July 30, 2025 • 17 mins
How do top leaders maximize their time and energy to perform at their best every day?
This week, we share powerful, practical strategies for designing your day, setting boundaries, and staying productive while keeping your well being front and center.
From blocking your peak creative hours, prioritizing sleep, to building daily routines around your unique rhythms, this tri-generational leadership conversation will help emerging leaders reclaim their time and focus in an increasingly busy world.
Key takeaways include:
This week, we share powerful, practical strategies for designing your day, setting boundaries, and staying productive while keeping your well being front and center.
From blocking your peak creative hours, prioritizing sleep, to building daily routines around your unique rhythms, this tri-generational leadership conversation will help emerging leaders reclaim their time and focus in an increasingly busy world.
Key takeaways include:
- Time blocking to match your energy peaks and optimal productivity
- The importance of sleep as a foundation for consistent performance
- Creating non-negotiables and reflecting daily with goal scoring and gratitude
- Setting realistic boundaries to avoid overwhelm and exhaustion
- Practical hacks like ending meetings early to maintain momentum and respect
- Recognizing when “busy” disguises lack of focus and prioritization
- Embracing breaks and mindful transitions for sustained mental clarity
- How to say “no” without guilt, cultivating a scarcity-busting mindset
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This podcast is a proud member of the Teach Better
podcast network, Better Today, Better Tomorrow, and the podcast to
get you there.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
You can find out.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
More at Teechbetter dot com slash podcast.
Speaker 3 (00:12):
I have to time to blog for my sleep. Without
my proper sleep, I'm anxious the next day. I cannot
function properly so that eight hours sleep.
Speaker 4 (00:23):
No matter what happens.
Speaker 5 (00:25):
I know my days are almost always better when I
plan the day before.
Speaker 6 (00:31):
If you don't plan your time, the world around you
will plan it for you.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
And I don't know if we want to be in
that situation. I certainly don't.
Speaker 7 (00:41):
Do you want to be a leader in a constantly
changing world. Our emerging leaders look different, come from various
backgrounds and from all different age groups. Leadership is changing
and it's hard to keep up. But the good news
you can be a leader too. You can be an
emerging leader. Welcome to the Limitless Leadership Lounge. Try Generational
(01:02):
Conversation for emerging leaders. Come spend some time with us
to discuss leadership from three angles. The coach, Jim Johnson,
the professor, Doctor Renuma Kareem, the host, John Gering, a
monthly guest, and you get in on the conversation on
Facebook and Instagram, and be sure to follow us on
Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Speaker. So come on in and
(01:26):
make yourself comfortable.
Speaker 6 (01:28):
Well, I don't know about you, guys, but to me,
it seems like over the summertime time seems to go faster.
It's more precious because there's more we want to do.
It actually looks fun and appealing to.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Go outside and do yard work.
Speaker 6 (01:44):
So we're going to talk about maximizing our time and
becoming better at time management because we all need that.
It's the Limitless Leadership Lounge. I'm joined by doctor Numacareem
and coach Jim Johnson. So we got three keys for
you because we are three different generations with three different perspectives,
and so we got three keys to enhancing your time management.
And these could actually change the way you think about
(02:06):
how you manage your time. So I know you might
have heard some of these before, but hopefully some new
perspectives to open your eyes to some things I RENEWMA.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Let's dive into key number one.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
Okay, John and I think you mentioned that waking up
this is summer, and we will wake up thinking about
how to spend our day and that is one thing
when we want to manage our time, how do you set.
Speaker 4 (02:30):
Up your goals for the day?
Speaker 3 (02:32):
Do you want to spend it in pleasure or you
do you want to spend it in meaningful and impactful work,
So we need both. Weekend could be different goals and
weekdays could be different. So for me, when I wake
up in the morning, and I always I'm a time blocker,
so I just look into my time block page and see, okay.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
So the morning I'm just focusing.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
I know that my creativity and everything my cortosol level
is like acting very in a high level in the morning,
and that is why I usually use that time for
my creative stuff and things that need those urgent and
important like it needs my full attention and I have
(03:18):
to be in my peak. So that is when writing
a policy paper or if we want to work on
my book, then those are the time when I'm going
to block my time for in the morning, and usually
the afternoon I keep for like after twelve, I prefer
to have meetings so that I'm a little bit relaxed.
