Rory Vaden talks about the problem with most time management strategies…that prioritizing doesn't create more time. You can't solve today's time management problems with yesterday's time management thinking. The old way of thinking only fosters an inappropriate amount of weight on urgency - what matters now - which then puts us in a state of stress from the start. Rory introduces a new, innovative concept of learning how to “multiply your time” today, and create even more time for you tomorrow.

We probably all know we need to be more organized. What we might not know is the impact our clutter is having on our mind, body, happiness, and productivity. And it all starts with looking inward and learning to love ourselves. On this episode, Dave recaps episodes 396-399, where guest Alison Kero shares easy and practical tips on organizing for mind, body & soul.

Alison Kero talks about some simple organizational strategies you can learn in addition to small, self-love based decisions that will help you to achieve a happier, healthier, more productive life. Always remember that you are worth it! The stuff isn’t worth it, but you are. It’s those small decisions of “I’m worth it” that lead to life opening up for you because you’ve said “Yes” to the things that are right for you.

Professional organizer Alison Kero talks about what tends to keep us stuck when we're trying to become more organized, and what we can do to move past the indecisiveness. For example: keeping something you're never going to use, thinking that "one day" it might come in handy, which then gives you permission to make no real decisions. Once you get organized, you’ll find yourself able to accomplish all the things you want, but with greater ease and much more joy.

Professional organizer Alison Kero teaches us how to make small, self-love based decisions to help us with our organization. When you constantly have in your head, “I’m going to choose what’s best for me in each and every moment” it’s going to make those tough decisions a lot easier. And when you start making better decisions based on self-love, it has an impact in every area of your life, including your organization.

Professional organizer Alison Kero talks about how and why are we accumulating so much clutter, and how it’s affecting our health, energy and productivity levels. Not only is it filling up our space in our homes, offices, and cars, but it’s starting to fill up our mental space as well. It’s also beginning to take a giant toll on our health (both mental, physical and spiritual), productivity and energy levels as well.

Clay Clark says you need to have more rocks in your schedule (you’ll understand what a “rock” is as you listen to the show.) His point is to fill up our schedule with the things that mean the most, rather than to allow our time to be filled with small distractions that keep us from accomplishing our big goals.

Tarun Stevenson says we should start being mindful and aware when we are in a conversation with others. Ask yourself, “Who’s voice do I hear most often?” Are you thinking about your next reply, or are you engaging with what the other person is saying? Most people’s words don’t reflect what’s on the inside or what they are experiencing emotionally. When we listen, we see past their words and get to the real person.

Tarun Stevenson says having faith in people goes beyond just speaking words of encouragement, or just thinking well of someone. It’s about putting into action those beliefs. Your actions follow your beliefs about who that person can be. You have to follow through and treat people the way you say and the way you believe they can be. Most people will respond to the level of expectation you put in front of them.

Tarun Stevenson says nurturing is taking the time to be able to see somebody as they could be, and not as they are, then working to help them become that person. It can be a sizable investment of time, but it’s about the long-term goal. Do you want these people in your life for a long time? Then you need to take the time and invest in them. It’s about being able to look into the future and say, “This person could be better than they are now, and I can be the person that helps them get there.”