Your Best Just Got Better
By Jason W. Womack MEd, MA
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Podcast Description
Top performers engage and build upon a mindset that is success-based. Get ready to improve your performance and make significant, positive differences. In this podcast, we focus on sharing techniques and tools that allow people to implement their plans, take action, and experience success in life and at work. If having a "Quality Life" is a topic that is important to you, listen in. We work with clients to identify tools and strategies to ensure their goals fit their performance on a daily basis.
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Making Your Best Even Better Starts With You | In this episode, you learn three ideas that go in to making your best better. There's more to achievement than just setting a goal. Here I share why Chapter 1 is the starting gate to the whole book. | 2/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Know What You're Asking For | If you want to go far, AND fast, go together. Knowing what you're asking for is Key #1 to making your best better. Key #2? That's what I talk about in this podcast. You'll find a secret to goal setting, as well as an idea on how to ask for support from your already powerful "social network." | 2/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Your Social Network... mentors along the way | It's true, I think, that "most" people can still bring to mind the name of a teacher, or coach, or neighbor, or friend who - at some point along the way - acted as a true mentor. Did you have one come to mind? Have you spoken to or written to them lately? Here are some ideas on how you can build, and build up, your social network. | 2/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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3 Ways To NOT Waste Time | We all have those same 24 hours in a day. If you want to get more of the right things done, you'll need to optimize the minutes you have to move your own mission forward. Executives, entrepreneurs, volunteers, parents ... and kids! ... here are three ways you can NOT waste time and be more productive every day. | 2/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Go Further, Faster, Together | The great part about mentoring is that you are working with people who are willing to see you get great and get big. Now to get moving forward, moving faster, and moving further, we need to move together. Listen in to learn three things relative to finding, working with, sustaining, and eventually moving on from a mentor. | 1/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Planning This Year | When you think about getting going for the new year, STOP setting goals and START setting deadlines. Here, I share a few ideas on how you can get MORE time to work on those Most Important Things. | 1/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sixty months from now | If you're ready to initiate a movement toward change - if you're going to Work Smarter, Think Bigger and Make More - you'll want to think about the people you're spending the most time with. Change your Social Network (no, not your Social Media network...that's another story) and you MAY change what you experience! | 1/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Where Does Change Start | It's the beginning of a new year. Some people have asked me, "Is it good to set new goals at the beginning of a new year?" My response is that at this point, during the month of January, more people around you will accept the fact that you're thinking of making some changes. Just remember the most important thing to setting - and achieving - goals: Pacing. You've got to sustain focus on the change. | 1/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Make Room for Something New | In order to do the Great Work (that's what Michael Bungay Stanier calls it), you need to have "room to work." Making room for something new might require getting rid of something old! Listen in to a few ideas I have about making it possible to think bigger AND get more of the important things done! | 12/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What Is (Really) Going On? | You know, there is more that affects your performance and productivity than what's getting in the way of your performance and productivity. Listen in, and you'll get an idea or two about how to work smarter and think bigger. | 12/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Just 2 Reasons to Find a New Mentor | If you're looking toward getting some new experiences, learn some new things, and expand into new areas of focus and responsibility, it's time to get a new mentor. As you listen to this week's podcast, think about the people that come to mind. If possible, reach out to one or two of them over the next month. If you can, get an extra conversation in with them in the near future, and let them know you're looking for advice and ideas. | 12/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The ROI on Productivity | The "Return On Investment" for higher productivity is high. Getting more things done during a day is not JUST about staying busy. There are a few things efficiency brings, one being increased self-efficacy. (Listen to the podcast for the other two!) Efficacious thoughts lead us to higher levels of engagement and contribution. Listen in, and consider the benefits to YOU of improving your productivity. | 12/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Who Will You Turn To | There are people out there who are willing to help us. What about the ones that we can support? Think about how you can work together...together. It may be possible to get more done, think bigger, and contribute more as you work together. | 12/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What To Do More Of | There are four things to do more of; that is, if you want to be better organized and get more of the right things done, you need to: Identify. Define. Experiment. Assess. As you head in to another day or week of "being productive," remember that sometimes your workflow habits of old may be getting in your way. Find one thing to change, and practice with it this week! | 11/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Morning Workflow Habits | How are your morning habits and routines impacting your own productivity? Start a 5-day experiment, where you track WHAT you do between the time you wake up and about 10am. Do this for a week, and you'll surely find some things you can STOP doing. That will give you the time you need, to do what you want! | 11/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Direction and Destination | As you sit down and think about the next 6-12 months, and then the next 3-5 years, you're really considering two types of goals. Direction based goals are about the process, about what's happening along the way. Destination based goals, those are all about the product, what you'll have when you get there. Balance these two types of goals and you'll achieve more...and it will be more interesting when you get there! | 11/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Your Productivity Profile | You have studied productivity, right? You know "what" to do, to have a high performance day; but, do you know WHY productivity is important to you? I didn't know exactly what it was, only that I was always interested in getting a "little better." Then, I understood the significance of labeling my Productivity Profile. Think about why you want to be more productive; make it easy by looking at what's around you. | 11/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Kinds of Conversations of Making Your Best Better | Think about the discussions you're involved in every day. You're always moving