Speaker 4 (03:39):
I have some tea and maybe lunch, and then I.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
Don't have to be in that attentive mood. I can
like chat around with people get things done. So for me,
my preferred time for meeting is not in the morning
but in the afternoon. So this is how I thought
that my efficiency. Each person is different, but my efficiency
works in that way being a time blocker setting things
(04:04):
time in that way. And because I just want to
end my section in this one area, I have to
time block for my sleep. Without my proper sleep, I'm
anxious the next day. I cannot function properly, so that
eight hours sleep no matter what happens. I do not
like there because I work in two time zone. Usually
(04:27):
for Bangladeshi people, I do not. I'm telling them that
I am not going to have any meetings after ten
ten pm in Brockport so that I can sleep. So
from ten o'clock my devices are shut down. My book
is there. I love to read book while I am
going to bed, but that's it. A good glass of milk.
(04:48):
Because I'm not lactose intolerant, I can afford that, and
then my sleep is my first priority to make myself
productive for the day.
Speaker 4 (04:58):
So my time is definitely a lo gated in this way.
Speaker 6 (05:02):
Just planning and having maximizing when you have your energy
level and setting those boundaries and blocking that time cool.
I like that, coach, what about you?
Speaker 5 (05:12):
A big thing I started many years ago, and I
know this is a little bit old skull with tech technology,
but the research still shows that it's probably the most
powerful way. And the famous thing is planning your day
the day before. I usually do it towards the end
of my work day or even sometimes right after dinner.
I will go up and I write on a pad.
(05:34):
I have what I call my MVPs, my most valuable priorities,
and I do I write out at least one, sometimes
a max of three, because I believe if you have
more than three priorities, you probably have zero. And then
I really try to make sure that as Reneuma said,
that I time block those priorities to make sure that
I get those accomplished during the day. So writing out
(05:58):
and then I have a to do when I put blocks,
but I do have some flexibility. I try not to
put so many, like back to back things you like
to have a little time between. And then the last
thing I want to say is I think it's hugely important.
Is I call the book ends of the day. And
the book ends is how do I start today, and
(06:21):
I have a lot of things. I have what I
call my daily non negotiables I try to get done,
and some of them are usually done in the morning,
and some of them are usually done in the evening.
But sometimes life happens, so I will flipflop some of
those things. But for example, I'm a big exercise person.
Energy is important, as Renewma mentioned it sleep as she said,
(06:44):
so I usually exercise in the morning, but not not always.
Sometimes I just the way my schedule is for that day.
But because exercise is really always a high priority for me,
I will get it in. I block it out, but
a lot of times that's one of my part of
my morning routine. I am a person of faith, so
I usually pray it in the morning. Occasionally that might
(07:04):
be in the evening. Sometimes I need it both times.
And then I meditate. I know a lot of people
that I've read or heard about or talked to, that's
one of the first things to do in the morning.
I have found that isn't great for me, so I
usually meditate in late afternoon. When I'm starting to get
a little tired for whatever reason, I slow down, I
(07:26):
do some breathing, I do some informations and it really
gives me like a second juice to the day. And
then the last part the other book, and of course,
is how you finish your day. And in finishing my day,
a few things that I started doing. I know it's big,
but I didn't do this until a couple of years ago.
I started a gratitude journal and I try to write
(07:47):
down at least three things I'm grateful for every day.
The other thing is I do a gaily goals journal
where I read out my ten most important goals for
the year, and I do that consistently. At the end
of that journal each day, I write out what I
call my daily scoreboard, and at the end of the day,
I scoreboard six things. I'll give you a couple examples.
(08:09):
One of them is my health. How did I do
from one to ten ten being great, one that's so good.
Another one is my relationships, another one is my speaking business.
So those would just be a few examples, but I
grade myself one to ten and it's really a very
quick self analysis to help me plan for the next day. Okay,
(08:30):
I didn't do very well. I got to make sure
I make the adjustment with my health or my business
or my relationships, whatever it happens to be. So those
are some things I do with the bookends. But the
real key is I know my days are almost always
better when I planned the day before.
Speaker 6 (08:48):
Yeah, and it's not the same for everybody, right, Like
I'm a more of an evening exerciser, And that there
are non negotiables. When those non negotiables happen is individual,
but the fact that you have them is universal. Yes,
So I think that's really important my key. I really
want to dive into the limits that we have to
(09:09):
set because how often do you do we hear this?
