Less Stress, More Success!: Recent Episodes
Terez Rijkenberg | Strategy Coach
The podcast for busy professionals who want to learn how to have less stress and more success in their lives. We will be discussing productivity, mindset and innovation strategies and tools that you can use to feel better in your life and also go after bigger goals. Do you want to grow your business? Do you want to progress in your career? Do you want to earn more money? Or do you want to just feel more in control of your life again? If so then you are in the right place. You'll learn unique strategies, tools and insights on how you can achieve more but without feeling overwhelmed all of the time.
Most things in life and work are just decisions.
You'll know as a leader, as you grow, as your team grows, as your organization grows, your time becomes more valuable, and there is more of a pull on your time to various new opportunities.
But even in that growth, we only have 24 hours a day like everyone else.
You still only have a set number of working hours in a day, and what that means is that with these new opportunities and growth comes more opportunities to make decisions about the trade-offs.
When there are projects or products or tasks or habits, or perhaps even people that you might be considering letting go of, you can use these steps to help you make that tough decision.
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You know that feeling right?
That nagging feeling that's like anxiety and kind of like the same feeling you have when you're on your way to a holiday and you feel like you've forgotten something.
The challenge with this feeling is that it takes away from the enjoyment of the experience you're having.
It takes you away from being fully present, attentive and engaged with what's in front of you.
It decreases your focus and increases your stress.
But there's a simple solution.
Listen to find out why this nagging feeling happens and what you can do about it.
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The only thing that really keeps us motivated is the belief in our future possibilities and what can still create and achieve.
And, we can maximise this and use this to our advantage.
So how can you practice this belief in yourself so that you can achieve what you want and also lead others to a common goal?
And how can you practice this belief when the results aren't there?
Listen to this episode to find out.
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Scientists have a very exploratory and experimental way of thinking.
And in fact, leaders who lead in fast-changing environments can learn a thing or two from scientists.
In this episode, I explore 4 steps you can take to start thinking like a scientist for more innovation, more empowerment (of self and others) and more capability to use failure and mistakes for opportunities.
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Habits are created through consistency.
But there's a single simple reason why we fail to be consistent.
We often use the excuse that:
- We don't know what to do, or
- We don't have the right information to stick to the habit, or
- We don't have the right skills
But that's never the problem.
Listen to this episode if you want to know how to increase your consistency with new habits to make them permanent.
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Last week I felt really run down and sick.
And so I decided to take a week off from recording and publishing these podcast episodes.
It was a tough decision for me and also inspired this particular episode.
Because the truth is we don't feel great all of the time.
But I want to share with you that this is good news.
Listen to find out why.
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The purpose of life is to grow. The more we grow the less stuck we feel and the more fulfillment and meaning we have.
So how can you identify a growth or personal development area quickly?
Where in your life do you think you have an opportunity for growth?
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Did you know that most people spend 28% of the day on email?
That's 2.5 hours in an 8-hour day!
Imagine if you could just halve that time spent on email and use it for something else?
Listen for my 5 tips to help you do just that.
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Do you know the answer? How many productive hours do you actually have in a day?
The answer to this question is so important because it will positively change how productive you feel and how productive you are.
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I went to watch the new Super Mario film with my son the other day.
And one of the concepts of Super Mario that I love is the power-ups.
Imagine if you could just bash a block above your head and suddenly you have a superpower to use in your day?
This made me think about the power-ups that leaders have available to them every day.
In this episode, I want to share one with you that allows you to be ruthless about what is important and how to spend your time in the best way possible.
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As a leader, you have a lot on your shoulders.
And it's normal that there will be things you worry about at times.
But I have a unique way of dealing with worry, instead of trying to ignore it or pushing it away.
Listen to learn how to use worry to keep you moving forward instead of slowing you down (or stealing your sleep!)
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You know all of the common productivity tools, tips and hacks like:
- Time blocking
- Single-tasking (instead of multitasking)
- Minimise distractions
- etc...
But what are some of the most underrated tools that are impactful but sometimes forgotten?
In this episode, I'll share four of the best "tools" that are simple to do but if you're not using them they will transform your productivity.
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There's a 5-word phrase that a lot of leaders use, but not if they want to be productive.
And by using it it's a sure-fire way of staying stuck in details, disempowering your team and not creating enough time for strategic work and thinking.
