Are you feeling overwhelmed by tasks that never seem to end?

What if I told you that you don’t need another productivity app to reclaim your time? Today’s guest is here to help us recover our time by working smarter.

Meet Leslie Shreve. Leslie is a workload management and productivity expert, and the Founder and CEO of Productive Day®. She created Taskology®, a system that has helped hundreds of professionals from various industries increase efficiency and productivity by up to 300%, reclaim hours in their workday, and reduce time spent in their email inbox. Leslie's work has been featured in outlets like Fast Company, The Huffington Post, and Business Management Daily.

In this episode, Leslie shares her game-changing strategies for creating a comprehensive workload management system that ties together task, time, email, and information management.

You’ll learn why task management, not project management, is the key to personal productivity and how to break down your tasks into small, manageable actions.

We also talk about strategies for protecting your time, mastering your inbox, and getting more done in a day with less stress.

Tune in now and discover how to build a workload system that works for you.

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Conversation Topics

(00:00) Introduction
(01:54) The missing piece in your workday strategy (Hint: it’s not a productivity app)
(03:43) Four key components of effective workload management
(08:21) How to break down your to-do list into actionable, achievable tasks
(12:09) The Start, Continue, Finish methodology explained
(13:54) Why time blocking alone won’t help you reclaim your time
(20:09) Mastering email with the Inbox Zero method
(24:57) How to handle emails when you’re unsure how to respond
(29:00) A great manager Leslie has worked for
(30:34) Keep up with Leslie
(33:42) [Extended Episode Only] The magic formula for writing an easy and actionable task list
(43:52) [Extended Episode Only] #1 mistake everyone makes when organizing tasks

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FREE Video on Taskology® Task Management + 20% Off the Full Course

Leslie is giving members of Podcast+ a FREE Video on Taskology® Task Management + 20% Off the Full Course. When you dive into the first video in the series for Taskology® Task Management, you'll discover the 3 essentials for getting more accomplished in less time with less stress. You'll also discover the Top 6 Benefits of using a central, digital task list and why this type of list will support you in working more proactively and less reactively, in addition to giving you more clarity, confidence, and control in your workday.

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