S2E174 Calming the Chaos with Laura Vanderkam
It's a Good Life
Brian Buffini
4.4 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 19 March 2024
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
In today’s hectic world, it can feel like there’s never enough time to achieve what we want to. In this episode, time management and productivity expert Laura Vanderkam explains how to bring calm to the chaos and make time for what matters most.
YOU WILL LEARN:
· Reasons people don’t do what they say they want to.
· Tools and tips to help you become more tranquil.
· The benefits of shifting from a 24-hour to a 168-hour mindset.
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
Tranquility by Tuesday, by Laura Vanderkam
S1E059 Get Organized Now! The Most Organized Man in America – with Dr. Alex Lackey
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen R. Covey
NOTEWORTHY QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE:
“When things are truly important to us, we tend to make space for them.” – Laura Vanderkam
“We can build the lives we want in the time that we have.” – Laura Vanderkam
“A good morning starts the night before.” – Laura Vanderkam
“Move by 3pm.” – Laura Vanderkam
“Each week, you want to have one big adventure and one little adventure.” – Laura Vanderkam
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to It's a Good Life, the Podcast for Entrepreneurs, where it's all about growing |
| 0:07.7 | yourself and your business. |
| 0:09.7 | Here's your host, founder of America's largest business coaching company, Brian the Feeney. |
| 0:15.0 | Well, the top of the morning, Tia, and welcome to It's a Good Life. |
| 0:20.8 | Our guest today is a speaker, author, podcaster, Laura Vandercamp, and she had my |
| 0:26.3 | all-time favorite quote. You guys know me as a guy with all kinds of quotes. My all-time favorite |
| 0:31.0 | quote of last year was attributed to her, and I'll talk about that in a second. |
| 0:35.0 | You may have heard me mention her. |
| 0:36.8 | You may have seen her brilliant TED Talk on time management, those brilliant TED Talk that's been seen by millions of people. |
| 0:43.6 | Her mission is to bring calm to the chaos and make time for what matters most. |
| 0:47.7 | Laura, that's about the most perfect title for our audience I've ever had. |
| 0:51.5 | Welcome to the show, thanks for making time for us. |
| 0:53.6 | Thank you so much for having me. |
| 0:54.8 | I'm excited to be here. |
| 0:56.2 | And you're living in Philadelphia, |
| 0:57.5 | which I wouldn't consider the calmest city in the world. |
| 1:00.6 | You know, I went to Philadelphia 37 years ago and I was walking through and I'm walking |
| 1:06.1 | through I was very close to where the Liberty Bell was and I say to this guy was a Sunday |
| 1:11.0 | morning and I say excuse me sir could you tell me where the |
| 1:13.8 | Liberty Bell is and he points at his baseball cap and he goes you see this |
| 1:17.7 | hat does it say tour guide on it that's beautiful I'm in Philadelphia. City of Brotherly Love sometimes I guess. |
| 1:27.0 | Well so glad to have you excited expose our audience to your new book, Tranquility by Tuesday. We're going to dive in there. |
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