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Demir is a legendary productivity coach and the co-founder of The Lifehack Method. His coaching combines personal accountability with daily practice to unleash your best productivity every single day. His client list is riddled with high profile names like Facebook, Google, Uber, PepsiCo, and Lexar. Before starting Lifehack Bootcamp, he worked at the highest levels of government, technology and finance. His work has been featured in Forbes, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and a TON of other media outlets. Fun fact: Demir and his wife Carey live a completely nomadic lifestyle, living for 3 months at a time in different cities around the world. The last few years have seen them living on a boat in Croatia, the Basque country of Spain, a retreat in Bali, and the islands of Hawaii. Right now I believe he is in Medellin, Colombia. Find our more here: wildheartsriseup.com/lifehack
Demir and Carey Bentley are co-founders of Lifehack Bootcamp, where they help professionals make more of their time and energy, to get more results. They once found themselves getting sucked into the prevailing values of the place they lived. The place you choose to live can have an outsized influence on how you choose to live. If where you live is a bad influence on you, you’ll do things that aren’t good for you. If where you live is a good influence on you, you’ll do things that are good for you. The place you live can influence you through cost of living, through weather, through how you get around – even through through culture. If people in a place value one thing, it can make it hard for you to value another thing. To design your life, start with your surroundings If you’re going to love your work, you need to design your surroundings so you can pursue your values. One way to do that is by choosing the right place to live. The influence of place has long been an interesting topic for me because I’ve long felt like I was born in the wrong place. It wasn’t until after college – after I had traveled a small amount – that this feeling really hit me. “Nebraska” for many people is synonymous with “the middle of nowhere.” For me, until then, it was simply where I lived. As I struggled to find work after college and to set up a life somewhere, that was when I really started to feel profoundly unlucky for being born and raised in “the middle of nowhere.” As an aspiring designer, the design scene in Nebraska seemed nonexistent to me. I wanted to live in a cosmopolitan city such as San Francisco, or Seattle. Even Minneapolis was a bustling metropolis, in my mind. Yet I still felt stuck, because of family ties, a lack of social connections in other places, and simply because I was afraid of change. Now, I’ve lived in some big cities. I lived in the Bay Area. I spent a couple of months in the NYC area. I lived for eight years in Chicago. The sneaky influence of cultural mindset Now, I know that much of the fear I felt for leaving “the middle of nowhere” was cultivated by the mindset of the people who lived there. When I finally did leave Nebraska for California, it didn’t calm my nerves much to hear the fear-laden objections of the people around me. “The traffic is horrible,” “you’ll never buy a house,” or “the people are different” (to which I thought, yeah, that’s kind of the idea). Same thing when I moved from San Francisco to Chicago. I remember one guy said, “What’s in Chicago, besides a bunch of big buildings?!” Uh, you run a Ruby on Rails dev shop, genius. (That technology was invented by a Chicago company.) It took many years of living many places to recognize how, no matter where you live, you can get swept up in the concerns that prevail the culture. Those big cosmopolitan places where I was desperate to live were no exception. How to leave "New York" Which brings us to the topic today of lifestyle design. How to “leave New York,” or really anyplace that’s a bad influence on your behavior. Demir and Carey were living in NYC, working tons of hours, and paying the price with failing health. Now they live right around the corner from me, in Medellín, Colombia – when they aren’t traveling the world. I joined them in their home, just a few days after having their very first child. We talked about how they escaped the toxic mental distortions of the NYC lifestyle, traveled the world, and designed a new, better-balanced life, in another country. In this conversation, you’ll learn: Demir says he started doing “irresponsible things” when he finally hit his “Office Space moment.” What did he do that would have certainly gotten him fired? It’s a funny story, but there’s a lesson about lifestyle design in there, too. What’s the “champagne moment” exercise? If you have a vision of a better life, but don’t know where to start, learn a mental hack you can apply this week to make progress toward that vision. Looking