Speaker 2 (09:12):
I don't have time for that. I just don't have time.
Speaker 6 (09:15):
If it's a priority, you do have time, But that
doesn't mean that everything's a priority. Because the coach said
you have more than three priorities, you probably have zero.
So what do you really have time for is how
you're going to prioritize what actually matters to you, which
hopefully is the relationships in your life, somewhat, the work
you do, your well being, all those things. But what
(09:36):
we have to do is remember that we do have
limits as humans. And sometimes I'm a huge I'm hugely
guilty of this. Sometimes we think that something is going
to take, say a half hour, and it really takes
more like an hour and a half.
Speaker 2 (09:52):
Right.
Speaker 6 (09:52):
I always think that somehow I can take a shower,
brush my teeth, eat breakfast, and get out the door
in five minutes.
Speaker 2 (09:59):
But not realistic.
Speaker 7 (10:01):
Right.
Speaker 6 (10:01):
Just because I think I want to be Superman doesn't
mean I can't. I can be in three places at once.
So we have to be realistic with our time, and
then we have to set boundaries. This is so key
saying no. It's not my strong suit. I like to
please people. I like to say yes to every opportunity.
I think part of it is pleasing people, and then
part of it is also a scarcity mindset that seeps through. Sometimes,
(10:24):
Oh there's this opportunity, I need to take it or
else I might lose it. Well, most likely there are
other opportunities out there, and if it's stretching your time
and compromising the quality of other things that you're doing,
it's not a good opportunity. So you have to make
time for it. One of the ways that I do
this practically, and this is something that I got just
(10:44):
a couple of months ago from a podcast, and I've
been implementing it ever since, and it's been really a
beneficial thing. Is setting my meetings for my business, my
introductory meetings. A lot of people just throw out there, yeah,
book a free chat with me for thirty minutes, And
that's what I do too, because I think it's important
to make connections and meet people. But I've set that
(11:04):
time not for thirty minutes, but for twenty eight minutes.
So if you booked a chat for nine am, we're
gonna end at nine twenty eight am. And some people
look at me like, really, that's silly, but guess what
for this is for both of us. We might both
have a chat at nine thirty am, and we get
off to the wrong foot when we get onto that
(11:24):
chat at nine thirty three am, especially if that's somebody
that we're meeting for the first time. Right down the road,
you build some trust and people are more forgiving on that,
but the first time you make a really bad first impression.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
So I think it's really important.
Speaker 6 (11:38):
It's been helpful, And then what else it does is
it moves things along, even just those two minutes, even
just setting those expectations upfront that we're gonna end two
minutes early. It gets people a little more urgency, and
it sends a message without even saying it, that you
respect your own time and you respect their time. And
there's too many people in our world who don't respect time.
(12:00):
And I've been guilty of it absolutely as well. But
being late tells somebody that your time is an important
and setting those clear boundaries makes your and the other
person's time feel more important. So I think setting boundaries
and being strict with your calendar, being ruthless in a way,
ruthlessly cutting things off your calendar that don't belong, I
(12:23):
think is a real key to time management. And I'm
working on this real time here. I am not coming
from a place of I have it all figured out,
because I still have a punctuality issue sometimes and you
know this is something that I need to do a
better job of.
Speaker 2 (12:37):
But it's just so key, Coach, are into many final thoughts.
Speaker 4 (12:40):
Yeah, I'm piggybacking on John.
Speaker 3 (12:42):
I was young like you once upon a time, and
I had that attitude of people pleasing, always saying no,
and thinking like I might be missing on an opportunity.
But later on I found out that it is tasking
me a lot, like my energy, my focus so much
of me, and this is why now as I'm older,
(13:04):
I easily say no. So this time, so many people
wanted to meet me for coffee or get advice and
this and that, and I had to select. Okay, these
people are my closest circle of friends and or they
have some like I know that they are in my priority,
so I can make time for them. But there are
(13:25):
people who will not add any value to my life.
It's just draining energy, and I immediately tell them that
I cannot. I don't have time for that. And there
are like I'm taking up like online class on nonprofit management,
I get email from twenty thirty people. They want to
(13:46):
get my advice. If I'm even giving five minutes of
my time to all those people, it's a huge pressure
on me.
Speaker 4 (13:55):
So that is.
Speaker 3 (13:55):
Why I've decided, like I told them, let's have just
a webinar where everybody can ask me question and after that, I'm.
