Laura Vanderkam - The Boss of Time Management
Laura Vanderkam
Laura Vanderkam is the authority on time management and productivity. Her goal is simple and powerful - to help us spend time on the things that matter and less on what doesn’t. Laura has five children, has written a number of successful books, hosts three podcasts, and has a TED talk that’s been viewed over 11 million times! How does she do it all? What are her best tips? Listen to find out.
More About Laura
Laura Vanderkam’s books include: Juliet’s School of Possibilities, Off the Clock, I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, 168 Hours, and All the Money in the World. Laura’s work has appeared in publications including: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Fortune, and Fast Company.
She has appeared on numerous television programs, including The Today Show and CBS This Morning, hundreds of radio segments, and has spoken about time and productivity to audiences of all sizes. Her TED talk, “How to gain control of your free time,” has been viewed nearly 11 million times. Laura has two podcasts! She is the co-host of the podcast Best of Both Worlds. And the every-weekday-morning podcast Before Breakfast featuring productivity tips designed to take listeners’ days from great to awesome.
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Key Topics
Intro (00:23)
How Vanderkam created a living out of studying time productivity (02:33)
Time management before it was cool (03:42)
Vanderkam’s thoughts on working from home (05:46)
Creating boundaries for WFH (10:24)
How Vanderkam does it all with her to-do list trick (12:00)
How Leaders can support their teams in remote work (14:15)
Maintaining relationships digitally (15:43)
Rephrasing “I’m too busy” (18:08)
Common denominator in successful people or truly high achievers (19:17)
Vanderkam’s podcasts (21:17)
How Vanderkam takes the long view (23:37)
Managing by task not time (26:20)
Optimize for well-being (28:14)
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