Take Back Time: Time Management | Stress Management | Tug Of War With Time

Time management and productivity is so important for Carl Puillein, and in this episode, he explains why. Carl is a renowned productivity and time management coach who has helped thousands of people around the world get better at managing their time and become more productive using technology they carry around with them every day. He coaches companies and individuals around the world through his Time and Life Mastery and Your Digital Life courses. Today, he joins Penny Zenker teaches us how we can manage our time efficiently in this digital age and shares some strategies and tools that he uses for getting through the day.   Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

New business and new business models have all given way to more unique and varied work arrangements as well, and one of these kinds of set-ups is working from home. Work-from-home arrangements can be incredibly efficient and beneficial, but done wrong, they can also lead one to unproductivity and the inability to continue working. Penny Zenker discusses some of these pitfalls and how one can remain in complete control of the situation. It’s really all in the restraint you allow yourself to keep you away from the distractions found in a home set-up. If you’re working from home, you might just see your work habits reflected in Penny’s list of pitfalls. If that’s the case, then you’re going to have to make a change – and that’s something that Penny’s knowledge can definitely help you with.  Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

Stress management has become such a key survival skill in the fast-paced world of the present (and probably the future). With this in mind, a lot of people have fundamental misunderstandings about stress management and productivity that should be corrected before they lead to full burnout. Danielle Robertson Rath has used her nearly 20 years of experience researching caffeine and energy drinks to give stress management advice to people as the GreenEyedGuide. Penny Zenker gets down to brass tacks with Danielle to discuss some important misconceptions that people carry to this day about productivity and stress management. If you feel like you’re slowly careening towards burnout territory, this discussion is definitely for you.  Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

Do you feel distant from your business or work? Do you find yourself unmotivated and longing for a goal that seems unreachable from where you currently are? If you answer yes, then this episode will help you gain clarity about the choices you’re making. Penny Zenker interviews business strategist, coach, and speaker, Lisa Danforth to share with us the tips, tools, and tricks that are going to get us in a place to be able to think and act more strategically. At the heart of it is learning how to create a true work-life alignment or balance and fulfillment for ourselves. Lisa examines the choices we make that keep us from living the life we truly want, questioning whether or not we need to pivot and/or change our mindset. There is so much wisdom that Lisa shares with us on this conversation, so don’t miss out! Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War

Have you wondered if working anywhere you want is a possibility? Jonathan Green is the living proof that it is. Jonathan is a best-selling author with a passion for helping people escape the slavery of nine to five cubicle farms. In this episode, Jonathan shares his vision and his success in doing business from an unconventional work environment—on a tropical island. He tells the story of why he did that, the initial struggles he went through, and how his business eventually grew from that. Jonathan also emphasizes the need to separate work and business from pleasure and entertainment in order to get more things done. When he’s not on the beach with his wife and kids, he writes books, hosts the Serve No Master podcast, and travels the world sharing his secrets. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

What do you do when you think you have too much to do yet have so little time? In this episode, Jones Loflin emphasizes why time management is important. Jones is an internationally recognized speaker, corporate trainer, and author. He helped many Fortune 500 companies develop and deliver practical solutions that specifically address the complex needs of an organization such as time management, focus, motivation, and work-life balance. Prior to all of this, he served as the “Trainer of Trainers” for the best-selling book, Who Moved My Cheese? Jones discusses some common reasons why we don’t get everything done on our to-do list and shares some tricks for actually accomplishing them. He also reminds us that proper time management leaves no facet of life neglected and unaccomplished. Are you ready to stop and reevaluate what needs to be done in your life? Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time Faceb

Cheryl Tan is a media trainer and video coach who specializes in teaching entrepreneurs, nonprofit organizations, and corporations how to show up better on camera in order to create a greater impact in the world. She also has a Video Bootcamp live class and a podcast, the STANDOUT with Cheryl Tan show. Before running her own consulting business, she was a TV news anchor, reporter, and host for television stations in Georgia and Virginia. In this episode, Cheryl shares the story of her trial by fire as a TV anchor and her transition to becoming a mentor. Cheryl discusses common problems why people shy away from video and gives some tips on how to overcome that. She also emphasizes the power of batching in creating video and video content. If you’re ready to use the power of video to your advantage, Cheryl Tan’s Video Bootcamp is just the thing for you. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug

Shareable and trackable books are tools of the future. Allowing one idea to be passed on to another and products and programs shared easily can lead to marketing magic. Today, Penny Zenker interviews Robert Evans, the CEO and creator of Tracka’Book, about how this unique app moves and brings people together. Robert explains how Tracka’Book helps you save time and money on your marketing efforts and achieve faster results. Get to know this unique app as Robert takes us through its major features.  Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

There is an epidemic of loneliness and disconnect today. Without relationships and purpose, we’d all be gliding aimlessly in life. An energetic soul who aims to connect the world a person at a time on purpose with purpose is Ginger Johnson – a coach, speaker, expert connector, and entrepreneur. Ginger visits the show to share with us her wisdom on setting your purpose and why doing so allows you more freedom in life than you expect. She points out the power of connecting with a purpose to not only find success in business but to also grow as individuals. Get clear on what you do and who you’re doing it with. After all, these are the very things you are giving your life to. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

