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Second Cup: Don't consent and resent

2

Second Cup: Eliminate a round trip

3

Know how to take back the day

4

Take control of your alerts

5

How to be ultraproductive, with Christian Poensgen

6

Get in and get out

7

Make your planning time pay off

8

Second Cup: Map out your time line

9

Second Cup: Try a limited engagement

10

How to be a good podcast guest

11

You can talk about movies

12

Build good systems, with Ben Meer

13

Enjoy the process

14

Appoint a time keeper and a questioner

15

Second Cup: Don't buy time to do low paid work

16

Second Cup: Don't let uncertainty hold up your life

17

Start now

18

Your brain is not an alarm clock

19

How micropractices make life better, with Eli Susman

20

Know how long you can go dark

21

You and time are partners

22

Second Cup: You can win the year in October

23

Second Cup: Know when you won't get much done

24

Do it with a broken heart

25

Your next 8.760 hours

26

Plan for a long life, with Lynda Gratton

27

Book the sitter (literally and metaphorically)

28

How to be gentle on yourself

29

Second Cup: Dogs need 'sniffaris' and you do too

30

Second Cup: You're there to make money, not to spend it

31

Make it rare to make it special

32

Declutter your schedule

33

Feeling worthy, with Dr. Marisa G. Franco

34

No is a wall

35

Preserve time for possibilities

36

Second Cup: Start anywhere

37

Second Cup: Start a goal club

38

Look for curiosity close to home

39

Increase your money's happiness ROI

40

Leading wisely, with Caroline Webb

41

Be a person who shows up

42

The riches are in the niches

43

Second Cup: Get it done by Thursday

44

Second Cup: Solve one nagging problem today

45

Keep some plane time for yourself

46

The world's best productivity hack

47

CEO parenting, with Christine Landis

48

Don't put good ideas on a shelf

49

Connection happens after hours

50

Second Cup: It's not as disposable as you think

51

Second Cup: Keep your summer spirit

52

Host an any book club

53

You need a launchpad

54

Rest first, with Dr. Adam Sandell

55

Practice the tricky part

56

Find your yoga or poker night dinner

57

Second Cup: Don't decorate with cereal boxes

58

Second Cup: Remind yourself to relax

59

How to get to three

60

Choose the one that makes you happy

61

Leave the lights on, with Elizabeth Dunn and Jiaying Zhao

62

List the skills you'll need

63

A signal, not a setback

64

Second Cup: Make it about them, not you

65

Second Cup: If you like it, buy another

66

Keep mahjong tiles in the car

67

Run the dishwasher every night

68

Never worry about money again, with Jesse Mechem

69

Save the little tasks for later

70

Play the tape to the end

71

Second Cup: Be flexible on the details

72

Second Cup: Make a wardrobe photo file

73

What can you add on?

74

A working vacation beats working on vacation

75

Stop scrolling, with Ruby Ryba

76

Buy extra tickets

77

Take a group photo

78

Second Cup: Time solves many problems

79

Second Cup: Waste time better

80

Know the horse to beat

81

Keep things short with natural end points

82

Become a thought leader, with Peter Winick

83

Make what might be an unpleasant situation easier on yourself

84

Check email on the hour

85

Second Cup: Run into people

86

Second Cup: Try 2-a-days

87

If you have something nice to say

88

The more you send

89

Keep getting better, with Ryan Hawk

90

Describe a typical Tuesday

91

What are you training for?

92

Second Cup: Work side by side

93

Second Cup: Cultivate a Saturday vibe

94

Host a Sunday gathering

95

You need to tune

96

Make discipline easy, with Jia Jiang

97

Fewer dishes are easier to clean

98

Even a busy day has downtime

99

Second Cup: You can go a long way in a weekend

100

Second Cup: Magic happens in the mushy middle