Today Cara wants to talk to you about productivity tips to amplify your time blocks. She talks a lot about time blocking here because time blocking is where it's at.

Time blocking is the one thing that's going to help you take your productivity to the next level.

But there are some really cool tips and hacks you can add to your blocks, like the microwave minute and focus tasking that Cara talks about in this, which is chapter six of the 15 Minute Formula, her book, which is subtitled, how Busy Moms Can Ditch the Guilt, say Yes To What Matters, and Conquer They're Go Goals.

 

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Are you frustrated by not being able to find a book on productivity for moms? The productivity book space feels geared towards that hustle-and-go lifestyle. That 5:00 AM or you’ll never be successful — type attitude.   We don't subscribe to that over here at A Purpose Driven Mom. So today we are going to share Chapter one of, The 15 Minute Formula — written by Cara Harvey! (which you can get over on Amazon). Cara will be reading chapter one, which is something we've never shared here in the podcast.   This chapter is all about crafting a vision and we thought it was the right time of year to share this as we are wrapping up the year and ready to pick a word of the year.   Let’s get it started and create your “perfect” life.  

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Working from home can be a challenge. Add in your kids, life interruptions, and general managing of all the things at home and it's a recipe for disaster.

  One of the biggest things and struggles that we hear over here at APDM is that the interruptions throw us off so much and we don't know how to get back on track. Everything here at APDM is a mix of intentionality and grace. It's the proactivity that allows us to get less stressed out, feel more in control when things throw us off and create a plan that makes sense. The 15 Minute Formula Book by: Cara Harvey https://apurposedrivenmom.com/book FREE GOAL-SETTING SERIES: https://apurposedrivenmom.com/goals A PURPOSE-DRIVEN MOM SHOW NOTES: apurposedrivenmom.com/podcast281

Today I wanna teach you a brand new system called ‘My Tier System’ that you can use to prioritize your goals. This conversation happened yesterday on a coaching call where someone had asked me this question that I get a lot.

➡️ "What do you do when you have ALL these goals?" I came up with this method, I thought this was good and wanted to share it with you today.

  Because I think that a lot of times we get stuck in this place of overwhelm because we have too many goals! You have all these things you wanna accomplish in your business and your home before the end of the year, and everything feels urgent all the time.   This tier system is gonna allow you to take all the goals that you've brain-dumped and make them make sense. Create the hierarchy, and let it all, kind of fit together.   Listen in as I break down this system for tiering your goals to stop the goal overwhelm.  

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Today I'm gonna be sharing with you my good, better, best model and how you can use it for your goals and help you actually make some traction on all those things that matter. This came out of a conversation that I was having on one of our coaching calls in the Purpose Driven Mom Club. What do you do when your day gets thrown off? How do I not lose that momentum on your goals? We know that motivation's fickle. I think often in the productivity space, we're telling people to lean on our motivation or, you just want it bad enough. But what if instead of shaming people for not completing their goals, we switch things around? What if instead, we came up with a good, better, best models to use inside your goals? Because the thing is, life's gonna throw you curve balls. So why not be prepared?

 

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Today we are going to talk about the first step you need to plan your business for the year. I know the year is not over, but as a business owner, you need to start thinking about what you want next year to look like. When we talk about yearly planning it’s less stressful for you because you've made a simple step-by-step plan. Planning gets you out of, “I'm always behind” mode, and the reason I recommend you start planning for the year now in November is so that you can do it slowly over the course of the next two months. Year planning, is intense and it takes you some time, so let’s get started right now to create that big vision for your business.

 

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Today I wanna give you a quick tip on how to use admin blocks inside of your business. One of the things that is key when you become a new entrepreneur, when you're working from home and when you're trying to manage, is making sure you're not spending every day working IN the tiny details of your business but giving yourself space to work ON the big picture. I made this mistake the first couple of years, but admin blocks are the absolute key to becoming and stepping into the CEO role of your company. Whether you're just starting out, or you've been doing this for years. If you don't want this to be a hobby if you're hoping to make money, make an impact, and make a difference. You'll need to look at it like you're a CEO, and one of the ways to not get lost in the day-to-day is to schedule out what I call an admin block. So what is an actual admin block? Listen in and be inspired.

 

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Today I'm talking with Danielle Bettman about how we can start to have some intentional time with our kids as we go into the holiday season. I don't know about you, but our schedules have been booked solid lately, and as we get into November in December, it is just event after event, family things, birthday parties, and holidays, and it can be really hard to have that one-on-one time. I also noticed around this time, my kids get a little wacky, and I think a lot of it is stemmed from the fact that we're not having as much time one-on-one time together. Danielle is gonna help us figure out how to fit it in without playing Barbies on the floor for three hours. (because that is my least favorite thing) She really gives you a framework, but also flexibility when setting up rituals to help build a connection with your kids. Let’s jump in.

 

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Today we're gonna talk about why you should break your goals into 15-minute chunks, and how it is a game changer when it comes to running your business and your home. I know a lot of moms who, are just getting started in their businesses, and their thinking about, what can they do to be successful? How do they find the time? That's what we are talking about here at a Purpose Driven Mom. How do you find the time to grow your business while managing your home, taking care of yourself, and doing all the crazy demands that continue to be thrown at you? Today I wanna talk to you about the really quintessential piece of my method that I think is the game changer, and that's 15 minutes at a time.

The 15 Minute Formula Book by: Cara Harvey https://apurposedrivenmom.com/book FREE GOAL SETTING SERIES: https://apurposedrivenmom.com/goals A PURPOSE-DRIVEN MOM SHOW NOTES: apurposedrivenmom.com/podcast275

How can time blocking be a thing that really helps us amplify our productivity without leaving us at the bottom of the pile?

Today I am flipping the mic on myself and sharing with you an interview I did with the incredible Sarah Dalton. Sarah is the founder of Your Simply Big Life, which is an online community that empowers women to step out of the overwhelm and take ownership for their day. Her mission is to help busy moms make the most of their time and energy so that they can go after their big goals and be present for their family. Sarah and I connected when I did this interview for her show and it was so much fun. I loved talking with her and we had a great conversation about this topic of how do we use time blocking to make us more present and intentional? Listen in on this interview I did, on Sarah's podcast, which is called the Peace and Productivity Podcast.

 

The 15 Minute Formula Book by: Cara Harvey https://apurposedrivenmom.com/book FREE GOAL SETTING SERIES: https://apurposedrivenmom.com/goals A PURPOSE-DRIVEN MOM SHOW NOTES: apurposedrivenmom.com/podcast274