How You Can Better Control Your Time [Podcast S03E01]

Welcome to Season 3, Episode 1 of the This Is Your Life podcast. In this first episode of the season Michele Cushatt and I discuss how to make sure the urgent doesn’t crowd out the important.

The truth is that when it comes to how you spend your time, you have a choice. You can either live in proactive mode, according to a plan you’ve developed or you can live in reactive mode, according to the demands of others.

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In this episode, you’ll discover:

How time is similar to money: if you want to control it, you have to spend it on paper before you spend it in reality.

Why margin is critically important and how you can build it into your schedule—even if you now feel overwhelmed.

How a simple Excel spreadsheet can help you plan your “Ideal Week” and make sure you schedule your most important commitments first.

How you can organize your week around daily themes and focus areas so you are more productive and efficient.

How you can solicit the help of your colleagues and support staff, so they are helping you stay focused and on-task.

You can get better at controlling your time. All you need is the intention, the right tool, a little planning, and the support of the people closest to you.

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You can download a complete, word-for-word transcript of this episode here, courtesy of Ginger Schell, a professional transcriptionist, who does all my transcriptions.

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Binge on All 13 Episodes!

If you want to listen to more episodes, you will find all thirteen audio episodes of Season 3 here. I release the video episodes weekly, as they are not yet available for batch listening. If you are looking for previous episodes, you can find Season 0 here, Season 1 here, and Season 2 here.

Explore Additional Resources

In this episode we mentioned the following resources:

eBook: Inside My ToolBox

Software: RescueTime

Video: Put the Big Rocks in First, inspired by Stephen Covey (Sadly, Dr. Covey's version of this is no longer available on YouTube.)

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