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The Rachel Hollis Podcast

885 | 7 Unexpected Strategies That Will Make You More Productive

The Rachel Hollis Podcast

Rachel Hollis

Health And Wellness, How To, Education, Spirituality, Relationships, Personal Development, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Personal Growth, Self-improvement

4.616.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of The Rachel Hollis Podcast, Rachel explores unconventional productivity strategies to enhance work-life balance. She shares personal anecdotes to emphasize the importance of setting boundaries, breaking down tasks, outsourcing weaknesses, and scheduling fun. Get your copy of Rachel's New Book Here: Audible, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Millon, Bookshop.org, or wherever books are sold! 01:03 Welcome and Podcast Subscription Request 01:59 Productivity Insights and Personal Anecdotes 08:28 Contrarian Productivity Strategies 08:48 Break Up with Negative Influences 11:41 Create a 'To-Don't' List 16:14 Schedule Fun First 20:51 Borrow a Room for Productivity 22:47 Outsource Your Weakest 10% 27:30 Start Ugly: Embrace Imperfection 29:37 Shrink the Task: Small Wins for Big Changes Sign up for Rachel’s weekly email: https://msrachelhollis.com/insider/ Call the podcast hotline and leave a voicemail! Call (737) 400-4626 Watch the podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RachelHollisMotivation/videos Follow along on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/MsRachelHollis 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

Could I write a chapter?

0:21.9

I don't really want to. It's like, you know, like I said, it's Friday. I did have some coffee, but I don't really want to write a chapter. That feels like a lot. Could I write five pages? Maybe. Five pages is no big deal. Could you write a page, Rach. Could you write a page? Yeah, I can write a freaking page. Yeah, I'll get you a page.

0:27.6

This is how I can talk myself down. I can keep chunking until it's smaller and smaller that I'll actually start the task. Here is the beauty of that. I've never one time only written a page.

0:34.2

Just like if you chunk your thing down into smaller and smaller pieces, you're never just going to read one sentence in a book.

0:40.3

But I guarantee whatever you get yourself to do, even if it isn't the full enchilada that you wanted it to be yet, you will do more than you would have done if you sat there procrastinating.

0:53.3

Small wins compound into big changes.

1:02.0

Hey guys, it's Rach. Welcome to the show. I'm so glad that you're here with us today.

1:09.0

And I have a favor, which sounds kind of harsh if we just met,

1:12.8

but I'm assuming that most of you have been a part of this community for a hot minute.

1:17.2

And so I gotta ask, are you subscribed to the podcast?

1:21.6

Subscribing to the podcast you listen to regularly is one of the best things that you can do for hosts like me. It helps to support

1:29.2

the show and the staff that works on it. It ensures that you never miss an episode when we drop a new one.

1:35.7

And here's a cool thing about subscribing. If you do it and then you hate this show, just unsubscribe.

1:42.1

It's one click away. In the meantime, if you're listening, we would

1:45.7

so appreciate it if you would just tap that button and make it official.

1:59.4

Hey guys, it's Rach. Welcome to another episode of the podcast and one of your top five

2:07.6

favorite topics, productivity. That's what we're talking about today. And we're going to hold for

2:12.6

one second as my child brings me a coffee. Thank you, Jackson.

2:17.0

You're welcome.

2:18.0

I podcast.

2:19.6

We're going to leave that in.

2:21.0

They can hear your beautiful voice.

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