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318: 5 Steps to Kill Busyness with Garland Vance

Author of Gettin' (un)Busy

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A couple of years ago, I had the tremendous opportunity to speak at a conference attended by about 500 authors from around the world.

One member of that audience was a man named Garland Vance.

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According to Garland, he decided right then and there that, once his book was finished, he would make it his goal to appear on the Read to Lead Podcast.

Well, here we are. It is my pleasure to welcome Garland to Read to Lead and it’s an absolute treat to tell you with 100% sincerity that Garland’s book is one of the best I’ve ever read on purpose and productivity.

It’s that good.

It’s called Gettin’ (un)Busy: The 5 Steps to Kill Busyness and Live with Purpose, Productivity, and Peace.

It is possible for you to be highly productive AND un-busy at the same time. Garland shows you how.

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307: 30 Hacks for Bringing Joy to Your Job with Bruce Daisley

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It’s easy to fall into the mistaken belief that the way we work today is the way it has sort of always been.

In reality, what we know as work today has only been practiced for the last 200 years or so; a mere drop in the ol’ history bucket, if you will.

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My guest today on the podcast is Bruce Daisley, most recently Vice President of Twitter’s European division.

His new book is called Eat, Sleep, Work, Repeat: 30 Hacks for Bringing Joy to Your Job.

In it, he draws on both his experience at companies like Twitter, Google, and YouTube and his relationship with experts in psychology, economics, and behavioral science to offer 30 research-based hacks for bringing joy into our burned-out, unproductive work culture.

How, for example, does a lunch break create more productivity? Is it true that you can improve team performance simply by moving the coffee maker? How can walking meetings be a better alternative to the usual conference room?

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274: An Audio Summary of Free to Focus by Michael Hyatt

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Every month for the past two-plus years, I’ve been meeting with members of my online book club to talk through the most recent book we’ve gone through together.

Last month, that book was one whose focus is on productivity. But not just any kind of productivity system. No.

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This productivity book gets right what so many in my view get wrong: how to actually achieve more by doing less.

The book in question is called Free to Focus: A Total Productivity System to Achieve More by Doing Less, and the author is Michael Hyatt.

This is by far one of the most practical books I’ve read in a long time. It’s one you’ll find super easy to take action on. After all, that’s the point, right?

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270: 7 Simple Actions to Get the Right Things Done and Achieve Your Goals

With Accomplish It author Mridu Parikh

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I first met today’s guest at a conference I was keynoting back in 2016.

She was one of those rare folks who immediately put me at ease with her friendly demeanor and positive attitude.

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Her name is Mridu Parikh and now, three years later, she has written a brand new book called Accomplish It: 7 Simple Actions to Get the Right Things Done and Achieve Your Goals.

I read this one from cover to cover, and though a few of the actions she recommends were things I was already doing, I learned plenty of new tactics and strategies I plan to implement to take my productivity to a new level.

I believe that no matter where you are on the productivity “scale,” you’ll find something of value in Mridu’s book.

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261: Great Leaders Have No Rules with Kevin Kruse

New York Times bestselling author

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Today’s guest is a New York Times bestselling author and has written over a half dozen books. How then could this be his first visit on the show?

I’m not sure I can answer that. But, I’ve decided to make the most of my time with Kevin Kruse and squeeze not one but TWO interviews out of him.

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Kevin is not only my guest on the podcast today, but will be one of 32 speakers worldwide who’ve accepted my invitation to join me for my upcoming online conference called the Boss-Free Virtual Summit.

If you desire to make the break away from traditional work to going your own way, be sure and grab your free seat for the summit via the link above.

Today, however, Kevin and I discuss his new book and many of his contrarian views on traditional leadership.

Things like: closing your open door policy, the difference between being likable and being liked, why you should reveal everything, including salaries, and more.

This is a real in-depth conversation on a leadership model for the 21st Century. I really think you’re going to enjoy it.

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