Welcome to Nobody Told Me. I'm Laura Owens, and I'm Jan Black.

Do you find your days are often so hectic that you long for a minute to breathe, yet you're too busy to pause

for even a minute to think and rest. Our guest on this episode, Juliet Funt, has some words

of wisdom that we all need to hear right now. Juliette is a consultant to Fortune 500 companies

and an in-demand speaker on efficiency and time management. She's written a new book for

all of us who are feeling overworked and overwhelmed and wish we had more to show for all of our

busyness. Her book is called A Minute to Think, Reclaim, Creativity, Conquer Business,

and Do Your Best Work. Juliet, we thank you so much for joining us.

Thank you. I'm excited to be here. I have to say that when I first read the title of your book,

I immediately thought, yes, this is what I need. I need this. Why did you decide to write this book?

Well, I've been spending about, it's been about 20 years in the process of getting to this moment.

The first 10, I developed the content speaking and consulting and training.

In the second 10, we've been implementing it in organizations.

And along the way, I have seen a lot in working people.

I have seen a lot of wasted talent.

And I have seen an awful lot of tolerated misery in just the way that work feels every single day for human beings who spend a dominant portion of their waking hours doing it.

And I wanted to create a guide from the content that we've seen works so well for people that was very systematic

where they could change things one step at a time, one friend at a time, and make new norms

within their teams or their organizations. How has burnout and busyness and all of this changed

from what it was, say, two years ago to what it is today? Oh, it's a spectacularly frightening conversation, actually, because the numbers keep

getting worse and the bottom still hasn't arrived.

This is an alcoholic's anonymous term about when an AA person hits their bottom means that

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