you live the best life possible. Start viewing the week as a whole can help you look at the bigger picture & find harmony. Create sustainable patterns toward small wins. To get access to the free download Five Minutes to Peak Productivity, go to inkwellpress.com/podcast
In this episode of Uphill Conversations, we talk with Laura Vanderkam on time management and the choices we make daily and moment-to-moment on how we spend our 168 hours each week. Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time management and productivity books, including I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours. Her work has appeared in publications including Fast Company, Fortune, USA Today, and the Wall Street Journal. She lives outside Philadelphia with her husband and four children, and blogs at LauraVanderkam.com. Show Notes: When we build the lives we want, time saves itself Everything we do is a choice Choosing how to spend leisure time can be a big challenge Having a “to do” list vs scheduling priorities Annual goal setting, personal and professional, helps align and adhere to your top priorities Don’t just fill time, build intentional breaks into your day where you actually disconnect and mentally recharge Time tracking shines a light on how where you’re losing or wasting hours throughout the day and week Simplify your approach to tracking hours – it doesn’t have to be complicated or highly-detailed Questions you can ask yourself each day in order to be more mindful of how your time is spent Making changes can cause discomfort and challenges for you and others The vast majority of things that upset us today won’t matter in a year or even next week When you do two things at once, you’re often doing neither of them well Impact of giving your full attention to the person in front of you Laura’s Uphill Challenge in her early writing career “Done is better than perfect because there is no perfect without being done” Disciplines Laura uses to get started, build and gain momentum Question of one’s true capacity and value of planning free time “Weekends can be the secret weapon of successful people” When evaluating opportunities, it’s all about what gives you the most energy and fulfillment Laura’s optimism on her new book, her family and the world in general Connect with Laura: Website: lauravanderkam.com Twitter: @lvanderkam Facebook: lauravanderkamauthor LinkedIn: lauravanderkam Books / Resources: 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think What The Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast Dave Ramsey INTRO AND OUTRO MUSIC (Used by permission): No Worries (© 2014 Anderson Music, LLC) Gotta Move On (© 2014 Anderson Music, LLC) Uphill Conversations is an Uphill Strategies, LLC production © 2017 Uphill Conversations The post 44: Laura Vanderkam – You Have More Time Than You Think appeared first on Uphill...
Laura Vanderkam has a new book, “I Know How She Does It” featuring data and strategies from women in big jobs who also enjoy their personal lives.
On this Mama Bear Mini podcast episode, co-hosts Tesi and Leslie grab the mic, pour some coffee (Leslie) and tea (Tesi), and settle in for some sisterly banter. They share a listener story of a woman who was changed profoundly by motherhood and celebrate her transformation, discuss the tragic murder of Jordan Edwards, and encourage one another to push the boundaries of their Mama Bear to cover the vulnerable—no matter what they look or where they come from. Their discussion of what's happening in America, the militarization of our police, and how our Mama Bear might respond is vulnerable, honest, and trusting of the safe space they've carved out in the Mama Bear community. They end the podcast with a discussion of Leslie's new favorite book: I Know How She Does It. Leslie shares excitement over the book, her impressions, as well as some takeaways from author Laura Vanderkam's research and reflection that may be applicable to all of us. Join the conversation online and check out complete Show Notes HERE.
Laura Vanderkam, author of I Know How She Does It, What Successful People Do Before Breakfast and 168 Hours, discusses how to align your priorities with how you spend you time. Her suggestions are based on analysis of over 1000 time logs of successful women. Website: www.LauraVanderkam.com Books: I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours. Download a time tracking worksheet: http://lauravanderkam.com/books/168-hours/manage-your-time/
Are you wasting your time? Many of us do. It's usually in the form of busy work or other activities that shouldn't be a priority. Before you know it, a week has gone by and you don't even remember what you did! What if you could do the fun things you want and still get done the necessary stuff that isn't as enjoyable? According to Laura Vanderkam, the author of I Know How She Does It, it's completely possible. She conducted a time diary study that focused on the 1001 days in the lives of professional women, who have children, to see how they used their waking hours. The results were quite eye-opening. During this interview, you'll learn... How many hours you really have to dedicate to creating the work/life balance you crave How to find out what you'd truly like to do with your spare time Why tracking your time is absolutely crucial to your future happiness To find out more about Laura and her books, visit https://www.thesuccessfulbookkeeper.com/episodes/13
What is the one thing you wish you had more of? We know it's TIME! As busy mompreneurs, it can feel impossible to get work done, take care of the kids and even have time for ourselves! Laura Vanderkam is here to tell us that we have more time than we think! Laura is the author of several time management and productivity books, including I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast and 168 Hours. Randi and Laura discuss how we can make mindful choices with the time we have and how we can let go of the “I’m too busy” narrative. If you’re ready for it, this conversation will shift your perspective!
