What Notifications You Need Enabled on Your Phone
I get asked about notifications a lot so today, I’m going to be sharing my thoughts of what notifications you should and should not have enabled on your phone.
- Fewer notifications is better!
- Notifications are distractions.
- Types of notifications
- The No-notification movement
- What notifications I have enabled
- What I don’t have enabled
- A notification cleanse
Can You be Productive on Social Media? - Cathy Wassell
Cathy Wassell is a Lead Generation Strategist specializing in LinkedIn and Facebook Ads who helps coaches and consultants build a pipeline of new clients. She runs a digital agency, Socially Contented, co-founded a membership for new businesses, Go With The Pro, and trains entrepreneurs and new businesses on how to get more clients with her Leads Machine courses. She lives in Stratford upon Avon, UK, about 2 minutes' walk from Shakespeare's house. She has two teens and two crazy spaniels and isn't sure which are more trouble.
On this episode with Cathy Wassell:
- How social media stifles our productivity and how we can beat it
- How to use Facebook ads to boost your business.
- Mistakes people make when using Facebook ads
Where you can find Cathy:
Talking about Human Behavior with Richard Flint
Richard Flint has been on the national lecture circuit for 34 years, doing an average of 125 events a year. His expertise is Human Behavior and his gift is taking what is confusing to people and showing them the pathway to clarity. He is the author of 19 books!
On this episode with Richard Flint: what the breakdown of the American farm has to do with human behavior today, emotions travel in 3s, his thoughts on failure and doubt and the accountability circle.
How to Have Hard Conversations - Peter Bregman
Peter Bregman is CEO of Bregman Partners, a company that helps senior leaders create accountability and inspire collective action on their organization’s most important work. Best-selling author of 18 Minutes, his most recent book is Leading with Emotional Courage: How to Have Hard Conversations, Create Accountability, and Inspire Action on Your Most Important Work.
On this episode with Peter Bregman: having hard conversations, the power of the fear of success can be greater than the fear of failure, Peter's 5 steps to accountability and why you need a big arrow.
Leading With Emotional Courage: How to Have Hard Conversations, Create Accountability, And Inspire Action On Your Most Important Work (affiliate link)
Four Seconds: All the Time You Need to Replace Counter-Productive Habits with Ones That Really Work (affiliate link)
18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done (affiliate link)
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Vision and Accountability - Mark O'Donnell
Mark O'Donnell is an entrepreneur, high growth strategist, & Certified EOS® Implementer. He started his first business in 2007 with his brother Tommy. That business grew to over 250 people & $25,000,000 in revenues. They completed multiple M&A transactions creating a partnership that manages 10+ portfolio businesses.
Mark’s passion is launching ideas with strategies & plans, removing obstacles, influencing & inspiring achievement through the creation of goals in order to create movement towards a better future.
On this episode with Mark O'Donnell: the eight questions you need to ask yourself to bring your vision into focus, the power and danger of social accountability.
Where you can find Mark:
Dealing with People, Chairs, Glass Walls and Stress
On this episode, I’m sharing part of a recent presentation I did at the 2019 Texas Bay Area SHRM Conference (the Society of Human Resource Management).
In this part of the presentation, I talk about:
- How to deal with people
- Setting boundaries
- Dealing with the dreaded, “got a minute?”
- The problem with chairs in your office
- Setting boundaries when you work in a cubicle
- Retraining co-workers
- Offices that have glass walls and doors
- Stress and your productivity
- The importance of sleep
How to Win with Digital Marketing - Janine Capaldi
Janine Capaldi is Co-founder of digital marketing agency Capaldi Marketing. She started as a coach and then began consulting; specializing in getting coaches & businesses high value leads and sales on LinkedIn.
Janine has one philosophy & one common goal that all her work revolves around - relationships. Relationship marketing is the key to high value long term business relationships.
On this episode with Janine: where you should be on social media (not everywhere), endless scrolling on social media, have a plan with social media plus the mistakes people make on social media.
Where you can find Janine:
The Power of SEO and What NOT to Do - Deepak Shukla
Deepak Shukla is the Founder of Pearl Lemon, a multi-award-winning SEO agency in London.
He bootstrapped the business from his mum’s house to a £275k company in less than 24 months. He’s since gone on to invest in algorithmic trading, launch 5-figure online courses and continues to grow.
Deepak has been featured in TEDx, SEMrush, BBC, Chelsea FC, Appsumo, Bright Talks & more.
When he's not running his agency, you'll find him running marathons, completing Ironmen, getting inked or playing with his cat, Jenny.
On this episode with Deepak Shukla: how to keep Google happy, minimalist versus long-form copy for your website, mistakes people make with SEO and Deepak's productivity tips.
Where you can find Deepak:
How to Deal With Email Like a Boss
On this episode, I’m sharing part of a recent presentation I did at the 2019 Texas Bay Area SHRM Conference (the Society of Human Resource Management).
In this part of the presentation, I talk about how to deal with email like a boss.
- How long it takes for you to get your focus back after you’re interrupted
- How to spend LESS time in email
- How to efficiently ask for feedback on something
- How to set up a meeting with someone
- How to deal with the dreaded carbon copy or, ugh, reply all
- How Steve Jobs handled meetings
- And I ask a question you need to think about when it comes to email
How to Travel the World - Chris Christensen
Chris is the travel blogger and podcaster at Amateur Traveler. He is an award winning travel journalist including being named the "Best Independent Travel Journalist" by Travel & Leisure Magazine in their annual SMITTY Awards. When he is not blogging or podcasting Chris is a "Silicon Valley nerd".
On this episode with Chris Christensen: traveling is usually safer than staying home (in most cases), tips on how to travel, a big tip to make the most of your trip.
Where you can find Chris: