Robert D. Smith on Motivation, Defeating Fear, and Doing the Work
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
Erik Fisher
4.5 • 877 Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2013
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Robert D. Smith has managed and overseen the career of Andy Andrews, a three-time New York Times best-selling author and in-demand speaker. He has served as a private consultant to numerous best-selling authors, speakers, entertainers, and cutting edge organizations, educating them on the unique methods he has employed to sustain massive success and growth across multiple industries for his entire career. Robert is the author of 20,000 Days and Counting: The Crash Course for Mastering Life Right Now, a simple guide to injecting meaning into every second you live for the rest of your life.
Covered in this episode:
- Eat dessert first!
- The myth of motivation
- The easy way to stop feeling overwhelmed
- Two questions that replace any to-do list: “What’s important NOW?” “What’s NEXT?”
- Eating No’s for Breakfast
- Defeating Fear
- Inoculation to Rejection
- Andy Andrews – The Traveller’s Gift
- Make sure to grab Robert’s book!
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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 |
| 0:15.1 | looking through LinkedIn jobs and by far it has been the easiest way for me to find viable |
| 0:21.2 | candidates fast. |
| 0:22.5 | And LinkedIn isn't just a job board. |
| 0:24.2 | LinkedIn helps you hire professionals |
| 0:25.9 | you can't find anywhere else because even those who aren't |
| 0:28.6 | actively searching for a new job might be open |
| 0:31.0 | to the perfect role that you have. |
| 0:33.0 | In any given month, over 70% of LinkedIn users don't visit other leading job sites. |
| 0:38.0 | So if you're not looking on LinkedIn, you're looking in the wrong place. |
| 0:41.0 | 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. |
| 0:55.6 | LinkedIn is constantly finding ways to make the process easier. |
| 0:58.8 | They even just launch a feature that helps you write job descriptions, |
| 1:01.8 | making the process even easier and quicker. |
| 1:04.5 | Post your job for free at LinkedIn.com. |
| 1:06.6 | referral that's LinkedIn.com slash referral to post your job for free. Hello and |
| 1:35.0 | this is the show where we talk to the people behind the to-do list. |
| 1:36.0 | I am your host Eric Fisher and this is the show where we talk to the people behind the productivity. |
| 1:40.0 | This week you're in for a treat. |
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