The entrepreneurial life is not an easy one. But Barbara Corcoran is the first to say the sacrifice is worth the benefit. Before she was a successful business woman, an investor on ABC's Shark Tank and mother of two, Corcoran had held 20 different jobs and started The Corcoran Group with just $1,000. it seems she's done it all. That's why we asked Laura Vanderkam, author of I Know How She Does It and the What the Most Successful People Do series to interview Corcoran and discover the secret to her success.
Author Laura Vanderkam explains how people truly do have more time than we think for what matters most to us if we make wise time management decisions. Go-to, real-food, dietitian Serena Marie, RD, offers her favorite and smartest food picks when dining out. Featured Guest and Runner of the Week: Author Laura Vanderkam Mother of four, runner, and full-time author Laura Vanderkam joins Kari to chat about how we truly do have time for what matters most to us if we examine our time management wisely. Laura was our TRLS Book Club favorite in April 2016 for 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think (2011). She has also written What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast: And Two Other Short Guides to Achieving More at Work and at Home (2013) and I Know How She Does It: How Successful Women Make the Most of Their Time (2015). She also contributes to many magazines and newspapers, including Fast Company Laura wrote 168 Hours when she was admittedly new to blending work and parenthood. It was about her first few forays into that and looking at how people spend their time, how that has evolved over the years, and looking at the differences in how we think we spend our time and how we actually spend our time. Her conclusion was that we really do have more time than we think. When we look at our lives as a whole, we tend to have space for what matters to us most. She interviewed many successful people for 168 Hours, and she continued to write about the topic of time for her 2013 book. Between her deadlines and book promotions, she juggles her children's schedules between other life commitments (eight years old, six years old, four years old, and a one year old). She found in interviewing people for I Know How She Does It, that some people have the tendency to get into a narrative format and that involves certain choices about how we tell things, particularly for the modern working mom narrative. “It's all about the crazy.” But she found that when you look at how people actually spend their time, when you look at the hour-by-hour nature of the schedule, things aren't nearly as crazed as you might think. She asked women who had professional jobs and children to keep track of their time for a week, and she found that there really was space in life for things that you don't normally think of as being part of the working mom life (for example, adequate sleep, keeping normal working hours, time to watch TV or read, and time to exercise). Kari loves that 168 Hours is all about mindset. In terms of her running journey, her father was a runner growing up, and he ran in a 10K annually. She had tried running here or there, but in the fall of 2004, she had just gotten married, and her husband ran, so she wanted to run with him. They signed up and ran a half marathon on their first wedding anniversary. In November of 2004, she watched Paula Radcliffe win the New York City Marathon, which really inspired her. She sees exercise as both fun and a necessity in her life. She thinks it's key to stick with something long term only if you enjoy it. In 168 Hours, she gives readers a graph to plot out their hours for the week. Her takeaway is that there is more space in her life than she often thinks there is. It's important to see this, because it gives you a very different mindset. We often approach time from the perspective of scarcity, but instead think of it as, “I don't do X, Y, or Z, because it's not a priority.” The TRLS demographic is made up primarily of women in their 40s or 50s who might be coming to running for the first time. Over the long term, we have the ability to change a lot about life if we want. Running can be a part of that—determining if we want to make it a priority and then figuring out how we want to fit it in our lives. There's no one good time for going on a run. Some people talk themselves out of running, because there's no one perfect time during the day. But it doesn't have to be at the same time every day. It's about looking at the whole of your life and seeing if you can fit