for the next travel destination, and wondering whether you can get some work done? Learn about the “Pilates test.” What does Pilates have to do with finding reliable WiFi? Thanks for sharing my work! On Instagram, thank you to @amrassaid and @motherhoodandmerlot. On Facebook, thank you to the Hello Boss Girl Bossgirl Breakthroughs Group. On Twitter, thank you to @winterknit, @StefanHeineken, @SaraTaricani, and @jovvvian. My Weekly Newsletter: Love Mondays Start off each week with a dose of inspiration to help you make it as a creative. Sign up at: kadavy.net/mondays About Your Host, David Kadavy David Kadavy is the author of The Heart to Start and Design for Hackers. Through the Love Your Work podcast and his Love Mondays newsletter, David helps you make it as a creative. 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MM048 Hacking Life Through Improved Productivity with Demir Bentley Demir Bentley is a nationally recognized Productivity and Performance Coach. He and his wife, Carey, founded Lifehack Bootcamp, a company that creates programs that allow people to pursue happy and successful lives through increased productivity and fewer working hours. He has been featured in multiple publications such as Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post and has been featured as an expert guest on CNBC and other media outlets. Prior to starting the Lifehack Bootcamp, Demir was a successful CEO of a technology company, so he knows what it’s like to be overworked and has no time for your family. Demir joins me to discuss his passion for being more productivity with less time. He shares what drove him to become more productive and why he decided to leave his position as CEO. He explains how Lifehack Bootcamp helps individuals and why he’s not fond of working with tech CEOs. Demir also describes the upcoming Lifehack Summit 2019 and what to expect from that event. “Productivity without effectiveness and a real clear vision of where you’re going is actually counterproductive.” - Demir Bentley Today on Mastering Midlife: Demir’s definition of productivity and his Michael Phelps analogy. His origin story and how he got to where he is today. What it means to wear our misery as a badge of pride. How a manager should be giving instructions to their staff. His inspiration for helping others become more productive. Why he doesn't like working with tech CEOs. Demir Bentley’s Words of Wisdom: Most of us are insecure overachievers. If you're efficient, but not effective, it doesn't matter. Resources Mentioned: Zoom Lifehack Summit 2019 Connect with Demir Bentley: Lifehack Bootcamp YouTube Get FREE Access to the Only 10’s Course Are you struggling with knowing what, when, and how to focus your efforts to get things done? As a long-time sufferer of severe ADD, I understand the struggle - and that’s why I created the Only 10’s system. This system has helped me and thousands of others clear the clutter and focus their energy on getting the right things done. The Only 10’s free online course is based on my proven system to help you focus your attention and maintain momentum around your day-to-day life. Sign up for the Only 10’s free course today! Mastering Midlife...Together! Thanks for tuning into today’s episode of the Mastering Midlife Podcast: How to Thrive When the World Asks the Most of You with Mark Silverman. If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts and leave us a review. Be sure to visit our website and connect with us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube and don’t forget to share your favorite episodes on social media.
Carey Bentley is on a mission to help entrepreneurs design lifestyles of personal freedom by helping them boost their productivity and effectiveness. CEO and co-founder of online productivity company Lifehack Bootcamp, Carey shares how to thrive (rather than merely survive), how to find your true mission and enjoy the ride.
Carey & Demir Bentley reinvented their lives, leaving the Wall Street pressure-cooker behind for a nomadic lifestyle supporting their fast-growing business LifeHack Bootcamp, a 60-day productivity program combining personal accountability with a daily practice to unleash your best productivity every single day. Learn how they left behind an 80-hour-a-week Wall Street lifestyle that was making them sicker and sicker and took the entrepreneurial leap, plus life and productivity hacks.
Carey & Demir Bentley reinvented their lives, leaving the Wall Street pressure-cooker behind for a nomadic lifestyle supporting their fast-growing business LifeHack Bootcamp, a 60-day productivity program combining personal accountability with a daily practice to unleash your best productivity every single day. Learn how they left behind an 80-hour-a-week Wall Street lifestyle that was making them sicker and sicker and took the entrepreneurial leap, plus life and productivity hacks.
