076: How to Be Present

The Intentional Advantage

Tanya Dalton

Productivity, 790708, Tanyadalton, Inkwellpress, Management, Education, Self-improvement, Business

4.6 • 605 Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2018

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Do you ever get to the end of the day and have a dissatisfaction with your day even though you were constantly getting things done? We are constantly hearing the buzz words “busy” & “hustle” in our day to day lives, but those words are meaningless if you’re not getting meaningful or important things done. Today on the podcast, I’m sharing what it means to be present & how when productivity is combined with presence, it leads to accomplishments that are worthwhile and meaningful.

What’s In This Episode:

Accomplishing meaningful goals through combining productivity and presence
What it really means to be present
Recognizing stumbling blocks through being present
Be deliberate with your time: How to check in with yourself + a FREE Download
Actionable ways you can be more present and cultivate a happier life

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to Productivity Paradox from Inkwell Press, a podcast focused on finding success and happiness through the power of productivity.
0:09.1	Each season, Tanya focuses on specific strategies to help you discover your own priorities and purpose.
0:14.6	Season six is all about turning your stumbling blocks into starting blocks.
0:19.0	You can also join Tanya for more interaction and support in her
0:21.9	free Facebook group at Incwellpress.com slash group. And now here's your host, Tanya Dalton.
0:29.1	Hello, hello, everyone. Welcome to Productivity Paradox. I'm your host, Tanya Dalton, owner of
0:35.3	Inquell Press, and this is episode 76. Today's episode is brought to you
0:40.6	by Blue Apron, and I'll be sharing later on in the show how you can get $30 off your first box.
0:47.3	Today, though, I want to talk about how to be present. You see, my son, Jack, has stopped calling me mommy. There was no fanfare or confetti,
0:57.8	no bells going off, that last moment that he chose to use that title with me. I have no idea
1:04.2	what was the last day for him to bestow that moniker on me. I just remember him calling down the stairs, and I don't even
1:12.7	remember what he asked me about that day, but I do clearly remember that he called me mom.
1:18.7	And I looked over at John and said, he called me mom, and I sat there a little dumbfounded,
1:25.7	and I wondered, when did this happen? So I flipped through the card
1:30.5	catalog in my brain. Is it just me who imagines myself flipping through cards of information
1:35.8	until I finally hold the right one up triumphantly? And I started feverishly tearing apart the
1:42.1	stack of cards in my brain. I was scouring for these moments
1:45.5	where he had referred to me as mommy. And then I realized it had apparently been a while. And this is a
1:52.3	good thing. I have to remind myself. After all, Jack is a teenager. I should have known this was
1:58.0	going to happen. It would be strange for a high school kid to call his mom mommy.
2:02.6	And let's be honest, I wouldn't want him to.
2:04.6	Like at the age of 30, refer to me as mommy.
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