ATG 35: 4 ways to master the art of Strategic Boredom

All It Takes Is A Goal

Jon Acuff

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🗓️ 23 August 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

When’s the last time you were really bored? If you’re like me, it’s probably the last time you were in the shower. That seems to be the only time when I’m not trying to maximize productivity by multi-tasking or listening to an audiobook or podcast.

Most of us have packed our lives so full of activities that we don’t have a lot of room left for the quiet, often necessary groundswell of creativity. Creativity needs boredom, but there’s a way to be strategic about it. Listen to the episode for four ways you can refill your creative tank by tapping into the power of strategic boredom.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone and welcome to the All It Takes as a Gold Podcast, the best place in the entire world, including all of Canada.
0:09.0	To learn how to build new thoughts, new actions, and new results.
0:18.0	I'm your host John A.Cuff and today I want to talk about strategic boredom and a phone call I watched a billionaire take a few years ago
0:27.0	and why I was surprised to get a thank you note recently.
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