When was the last time you sat down and did nothing? This episode will make you question if you might be addicted to activity!
In this episode, we chat with productivity coach Donna McGeorge about the value of adding space into our lives and diaries.
You’ll learn some tips for carving time back in your day and making your workday work for you. This is an inspiring chat with practical takeaways for busy people!
I’d love to know your top tips for getting back time in your week! Share them over on LinkedIn.
In this episode, we cover:
- The obsession with doing more and more
- How we’ve become unaccustomed to space
- Stopping to think and breathe is rare
- Adaptive capacity
- Your diary needs about a 15% gap each day
- Blocking out time in your diary
- Meeting cultures in workplaces
- Perception by others about stopping
- Being addicted to activity, and the power of daydreaming
- How long can you sit for and do nothing?
- “No” is a complete sentence
- Capacity is a magical word
- Refreshing honesty of saying no
- Overpromising and not delivering
- What would happen if you said no?
- Reasonable human beings managing competing demands
- Having energy left in the tank for loved ones
- Doing three things today that will make tomorrow easier
- Working in your energy zone
- AI could be the key to giving us back time and space!
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