3354: Could Eleven Minutes Change Your Life by Michelle McQuaid of Live Happy on Self-Help

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🗓️ 13 October 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3354: Michelle McQuaid reveals how incorporating an 11-minute daily strengths habit transformed her life, moving her from a job she disliked into one that truly utilized her strengths. By understanding how habits work and anchoring new behaviors to everyday cues, you too can create small but impactful changes that align your work and life with your natural talents. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.livehappy.com/could-eleven-minutes-change-your-life/ Quotes to ponder: "Discover what your strengths are. Use them as you move through each day. Then luxuriate in the success and joy of doing what you love." "It took almost exactly one year for my boss to move me out of the job I didn’t like and into a new role where my strengths could truly shine." "No matter what was going on, I could always find 11 minutes somewhere." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is optimal living daily.
0:03.0	Could 11 minutes change your life?
0:05.6	By Michelle McQuaid of Live Happy.com.
0:08.5	And I'm just a molecule very own personal narrator.
0:11.1	I read the best blogs that I can get permission from to you, covering productivity,
0:16.1	minimalism, personal development, all that fun stuff.
0:19.5	And with that let's get right to another post and start optimizing your life.
0:24.0	Could 11 minutes change your life by Michelle McQuaid of Live Happy.
0:32.0	com. When I first by Michelle McQuaid of Live Happy.com
0:34.0	When I first uncovered the science of strengths, those things we do well and actually enjoy,
0:40.0	I dreamed of spending more of my days in a blissful haze of fulfilling, joyful, and rewarding work.
0:47.0	It all seems so easy.
0:49.0	Discover what your strengths are.
0:51.0	Disturbingly, only one-third of us can actually answer this off the top of our heads,
0:56.0	use them as you move through each day, then luxuriate in the success and joy of doing what you love.
1:03.0	How hard could it be?
1:05.0	Turns out, it was much tougher than I thought.
1:08.0	You see, between a job I didn't really like, children to feed and a husband attend, I just couldn't seem to find the time to fit my
1:15.2	strengths in despite my best intentions after figuring out what my strengths actually
1:20.0	were weeks ticked by with no changes at all being made in my life. Sound familiar at all?
1:26.9	Convinced the payoff of increased engagement, easier goal achievement, lower stress and better overall well-being was too high to simply give
1:36.1	up, I became determined to find a busy-proof way of doing more of what I did best. I haven't yet found a way to manufacture more time, but I did stumble upon a secret to using my time more effectively.
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