Listen to discover this phrase and find out what you can use instead to move forward, faster.
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This is the last episode in this 3-part series.
How can you use those small gaps of time between meetings in the most productive way?
Listen to this episode and episodes 38 and 39 to find out.
There are a couple of research studies referenced in this episode. Here are the links to find out more:
Office worker productivity - Voucher Cloud
Most people can't do more than 4 hours of deliberate concentration and practice - Anders Ericsson
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Imagine you were at a theme park (or a place that you LOVE) with only 10 minutes left before you had to head home.
Would you stop to scroll social media on your phone?
Would you check your emails?
Would you just head on home?
No.
Because you will make the most of that time, knowing you can squeeze something great into that small time gap.
It's the same with the small gaps of time between meetings. The only reason you're not making the most of it is that you're thinking "It's not enough time to be productive". And we know that's not true.
In this episode, I'll share another way that you can make the most of your time between meetings to get more progress and momentum.
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We all have those gaps of time between meetings or between other scheduled tasks. And if you're like some of my clients, you sometimes feel very unproductive during these times because you end up reading articles or scrolling social media or checking emails while waiting for the next meeting to start.
So over the next 3 podcast episodes - I’m going to share 3 very productive options to fill those gaps instead of wasting the time away.
In the episode, I share my favourite productivity music app that I use: Brain.FM
Click here for a discount to try Brain.FM for $1 for your first month. I don't receive any affiliate or referral benefits from this, I just love this app.
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FOBO is the cousin of the well-known FOMO (fear of missing out).
Many people who have grown their success through career, thought leadership and financial areas develop FOBO.
Listen in to find out if you suffer from it and what to do about it.
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It turns out that stress contributes to disease because we don't get enough oxygen into our bodies.
And we're not getting enough oxygen because when we're stressed we don't breathe properly.
Here's a breathing technique that will help you get more oxygen AND reduce your feelings of stress and anxiety quickly.
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74% of people in the UK have said that they have felt so stressed that they have been overwhelmed in the past year.
A large portion of this stress is work-related and in most cases will always impact people in how they are able to cope at work.
If you feel overwhelmed, here is a step-by-step process that you can follow to take back control of this emotion and feel better, faster.
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Yes sure you get a certain number of holiday days every year. But what I hear from my clients over and again is that often they still feel guilty.
Or they feel guilty when they're at home working or when tending to urgent home matters when they should be working.
Or they feel guilty to rest when they're sick or injured or suffering from emotional pain or mental illness.
Listen to the episode if you feel guilty whenever you take a break.
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Leadership is based on intangibles. It's about leading thoughts, ideas and feelings.
The more we understand feelings and emotions the more we can connect with others to lead better.
Listen to hear 5 more things every leader should know about feelings.
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"Leave your emotions at the door."
"Emotions aren't for the workplace."
"I know how to suppress my emotions."
"I'm not concerned about how you feel. Just about what you do."
Ever thought these sentences? Said them? Heard them?
We've come a long way to discover that feelings and emotions have a much bigger role to play in our decisions and actions. (The research shows 95% of our decisions are based on feelings).
And understanding feelings gives leaders an edge if they want to know how to influence their team, build an inclusive organisation and sell better products.
Listen to hear 5 things every leader should know about feelings.
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Most people experience procrastination. But you don't need to let it get the better of you.
Listen in to find 5 simple and quick ways to turn your procrastination into productivity.
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Do you plan your calendar - and then the week comes and everything is thrown off course? Do you often have emergencies arise and it becomes impossible to continue with your plan?
This happens. As leaders we have to make quick and tough decisions to re-prioritise based on the circumstances that present themselves. Based on things that are outside of our control.
Listen to hear all about my counterintuitive strategy to include when you spend time planning your week ahead.
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Forget a "pillow-day", everyone needs a "get-your-life-in-order" day!
Also called a GYLIO day.
Listen to find out what it is and how it can free up time, energy and thinking space for you to get more done on the work and life activities you most enjoy.
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Yes, it's easy to use our past success to fuel our future goals, but what about the "not-so-great" parts of our past? The failures? The recurring bad habits? The things you've tried that didn't work?
You can use those too to get what you want now and in the future.
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What gives you faster results for free?
Listen to this episode to find out...
