Kate Christie, Founder and CEO of Time Stylers, is a Time Management Specialist. An Australian mom of 3, Kate is a best-selling author, speaker, coach, and attorney. You name it; she does it all! She’s spent years working with high performing individuals and teams to help them get to the next level. Kate shares with us that it all comes back to time and productivity. After reading her new book, Me First, I just had to have Kate on the podcast. Her book is about how women can find 30 hours a month to get back to themselves. If you’re wondering how to get back your time, handle interruptions, get the kids to pick up after themselves and whether work-life balance exists, this is a must-listen!
Let's talk about finding time so that working moms can get back to themselves.
What we're talking aboutKate’s new book, Me First, is her 4th best-selling time management book. It is now available in Target in the United States!. She shows women how to get 30 hours a month back for themselves as a working mom. Kate guides us to reflect on what your priorities and values are.
Growing up in a generation where women were told they could have it all, Kate developed inner confidence. She shares her simple formula for success and explains how she felt she could have whatever she wanted. Her inner confidence changed once Kate started having babies. She felt that the wheels had fallen off, and she was overwhelmed by mom guilt and imposter syndrome. She decided she could either be a really great mom or have a really great career, but not both. So Kate opted out of her career.
The timeout from her career gave Kate the perspective to re-frame and realize she didn’t need to have it all. Kate explains that you just need to be chasing after the parts that are most important to you. She shares that once you define what is essential, that becomes your all. You shouldn’t have to choose between an amazing career and being a mom because of want of time. Her book offers practical suggestions and outlines how you control your time and have what is most important to you. Kate says you really can have it all!
How To Get Control Of Your TimeStats show that moms carry more of the burden. To get control of your time, you need to figure out who can help you in your household. And this includes your children; having them help in the home teaches your child to be an independent person.
As Kate explains, your first step is that you need to identify everything you can outsource and everything you can reject to manage your time. We all have habits that rob us of time, so it’s about shining the light on those things and working out what you don’t need to do and what you can do differently.
Kate goes on to describe that there are two types of outsourcing. The traditional outsourcing of hiring an expert who can do it faster, better, and cheaper than you. And the other is insourcing. Insourcing requires you to identify everything you currently do for the people you live with and what they can do for themselves that you don’t have to pay them for. You need to get everyone engaged and involved as young as possible. Family is a team sport, and establishing those habits and patterns helps empower and create independence for your children. And best of all, it frees up more of your time.
How To Handle InterruptionsInterruptions generally cost us time and productivity. According to Kate, every time we are interrupted, we have to multitask, decreasing productivity by up to 40%. She discusses strategies that parents can use to reduce those interruptions. Kate tells...