between: Transactions, Plenary Conversations and Strategic Thinking Sessions. Move between these three, and identify what you can do, who you can meet and when you can achieve on some of your goals that will show you making your best...even better | 10/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What is Personal Productivity | Everyone will ultimately have their own reason for getting more productive. What's yours? To begin with, take some time to stop and write down your own definition of the word. You'll get the opportunity to think a bit, craft some ideas, and more importantly create some kind of a filter for what you put attention on tomorrow. | 10/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The 5 Day Experiment | Do you know how long it takes to make something in to a habit? One week? 21 days? 35 days? Maybe a lifetime? Well, here I want to talk about something very important. I want to know whether or not I should make something a habit in the first place! The only way I know of to do that is to experiment with something; try it out, every day, once a day, for 5 (or so) days. | 10/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pacing and Personal Improvement | What are you anticipating coming toward you - projects, events or situations - that you're going to improve toward? When it comes to pacing, it's important to know there are 3 very different approaches you take toward personal improvement. 1. What you think about. 2. The projects you take on. 3. Taking specific actions on those outcomes. | 10/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Role in Making Your Best Better | The movement of improvement requires action, attention and review. When you think about your role in making your best better, you need to know what an ideal, productive day would look, sound and feel like. Oh, and it helps to know when you're at your best, too! Take time, after you listen to this podcast, to write about one YOUR own Ideal Days. | 9/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Influence Your Way To Success | There are three things that directly influence your productivity, and ultimately your success: Homeostasis, Context, Network. First, we tend to do what we've always done. It's normal! Second, we change what we do, based on where we're working. Third, the people we spend time with will influence what we think about, work on and do...it's true! | 9/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Who Do You Think You Are | In order to make more (more of whatever you'd like to make!) you're going to have to think about how you think. Self-efficacy is the ability to "believe" you can do what it is you want to do. What can you look back on? What can you use as a reference point? What can you move toward? Address the way you think, and you'll change the way you work. | 9/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Manage Action to Manage Time | With "just" 96 fifteen-minute blocks of time during each day, the more important things to manage are your attention and your actions. By identifying what needs to be done during the day, you can most effectively manage what gets done in the time you have. | 9/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Practice Does NOT Make Perfect | One thing I know about making my best better is that in order to get "there" from where I am "here" I'm going to have to learn something new. And, I'm experienced enough to know that learning and practicing something new (aka: making a change) is perhaps one of the hardest things to do. Here's how to get started: Study your practices. | 9/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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You...at your best | Starting with the moment you wake up in the morning, you're on a path to productivity. However, did you know there are some things you can do today, and early tomorrow morning, that increase the likelihood that tomorrow will be a better day? Here are the ideas you need, to make your best...better! | 6/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The challenge of defining your work | I'm sure "you have a lot of work" to do. And, I'm sure it's challenging...it's yours! However, you want to know the MOST difficult thing you do during the day? Deciding what to do! Think about it: Email, Voicemail, Meeting Invitations, Reports and Presentations. You must DEFINE your work, before you can do it! | 6/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How distracted do you get? | In 1,440 minutes (24 hours), how many times to you get distracted? How about 600 minutes, that's a good 10-hour day. Say you get to the office, or it's a travel day, or you're attending an off-site meeting. During that time, you NEED these tips to help you stay focused on the work you need to do. | 6/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Identifying your own "so that" | Sometimes we get so busy just trying to keep up that we forget our "why." Listen in on some strategic tips to help you become more comfortable focusing on your priorities while getting the important work done. During this short episode, you'll have time and get the tools to think about your MITs (Most Important Things). | 6/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Continue Learning... Get better, faster | There's a saying in computer programming: GIGO - Garbage In, Garbage Out. However, in the human psyche, all to often it's Garbage In, Garbage Stays! It's up to you to get some new information in. Doing so, you'll have new ideas, find new answers and change your perspective. | 5/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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If You Want to Get Better, Record Yourself! | We do what we do...the way we do it. Over months (or years) in our same professional position, we create patterns of productivity and time management that (of course) used to work for us. Are they still working? One way to find out. Record yourself...at work!We do what we do...the way we do it. Over months (or years) in our same professional position, we create patterns of productivity and time management that (of course) used to work for us. Are they still working? One way to find out. Record yourself...at work! | 4/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Only Constant is Change | When you think things "should" be different, it's time to to make changes. However, you have probably already found that knowing what to do and "doing" what you know you need don't always come together at the same time. Here's how you can put action to intention. | 4/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Building up your "team" | If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together! I heard that while working once at the G.E. Crotonville learning campus many years ago. Here are some ideas you can use to build - and build up - your own professional learning and development team. | 3/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Building acknowledgment into your day | Sustained success requires we "celebrate completion" somewhat regularly. Instead of waiting until month-end, pause for a few moments at the end of each day to acknowledge accomplishment. For an added bonus, identify someone on your team who has made progress and let them know you noticed! | 3/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Know your working styles | Everyone works a little bit differently. (You probably know "morning people" as the ones who are ready to go, go go!) There are three main working styles to know about: Kinesthetic, Visual and Auditory. Here are some tips you can use. | 3/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 36 Episodes |
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