How to Get it All Done and Be Happy & Why Most Food Advice is Wrong - SYSK Choice

Sep 28, 2024

Cassie Holmes, a UCLA marketing professor and author of "Happier Hour," discusses how to escape time poverty by prioritizing meaningful activities and making time for pleasure. She shares insights into managing technology’s impact on our schedules and emphasizes the importance of treating weekends like vacations for improved happiness. Additionally, Tim Spector, a genetic epidemiologist, challenges common food myths, advocating for a personal approach to nutrition and debunking misconceptions about breakfast, plant-based diets, and dietary salt.

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INSIGHT

The Jar of Life Analogy

Prioritize important activities that bring joy and purpose, like spending time with loved ones.
Don't let less important tasks consume your time and prevent you from focusing on what truly matters.

ADVICE

Overcoming Time Poverty

Recognize that feelings of time poverty are often subjective and influenced by expectations.
Manage these expectations and focus on what you can control to feel more time affluent.

ADVICE

Weekends as Vacations

Treat your weekends like vacations to detach from work and recharge.
This mental break, regardless of specific activities, improves happiness and work engagement.

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Have you heard the expression “time poverty”? It’s when you have too much to do and never enough time to do it. Why live in time poverty when you can live in “time affluence”. Cassie Holmes is here to tell you how. She is a professor of marketing and behavioral decision making at UCLA Anderson School of Management and author of the book Happier Hour: How to Beat Distraction, Expand Your Time, and Focus on What Matters Most (https://amzn.to/3QOReSV). Listen as she explains how to get the important things done and still have time for fun and pleasure.

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