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There's something missing from your to-do list. Do you know what it is?
Most people respond by saying "It didn't even occur to me to include this on my to-do list or calendar!"
Listen to find out, including:
- What your brain needs to be consistently productive
- Why this to-do list task might be the remedy for burnout
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Everything we want is just an experience of our time. Even the things we buy with money are just because we want to experience our time in a certain way.
So what we need to learn to do is make decisions about how to invest our money and our time to buy more time or to experience our time in a way that serves us.
In this episode you'll learn:
- Over 15 ways that you can "buy" more time
- The cognitive dissonance that impacts our enjoyment of time
- The 3 actions we should be focusing on to maximise our time and experience of it
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I’m not sure if you’ve realised this but what most humans do is use their brain to make money to buy time.
That’s what we do right? We spend the first 21+ years growing our brain to make as much money as possible so that we can get an extra 10 days off every year (more time) to spend on holiday.
Or so that we have enough money in our retirement to enjoy our time when we’re old.
Or we look to become an entrepreneur to have more flexible time to be with our loved ones.
Another way we do this is we make money to pay for healthcare and gyms and creams and pills so that we can look after our health and live longer and buy more time.
But the crazy thing is that we spend a lot of time trying to make money to get more time.
Just think of it like a funnel - you put your time in at the top of the funnel and then you get some money out at the bottom of the funnel and then you use that money to buy some more time.
And if you think about money and time in that way, how would you make different decisions about your work and life?
Listen to the podcast to explore this more...
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“There are no right decisions. There are only decisions that you choose to make right.” - Terez Rijkenberg
What if I told you that all of the decisions that you have made up until this point in your life have been the right decisions?
And if you believed me, what might be different for you? Specifically, in the way you show up to decisions from now on?
Let’s play with that thought for a second - the one where “all of the decisions you have made up until now have been the right ones”.
If you believed that wholeheartedly then:
- You would have less regret about the past, less time spent ruminating and worrying about it, and instead believe that each decision you made, has led you to where you are now with lessons, ideas and insights on how to get to the success that you have right now.
- You would have less time spent searching for the “right” decisions and more time spent taking action on decisions to make them “right”.
- You wouldn’t allow yourself to feel “stuck” and think you don’t know how to move forward
- You would have more confidence and trust in yourself to make decisions, knowing that you could figure anything out.
And… If you had all of the above, then you would probably make better decisions, 10 times faster!
So if you just believed right now that “all of the decisions you have made up until now have been the right ones for you”, I’d like you to think about how that thought makes you feel.
For me, it gives me a feeling of freedom.
Because if I believe that, then all of the decisions I make going forward are already the “right” ones too.
And then I don’t need to spend hours looking for the “right” decision going forward, I just need to make a decision and then take action to make it “right”.
So many of us spend days, weeks, months, and sometimes years sitting on the fence about some decision.
And every time we feel uneasy or anxious or frustrated, it’s likely that it’s just an undecided decision.
The options available to us at any time are:
- Make a decision about the thing that makes me feel bad, and face the possible discomfort that comes with making a decision, OR
- Continue to sit on the fence about a decision, and face the discomfort of sitting on a fence (it feels similar to sitting on a real fence. I.e. ruminating; feeling stuck; procrastinating; feeling bad about feeling stuck and procrastinating…)
And so the question arises: why do we sometimes allow ourselves the discomfort of sitting on the fence instead of the discomfort of making a decision?
And here is the key to why we aren’t making better decisions, faster yet:
We don’t make decisions faster and better because we don’t want to face discomfort that we don’t know.
Making a decision will require us to face discomfort that we think is unknown and that we think we cannot control.
This is the cognitive dissonance that our brain offers us to try and keep us from expending too much energy.
But really what’s happening is that we are just delaying that pain we will eventually experience anyway.
A decision is always made. And even indecision is a decision.
In this episode, I’ll be sharing the strategies we can use to transform the way we make decisions by reducing the fear we have about unknown outcomes.
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Problems are such a problem, aren’t they?
Just consider that problem you’re dealing with right now. Have you noticed yourself thinking about it non-stop?
Your mind whirs and thinks and spirals and festers over it.
And I’m guessing you consider solutions and think about the potential outcomes. But it just seems like there isn’t any one solution that brings certainty or comfort.