running in a few times a week. If you're working 40 hours a week, and you sleep 8 hours a day, that leaves 72 hours for other things. It's important to see that the time is there, it's just a matter of figuring out where it's going to be. We tend to overestimate the time we spend on the things we don't want to do, and conversely we tend to underestimate the time we spend on the thing we do want to do. She found that TV isn't as relaxing as we think it is. It winds up consuming a large chunk of people's leisure time. TV is the easiest thing to fill our leisure hours with. It's a very effortless way to have fun. Effortful fun, for example includes making dinner plans with friends. Work happiness does have a huge spillover effect into home life, and vice versa. Finding work you really enjoy is key. Time spent on Facebook is like anything else. You have to use it mindfully. Make a list of your top priorities for the day (both professional and personal), and fit social media around that in whatever way works for you. She talks about visioning/visualizing (picturing what life will be like in the future) and putting into action a plan to make goals happen. Have space in your life to seize opportunities. It's very easy to become jam-packed and overcommitted. “Just because I can do something, doesn't mean I should do it.” Ask yourself: Is this a good use of my time, energy, and resources? With four kids, her running routine consists of utilizing child care, so from about 8:00–8:30 a.m. she checks her e-mail, 8:30 a.m. is bus stop time, 8:40–12:00 p.m. includes writing/editing, and her afternoon is for edits, phone calls, or lighter writing. She runs in the afternoon. She recommends time tracking to get better at time management. It forces you to be accountable. Kari recommends the focus@will It provides music that engages your brain's limbic system to increase your attention span and general concentration. Laura is writing an upcoming book, so stay tuned! Serena Marie, RD Serena Marie, RD, answers Kari's question about making smart restaurant choices. Serena had gotten Kari to eat red meat again, which she had given up for years previously. When you go out to eat and have to choose between fish, chicken, or beef, what option would you take if you had to assume that the meat is not organic or grass fed? Ask if possible if the restaurant can cook your food in butter instead of oil or to steam or grill your options. The likelihood of the restaurant having a high-heat olive oil or coconut oil is slim to none. Restaurants most likely use a “polyunsaturated fat nightmare,” according to Serena. Don't worry about being that “annoying customer.” Speak up for yourself politely. In terms of fish, even a farm-raised fish (not wild), is still loaded with omega-3 fatty acids and is a very nutritious choice. Nonfat lean cuts of meat (chicken, turkey, steak) would be Serena's second choice. Some choices of meat include sirloin steak, top round roast, bottom round roast, shoulder petite medallion, T-bone, and so on. Gratitude Jar (Woot! Woot!) Serena is grateful for her two smart, amazing younger sisters, one of which is away at college and coming home soon and another of which is graduating college. Kari is grateful for the Delaware Marathon race directors (Wayne Kursch and Joel and Stacey Schiller) and for being given the opportunity to be the relay finish line announcer. Kari gives a shout out to listener Liz for stopping by during the relay to support TRLS! Kari also saw fellow TRLS listeners Foti, Becky, Jody, and Margaret. Kari gushes about the Delaware Marathon with its PR bell, friendly back-of-the-pack mentality, and more! Kari mentions “Everything You Need To Know About The Boston Marathon W/ Dave McGillivray” (Episode 67). Next week, Kari interviews marathoner and mother of five, Rebecca Clarke, with whom Kari ran her first marathon. Please remember to leave a TRLS review on iTunes! Here's how: Launch Apple's Podcast app. Tap the Search tab. Enter the name of the podcast you want to rate or review. Tap the blue Search key at the bottom right. Tap the album art for the podcast. Tap the Reviews tab. Tap Write a Review at the bottom. Write your review! Contact: Laura Vanderkam: Website: LauraVanderkam.com Facebook: /lauravanderkamauthor Twitter: @lvanderkam Serena Marie, RD: Website: www.SerenaMarieRD.com Facebook: /SerenaMarieRD Twitter: @SerenaMarieRD Instagram: SerenaMarieRD Kari Gormley: Facebook: The Running Lifestyle Show Twitter: @KariGormley Instagram: @KariGormley
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