On average, we get interrupted every 11 minutes on a normal workday, but that it takes us 23 minutes to refocus afterwards? That means productivity is slammed recovering from distractions.
Imagine the productivity boost if we could manage these distractions.
Alexis Haselberger is a time management and productivity coach who helps people do more and stress less through coaching, workshops, and online courses. Her pragmatic, yet fun, approach helps people easily integrate practical, realistic strategies into their lives so that they can do more of what they want and less of what they don't. Alexis has taught thousands of individuals to take control of their time, their to-do lists and their overwhelm. Her clients include Google, Lyft, Workday, Capital One, Upwork, and more.
In this episode, Alexis shares about the challenges leaders face in terms of managing schedules and priorities where emails, Slack, and other apps take much of your time and focus. Overwhelm prevents leaders from fully connecting in the present moment and doing more. Alexis helps you recover your time, lift your enthusiasm, and refocus on what really matters.
What you will learn from this episode:
“As you continue to build that new sort of neural pathway in your brain, that becomes the more automatic route instead of the old way that you're doing things.”
- Alexis Haselberger
Topics Covered:
01:37 - Facing the challenge of letting the day happen to you
02:25 - What made her clients come to her for help
03:34 - Some mistakes her clients commit before finally seeking out her help
06:19 - Taking advantage of the one-touch rule to lessen message and task overwhelm
09:53 - Where do people fail in pursuit of making a lasting and impactful change in habits
11:34 - Get your FREE downloadable Guide to Minimize Distractions. Click here: https://www.alexishaselberger.com/reduce-distraction
12:33 - If I need to just get started today if I feel like my life is incredibly overwhelming right now, and I can't do coaching, what should I do?
13:43 - One suggestion to help you become more productive and effective at work and in your family life
Key Takeaways:
“One of the big mistakes we make is we download an app or read a book and we expect that to be the silver bullet. And then when it doesn't work out, and just the way that it's supposed to, we feel like we failed”
“Have a single trusted system for your tasks. What happens when we have these things in all the places is that we can't prioritize like, we are just grasping at things like does this look good? Should we do this? We can't properly plan either because we don't know the full breadth of everything.”
“Figure out where all your stuff is coming from, where all your tasks, your projects, etc., and spend an hour or two putting it all in one place, right so that we can actually look at it linearly because humans can't multitask.”
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