And do you complain about this problem you’re dealing with sometimes (either to yourself or others)?
Some problems seem to startle you with their intensity like a paper cut, but they quickly disappear.
But the worst problems are those that sit with you for a long time taking up space in your mind and sapping your energy from the frustration, anxiety and dread they bring.
And even worse still, are the problems that involve other people, am I right? They never seem to listen to what you have to say. They never seem to do what you want them to do.
My solution to solving any problem is simple, with just 4 steps.
However, if you want the solution summed up in just 14 words, then look no further than the master of simplicity himself:
Albert Einstein said: “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used to create them.”
That’s it.
We solve our problems by thinking differently about them.
In this episode we'll explore how to:
✅ Make faster decisions about the problems you’re facing, and create more space in your mind for other important things
✅ Quickly turn your frustration, anxiety and dread into courage, motivation and confidence to drive purposeful action
✅ Build stronger relationships with your team and your colleagues to influence them through your example
✅ Coach your team using the 4 steps for even more significant speed of execution and delivery of results
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The reason why resolutions and goals and new habits fail has nothing to do with January. Let’s just clear that one up - it has nothing to do with the new year. January happens to be the time that people tend to commit to new goals. And whether you commit to these in January or in September my guess is that the averages of success towards those goals will be similar.
The reason why resolutions and goals and habits fail also has nothing to do with your intent and your commitment to it. I know from working with lots of clients on this that they want to achieve those goals and they’re committed and ready for them.
The reason resolutions, goals, and habits fail also has nothing to do with understanding why you want to commit to them. My guess is that you are probably very clear on WHY you goal is important to you.
So why do goals, resolutions and habits fail?
In this episode I will discuss:
- The cause of why our goals fail or why we aren't consistent with them
- What you need to plan in advance before taking action on any goal
- The 3 questions I ask myself whenever I feel frustrated or anxious or fearful about my goal
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If you think about it, seeking perfection is actually quite odd.
Perfection is an entirely abstract construct because there is no evidence of it in the world we see and interact with daily.
Sure, you might think something is "perfect" but that is also an opinion that someone else might disagree with.
And so true perfection doesn't exist and yet our brain is trying to look for it every day in our work and life.
In this episode, I offer some of the ways that you can embrace imperfection to create more results in your life.
Embracing imperfection is one of the best strategies to produce more and achieve more.
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This is for you if you ever think:
💬 “I’m not adding enough value”
💬 "I'm not doing enough"
💬 "I don’t have enough time”
💬 “I’m not good enough to achieve this”
💬 "I don’t have enough experience"These thoughts will keep you feeling disappointed with yourself if you continue to think them.In this episode, we explore what enough really is and how you can move forward faster when you ask yourself one simple question.
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Do you often feel out of control? Do you struggle with uncertainty?
It's probably because you're not giving your time, attention and energy to the only 3 things that you can control.
This means you'll probably feel frustrated and disempowered a lot of the time.
When you are able to focus on just the 3 things that you can control, you'll realise that no matter the situation, you can always feel in control and you can always find a solution to help you move forward.
Listen to the episode to hear more about:
- The only 3 things you can control
- How you can focus more of your time, attention and energy on just those 3 things to get the results you want faster
- How you can use those 3 things to influence people on your team and lead them more effectively
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I used to believe that if you had a fool-proof well-thought-out strategy then you could have any success.
I was so wrong.
If anyone tells you that a specific strategy is guaranteed to work - I would recommend that you think a bit more about it before jumping in. And I’m not saying that it won’t work - but it might only be guaranteed to work not because of the strategy - but because of something else.
Here's why:
✔︎ No strategy can withstand the impact of MINDSET
✔︎ No success is delivered without the right MINDSET
✔︎ No problem is solved without a shift in MINDSET
The problem with mindset is that we can't see it. It's intangible.
And if we can't see it, we can't measure it.
And if we can't measure it we can't leverage it in a positive way for the goals we most want to achieve.
But that's why I want to introduce you to the RAFT formula.
This formula helps to make your mindset tangible so that you can work with your most valuable resource (your brain) to create the results you want in your work and life.
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So you want to prioritise and focus on what’s most important - but the problem is everything seems important and, on top of that, everything is also urgent, am I right?
The best thing to do is to stop using important and urgent as prioritisation criteria and to start using this framework that I discuss in this episode.
