Episode 138: Focus Amidst the Chaos

The Broad Experience

Careers, Society & Culture, Business

5.0 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2018

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Right now a lot of us are thinking about our intentions for the new year. Plenty of people have a side project they're hoping to get off the ground - it could be a novel, a new business, or perhaps you just want to learn to paint. Whatever it is, you have to make it happen on top of the rest of your life. Which is where the problems start. In this episode cartoonist, teacher, and author Jessica Abel talks about how to bring focus to a crowded life so you can actually turn your idea into a reality.

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0:44.3	Welcome to the broad experience, the show about women, the workplace, and success.
0:45.6	I'm Ashley Milthight.
0:53.6	This time, a lot of us have an idea, a project, something we want to get off the ground alongside our regular work life. But so often, we can't
0:55.8	quite make it happen. It is absolutely possible to make this year, the year that you make the big
1:00.7	thing, that everything changes for you. But it's you who has to make those changes. You can't
1:06.4	just wish it or decide it. You have to actually take action. How to prioritize that idea you're
1:12.4	always talking about coming up on the broad experience. Before we get into the show, a quick word
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1:29.0	managing human relationships and enabling your team to get things done and to thrive. It's not
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