EP 135 : why the busiest people have the most time and how they do it - laura vanderkam
The Ways and Means for Us to Gain the Most Time for What's Important.
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.
Here’s what we talk with Laura about in this episode.
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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.
“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”
― Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
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.
Here’s what we talk with Laura about in this episode.
- When people ask what you do day to day, how do you reply?
- Why do we have our approach to saving time backwards?
- The vortex of useless time wasters
- We should fill our time with the things that deserve to be there? But we don’t... why?
- What’s the biggest misconception about time?
- Building the lives we want ….and then time saves itself. How?
- Why are busy people not busy?
- How do successful people spend their time?
- How does Laura set up her day… what’s the start of Laura’s day look like?
- What are the non-negotiables?
- Does Laura build thinking time into the day as a priority, deep work?
- People say "I have plenty of time I just don’t have the energy” Do they really go hand in hand?
- Plan your week ahead of the week starting? Working with calendars?
- Thought of the day "“While we think of our lives in grand abstractions, a life is actually lived in hours.”
- To DONE list (progress is motivational)
- A diagnosis of any kind can completely upend a life. What did Laura learn from the research with Cancer survivors?
- Thought of the day “At your retirement dinner, people won’t talk about your pristine inbox or packed schedule. They’ll want to talk about what you’ve done.”
- Does Laura use a journal?
The Mojo Radio Show - © 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.
“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”
― Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
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Laura Vanderkam
http://lauravanderkam.com
Laura on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3kNlFMXslo
Laura Cancer story in Fast Company
https://www.fastcompany.com/3064462/cancer-survivors-share-hard-won-lessons-on-managing-time-well
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Laura Vanderkam
http://lauravanderkam.com
Laura on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3kNlFMXslo
Laura Cancer story in Fast Company
https://www.fastcompany.com/3064462/cancer-survivors-share-hard-won-lessons-on-managing-time-well
The Productivity Project by Chris Bailey
http://amzn.to/2rG6j2j
The Strength Switch by Dr Lea Waters
http://amzn.to/2sF47Yi
The Mojo Radio Show on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/TheMojoRadioShowPodcast/
The Mojo Radio Show
http://www.themojoradioshow.com
The Mojo Radio Show Answering Machine
08 7200 6656
08 7200 MOJO
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