Click here to schedule your complimentary strategy session with me or go to MisterProductivity.com (before they're gone!). Demir and Carey Bentley are the husband and wife team behind Lifehack Bootcamp, the productivity and lifestyle design company for high performing individuals who want to bring sanity back in their lives. They're members of the Forbes Coaches Council and Influencive Top 25 Influencers. Their work has been featured in Forbes, Inc, Entrepreneur, Bloomberg, WSJ, HuffPo, and on podcasts like Forbes 30 Under 30, Amy Porterfield's Online Marketing Made Easy, The ONE Thing, and Don't Keep Your Day Job. Carey and Demir live the nomadic lifestyle, living up to 3 months at a time in cities around the globe. On this episode with Carey & Demir Bentley: lessons learned from living the nomadic lifestyle, their favorite and least places they've lived, pre and end of work routines and why you should be dumb and care less! Where you can find Carey & Demir Bentley: lifehackbootcamp.com YouTube Morning Routine What did you think of this episode? I want to know. Go to MarkStruczewski.com/blog/bentley and leave a comment. If you're 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 newsletter. If you love the show, share it with a friend on Apple Podcasts.
Carey Bentley is the CEO of Lifehack Bootcamp, a productivity and lifestyle design organization that helps people transform the way they work so that they can live the life they want. Carey shares what pushed her and her husband to start this company, and how they have been living their dreams as a result of what they do. She also breaks down her perspective on why productivity should be approached as a sport. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lessdoing/message
Carey Bentley is on a mission to help entrepreneurs design lifestyles of personal freedom by helping them boost their productivity and effectiveness. CEO and co-founder of online productivity company Lifehack Bootcamp, Carey shares how to thrive (rather than merely survive), how to find your true mission and enjoy the ride.
Productivity Straight Talk - Time Management, Productivity and Business Growth Tips
In this episode, I sit down with the co-creator of Lifehack Bootcamp, Demir Bentley, as he walks us through how an illness forced him into systems, automation, and productivity which helped him go from working the 9 to 5 to working the 5 to 9. We discuss why you need all four pillars of the F.A.S.T. Time Management Model to excel in time mastery, why occasional acts of radical self-care is absolutely necessary, and why you need to lean into a scarcity mindset with your time. We also talk about how removing distractions will help you “fall” into focus, how your attitude acts as the operating system of your day, the concept of extreme ownership, and the zombie effect you may be suffering from. This was an awesome discussion with Demir I hope you enjoy. Now let’s jump right in and get to the straight talk! What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔️ The F.A.S.T Time Management Model ✔️ Time Mastery Tricks And Tips ✔️ Our Unexpected #1 Core Need In Life ✔️ Some Answers To Your Focus Woes ✔️ So Much More! Important Resources & Links From This Episode: LifehackBootcamp Morning And Evening Routine Templates F.A.S.T. Time Mastery Course Grit By Angela Duckworth Deep Work By Cal Newport
Carey Bentley is on a mission to help entrepreneurs design lifestyles of personal freedom by helping them boost their productivity and effectiveness. CEO and co-founder of online productivity company Lifehack Bootcamp, Carey shares how to get more done, make more money, and have time for all your personal passions … by working only 30 hours a week.
Today's interview is with Demir and Carey Bentley. They are the husband and wife team behind Lifehack Bootcamp (www.lifehackbootcamp.com), the productivity and lifestyle design company for high performing individuals who want to bring sanity back in their lives.They're known for their no-BS, no excuses coaching style and passion for creating huge transformation in each of their clients. They're also known for leading by example and constantly pushing the boundaries of lifestyle design, traveling around the world and experimenting with different ways of living.They’re members of the elite Forbes Coaches Council and Influencive Top 25 Influencers.Their work has been featured in Forbes, Bloomberg, WSJ, HuffPo, and on podcasts like Forbes 30 Under 30, Amy Porterfield's Online Marketing Made Easy, The ONE Thing, and Don’t Keep Your Day Job.Carey and Demir live the nomadic lifestyle, living up to 3 months at a time in cities around the globe.Resources Mentioned In The EpisodeLifehack Bootcamp: https://lifehackbootcamp.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Carey Bentley is the CEO of Lifehack Bootcamp, the top ranked online productivity company. She shows overachievers how to bring sanity back into their lives. Her team has shown hundreds of people the techniques they need to be maximally effective at work and in their personal lives. Carey discusses the three gratitudes, how to avoid victim thinking, scheduled downtime, self care, and the "Do By Tuesday" concept which allows you to go on the offense with your business. Resources Lifehack Bootcamp Carey Bentley on LinkedIn
Meal prepping is huge right now and for a few major reasons. First of all, the cost savings of meal prepping compared to what you spend on random shopping trips and eating out is tremendous. Secondly, the time efficiency of meal prepping is huge. You may remember we talked about it with Dimir from LifeHack Bootcamp on episode 13 in which he said that spending 2-4 hours on a Sunday meal prepping is significant less the time it takes to cook individual meals and eat out. Lastly, when you meal prep, you are in total control of the quality of what you put in your mouth and the portion size as well. Win-win-win. In today's episode we talk with Dr. Mike Simon, from Crossover Physical Therapy in St. Michael, Minnesota, about his experience with meal prepping, how much money he saves every week on groceries and eating out (and it's a crazy number!), how much weight he has lost and much more. He also goes over his tips and best practices for getting started with meal prepping, where to purchase your food and what are his go-to home run meals. We also are excited to announce the 2018 The Saver and The Spender Meal Prep Challenge. Starting on January 1st, 2018 we will be having a meal prep challenge to help people follow through on their new years resolutions to either be better with their budget or to eat healtier and lose weight; or both! We talk about the rules and basics of the challenge in the podcast but you can find out more at www.fiscalfitnessphx.com/mealprepchallenge You can find out more about Fiscal Fitness Phoenix financial coaching here You can find out more about Financial Coach Academy here
When it comes to working smarter and not harder, you know the conventional wisdom: Manage your time, take breaks, get enough sleep, tackle the big projects when you feel the most focused, and the list goes on. You know all this stuff, but why is it so hard to act on it? And even if you are applying some of those strategies (which are all good), you still find yourself with more work than you can possibly get done in a single day. Enter Carey Bentley. She’s a productivity and accountability expert. Along with her husband, Demir, they founded Lifehack Bootcamp, a program designed to get you working more efficiently so you can create the lifestyle you want. Now, Carey and Demir weren’t always experts at this—in fact, they once were raging workaholics, but they had to figure out another way because the way they were working was literally affecting their health. Their secret is practice—hard, intentional, sweaty practice. You know, the way pro athletes practice. So think of productivity less like a class where you’re studying to pass an exam and more like a craft that you’re working to get better at all the time. Here’s what you’ll learn: The four phases of productivity and why you’re ultimately shooting to be like LeBron James. (Check those out at 11:54) The four layers of accountability—with a coach, with a team, with a buddy, with your community—where you are closing off all escape routes by making yourself feel the pressure from all sides. (Carey starts to break down those levels at 16:19) How to create a “Champagne Moment” that literally has you popping open a bottle every week (metaphorically, but you can take that literally too!). Download this week’s freebie for a step-by-step walkthrough of this process. (You can think about your own moment at 15:18). You’ll also hear Carey and I talk about the five limiting mindsets (OK that’s just really a nice way to say “excuses”) people adopt to NOT get things done. Have you ever complained about not having enough time or having too much on your plate? Yeah, me too. It’s time to shut that down. Carey and I talk about the first two on the show. You can get all five (and the “Champagne Moment” exercise) by downloading this week’s freebie. No more procrastinating—time to move forward. And as if this isn’t enough, Carey grabbed her hubby, Demir, and filmed an extra special video for your eyes only on steps to beat decision fatigue.
Carey and Demir Gjokaj are the founders of Lifehack Bootcamp, whose mission is to help their students do their most productive work so they can create space for the life of their dreams. In this episode they talk with Erik about Discipline, Habits and Accountability, and mastering them so you can leverage these strengths for higher levels of achievement. Mentioned in this episode: Seth Godin’s altMBA Workshop Marshall Goldsmith – Triggers Lifehack Bootcamp 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 SaveSave
Carey and Demir Gjokaj are the husband-and-wife team behind the Lifehack Bootcamp, an intensive online course in not only learning new productivity skills but changing the habits that stop you from implementing them.
Carey and Demir Gjokaj are the husband-and-wife team behind the Lifehack Bootcamp, an intensive online course in not only learning new productivity skills but changing the habits that stop you from implementing them.