Speaker 4 (14:01):
Not going to talk to anybody.
Speaker 3 (14:03):
So even I'm getting these emails and texts now people
wanting my time, but I know I have to take
care of myself and I do not need to make
everybody happy.
Speaker 4 (14:13):
It's my priority first. So now as I'm older.
Speaker 3 (14:17):
I realized it, but I was like you when I
wasn't that eight, saying yes to everything, and it drove
me crazy.
Speaker 5 (14:27):
Yeah, I'll add a couple of quick days. It was funny.
I read a book many years ago on time management
by a coach I was an athletic coach like I was,
and he started his practices at wacky times. Instead of
two o'clock, it was two oh three, and I started
doing that. And it's funny because one of my core
values was being on time, and so it was really
(14:50):
big to me. But I really emphasized that because of
the fact that by these wacky times and the first
people look at it, but then after all, this guy's
really serious. When practice starts, we're starting at two o three.
That's not at two oh four or two two two
oh three. That clock hits two o three. We're starting.
I think that was just a thing. And then the
(15:11):
last thing I'll say is because in this world I
know a lot of us are now working as a
professional speaker, I do a lot out of my home
office is make sure you, as John said, you have
a little time and even go up or go and
just take a two or three minute walk or do
a little stretch or something, because you boy, you sit
in a seat for two straight hours and that's not
(15:33):
great for your health. So really make sure you're aware
of that as you're working on your time management. Is
that that's really a key, is making sure you have
those little periodical breaks. It's helped for both mentally and physically.
Speaker 2 (15:47):
I'm guilty of that. I'm really guilty of that. And yeah,
you're right, coach.
Speaker 6 (15:51):
It's easier because in an office setting, you get up,
you talk to somebody, right, there's your five minute break,
right there builds in. But at home, like we all
right now, the all three of us are at home.
So I think that's a great point. But it has
to be built in. It has to be built in,
and that's where you have to intentionally plan, because if
you don't plan your time, the world around you will
(16:11):
plan it for you.
Speaker 2 (16:13):
And I don't know if we want to be in
that situation. I certainly don't.
Speaker 6 (16:17):
So good thoughts today some are especially an important time
to plan our time accordingly, because hopefully we have a
little bit of time to smell the roses.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
A little bit, even though they make me sneeze personally.
Speaker 6 (16:28):
But when we do that we make our summer more
fulfilling but still just as productive.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
So thanks for joining us this week. Hope you're enjoying
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Speaker 6 (16:37):
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Speaker 2 (16:40):
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Speaker 6 (16:43):
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Speaker 2 (16:54):
Forward from there.
Speaker 6 (16:55):
So thanks for checking out this try generational conversation.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
We'll catch you next week on the Limitless leader Ship Lounge.
Speaker 7 (17:01):
Thank you for joining us this week at the Limitless
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(17:22):
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This podcast is a proud member of the Teach Better
podcast network, Better Today, Better Tomorrow, and the podcast to
get you there.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
You can find out.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
More at Teechbetter dot com slash podcast.
Speaker 3 (00:12):
I have to time to blog for my sleep. Without
my proper sleep, I'm anxious the next day. I cannot
function properly so that eight hours sleep.
Speaker 4 (00:23):
No matter what happens.
Speaker 5 (00:25):
I know my days are almost always better when I
plan the day before.
Speaker 6 (00:31):
If you don't plan your time, the world around you
will plan it for you.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
And I don't know if we want to be in
that situation. I certainly don't.
Speaker 7 (00:41):
Do you want to be a leader in a constantly
changing world. Our emerging leaders look different, come from various
backgrounds and from all different age groups. Leadership is changing
and it's hard to keep up. But the good news
you can be a leader too. You can be an
emerging leader. Welcome to the Limitless Leadership Lounge. Try Generational
(01:02):
Conversation for emerging leaders. Come spend some time with us
to discuss leadership from three angles. The coach, Jim Johnson,
the professor, Doctor Renuma Kareem, the host, John Gering, a
monthly guest, and you get in on the conversation on
Facebook and Instagram, and be sure to follow us on
Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Speaker. So come on in and
(01:26):
make yourself comfortable.
Speaker 6 (01:28):
Well, I don't know about you, guys, but to me,
it seems like over the summertime time seems to go faster.
It's more precious because there's more we want to do.
It actually looks fun and appealing to.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Go outside and do yard work.