It’s important to have time for yourself every day. Doing so decrease the stress levels that we all experience at work and at home. In this episode, Alexis Haselberger joins host Penny Zenker as they discuss time management and productivity. In our daily life, balancing time for work, house chores, exercise, and other tasks is tantamount to having a healthy lifestyle. Discover how you can have more time for yourself to do the things you want to do as Penny and Alexis dive into time blocking, handling distractions, and managing nagging notifications.  Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

As people, very often we don’t realize until it’s too late that we crave deep connections with the people around us. Creating deep connections is an essential element of the social experience of humanity, but it’s hard to get to that point without doing some work. Susan Moore is a leadership development coach, and the founder of FearlessLeading.com. She talks to Penny Zenker about how creating deep connections can be done by taking a more active approach to the way you live your life.  Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

Many have accepted procrastination as a social norm that allows people to do things at the last minute. However, procrastination, when tolerated, can become very disruptive, especially to our creativity. Writer, speaker, actor, and creativity and productivity specialist, Samantha Bennett shares the secrets to help us become more productive and avoid procrastination—all within just fifteen minutes a day. Before that, she first lets us in on the problems most creatives have and how we can get past the excuses we make on a daily basis. She then gives out some concrete tips that we can do to accelerate our creativity past procrastination.  Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

Everything starts with the mindset. Our minds can be our greatest tool or our greatest enemy. Today, Penny Zenker talks with Kam Knight – a coach, writer, and author of several bestselling books in the area of mental performance – about his endeavors and pursuits to study the mind and how it works. Sharing the two main “whys” that drew him to this direction, Kam also opens up about how he was able to overcome the mental challenges and roadblocks and started focusing on his original goals. Conquer the negativities in your mind. Don’t miss this episode to discover how.   Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

Email can be such a challenge for people in terms of the number of emails that they receive every day. A study that was done that tells us that reading and responding to email can take as much as 28% to 35% of our work week. That’s huge! Imagine if you could get back just a fraction of that to work on the things that are most important in your business. On today’s show, Penny Zenker talks with Harsh Vardhan, the Content Manager at Hiver, a B2B product that simplifies email collaboration for Gmail and G Suite users, about what they actually do at Hiver to support you to manage your email box more effectively so you can spend more time on the things that are most important to you.  Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

When you’re able to get things done, your self-confidence gets better. In this episode, operations executive, speaker, and author Lee Cockerell talks about how time management plus discipline and empathy make the best leaders. Discover his early beginnings in Walt Disney and Marriott Corporation, and the lessons that he learned on strategies on simplifying work and hiring the right people who share your core values. Lee also emphasizes on choosing your priorities while you’re still young,  Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

Learning you have cancer can be one of the most devastating things in a person’s life. In this episode, Tim Stringer shares his struggles in battling cancer and the realization that led him to Holistic Productivity. Tim is the founder of Technically Simple, which is a coaching and consulting company that recognizes that a positive shift in one area of life can positively impact all other areas. Their approach to productivity is based on Holistic Productivity and draws wisdom from David Allen’s Getting Things Done methodology. He also launched Learn OmniFocus, a membership site that focuses on articulating and tracking commitments by sharing best practices that have been refined over the years.  Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

We all have different perspectives and skepticism whenever the topic goes to productivity. Still, one thing is for sure; everyone knows its value, especially the emotional, mental, and physical reward you feel after a productive event in your life. President ofW3 Consulting, Inc., and Evernote Regional Leader for North America, Ray Sidney-Smith, defines beautifully what productivity is. He spends the time to anatomize productivity and talks about in detail his insights, understanding, and application. Ray goes the extra mile and shares the strategy of Focus Mastery for determining the value of a task and how it makes you more productive through constant improvement through examples of real-life scenarios you can relate with.  Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

Scott Friesen is a Productivity Application Expert and owner of Simpletivity. In this episode, Scott talks about keeping things simple and doing your work at your productive best. Scott mentions by keeping things simple, you can learn to value your work more and have time to do other things instead of feeling swamped without really accomplishing too much. Scott dives into strategies on keeping yourself healthy while working and talks about how important rest and sleep are in your work. Lastly, Scott talks about load management and how you can work best by not jumping from one thing to the other.   Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

We can make more money, but with time, when it’s gone, it’s gone. Our guest today is productivity coach Demir Bentley. Demir is the Cofounder of the Lifehack Method. He coaches thousands of clients each year with a client list riddled with high profile names like Facebook, Google, Uber, PepsiCo, and Lexar. In this episode, host Penny Zenker talks with Demir about life hacking, his passion for productivity, The Four Layers of Accountability, and setting your environment up for success. He also shares his insights on what people need to think about or engage themselves with on their path to productivity and success.   Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

More than we give them credit for, clutter keeps us from moving forward with our lives. Helping you identify the things that hold you down, host, Penny Zenker, sits down with the founder of the Productive Environment Institute, Barbara Hemphill, to talk about how you can let go of the clutters that prevent you from accomplishing work and enjoying your life better. Barbara shares with us the five-step process to help us deal with the clutter that’s in the way between us and the goals, joy, and balance we want to have in our lives. Become a master of your life, and let go of the clutter in this episode.   Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest