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How to Be Awesome at Your Job

417: Managing Infinite Expectations with Laura Vanderkam

How to Be Awesome at Your Job

How to be Awesome at Your Job

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4.51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Laura Vanderkam reveals time management wisdom as presented in her charming new fable, Juliet’s School of Possibilities.   You'll Learn: A handy mantra to keep choices in perspective How  to better handle your email  inbox The most useful questions for directing your time   About Laura: Laura is the author of several time management and productivity books, like Off the Clock: Feel Less Busy While Getting More Done, I Know How She Does It: How Successful Women Make the Most of Their Time, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think. Laura’s work has appeared in publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, City Journal, Fortune, and Fast Company. She has appeared on numerous television programs, radio segments, and has spoken about time and productivity to audiences of all sizes. Her TED talk, “How to gain control of your free time,” has been viewed more than 5 million times. She is the co-host, with Sarah Hart-Unger, of the podcast Best of Both Worlds.   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep417 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the How to Be Awesome at Your Job Podcast, the show where brilliant professionals share how to sharpen the universal skills required to flourish at work.

0:10.0

Enjoy more career fun, wins, meaning, and money.

0:14.0

With your host, Pete McKitis.

0:16.1

Hello and thanks for joining us here for episode 417.

0:22.2

We got Laura Vandercam back. This time she is sharing some more time

0:26.0

management wisdom as presented in her lovely little fable called Juliet's School of

0:30.2

Possibilities. You'll learn one a handy mantra to keep your choices in

0:33.8

perspective. Two, how to better handle your email inbox and three the most useful

0:38.2

questions for directing your time. So if you want to check out the show notes of the

0:41.4

transcripts or the links to as we've referenced.

0:43.7

It's over to also to make your job.com slash F- 417.

0:47.4

Now here's Laura's story.

0:48.9

Laura is the author of several time management and productivity books such as off the clock feel less busy

0:53.7

while getting more done. I know how she does it how successful women make the most

0:56.9

of their time and what the most successful people do before breakfast and

1:01.0

168 hours.

1:02.6

You have more time than you think.

1:04.2

Laura's work has appeared at publications

1:05.8

including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal,

1:07.4

USA Today, City Journal, Fortune and Fast Company.

1:10.0

She's appeared on numerous television programs,

1:12.0

radio segments, and has spoken about time and productivity to audiences of all sizes.

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