Quickcut: S2E167 Get a Grip on Your Week with Rick Pastoor

It's a Good Life

Brian Buffini

Business, Unknown, Entrepreneurship, Life, Good, Entrepreneur, Coaching

4.4 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Is your to-do list never-ending, no matter how hard you work? In part one of a two-part episode, Brian talks to productivity expert Rick Pastoor about his new book, “GRIP.” Rick explains how to work smarter, get things done and free up time for what’s really important.

YOU WILL LEARN:

· How the powerful GRIP method works.

· Why a structured calendar is so vital.

· How to find time for creative work.

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

“GRIP: The Art of Working Smart,” by Rick Pastoor

INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE:

“If you want to get paid, stuff needs to be done.” – Rick Pastoor

“One of the dynamics for a good life is the chance to be productive.” – Brian Buffini

“We let our feelings drive what we do way too much.” – Rick Pastoor

“One of the things that's essential and crucial for us to start making decisions is being comfortable with the fact that your time is finite.” – Rick Pastoor

“Have your calendar drive the decision-making.” – Rick Pastoor

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“Make small commitments really small - and then make sure they happen.” – Rick Pastoor

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0:00.0	Welcome to It's a Good Life with Brian Baffini, founder of America's largest business coaching company.
0:10.0	Here's a short classic cut from one of our all-time favorite episodes.
0:15.0	Well, it's happened to morning to you, Brian Befini here and welcome to It's a Good Life.
0:20.0	Today we have a very special guest.
0:22.0	He's coming to us all the way from
0:23.8	Amsterdam. Rick pastur, Rick is an author and a productivity expert. He wrote his
0:28.4	best-selling book, a great book called Grip, The Art of Working Smart
0:32.4	and Getting to what matters most.
0:33.9	Rick, welcome to the show.
0:35.5	Thank you so much, Brian. Thanks.
0:37.0	What is Grip? explain to the person who's not exposed to it at all.
0:40.8	I believe, and that's weird, that we never get really taught how to work.
0:43.7	Most of the people around me that I noticed and also in the beginning myself we just
0:48.9	respond to open things like emails and messages and stuff that comes in and there is a lot of stuff that comes in right so you can always respond which feels really good in the short term but it's not pushing you forward in long term and people start asking, Rick, how do you do this?
1:03.2	Because you seem to have a lot on your plate,
1:04.8	but you seem to be okay with that.
1:07.0	How do you manage?
1:07.8	And I would say, okay, here is the stack of books you need to read.
1:11.8	Here is the list of podcasts that I enjoy, that you need to read. Here is the list of podcasts that I enjoy that you also should read. Here is the list of blogs that you'd follow. The list goes on and on. And then I said, okay, let me just write a couple of bullets on how I do this. I'm taking the best ideas from everywhere,
1:24.1	building on top of that, making that really clear. That's grip. The first part of the book is really about
1:29.4	your week and I really believe that in order to get a better sense of direction and have a more fulfilling life
1:36.2	I actually opt to begin with the week I like the focus on the week how does someone have a great week young people really want to have the ability to switch around all the time.
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