The 4-step prioritisation framework will help you filter the next best task or project to focus on.
You can use this framework for large projects and also for your individual to-do list.
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Forget decision-making, RE-DECIDING is your new superpower.
So often we get comfortable doing the things we've always done. But more than that, we get comfortable believing the things we've always believed - even if they no longer help us to get where we want to go.
So what's the antidote?
To RE-DECIDE!
Re-decide every day.
Re-decide often.
And even if something is great, works well or makes you feel good - re-decide that too.
🙋♀️ Is this action essential for your goal, KPI, OKRs?
🙋♀️ Is this action essential to YOUR job or part of your role as Chief X Officer or Managing Director?
🙋♀️ Is this project or opportunity, that seems profitable, essential to your long-term vision?
And if it's not essential. Delete it.
Deleting things that aren't absolutely essential to your goals, role and vision will allow you to DOUBLE the time invested in the things that are.
And that's how you stop feeling frustrated.
That's how you stop getting bogged down in the details.
That's how you start delivering remarkable results faster.
Re-decide what is essential. Every. Single. Day.
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Focus! We all want more of it. But there are just so many distractions.
What I find my clients doing often is trying to remove all of these distractions. However, that is literally impossible. Instead, I teach them how to build the skill of focus.
In this episode you'll learn:
- How your brain creates distractions and what you can do about them
- The misconception we all have about focus
- The free and simple tool to keep you focused on deep work tasks
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Do you find it difficult to say "no"?
Do you sometimes put off saying "no" because you think you might hurt someone's feelings?
Or perhaps you don't say "no" to things because you think you'll have enough time to do it all (and then regret it later)?
If this is you - listen to this episode - and then ask yourself the questions at the end of the episode to change how you feel about saying "no" forever.
I know you’re probably working towards your quarterly or bi-annual or annual goals, KPIs or OKRs.
Whatever goal you’re working towards right now - I bet you have experienced some form of procrastination.
The stats show that around 88% of people say they procrastinate for at least 1 hour every day. And more people struggle with procrastination than suffer from alcoholism, substance abuse and depression.
In the workplace, 80% of employees say they procrastinate between 1 to 4 hours on any given work day. And if we were to look at the cost of this if an employee is procrastinating just 1 hour per day this costs companies around £5 000 - £20 000 per worker, per year.
If you’re looking to procrastinate less for yourself or your team, then in this podcast you'll discover:
- The one underlying reason we all procrastinate (it's not laziness or lack of self-control)
- The reasons we are sometimes not aware that we are procrastinating until it's too late
- How to create awareness to stop procrastination before it starts
- What to do when you find yourself procrastinating
Very often we think about our goal in 1 stage/moment where we actually succeed. And yet our goal is so much more than that - in fact, it is the work and effort that precedes the attainment of it that makes up the most of our energy and effort that we expend.
Everything that precedes the achievement of the goal itself is the most important part because it is what actually allows us to achieve the goal.
So when you’re listening to this episode, I’d like you to be thinking about your specific goal that you are working on right now. Perhaps this is a work goal or a strategic project or perhaps this is a larger 5-year vision for yourself or your organisation. Or you can even think about a smaller personal goal or habit.
By understanding and intentionally focussing on each of those stages, you can double or even quadruple your motivational thoughts about your goal.
This will help to keep you on track, build your consistency and create faster progress.
Let me know what you think?
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How long do new habits really take?
21 days? Guess again.
Research has shown that it takes on average much longer than that.
But the real problem is impatience.
We expect our new habits or change or activities that we are working on to be perfect immediately.
We get impatient when we don't see results or evidence that things are working quickly.
And when that happens we stop working on the habit because we think it's not working instead of pushing through a little longer.
In this episode, I'm going to share the truth about how long it takes to form a new habit and what this can mean about our expectations of ourselves to see results quickly.
Research article: How are habits formed? Modelling habit formation in the real world
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Where in your life and work do you often find yourself apologising?
Being late?
Missed deadlines?
Poor communication?
Apologising is important and can build trust and respect in certain situations.
BUT… when you are constantly apologising for the same thing over and over again, it can have the opposite effect.
Because continuing to apologise for the same type of event is meaningless when there is no action to change your behaviour.
In fact, it can hinder your success.
