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3 Steps to Protect Time for Your Biggest Priorities As leaders—especially leaders who have busy families—the calendar can spiral out of control very quickly. It doesn’t take long before you’re dropping important personal or family events. As a top executive and mother of four, Meg has mastered the art of taming a chaotic calendar. In this episode, captured live at the Achieve Conference, she shares three steps for protecting your highest priorities. When we’re done, you’ll have the confidence to know that you not missing out on what’s most important. And you’ll have the freedom to be fully present wherever you are.

Michael Hyatt & Co. Helped Lasso My Calendar In 2016, I left the office work-setting to embark on a completely different career in a new field. I was no longer an employee with supervisors assessing my performance and productivity, but rather working from home as my own boss. It was great, but I didn’t foresee how much I relied on the rhythm of an office to keep me focused and from being overwhelmed by work. Or how easy it was to slip into essentially working at all waking hours and not giving full attention to my family during down time. I always considered myself an organized person, and by nature a “planner,” so how could my days fall so quickly into overwhelming disarray? “ I see there are free seminars available online as well as Free to Focus Live happening this November. —ANDREA RUTH Over the next two years, I struggled with feeling constantly overwhelmed by work and separating it from family time. As someone with a history of diagnosed anxiety ...

By Leo Babauta I was having a discussion with a friend recently who is holding himself back from doing the purposeful work he thinks he wants to pursue. What’s holding him back? Fear of putting himself out there in public. Fear of failure. Fear of being judged. Fear of choosing the wrong path. Fear of not being good enough. Do any of these fears sound familiar? They’re very common, and hold a lot of people back from pushing themselves into the discomfort and uncertainty of meaningful work. These fears cause us to procrastinate, distract ourselves, comfort ourselves with food and social media and shopping and games, avoid even thinking about it, and beat ourselves up for not doing anything. If we could deal with these fears, we’d be rock stars. I’d like to share a few techniques that will help, if you put them into practice. Exposure Therapy: Don’t Start at the Superbowl Most people make the mistake of imagining themselves at the scariest part of the journey of their meaningful...

I recently asked a question in the Get Busy Living Facebook group about what’s your biggest struggle right now. There was a variety of answers but there was one answer that many gave. They felt stuck in life. This is a common struggle. We don’t know what to do and we’re stuck in our heads trying to figure it out. In this episode, I share how you can overcome feeling stuck and talk more about why you are never stuck and it’s just based on your thoughts. I hope you enjoy this episode! Join the free Get Busy Living group Are you on Facebook already? If so, join the Get Busy living community there. Click here to join right now . Subscribe to the Show To make sure you don’t miss a single episode of the podcast, subscribe with your favorite platform. iTunes  – Sticher  – RSS Review the Podcast in iTunes If you enjoyed the show, please  rate and review my podcast in iTunes . This will help tremendously in getting the word out. Thank you!

Find out how a simple hashtag can help a bunch of kids tally one BILLION acts of peace in ten days—starting today—with #DoItForPeace. The post Kids to Tally One Billion Acts of Peace in Just 10 Days, Starting Now–Let’s All Join Them! (Podcast) appeared first on Good News Network .

When leaders are driven to succeed, it’s easy to resort to power tactics to drive the team forward. While high achievers always thrive on a challenge, they also need more subtle encouragements to keep them energized. In this episode, we’ll show you the very best way to call forth the very best from your team.

10 Ways to Dial It Down from America’s Founding CEO When George Washington was a teenager, he both copied out by hand and tweaked 110 “rules of civility and decent behavior.” These rules had been compiled by Jesuits in late 16th century France and made the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. Manners were up in the air in this new world when Washington put quill to paper. You see, manners were designed for men of high standing, determined by birth. “Court”-liness literally referred to a king or nobleman’s court and how one should act in that context. What was expected of most commoners was not really manners but deference. You can see this in some of the rules that Washington copied out. For instance, rule 26 began, “In pulling off your hat to persons of distinction, as noblemen, justices, churchmen, and company, make a reverence bowing more or less according to the custom of the better bred…” Manners for everyone But you can also see a break from hard caste in the very next sente...

