EPISODE · Sep 22, 2022 · 17 MIN
29. Stop Being So Busy
from The Visibility Factor · host Susan M. Barber
29. Stop Being So Busy Being busy has become the norm for everyone. Is that a good thing? Is being busy keeping you from the higher value activities that you need to focus on like strategy, planning and developing your team if you have one? This episode will explore what being busy is about and how you can shift how you spend your time. In this episode: How is being busy perceived by our culture and business world? What does the research say about where leaders spend their time? You may be able to be busy in your work life, but if something happens in your personal life that changes everything. What if we normalized that having space and time to plan and think was a good thing? The importance of intention, boundaries and focus when it comes to how you spend your time. How being too busy impacted a client and his situation at work. Suggestions of how to create more time in your calendar and ways to create opportunities to think. Resources mentioned in the episode: Ted Talk - The Real Reason You Feel So Busy and What to do About It Meetings In America 2012 Report from the McKinsey Global Institute Today’s episode is sponsored by: The Choose Your Life Challenge at https://www.theoppositeofsmalltalk.com/challenge Use the promo code - Challenge4 for a 20% discount to the program and live a more intentional life! Thank you for listening to The Visibility Factor Podcast Check out my website to order my book and view the videos/resources for The Visibility Factor book. As always, I encourage you to reach out! You can email me at [email protected]. You can also find me on social media everywhere – Facebook, LinkedIn, and of course on The Visibility Factor Podcast! I look forward to connecting with you! If you liked The Visibility Factor, I would be so grateful if you could subscribe and rate it where you listen to podcasts! It helps the podcast get in front of more people who can learn how to be visible too! Thank you to the team at Sheep Jam Productions for the amazing support of The Visibility Factor Podcast!
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29. Stop Being So Busy Being busy has become the norm for everyone. Is that a good thing? Is being busy keeping you from the higher value activities that you need to focus on like strategy, planning and developing your team if you have one? This episode will explore what being busy is about and how you can shift how you spend your time. In this episode: How is being busy perceived by our culture and business world? What does the research say about where leaders spend their time? You may be able to be busy in your work life, but if something happens in your personal life that changes everything. What if we normalized that having space and time to plan and think was a good thing? The importance of intention, boundaries and focus when it comes to how you spend your time. How being too busy impacted a client and his situation at work. Suggestions of how to create more time in your calendar and ways to create opportunities to think. Resources mentioned in the episode: Ted Talk - The Real Reason You Feel So Busy and What to do About It Meetings In America 2012 Report from the McKinsey Global Institute Today’s episode is sponsored by: The Choose Your Life Challenge at https://www.theoppositeofsmalltalk.com/challenge Use the promo code - Challenge4 for a 20% discount to the program and live a more intentional life! Thank you for listening to The Visibility Factor Podcast Check out my website to order my book and view the videos/resources for The Visibility Factor book. As always, I encourage you to reach out! You can email me at [email protected]. You can also find me on social media everywhere – Facebook, LinkedIn, and of course on The Visibility Factor Podcast! I look forward to connecting with you! If you liked The Visibility Factor, I would be so grateful if you could subscribe and rate it where you listen to podcasts! It helps the podcast get in front of more people who can learn how to be visible too! Thank you to the team at Sheep Jam Productions for the amazing support of The Visibility Factor Podcast!
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