506: Finding the Joy of Missing Out with Tonya Dalton (Host of Productivity Paradox)
How to Be Awesome at Your Job
How to be Awesome at Your Job
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🗓️ 25 October 2019
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Tonya Dalton explains how to overcome the fear of missing out and stop wasting time on things that don’t matter.
— YOU'LL LEARN —
1) Why you should embrace JOMO.
2) How to determine worthwhile opportunities.
3) How to say “no” without feeling guilty.
— ABOUT TONYA —
Tonya Dalton is a productivity expert, author, speaker and founder of inkWELL Press Productivity Co, a company centered around productivity tools and training. She released her first book, The Joy of Missing Out, with Harper Collins this month.
Tonya’s messages about business management, productivity, and the pursuit of passion have impacted thousands and inspired her to launch her podcast, Productivity Paradox which has surpassed more than 1.5 million downloads.
Tonya has been featured on Real Simple, Entrepreneur, Inc., Cheddar, Lauren Conrad, and Fast Company among other places. In 2019, Tonya received the Enterprising Woman of the Year Award and was named North Carolina's Female Entrepreneur to Watch by The Ladders.
• Tonya’s book: The Joy of Missing Out: Live More by Doing
• Tonya’s website: joyofmissingout.com
• Tonya’s website: tonyadalton.com
— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —
• Study: “Integrating Knowledge of Multitasking and Interruptions Across Different Perspectives and Research Methods” by CP Janssen, et al.
• Tool: Eisenhower matrix
• Book: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
• Book: Atomic Habits: Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
• Book: Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware
• Book: The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
• Previous episode: 364: Overcoming Overwhelm with Tonya Dalton
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the How to Be Awesome at Your Job Podcast, |
| 0:04.0 | the show where brilliant professionals share how to sharpen the universal skills |
| 0:08.0 | required to flourish at work. |
| 0:10.0 | Enjoy more career fun, wins, meaning, and money. |
| 0:14.0 | With your host, Pete McKitis. |
| 0:19.0 | Hello and thanks for joining us for episode five hundred six with Tanya Dalton. |
| 0:23.0 | Tanya is talking about the joy of missing out. |
| 0:25.1 | So you'll learn one why you should embrace Jomo. |
| 0:28.0 | Two, how to determine worthwhile opportunities and three how to say no |
| 0:32.1 | without feeling guilty. |
| 0:33.4 | So if you'd like to take a look at the show notes or the transcript or the links to |
| 0:36.4 | ours we have referenced they are at awesome at your job.com slash ep 506. |
| 0:41.3 | Now here's Tanya's story. Tanya Dalton is a productivity expert, author, speaker, and |
| 0:45.8 | founder of Incwell Press Productivity Co, a company centered around productivity tools and |
| 0:50.3 | training. She released her first book, The Joy of Missing Out with |
| 0:53.3 | Harper Collins this month. Tanya's messages about business |
| 0:56.3 | management, productivity, and the pursuit of passion have impacted thousands |
| 0:59.6 | and inspired her to launch her podcast, Productivity Paradox, which has surpassed more than 1.5 million downloads. |
| 1:06.0 | Tanya has been featured on Real Simple, Entrepreneur, Inc. Cheddar, Lauren Conrad, and Fast Company, |
| 1:10.9 | among other places. |
| 1:12.0 | And in 2019, Tanya received the Enterprising Woman of the Year Award |
| 1:16.0 | and it was named North Carolina's female entrepreneur to watch by the ladders. |
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