Time to Reset

There’s so much happening in the digital age. For many, they feel it gets harder and hence, they feel this overwhelm. Michael Alf, founder of High Performance in the Digital Age, has had a 25-plus year global career across various industries, continents and functions which has given him an unparalleled skillset and expertise to support today’s entrepreneur both inside and outside the corporate world. Michael is fascinated about people and how we behave, what drives us, and what motivates us. He created his podcast show, The Discipline Disruption Podcast, at the intersection between digital disruption and personal transformation. Michael discusses personal agility and shares five productivity hacks specifically to help you prepare and not just survive but to really thrive in this digital age. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

In business, the sales process connects us to people. It is the bridge where we can cross-over to present our products and hopefully make a difference in people’s lives. This is the kind of sales magic that Victoria Buckmann finds. As a certified Dream Coach, Higher Guidance Business Coach, Former Premier Success coach for eWomenNetwork, a hypnotherapist and Intuitive, she teaches people to be aware of their energies in how it affects the way they deal with business and selling. She shows how to shift your energy alongside the goals to actually get the results you want. By also shifting your energy to gratitude and clarity, you will see the most effective way towards the results. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

Counter-intuitive to a lot of people, sometimes doing less could give you more. Ari Meisel is a great believer of this as he talks about his own take on productivity and how we should think a little bit differently. As an author, developer, consultant, productivity expert, and CEO of his company Less Doing, he teaches how instead of working harder, we should work smarter. He shares the common mistakes people do when it comes to writing to-do lists and document processes, why simplicity is very important and more efficient, and how do we make people replaceable without actually replacing them. Finally, he imparts the importance of the methodology—optimize, automate, outsource—and why it’s important. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

In our everyday lives, we are always hankering to finish a lot of tasks. Sometimes, we fall off and become too overwhelmed because we just can’t seem to organize what needs to be done first and how. Productivity consultant and bestselling author David Allen talks about getting things done, both the act and his book. He is a space guru and he teaches us the importance of clearing our head space before anything else to truly be productive. David also touches upon the topic on passion and goals, giving great insights and tips on how to achieve desired results. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

We love to talk about how busy we are. You ask people, “How was your weekend?” They’re going to say, “Same as usual, busy.” “How’s life?” “Busy.” It basically means fine. The state of being fine is defined as having a great deal to do. The issue of going around talking about how busy we are though is that we start to believe it. We start to believe that we don’t have time for the things that are important to us. Author and podcast host Laura Vanderkam has seen thousands of people at this point where people track their time. She doesn’t think there’s anyone who doesn’t have some time that can be used for personal goals if they want. It’s just about being mindful about figuring out some strategies and fundamentally about believing that the time is there because we look for it. Laura talks about time management and productivity, and shares some insight from her book, Off the Clock. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

Marketing is undeniably an essential part of the business. It reaches potential clients and enriches your entire business. However, cracking into this specific process is not as easy as carrying a sign saying, “We’re here.” It’s about getting deep into building connections and relationships in order to reach goals. Business marketing mentor Tom Poland is the author of the book called Leadsology®: The Science of Being in Demand. He talks about how to generate leads through effective marketing where the means align with the client’s goal, putting forward the importance of listening to what the client really wants because failing to do so will only lead to inconsistent results. He also touches on the necessary aspects like LinkedIn and Facebook marketing, contracts, volumes, and outsourcing. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

We all know that life is not always sunshine and butterflies. Sometimes, we find it hard to even find that slightest glint of light. We feel hopeless and unhappy. As an expert in various fields and a poster child for diversity, Dr. Marissa Pei has a lot to say about how to overcome that sadness and turn it into joy. She talks about her new book, 8 Ways to Happiness: From Wherever You Are, showing us that no matter what your disposition in life, you can achieve happiness. By embracing the pain and struggles, you turn those into a positive experience that helped you grow as a person. She also touches on the subject of perfectionism and how being a perfectionist drains the joy out of life. Marissa says always aim for being happy 88%, move out of that perfectionism into joy, and don’t forget to start your day with gratitude. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

Perfectionism is an obsession to work something to the end, to do one more thing, to overdo, to over function, to over-perform when it’s really not necessary and when it’s not adding any additional value. But how do we know when it’s good enough? In order to avoid perfection, we need to define ahead of time what’s good enough so that we don’t get caught up in perfection. We set those criteria so we can ask ourselves, “Have we reached good enough? Did we accomplish what we set out to do?” There are going to be a few errors but that’s okay. Learn the different strategies to help you to manage perfectionism so you can let go of perfection and find that as long as you did your best, if you know when you’re at 80%, it’s good enough. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

Habits are key to getting where you want to go in a shorter amount of time. Everything we do is about the habits and the standards that we create. Those habits can be productive or unproductive habits. They run on autopilot, and that can be a good thing if you don’t have to think about doing the right thing at the right time. However, if it’s automatically doing what keeps you from getting to where you want to go, it’s inhibiting you from what you really want. Karen Huller, founder of Epic Careering and author of Laser-Sharp Career Focus: Pinpoint Your Purpose and Passion in 30 Days, talks about creating purposeful habits so you can get more focused on your goals, reset your priorities, and gain greater fulfillment. She says it may feel overwhelming to take make changes and adopt new habits, but it really doesn’t have to take a large investment of time and you can take it as a challenge and start with minimal incremental changes that can make a huge impact. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

If you are like me, you might be stubborn at times to listen to others advice or shut down because you are so stuck in your thinking. In this episode, I share three ways to be your own coach to help you get unstuck, overcome resistance and access new approaches to challenges or getting to the next level of success. One of these methods is one I use with my private clients and have never shared before. So listen to the end to hear about that powerful technique that is super simple and amazingly powerful to open up creativity, new approaches, and get answers to questions that will help you get unstuck and create greater direction and clarity. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest