#451 - Permission to Not Be Great

The Lazy Genius Podcast

Kendra Adachi

Education, Arts

4.8 • 6.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

I’m all for setting goals, trying new things, and tracking what matters. Those are all good and worthy pursuits. But today, I want to offer you a little practical permission to not be great. I’ll even go first and share a few things I’m intentionally choosing to not be great at in this next season of life. Helpful Companion Links Order my book The PLAN or ask your library to consider carrying a copy. Sign up for our every-other-week podcast recap email called Latest Lazy Listens. Sign up for my once-a-month newsletter, The Latest Lazy Letter or if you just want to see what I’ve been reading lately, sign up for The Book List. Grab a copy of my book The Lazy Genius Kitchen or The Lazy Genius Way! (Affiliate links) Download a transcript of this episode. Want to share your Lazy Genius of the Week idea with us? Use this form to tell us about it. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi there. You're listening to the lazy genius podcast. I'm Kendra Adachi. This podcast isn't about
0:07.3	hacking the system to find more time or hacking your energy to get more done. Hustling to be the best
0:13.2	or to make the most out of every opportunity is exhausting and unsustainable. So here we do things
0:19.0	differently. On this show, we value contentment,
0:21.8	compassion, and living in our season. We favor small steps over big systems. Here we are lazy
0:28.5	geniuses, being a genius about the things that matter and lazy about the things that don't.
0:33.5	And I'm so glad you're here. Today is episode 451, permission to not be great. If there was ever a time
0:41.9	we needed such permission, it is the first Monday of a new year. Now, I am all for goals and wanting to
0:47.5	try new things and even track what matters to you. All of that's great. But today, I want to give you a little
0:54.1	practical permission to not be great. But today, I want to give you a little practical permission to not
0:55.7	be great. Plus, I'll share some things that I'm actively choosing to not be great at in this
1:01.8	upcoming season of life, because I think that matters. After the episode, we'll have a little
1:06.4	extra something where I am going to share with you what I think our lazy genius word of the month
1:13.4	could be. Last week, I shared my personal word for 2026. But I wonder if having a guiding word of the
1:22.1	month for us as a group who think about things this way, you know, who intentionally think about being a genius about the
1:28.7	things that matter and lazy about the things that don't. Having a guiding word for this month
1:33.8	in particular could be really important. So I'm going to share that word with you. After that,
1:38.6	we'll celebrate the lazy genius of the week, our first of 2026, which is truly a banger of a tip,
1:43.9	especially for people who tend to
1:45.5	over-schedule themselves. Then we'll end with a mini pep talk for when you wish you were
1:51.7	different, but can't exactly change it, which can be a frustrating energy, especially in January.
1:58.8	Now, before we get into all of that, if you have a little Christmas money
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