The Intentional Advantage

In this week's mini-episode, I'm sharing a question from listener, Annie in Minnesota. She asks for ways to keep multiple work projects and little tasks organized so that she can work on them at the right times. I'm giving multiple tips for how you can map out your goals and projects using systems, and how to manage the time you allocate to those tasks.

Through these listener questions, you'll learn how to reduce the stress that comes when you're constantly trying to keep our personal, family and work lives organized. Sometimes it's difficult to maintain our productivity systems or to delegate to our kids or coworkers - especially during the busier seasons in our lives. I'm sharing my favorite strategies, productivity tools and how to assess what system you need in your environment.

What's In This Episode:

• How to keep up with your productivity systems and routines… even during your busiest times. • The key to consistently delegating tasks to your family (even young kids!) and your team at work. • Examples of how you can customize your productivity tools to help keep the different compartments of your life organized. • Tips for creating family meetings that will run smoothly, and leave you feeling satisfied instead of burnt out at the end of your day.

In this week's episode of The Week Ender, I wanted to build off of episode 38 and share one more app that I don't think many know about. Learn about the app you can use just like a walkie-talkie to chat with friends or discuss tasks with coworkers…. No matter where they are.

Become more organized and get your customized systems in place by using technology. Even if you love paper products, like we do, these tech strategies and tips will help boost your productivity at work and at home. I share several app recommendations and ideas you can start using today to manage your time and systems more effectively.

What's In This Episode:

• Creating and sharing a system within Google Drive and which tools are most helpful.
• Examples of how to use technology systems for home and personal life - not just work.
• Automating with Asana, allowing your teams (at home or work!) to collaborate, communicate and be accountable for tasks.
• How to manage your time wisely and bookmark resources using Pocket
• Why you should start using Reminders on your phone for time-based or location-based tasks.

In this mini-episode, I'm talking about delegation and what to do when a delegated task doesn't go the way you hoped. The solution isn't to just delegate the task back to yourself. Instead, I'll give you the three keys to turn the situation around and get the task completed in a positive way.

Learn why delegating to your team at work or home is an integral part of being productive and keeping up with your customized systems. I'm discussing the various barriers that keep people from delegating and how to persevere through those perceptions and assumptions. After listening to this episode, you'll understand the steps you can take to easily delegate to your team, allowing yourself to work more effectively on what matters most.

What's In This Episode: • How to empower and lead your team to work together and complete tasks. • Four main reasons why people don't delegate tasks and how to move past those perceptions. • Solutions for combating situations when you feel like you can't delegate. • Six kinds of tasks that are great to delegate to your team. • Strategizing the steps from start to finish for your delegations so you will see them through to the end.

It's common to feel overwhelmed or unsure where to begin when setting goals and trying to get started on tasks. Set yourself up for success by creating springboards for your personalized systems. The best part? There are many different kinds of springboards that you can learn about and implement today. Your processes will now work more effectively and you'll stay on track with your priorities, goals and projects.

What's In This Episode:

• Learn which areas in your life you should create springsboards for. • How the domino effect can work for your springboards and lifestyle. • How to find 'bottlenecks' in your systems and ways to move forward from them. • Examples of springboards in your business, work and home that will allow you to work more effectively.

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Learn how to use automations as a system that will help you with tasks that need to be done very week or every month. We're continuing our topic for this season all about personalized systems by discussing how automations can help you take the thinking out of it, as you break down and easily manage tasks, allowing you to complete any goal and project on time and without stress.

What's In This Episode:

• Eliminate decision fatigue by implementing automations into your lifestyle. • How to make sure automating tasks works for you at home and at work so that you always complete your tasks and projects. • Everyday examples of how I automate my chores, projects and tasks, and you can too. • Actionable tips and how to use your free download to help you create your own automation systems.

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How do we create and implement systems so that they are personalized and actually work for our environment? I'm answering listener questions about keeping up with systems when life happens or urgent items get in the way. In today's episode, you'll be able to relate to these real-life questions and examples of how you can maintain your customized systems with good habits through using actionable strategies.

What's In This Episode:

• How to maintain customized systems when your schedule is inconsistent or hectic. • Using your mission statement for daily planning to push you to your overall goals. • How productivity is about making time for yourself and hobbies, not just getting more done. • Ways to talk to your employer/manager about a monotasking system in the workplace with boundaries and without distractions. • How to implement organizing, cleaning and productivity into your household with spouses and children.

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Learn why the traditional to-do list is working against you. I'm showing you how to use a new system - the Priority List. This will allow to actually work toward the important items on your list, like your personal goals, instead of getting bogged down by Insignificant tasks. After this episode, you'll be inspired and ready to start tomorrow morning off with your new and personalized list that propels you forward toward goals and big projects.

What's In This Episode: • Why to-do lists don't really work in today's society and workplaces. • Understand and combat that feeling that tasks are always eating away at you. • How to work more effectively by using the three priority levels that keep your tasks organized. • Everyday examples of how you can respond to Insignificant tasks so that you can focus on the Important ones. • Tips on how to begin using this new system in any area of your life.

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