In the episode you'll learn:
- The way to identify the real reason you're apologising for a behaviour
- The 3 options to move forward with what you apologise for
- When you might consider NOT apologising for something
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There is a word that we all use in our day-to-day lives that creates a lot of the overwhelming feelings we feel.
When we say this word we feel powerless and out of control.
And just by changing this 1 word, you will feel so much better about your day. And when you feel good you always produce better results.
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Want to know how to plan your week for maximum productivity?
This is the Simple Planning Method for leaders who don't have time to waste on new apps or software.
A large part of why we are so stressed at work is because we think that we aren't achieving enough. So we busy ourselves with lots of busy work that actually doesn't produce outcomes or results and then we feel exhausted and stressed and we still haven’t achieved enough. Creating this vicious circle of stress and busyness that you feel you can’t get out of.
This planning method will take care of that - if focuses your energy and attention on creating outputs and on productivity that achieves results. And when you’re doing that, creating impactful and faster results, then you can release the pressure and enjoy your life-work balance without guilt.
Listen to the episode to discover:
- How to significantly increase your productivity with just 1 hour a week
- How to focus on delivering more strategic and important projects
- What to do to feel more in control of your work and life
- How to reduce your urgency, pressure and stress
P.S. You don't need any fancy software or apps or planners to use this method. It's simple and can be used by anyone in any industry for any type of task.
Why do we do things we don’t want to do during our working day? Why do we do things that take us away from what we actually want to be doing.
For instance:
Why do we try and multi-task when we know it’s not beneficial?
Why do we check our emails every 11 minutes instead of focussing and completing what’s in front of us?
Why do we say yes to tasks that aren’t aligned with our strategic focus areas?
Why do we get distracted so easily?
Why do we do the quick fix task when we should rather delegate it to someone else?
Why do we randomly grab our phones and scroll on social media for up to 2 hours every day?
Why do we respond to emails, messages and calls when they could probably wait until later?
Why do we accept and join every meeting request that comes in when we know we don’t really have to attend every single one?
Most leaders and execs that I speak to tell me that they want to have more time for strategic work and thinking time. They want the space to plan and think more every week.
The problem? Distractions and distracting activities that keep us busy.
In this episode you'll discover:
- The real reason we are so easily distracted (it's not what you think)
- How to override your brain when you get distracted
- The 6 steps you can take to stop doing the things you don't want to do so that you have more time for strategic and thinking work
Yes, we can work better and yes we can work less.
But the truth is many of us work too much.
And many of us work too much, keeping ourselves very busy, AND without being as productive as we could be.
But, if you want to know how to work better by working less, first we have to understand WHY we are working too much.
Listen to the podcast to discover why you might be working too much.
You'll learn:
- The limiting belief that drives you to take on too much work than is realistically possible
- The real reason you spend too much time on low-impact low-return tasks
- How to significantly reduce mental exhausation after your work week
I read somewhere a long while ago that Time is our most valuable commodity. It’s more valuable than money. We can always make more money, but we can never make more time. Once it’s gone it’s gone. And that’s so true.
In this episode we will be exploring the true value of time and why productivity is your key to creating more value in less time.
Plus we will chat in detail about the 1 habit that anyone can master to be super productive.
If you want to achieve anything in your life - any goal; any project; any dream - there is only one thing you need to focus on in order to be successful.
It's so much easier when you just have to focus on one thing right?
Yes! And there really is just one thing. This is the one thing that is responsible for the most amazing feats of success in the world.
It's one thing that all of us can practice and get better at.
I'll share that one thing with you right here in Episode 3 of Less Stress, More Success.
In this episode, we will be discussing the secret of success.
And no, it's not any of these:
- Having a lot of money to invest in your goals
- Having a lot of time to invest in your goals
- Having support from the people around you
- Having everyone always say "yes" to help or buy from you
It's something we all have access to and something we all can do and do well with practice.
Follow this podcast to learn how you can have less stress and more success in your life!
I'll be sharing mindset, productivity and innovation strategies to help you overcome self-doubt, procrastination and overwhelm so that you can start having more authentic success in your life.
Distraction is one of the biggest enemies of productivity. So why are we so distracted even when we've blocked social media notifications and even when we've settled down for some deep thinking work?
There are a few subtle reasons why we are so easily distracted and once you know about them you're able to better identify them and do something about it.