Why Productivity Has Failed You
The Intentional Advantage
Tanya Dalton
4.6 • 605 Ratings
🗓️ 20 August 2019
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
With hundreds of productivity hacks and methods out there, it’s pretty safe to say that not everything works for everybody. I know we’ve all been there, trying a productivity hack that others swear by and thinking, “this doesn’t work for me!” Today, I am going to be talking about why productivity has failed you and how to actually make time for your priorities. I will share how to figure out what works for you and why you need to be flexible when finding your own systems. I’ll also chat about the importance of taking breaks to recharge and how to customize your own productivity systems to align with your priorities.
What’s In This Episode:
Why productivity isn't one size fits all
How to be more flexible with your time
Why it's important to take breaks
How to create productivity systems based on lifestyle
What is a priority list
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Season 11 of Productivity Paradox with Tanya Dalton, a podcast focused on finding true fulfillment and happiness through the power of productivity. |
| 0:13.0 | Join Tanya this season as she explores the theme of small changes for big impact. |
| 0:17.5 | To get her free checklist, five minutes to peak productivity, simply go to tanya |
| 0:22.2 | dalton.com slash podcast. And now, here's your host, Tanya Dalton. Hello, hello, everyone. |
| 0:30.5 | Welcome to Productivity Paradox. I'm your host, Tanya Dalton, and this is episode 136. Why Productivity Has Failed You. |
| 0:40.8 | In this season, we're talking all about small changes for big impact. But how do you |
| 0:47.1 | have time to make a big impact when you're running around doing a million other things? |
| 0:52.8 | It feels impossible. So we slip those big goals and dreams, |
| 0:57.9 | those things we really want to do so that we can make a difference. We end up putting them on a shelf |
| 1:03.9 | to be done when we have the time. And so they never happen because, well, we never actually do have the time. |
| 1:12.5 | And you may feel like you're doing every productivity hack and trick out there in order to make that space. |
| 1:18.4 | But it never seems to work. |
| 1:20.6 | You always feel behind. |
| 1:22.8 | I completely understand I've been there myself, looking for that magic button that would suddenly make me |
| 1:29.0 | productive. I wanted to make a big impact, but I never could seem to get ahead. And that seems to be a |
| 1:36.1 | common issue that I hear from many of you. So that's why I wanted to talk about this idea of why |
| 1:42.8 | productivity has failed you. Because it has. I know, |
| 1:46.8 | because it failed me in the past, and I had to figure out how to really make myself productive. |
| 1:52.6 | So you see, productivity hacks and tricks, they don't really work. I'm consistently getting pitched |
| 1:59.2 | to share productivity hacks for blogs or magazines, these quick |
| 2:03.4 | sound bites that will somehow make you magically productive. |
| 2:07.6 | I actually hate that term, hacks and tricks, because often that's what people believe they need. |
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