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Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life

Jon Acuff on Rescuing Time, Hustle, and Escaping Average

Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life

Erik Fisher

Business, Careers, Education, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship

4.5 • 877 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2013

⏱️ 32 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Punch fear in the face. Escape average. Do work that matters. So begins the new book from Wall Street Journal best-selling author Jon Acuff, and it’s a call to which that millions of people have already responded. From the halls of the companies he’s helped—The Home Depot, Bose and Chick-fil-A—to the homes of the 4.5 million people who have read his blog, Jon Acuff is leading a movement away from the status quo. You will be challenged, encouraged and equipped to thrive in the swirl of generational shift everyone must face in the next three years.

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0:00.0

When you're hiring for your small business, you want to find quality professionals that are right for the role.

0:05.0

That's why you have to check out LinkedIn Jobs. LinkedIn Jobs has the tools to help you find the right professionals for your team faster and for free. And trust me, I've spent a lot of time looking

0:15.6

through LinkedIn jobs and by far it has been the easiest way for me to find viable candidates fast.

0:22.5

And LinkedIn isn't just a job board.

0:24.2

LinkedIn helps you hire professionals you can't find anywhere else because even those who

0:28.3

aren't actively searching for a new job might be open to the perfect role that you have.

0:33.2

In any given month, over 70% of LinkedIn users don't visit other leading job sites.

0:38.3

So if you're not looking on LinkedIn, you're looking in the wrong place.

0:41.9

On LinkedIn, 86% of small businesses get qualified

0:45.0

candidates within 24 hours. Hire professionals like a professional on LinkedIn.

0:50.8

LinkedIn knows that small businesses are wearing so many hats and might not have the time or resources to hire.

0:56.0

LinkedIn is constantly finding ways to make the process easier.

0:59.0

They even just launched a feature that helps you write job descriptions,

1:02.0

making the process even easier and quicker.

1:04.6

Post your job for free at LinkedIn.com.

1:06.6

That's LinkedIn.com.

1:09.6

slash referral to post your job for free. Well, this is Eric Fisher and this is another episode of Beyond the To-Do List.

1:38.3

This week I am very privileged to talk to a guy who sat at his kitchen table five years ago and knew from his first 200-word

1:45.9

blog post he would help build two kindergartens in Vietnam lead him to audiences of millions

1:51.6

of people, write four books, and join Dave Ramsey's team.

1:56.0

Welcome, John Acuff.

1:57.0

Thanks for that me, Eric.

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