3630: The Power of Timers by Rose Lounsbury on Boosting Productivity and Reducing Stress

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🗓️ 12 June 2025

⏱️ 10 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 3630: Rose Lounsbury shares how simple strategies like setting timers, applying the Two-Minute Rule, and minimizing distractions can boost productivity and lower stress. By creating a sense of urgency and focus, these techniques help streamline tasks and prevent perfectionism from hijacking your time. Original post: https://roselounsbury.com/the-power-of-timers/ Quotes to ponder: "If a task will take you less than two minutes to complete, do it now!" "Setting a timer can create this same sense in your daily life." "If you are going to give yourself time limits for tasks, you must spend all of that time on that task." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:24.0	The Power of Timers by Rose Lounsbury of Rose Lounsbury.com.
1:33.3	I have 45 minutes to type this. No more, no less. Why? Because I set a timer and I'm not allowing myself to spend more than that amount of time on this task. If you haven't guessed,
1:39.0	today I'm going to tell you how time limits can help you accomplish more and stress less
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