How Do We Harness a Deadline?

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When you think about our own dreams, how do we effectively harness aadead line so that there does seem like there's a real cost? Like, if i, if i do some work on poject to morrow, i could do it the next day or the day after. How do i get that urgency to be real and the cost to be real? One client who kept blowing off his weight dream said he would write out a cheqk right now for a thousand dollars to one political party which he hates. He lost the weight because it suddenly was a real cost of $1,000. And i don't know what people's cost is, but it needs to hurt

Kary Oberbrunner shares expert strategies for bringing your attention back to what matters most.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The wrong and right ways of dealing with task overload

2) The three components of deliberate magnetic focus

3) The two triggers of flow state

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— ABOUT KARY —

Kary Oberbrunner is CEO of Igniting Souls. Through his writing, speaking, and coaching, he helps individuals and organizations clarify who they are, why they're here, and where they should invest their time and energy.

Kary struggled to find his own distinct voice and passion. As a young man, he suffered from severe stuttering, depression, and self-injury. Today a transformed man, Kary equips people to experience Unhackability in work and life and share their message with the world. He believes the most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire. His vision is to ignite 100 million souls by 2030.

Kary lives in Ohio with his wife, Kelly, and three children: Keegan, Isabel, and Addison.

• Kary’s book: Day Job to Dream Job: Practical Steps for Turning Your Passion into a Full-Time Gig

• Kary’s book: Elixir Project

• Kary’s book: Unhackable: The Elixir for Creating Flawless Ideas, Leveraging Superhuman Focus, and Achieving Optimal Human Performance

• Kary’s website: UnhackableBook.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Article: “Putting a Finger on Our Phone Obsession”

• Book: The Hero with a Thousand Faces (The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell) by Joseph Campbell

• Book: The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness by Morgan Housel

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