By Leo Babauta I was boarding an airplane today, and the woman ahead of me had a huge travel pillow, a blanket, and a few other items designed to give her maximum comfort on the flight. Someone I know was about to go on a trip, and they spent a month worrying about whether they would have everything they could possibly need to be comfortable. Most of us are like this: we spend a good amount of time and effort worrying about our comfort, and a good amount of money buying things (and carrying things) that will ensure we have a coccoon of comfort surrounding us at all times. This is understandable, and I say it all without judgment. It’s how we react to the insecurity of travel, of doing something we’re not used to doing, of not knowing how to deal with a situation. The insecurity of everyday life. Myself, I go into research mode, trying to find out everything I can about an insecure situation. Then I might go into buying mode, getting the gear I need to make myself more secure. Then ...

5 Other Currencies to Motivate People A surprising number of people are not primarily motivated by money. In fact, some studies have found that there is only a weak connection between job satisfaction and salary level. And yet, the primary way that we attempt to motivate employees in the white-collar world is through extrinsic means: bonuses, stock awards, and benefits packages. While these rewards may entice an employee to seek you out for a job, they are not necessarily what will make people stay, and prosper. So what does work? Here are 5 strategies that I have found to motivate team members that don’t involve money. The gains to your team, however, are very real. “ Your first job as a manager of new people is to find out what your employees’ intrinsic triggers are —HEATHER ROSCOE 1. Identify their intrinsic motivators Your first job as a manager of new people is to find out what your employees’ intrinsic triggers are. These could be the feeling of c...

6 Ways to Soldier On The United States Military Academy is an elite, selective institution with an acceptance rate of less than 10 percent. Despite this, not everyone who matriculates graduates. Psychologists Amy Wrzesniewski and Barry Schwartz decided to find out why. Drawing on 14 years of data detailing the motivations and outcomes of over 10,000 cadets, they found intrinsic motivation to be the driving force of success. External motivators, even when found in parallel to strong indications of intrinsic motivation, increased the probability of dropping out. This is one of many studies that point to an important shift in how we understand motivation. Limitations of extrinsic motivation All activities have consequences, some natural and others manipulated. Work earns money, things we do might make our parents proud, and sometimes we get ourselves to the gym with a promise of deliciousness afterwards. These external consequences can easily become our motivation for doing things, ...

The female physicist responsible for one of the most important discoveries of the 20th century is finally getting the recognition she deserves, after a man earned the Nobel Prize for her work 44 years ago. The post A Man Got the Nobel Prize for Her Discovery. Now, 44 Years Later, She’s Awarded Breakthrough Physics Prize and $3Mil (Podcast) appeared first on Good News Network .

One of the most inspiring stories to come out of 9/11 is the investment banking firm that lost 66 employees in the World Trade Center. Their response will echo for a century as the most memorable investment they would ever make. The post Special on 9/11: After Losing 66 People, Investment Bankers Make Most Memorable Investment They’d Ever Make (Podcast) appeared first on Good News Network .

By Leo Babauta Today Eva and I decided at the last minute to move our round-the-world trip up two days early, to avoid running into a strong typhoon that was headed our way. Luckily, we travel lightly and are flexible enough that the switch in plans wasn’t too difficult. We put up some typhoon shutters, bought our kids some food to eat as they weather out the storm with their grandma, and packed our bags. Through all of this, we felt tremendous groundlessness , leaving our kids as the storm approached (though we know they’ll be safe), going into Africa armed with typhoid and yellow fever vaccinations and a handful of malaria pills, a bunch of work left undone as we headed to the airport. What is helping us in this time of chaos and uncertainty, in this time of groundlessness … is two things: Having the flexibility of traveling lightly; and Grounding ourselves in the center of the storm of our lives. I’d like to share a little about these, because I believe they have larger le...

4 Ways to Make Fewer, Better Choices Think back to the last decision you made. What were your options? How did you choose what to do? Most importantly, was the outcome of this decision instrumental in building your life, productivity, or happiness? Unless I caught you at a particularly productive or essential moment, probably not. Most of the decisions we make are inherently unimportant: pants or shorts, walk or bike, read or retire. It isn’t that we don’t make important decisions, we just make so many unimportant ones. You likely skipped clear past a number of these inconsequential choices when I asked you to think of the last decision you made, but ignoring them is a mistake. The act of decision making, even when small, contributes to decision fatigue. Defining decision fatigue Dr. Jean Twenge, who is now well known for her work on generational differences, wasn’t always a sought after psychologist and influential speaker. Years ago, she was a new bride and postdoctoral fellow ...