Speaker 6 (01:44):
So we're going to talk about maximizing our time and
becoming better at time management because we all need that.
It's the Limitless Leadership Lounge. I'm joined by doctor Numacareem
and coach Jim Johnson. So we got three keys for
you because we are three different generations with three different perspectives,
and so we got three keys to enhancing your time management.
And these could actually change the way you think about
(02:06):
how you manage your time. So I know you might
have heard some of these before, but hopefully some new
perspectives to open your eyes to some things I RENEWMA.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Let's dive into key number one.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
Okay, John and I think you mentioned that waking up
this is summer, and we will wake up thinking about
how to spend our day and that is one thing
when we want to manage our time, how do you set.
Speaker 4 (02:30):
Up your goals for the day?
Speaker 3 (02:32):
Do you want to spend it in pleasure or you
do you want to spend it in meaningful and impactful work,
So we need both. Weekend could be different goals and
weekdays could be different. So for me, when I wake
up in the morning, and I always I'm a time blocker,
so I just look into my time block page and see, okay.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
So the morning I'm just focusing.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
I know that my creativity and everything my cortosol level
is like acting very in a high level in the morning,
and that is why I usually use that time for
my creative stuff and things that need those urgent and
important like it needs my full attention and I have
(03:18):
to be in my peak. So that is when writing
a policy paper or if we want to work on
my book, then those are the time when I'm going
to block my time for in the morning, and usually
the afternoon I keep for like after twelve, I prefer
to have meetings so that I'm a little bit relaxed.
Speaker 4 (03:39):
I have some tea and maybe lunch, and then I.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
Don't have to be in that attentive mood. I can
like chat around with people get things done. So for me,
my preferred time for meeting is not in the morning
but in the afternoon. So this is how I thought
that my efficiency. Each person is different, but my efficiency
works in that way being a time blocker setting things
(04:04):
time in that way. And because I just want to
end my section in this one area, I have to
time block for my sleep. Without my proper sleep, I'm
anxious the next day. I cannot function properly, so that
eight hours sleep no matter what happens. I do not
like there because I work in two time zone. Usually
(04:27):
for Bangladeshi people, I do not. I'm telling them that
I am not going to have any meetings after ten
ten pm in Brockport so that I can sleep. So
from ten o'clock my devices are shut down. My book
is there. I love to read book while I am
going to bed, but that's it. A good glass of milk.
(04:48):
Because I'm not lactose intolerant, I can afford that, and
then my sleep is my first priority to make myself
productive for the day.
Speaker 4 (04:58):
So my time is definitely a lo gated in this way.
Speaker 6 (05:02):
Just planning and having maximizing when you have your energy
level and setting those boundaries and blocking that time cool.
I like that, coach, what about you?
Speaker 5 (05:12):
A big thing I started many years ago, and I
know this is a little bit old skull with tech technology,
but the research still shows that it's probably the most
powerful way. And the famous thing is planning your day
the day before. I usually do it towards the end
of my work day or even sometimes right after dinner.
I will go up and I write on a pad.
(05:34):
I have what I call my MVPs, my most valuable priorities,
and I do I write out at least one, sometimes
a max of three, because I believe if you have
more than three priorities, you probably have zero. And then
I really try to make sure that as Reneuma said,
that I time block those priorities to make sure that
I get those accomplished during the day. So writing out
(05:58):
and then I have a to do when I put blocks,
but I do have some flexibility. I try not to
put so many, like back to back things you like
to have a little time between. And then the last
thing I want to say is I think it's hugely important.
Is I call the book ends of the day. And
the book ends is how do I start today, and
(06:21):
I have a lot of things. I have what I
call my daily non negotiables I try to get done,
and some of them are usually done in the morning,
and some of them are usually done in the evening.
But sometimes life happens, so I will flipflop some of
those things. But for example, I'm a big exercise person.
Energy is important, as Renewma mentioned it sleep as she said,
(06:44):
so I usually exercise in the morning, but not not always.
Sometimes I just the way my schedule is for that day.
But because exercise is really always a high priority for me,
I will get it in. I block it out, but
a lot of times that's one of my part of
my morning routine. I am a person of faith, so
I usually pray it in the morning. Occasionally that might
(07:04):
be in the evening. Sometimes I need it both times.
And then I meditate. I know a lot of people
that I've read or heard about or talked to, that's
one of the first things to do in the morning.
