Deep Dive with Kendra Adachi on Thoughtful Time Management

Kelly Corrigan Wonders

Kelly Corrigan Show

Society & Culture

4.9 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Kelly talks with Kendra Adachi (The Lazy Genius), who challenges everything we've been taught about productivity and time management. Together, they explore why traditional approaches aren't working for women's lives, and offer a revolutionary new framework for finding contentment in the chaos. Kelly and Kendra discuss Kendra's new book The Plan and look at how to stop treating exhaustion as a status symbol and start embracing a more integrated approach to daily life. It's an honest conversation about redefining what a successful life really looks like, perfect for anyone seeking a more compassionate way to navigate their time and energy. (Previously aired) 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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0:31.0	Welcome to Kelly Corrigan Wonders.
0:33.0	I'm Kelly Corrigan, and today I'm wondering about time management, and specifically why 93% of
0:40.0	productivity books are written by men, and what that means for women who are trying to get it all
0:45.3	done. My guest today is part systems expert and part permission giver, Kendra Adachi, who you may know
0:52.9	as the lazy genius. She earned that title because
0:55.9	she wants to help all of us become a genius at the things that matter and lazy about the things
1:01.2	that don't. Kendra hosts the Lazy Genius podcast and has written a few books under that title. Her new
1:07.8	book, The Plan, tackles something that affects all of us, but particularly
1:12.1	women, which is how to manage our time, acknowledging the reality that most traditional
1:18.7	productivity advice wasn't written with women's lives in mind. Here's my conversation with
1:25.3	Kendra Adachi.
1:32.8	Kendra, it's 2025. It's been an exhausting 2024.
1:38.6	In true lazy genius style, because I have been listening to you and learning from you for a long time.
1:43.1	Let's cut right to the chase. Give me P-L-A-N.
1:52.5	P-L-A-N. Prepare, live, adjust, and notice. This is the framework that we need to manage our time compassionately because the industry that we all have been part of for so
1:59.8	long without even really realizing it,
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