Time to Reset

Some people resist structures because they feel like it doesn’t give them flexibility. They fall off the wagon and don’t use those structures or frameworks. However, they realize that when things aren’t working for them, it’s typically when they’re not using the structures that they put in place. People need to realize that it’s really the structures that support you in your day-to-day life that help you stay clear of distractions and take back time. When we can create frameworks and structures, it helps us to stay focused and it’s there to support us have a big picture in whatever process we’re doing. There are structures for innovation, for decision, and for prioritization. Learn more about them and how these different structures support you in different areas of your life.

Motivation isn’t always what we think it is. A lot of people want to connect to what’s important to them and why it’s important. That can absolutely create a greater motivation and deepen it and spark the fire within to get really clear why it’s important. But sometimes, we understand our whys but we’re still not doing it. We can find strategies to help us move forward. Strategies are different for different people. You’ve got to see what works for you. Finding motivation is to find something that makes you excited and looking forward to something then go with it. It might not be what you think. It might not be the thing that should motivate you. What you have to find is that leverage that enables you to get past any excuse and move forward.

It’s not hard to succeed when a team is able to create leverage when they come together and collaborate. Creating leverage is important so that people can accelerate and exponentially expand results. Ridcardo Palomares is an expert in this space. Ricardo is a leadership expert, TEDx speaker, author, consultant, and explorer. He is an incredible speaker and has a unique and deep perspective around leadership and bringing and creating leverage for individuals and teams in getting to the next level of themselves. Ricardo says focusing on goals that gives the most leverage will help you accomplish things.

When things aren’t going well or we feel like we don’t have enough time, then we work harder. It’s an impulsive instinct because we’re not accessing the logical side of our brain at that time because we’re stressed, and when we’re stressed we go into fight, flight or freeze mode. That means that we lose access to the important logical part that helps us know how to solve problems. It keeps us stuck. We have to slow down and get perspective on our situation so that we can better solve problems. Learn some ways to be smarter in the way that you do things so that you don’t have to work harder.

Let’s face it: it’s getting harder and harder to escape overwhelm now than it was twenty years ago. We have more triggers in our immediate environment than there used to be. We absorb more information in a day than our grandparents saw in a month, and nobody is trained to deal with the sheer volume of information on the internet. Data is like oxygen. And according to Francis Wade, author of Perfect Time-Based Productivity, psychologists haven’t caught up with the changes that we’re undergoing on a daily basis. They’re moving far too slow to keep up. How, then, can you escape overwhelm? If you don’t have a structure to routinely keep you from being overwhelmed, then you’ll be falling right into the Zeigranik Effect over and over again, clueless about where it’s coming from. The level of frustration that people experience is just not right. It’s one thing to find yourself in pain and in overwhelm. It’s another thing to have the wrong idea about where it’s coming from and then solving the wrong problem only to see time demands come right back. Francis delves into managing time demands to escape overwhelm – for good.

Imagine being born eight weeks premature. How well do you think you’ll fare in the outside world? Now add cerebral palsy to the mix. Will you resign to the fate dictated by society, and simply give up on your dreams? Or will you wipe away the tears, scrape off the dust on your knees, and awaken the beast within? Nathan Todd lived this life exactly as described. As an individual with cerebral palsy, life has been a journey away from things that people take for granted, from learning how to walk. Even knowing what school would look like is very unique when you have a disability. Luckily, Nathan had a great support system in his corner who fought for him to be treated like everyone else and did not put labels on him. He graduated from high school and went on to get a college degree. Now he’s a coach and an author. If that’s not awe-inspiring, I don’t know what is! Also known as the Muscle Motivator, Nathan doesn’t only motivate in the gym and for your physical muscles, he’s also motivating onstage as a speaker and helping you to create that muscle in your mind. He’s got an upcoming book called “Awaken the B.E.A.S.T. Within” which is going to tell us about the steps to take and the tools to use for success.

Mitch Russo is constantly building something new. He enters a new field and immerses himself in it, gets good at it, and then rises to the top in most cases. Mitch is a CEO, a business leader and a business coach. He’s also a bestselling author, a podcaster, and an excellent photographer. As a CEO, Mitch loves helping small business owners and high net worth individuals find their way and get their life back on track through business accountability. Mitch shares that having accountability creates awareness of productivity and identifies distractions for business owners to then start taking action. Mitch reveals his journey in creating Timeslips Corp, becoming President of Chet Holmes, Int’l., creating Business Breakthroughs with Chet Holmes and Tony Robbins, and his passion project of building another software company.

When we say yes to too many things, we over-commit. That can create great stress, great frustration, and can have us lose integrity when we don’t show up to deliver. That integrity can impact not only ourselves, how we feel about ourselves, our confidence, the potential that we’re creating for ourselves and also spreading ourselves too thin, but it also has an impact on how other people see us when we’re not able to deliver the things that we committed to. It’s okay to go back and to have some discussion and take some things off your plate. Give yourself that permission.

Boost business profitability with CIO Magazine-featured author Tony Bodoh’s Productivity Zone Framework. With his book, Prophet Ability, Tony reveals the ultimate secrets to succeed in business. Tony is a #1 bestselling author and the founder or co-founder of five companies ranging from customer experience consulting to small business training to television. He easily navigates the international stage speaking both at personal growth seminars as well as the uber-nerdy technology conferences. Tony writes his business blogs, personal growth essays and children’s stories. He has taught high school for one year and in the Business Department of Aquinas College in Nashville, Tennessee for seven years, and now coaches business executives across the globe.

We live in an urgent society of microwaves, fast food, text messages read in 90 seconds and responded to in 3 to 120 seconds on average. It is no wonder that it is difficult to balance what is urgent with what is important. Our constant focus on urgencies is costing us better wealth, better relationships, better finances, and more meaning in our lives. Tune in for three tips to setting priorities to be more deliberate and proactive to take back time and focus on the priorities that align with our goals. Learn how to gain and buid this skill so you can have the ability to take a step back and maintain perspective.