I have found that isn't great for me, so I
usually meditate in late afternoon. When I'm starting to get
a little tired for whatever reason, I slow down, I
(07:26):
do some breathing, I do some informations and it really
gives me like a second juice to the day. And
then the last part the other book, and of course,
is how you finish your day. And in finishing my day,
a few things that I started doing. I know it's big,
but I didn't do this until a couple of years ago.
I started a gratitude journal and I try to write
(07:47):
down at least three things I'm grateful for every day.
The other thing is I do a gaily goals journal
where I read out my ten most important goals for
the year, and I do that consistently. At the end
of that journal each day, I write out what I
call my daily scoreboard, and at the end of the day,
I scoreboard six things. I'll give you a couple examples.
(08:09):
One of them is my health. How did I do
from one to ten ten being great, one that's so good.
Another one is my relationships, another one is my speaking business.
So those would just be a few examples, but I
grade myself one to ten and it's really a very
quick self analysis to help me plan for the next day. Okay,
(08:30):
I didn't do very well. I got to make sure
I make the adjustment with my health or my business
or my relationships, whatever it happens to be. So those
are some things I do with the bookends. But the
real key is I know my days are almost always
better when I planned the day before.
Speaker 6 (08:48):
Yeah, and it's not the same for everybody, right, Like
I'm a more of an evening exerciser, And that there
are non negotiables. When those non negotiables happen is individual,
but the fact that you have them is universal. Yes,
So I think that's really important my key. I really
want to dive into the limits that we have to
(09:09):
set because how often do you do we hear this?
Speaker 2 (09:12):
I don't have time for that. I just don't have time.
Speaker 6 (09:15):
If it's a priority, you do have time, But that
doesn't mean that everything's a priority. Because the coach said
you have more than three priorities, you probably have zero.
So what do you really have time for is how
you're going to prioritize what actually matters to you, which
hopefully is the relationships in your life, somewhat, the work
you do, your well being, all those things. But what
(09:36):
we have to do is remember that we do have
limits as humans. And sometimes I'm a huge I'm hugely
guilty of this. Sometimes we think that something is going
to take, say a half hour, and it really takes
more like an hour and a half.
Speaker 2 (09:52):
Right.
Speaker 6 (09:52):
I always think that somehow I can take a shower,
brush my teeth, eat breakfast, and get out the door
in five minutes.
Speaker 2 (09:59):
But not realistic.
Speaker 7 (10:01):
Right.
Speaker 6 (10:01):
Just because I think I want to be Superman doesn't
mean I can't. I can be in three places at once.
So we have to be realistic with our time, and
then we have to set boundaries. This is so key
saying no. It's not my strong suit. I like to
please people. I like to say yes to every opportunity.
I think part of it is pleasing people, and then
part of it is also a scarcity mindset that seeps through. Sometimes,
(10:24):
Oh there's this opportunity, I need to take it or
else I might lose it. Well, most likely there are
other opportunities out there, and if it's stretching your time
and compromising the quality of other things that you're doing,
it's not a good opportunity. So you have to make
time for it. One of the ways that I do
this practically, and this is something that I got just
(10:44):
a couple of months ago from a podcast, and I've
been implementing it ever since, and it's been really a
beneficial thing. Is setting my meetings for my business, my
introductory meetings. A lot of people just throw out there, yeah,
book a free chat with me for thirty minutes, And
that's what I do too, because I think it's important
to make connections and meet people. But I've set that
(11:04):
time not for thirty minutes, but for twenty eight minutes.
So if you booked a chat for nine am, we're
gonna end at nine twenty eight am. And some people
look at me like, really, that's silly, but guess what
for this is for both of us. We might both
have a chat at nine thirty am, and we get
off to the wrong foot when we get onto that
(11:24):
chat at nine thirty three am, especially if that's somebody
that we're meeting for the first time. Right down the road,
you build some trust and people are more forgiving on that,
but the first time you make a really bad first impression.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
So I think it's really important.
Speaker 6 (11:38):
It's been helpful, And then what else it does is
it moves things along, even just those two minutes, even
just setting those expectations upfront that we're gonna end two
minutes early. It gets people a little more urgency, and
it sends a message without even saying it, that you
respect your own time and you respect their time. And
there's too many people in our world who don't respect time.
