Goals are an integral part of creating plans for success, but sometimes it’s difficult for us to know where to begin when it comes to setting a goal. Your goal may be a project, a habit, or a task, but whatever it is, all goals start with you considering the final destination, and that's what I want to focus on today. We will discuss the idea of starting with the end in mind, creating counterbalance in order to achieve certain goals, the importance of visualization, and creating milestones to ensure that you meet the big goals and dreams you have set for yourself.

What’s In This Episode:

• 3 different categories of goals
• Leaning into an area of focus in order to achieve a specific goal
• Beginning with the end in mind through the power of visualization
• How to create & utilize milestones to attain your goals
• Assessing your milestones in order to identify when you need to readjust

How many times have you said that you'd do whatever it is you want to do “someday”? In reality, someday is this indefinite time in the future that never really comes. Today, I want to focus on your someday. We’ll discuss the roadblocks that keep us from pursuing the things that we say matter most to us & how we can take actionable steps towards prioritizing and achieving those dreams. We have to stop delaying our happiness and give ourselves permission to change, to start, to do the things we need to do, and to move towards the lives we really want.

What’s In This Episode:

• 3 roadblocks of Someday Syndrome and how you can address them
• Giving yourself permission to pursue what matters most to you
• How you can make someday a reality through intention and planning
• Evaluating your somedays in order to determine how they fit into your life

Why is mindfulness so important when it comes to productivity? Today, Chris Bailey & I will be discussing productivity, mindfulness, and his books, The Productivity Project and Hyperfocus. Chris is a productivity expert who speaks to organizations around the globe on how to become more productive without hating the process. We will also be sharing about the importance of taking time to let our minds wander and the benefits that come from that time.

What’s In This Episode:

• Why mindfulness is so important for leading productive lives
• How we create meaning for our lives through what we focus on
• Recognizing the impact the information that we consume has on our happiness
• Controlling our attention and eliminating distractions
• Being intentional in taking timeouts to deliberately let our attention scatter

Which is better, to fill our day with 40 insignificant tasks that we can check off our list? Or five momentum building, goal setting tasks? Five important tasks will trump any number of insignificant ones any day of the week. Today, we’re talking about shifting our mindset from busyness to productivity. I’ll share why it’s important to be intentional with our time and how to be sure our ‘yeses’ matter.

What’s In This Episode:

• Focusing on what we’re doing best rather than worrying about whether we are doing enough
• Willful focus vs. automatic focus
• How to eliminate distractions, specifically technology and social media
• Stop using busyness and distractions to cover uncertainty in our lives
• Making choices about how you spend your time & making your yeses matter