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022: Banking Time: 5 Tactics for Focusing on Your Priorities Jun 13, 2017

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We spend time like it's endless, when really it's a finite commodity. If you start treating your time, like you do your bank account, you'll find that there are ways we can find pockets of time in our daily schedules. Use these 5 actionable tactics to banking up your time and start getting more time for yourself and your priorities.

What's In This Episode:

Understand banking your time is just as important as saving money.
Learn the negative effects of always thinking you're too busy.
Discover the banking time formula you need to use & evaluate.
Implement the 5 tactics to bank up time that you can use today.

To get access to the free download Five Minutes to Peak Productivity, go to inkwellpress.com/podcast

021: Keys to Getting Your Best Sleep Ever Jun 06, 2017

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Should you streamline the amount of sleep you get each night. How much sleep do you really require? There are a few factors that go into answering this question and today's episode is all about sleep and how it will help you to reach peak productivity. Through researching the brain and sleep myths & facts, I'll give you the best strategies to help you understand and create good sleep habits.

What's In this Episode:

• Understand why sleep is so important to repair & restore our bodies.

• Hear the story of Peter Trip and the repercussions of staying awake for 201 hours.

• Learn how the different parts of your brain are affected when you lack sleep.

• Discover the factors that help tell you how much sleep you need.

• Check the seven signs that let you know if you're really sleep deprived.

To get access to the free download Five Minutes to Peak Productivity, go to inkwellpress.com/podcast

020: Is the Four Hour Work Week Real? May 30, 2017

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What's the ideal amount of time to work each week? Is Elon Musk right that we should be working 80+ hour weeks or is Tim Ferriss correct in thinking you only should work four? I'm discussing these questions along with some streamlining and time management tips so you can figure out the amount of hours that work for you. Learn how people see their work differently and how that will affect the way you work.

What's In This Episode:

• Learn the health costs of being overworked.

• Understand why working more than 40 hours a week may be costing you more than you think.

• Find out why using automations is a major key to success at work.

• Apply Tim Ferriss' suggestions for productivity & time management to empower yourself and coworkers using

• Discover how people view "work" differently and the importance in streamlining so you can work more effectively.

Get access to the free download Five Minutes to Peak Productivity at inkwellpress.com/podcast

019: Ask Tonya May 23, 2017

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The first Productivity Paradox listener Q&A is here! I'm answering your questions on finding your peak productivity through time management, beating the feeling of overwhelm and more. Sometimes your career responsibilities, home life and personal needs can be a lot to handle, and I want to help you find harmony with every compartment of your life by answering these real-life questions.

What's In This Episode: • The best listener questions and my answers on being more productive, managing your time and beating overwhelm at work, home and personally. • Saying No vs. saying Yes in workplace situations. • How to simplify and streamline your planning so that you actually accomplish your goal. • The best way to minimize kid distractions when working at home • How to mono task when everyone else tells you to multitask • Avoiding procrastination and feeling positive • The three key things to do when starting a business to ensure success

To get your free download "Five Minutes to Peak Productivity" go to inkwellpress.com/podcast

018: Cushioning Your Time: Build Buffers Into Your Life May 16, 2017

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Sometimes life can be unexpected, and the only way we can prepare for that is by creating and building in cushions to our time so that we can slow down and do our best. In today's episode, I'll go over how and why we need to stop underestimating our time and instead adjust to it. Once we have these cushions, or buffers, in place we will stop wasting time and money and start giving ourselves the space to plan.

What's In This Episode:

• How to build in buffers to your life. • Real-life examples of how buffers allow you to adjust to unexpected events. • Why sometimes it's not the best idea to be overly optimistic. • How to calculate the time it will actually take you to complete a task.

Go to inkwellpress.com/podcast to access the free download included in this episode.

017: Removing Obstacles: The Lost Art of Quitting May 09, 2017

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There's a lot of guilt that comes with the idea of quitting something. But in today's modern world, it's actually imperative that we quit certain things that don't align with our goals and priorities. I'm giving an overview of why quitting something huge in my life was one of the best decisions I've ever made and how you can apply those lessons learned in your own life. You'll also get a free download in helping you decide if you need to quit something and how to plan and cope in that process.

What's In This Episode:

Why quitting was an important part of starting inkWELL Press.
How quitting is no longer applicable for the modern world.
The difference in the right and the wrong ways to quit something.
Solutions to things you want to quit, but still need to be done.

To get your free download, "Five Minutes to Peak Productivity" just go to inkwellpress.com/podcast

016: How to Make Better Decisions: Sunk Cost Bias May 02, 2017

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We sometimes invest so much time, money, energy and more into something. Whether it be a project, a person or a simple task, it can be hard to admit that it's just not working out and producing the results you want and need. This is called sunk cost bias, and in this episode I'll be explaining how it creates a vicious cycle and what questions you need to ask yourself to know whether to keep going in your investments or to start over.

What's In This Episode:

How sunk cost bias influences bad decisions.
How fear of failing and being wasteful makes you lose sight of your goals.
The easy mindset shift to reverse sunk cost bias.
An accounting technique that will help you justify and allocate your time.

To get your free download "Five Minutes to Peak Productivity" go to inkwellpress.com/podcast

015: Compartmentalize Your Life Apr 25, 2017

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Today I'm sharing my personal favorite strategies to compartmentalize your life for work, home and personal. Learn about these three main categories and how compartmentalizing can help us gage the importance and urgency of various tasks. By the end, you'll be able to implement these strategies so that you feel less stressed and more focused on one category at a time.

What's In This Episode:

How one compartment of your life affects the rest.

The mistakes you might be making when compartmentalizing.

Real strategies to apply focus in different areas of your life.

The key to compartmentalizing effectively.

To get your free download "Five Minutes to Peak Productivity" go to inkwellpress.com/podcast

014: Get Over FOMO: Focus on What's Important Apr 18, 2017

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Discover how you can hone in and focus on your priorities without getting FOMO about missing other opportunities. For today's episode, I'm talking about how FOMO is a major factor to developing trends and to how we perceive the many situations around us. I'll discuss a few of my favorite tips to start breaking that feeling many of us get when we have to choose between what to do.

What's In This Episode:

Learn what the focus is for season 2 and why.

How Steve Jobs got over the Fear of Missing Out.

The history of the word priority.

How and why we experience FOMO.

The number one regret of people on their deathbeds.

To get your free download "Five Minutes to Peak Productivity" go to inkwellpress.com/podcast

013: Gain the Life You Love: Interview with Alex Mandossian Apr 11, 2017

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While Alex Mandossian is a man known by many titles - productivity expert, entrepreneur, business coach and, in his opinion, his most important role of being a dad. In today's show, we're talking about why you need to focus on your priorities over your productivity. Alex gives some of his best productivity secrets including a rundown of his daily ritual, tips for controlling your inbox and more.

What's In This Episode:

Learn how productivity has helped Alex build a multimillion dollar empire.
Find out how to take back control of your agenda without being controlling.
Simple but effective email tips and strategies for the office to help make communication easier.
How to alleviate travel stress so you can come back actually feeling refreshed and not frazzled.
Discover how to set your weekly goals so that they are attainable.
Learn about what daily rituals Alex attributes to his success.

Receive your free download, "5 Minutes to Peak Productivity" at inkwellpress.com/podcast

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