(12:00):
And I've been guilty of it absolutely as well. But
being late tells somebody that your time is an important
and setting those clear boundaries makes your and the other
person's time feel more important. So I think setting boundaries
and being strict with your calendar, being ruthless in a way,
ruthlessly cutting things off your calendar that don't belong, I
(12:23):
think is a real key to time management. And I'm
working on this real time here. I am not coming
from a place of I have it all figured out,
because I still have a punctuality issue sometimes and you
know this is something that I need to do a
better job of.
Speaker 2 (12:37):
But it's just so key, Coach, are into many final thoughts.
Speaker 4 (12:40):
Yeah, I'm piggybacking on John.
Speaker 3 (12:42):
I was young like you once upon a time, and
I had that attitude of people pleasing, always saying no,
and thinking like I might be missing on an opportunity.
But later on I found out that it is tasking
me a lot, like my energy, my focus so much
of me, and this is why now as I'm older,
(13:04):
I easily say no. So this time, so many people
wanted to meet me for coffee or get advice and
this and that, and I had to select. Okay, these
people are my closest circle of friends and or they
have some like I know that they are in my priority,
so I can make time for them. But there are
(13:25):
people who will not add any value to my life.
It's just draining energy, and I immediately tell them that
I cannot. I don't have time for that. And there
are like I'm taking up like online class on nonprofit management,
I get email from twenty thirty people. They want to
(13:46):
get my advice. If I'm even giving five minutes of
my time to all those people, it's a huge pressure
on me.
Speaker 4 (13:55):
So that is.
Speaker 3 (13:55):
Why I've decided, like I told them, let's have just
a webinar where everybody can ask me question and after that, I'm.
Speaker 4 (14:01):
Not going to talk to anybody.
Speaker 3 (14:03):
So even I'm getting these emails and texts now people
wanting my time, but I know I have to take
care of myself and I do not need to make
everybody happy.
Speaker 4 (14:13):
It's my priority first. So now as I'm older.
Speaker 3 (14:17):
I realized it, but I was like you when I
wasn't that eight, saying yes to everything, and it drove
me crazy.
Speaker 5 (14:27):
Yeah, I'll add a couple of quick days. It was funny.
I read a book many years ago on time management
by a coach I was an athletic coach like I was,
and he started his practices at wacky times. Instead of
two o'clock, it was two oh three, and I started
doing that. And it's funny because one of my core
values was being on time, and so it was really
(14:50):
big to me. But I really emphasized that because of
the fact that by these wacky times and the first
people look at it, but then after all, this guy's
really serious. When practice starts, we're starting at two o three.
That's not at two oh four or two two two
oh three. That clock hits two o three. We're starting.
I think that was just a thing. And then the
(15:11):
last thing I'll say is because in this world I
know a lot of us are now working as a
professional speaker, I do a lot out of my home
office is make sure you, as John said, you have
a little time and even go up or go and
just take a two or three minute walk or do
a little stretch or something, because you boy, you sit
in a seat for two straight hours and that's not
(15:33):
great for your health. So really make sure you're aware
of that as you're working on your time management. Is
that that's really a key, is making sure you have
those little periodical breaks. It's helped for both mentally and physically.
Speaker 2 (15:47):
I'm guilty of that. I'm really guilty of that. And yeah,
you're right, coach.
Speaker 6 (15:51):
It's easier because in an office setting, you get up,
you talk to somebody, right, there's your five minute break,
right there builds in. But at home, like we all
right now, the all three of us are at home.
So I think that's a great point. But it has
to be built in. It has to be built in,
and that's where you have to intentionally plan, because if
you don't plan your time, the world around you will
(16:11):
plan it for you.
Speaker 2 (16:13):
And I don't know if we want to be in
that situation. I certainly don't.
Speaker 6 (16:17):
So good thoughts today some are especially an important time
to plan our time accordingly, because hopefully we have a
little bit of time to smell the roses.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
A little bit, even though they make me sneeze personally.
Speaker 6 (16:28):
But when we do that we make our summer more
fulfilling but still just as productive.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
So thanks for joining us this week. Hope you're enjoying
the show.
Speaker 6 (16:37):
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Speaker 2 (16:40):
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we move.
Speaker 2 (16:54):
Forward from there.
Speaker 6 (16:55):
So thanks for checking out this try generational conversation.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
We'll catch you next week on the Limitless leader Ship Lounge.
Speaker 7 (17:01):
Thank you for joining us this week at the Limitless
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