Time Hacking Radio

My kids have grown up in a daycare that their grandmother runs, which is nothing but fabulous.  However, when grandma is in charge, you get certain perks, even though grandma tries super hard to be completely equitable.  In the first two kids' lives, we send them off to daycare so they can come to the understanding that they are not the center of the universe before going to kindergarten.This dang pandemic has changed things for the third kid.  Daycare rules make it so that kids basically have to stay in batches so they don't cross-contaminate other batches of kids.Since the third kid can't go to preschool, I've had to up the academics with the baby. I have been teaching my three-year-old her letters.  I feel dumb because it really doesn't take that long and I really let the big kids down.  We just make super tiny little games out of learning the basics.  She walks into the room, I ask her what a certain letter is, what sound it makes and then we go about our day.  It's that simple.  What a relief!If you would like a list of my favorite tools, check them out here: resources.timehackingradio.com.If you're looking for a great podcast editor I found one for you: https://fiverr.com/jay717.

For a list of my favorite tools and tips, check out my resource page at resources.timehackingradio.com.For a super awesome podcast editor, check out mine.  https://fiverr.com/jay717

For a list of my favorite tools, check out my resource page at: resources.timehackingradio.com.For an amazing podcast editor, I highly suggest: https://fiverr.com/jay717

After playing his first game with his new team, my 10-year-old was super frustrated and emotional.We're not the type of parents who handle things for our kids.  In fact, we're quite the opposite.  We teach our kids how to handle things for themselves.  It's awful, and difficult, and terrifying, but I'm in the business of raising successful adults, not coddled kids.My husband helped my son to rehearse what he wanted to say to his coach.  My husband hung back and let our son speak to his coach on his own.  He explained his frustrations and explained why he was sad after the game.My son's coach was super awesome!  He listened, took the feedback, and responded with actions that my son could take to improve.  Result:  my son felt empowered and had the absolute all-time best practice.  His little spirit was lifted and we all had a great week.  I highly suggest letting your kid learn to advocate for themselves.  If you're looking for tips or tricks or tools that I like, check them out on my resources page at: resources.timehackingradio.com.If you need a super awesome podcast editor, you can share mine.  He's at https://fiverr.com/jay717

For a list of my favorite tools, books, and classes, check them out here: resources.timehackingradio.comFor an absolutely amazing podcast editor, check out mine at: https://fiverr.com/jay717

The main topic of the book was automation and artificial intelligence with the thesis being that every single person and job on the planet is replaceable by a machine.The author discusses all of his reasons for coming to this understanding, but moving beyond the doomed future, Roose makes some powerful recommendations to help you survive the coming revolution.The book says that our best tool to fight the machines is our humanity.  Humans like human-made things.  There is still more value in the things that are crafted by people.In my own chimney sweeping business, we are trying to create a blend of automation and humanity, with an emphasis on humanity. We have chosen automation in much of the office administration and humanity in the customer-facing roles.  The point of this lesson is to encourage you to bump up your humanity as you think about your business automation.  If you would like a link to "Futureproof" you can find it on my resource page by clicking the link.If you're looking for an awesome podcast editor, I highly suggest connecting with mine!  https://fiverr.com/jay717

Suggested by a speaker a few years ago, I read Dan Millman's book, "Way of the Peaceful Warrior."  It was a transformative fictionalized account of the mind shift the character took to come to the understanding that he was one with the universe.This book was the first time I was exposed to these larger, universal lessons, and that in itself was pretty transformational.  I plan to read it again soon.  I imagine that it is one of those books that you read multiple times and I expect that each time I read this book I will be experiencing something new and important and I'll be able to draw new lessons.The second book I read was "The Little Book of Big Change" by Amy Johnson.  I picked up this book because I have been on this quest to be the best version of myself.  In this book, the author uses the same concept, being the larger self, to describe a simple way to combat urges.Combined, I highly suggest these two books to work through any unwanted habits you're carrying around.For a link to my favorite tools, check them out here: resources.timehackingradio.comIf you're looking for a superb podcast editor, you can find mine at https://fiverr.com/jay717

For a list of my favorite tools, check out my resource page at resources.timehackingradio.com.If you're looking for an amazing podcast editor, I'm willing to share.  You can find him here: https://fiverr.com/jay717

My swimmer kid had a swim meet recently and she did great.  As with many kids, one of her favorite events is the 50 freestyle.  In this meet, she was seeded first and ended up getting first in the finals.What I've learned about competing in any 50-yard event is that since it's a sprint, you have to be perfect to beat the other people in the pool.  Every little mistake can cost you.  You have to have a perfect dive, perfect turn, and a perfect finish.  As a spectator watching the event, you can't actually tell who wins.  The difference between first and second was .02 in this particular race.Results aside, what she told me after the event was pretty impressive.  She said that before the race, her coach asked her to visualize.  She visualized one version of the race and realized that in that version she would have to take an extra kick.  So, she changed the visualization, went through it twice, and ended up out touching her competitor, exactly as she had visualized.The next step for her was to call a larger shot.  She is currently visualizing what is the next step in her life.  After a tangible result, she realized that in order to get to the level of success she desires, she needs to put it out in the universe what she's looking to accomplish in order to make it so.Understanding that it's easier for kids to accomplish their goals because life happens so fast, I really feel like this kind of practice can help everyone.  No one is immune from calling your shot and making it so.If you would like a list of my favorite tools and tricks, check out my resource page at resources.timehackingradio.com.Looking for a cool podcast editor?  Look no further: https://fiverr.com/jay717

For a list of my favorite tools and tricks, check out my resource page at resources.timehackingradio.com.For a super awesome podcast editor who is excellent to work with, check out mine at https://fiverr.com/jay717.

For more information about my favorite tools and tips and tricks, please visit my resource page at resources.timehackingradio.com.To connect with a great podcast editor, you can find mine here at: https://fiverr.com/jay717

Hear some amazing time hacking tips to improve your relationship with your person.If you're looking for my favorite tools and tips, check them out here: resources.timehackingradio.com. If you need a podcast editor, mine is awesome!  https://fiverr.com/jay717/

First, the Finisher's Journal is an AMAZING planner that has totally revolutionized how I handle my days.  I feel so much more focused on the actual tasks that matter.But, this episode is primarily about Canva.  Canva is the design tool that I use every single day.I started to learn design by taking a class on Adobe Illustrator.  Then I graduated to the Affinity suite.  All of these tools are great, but it's a slow process for me to create something using them.Instead, I started using Canva.  Canva is great because all of the things you need to make a pretty decent design are right there in the app.  You don't have to go searching for extra images to add to your design it's all in there.  A little hack that I've done before is if I don't have an idea about where to start, I will send my colors to an actual designer on Fiverr or Freelancer.  They produce something I like then, for all of the other designs I need for the project, I just use the logo as inspiration and kind of riff off of that design.Canva is fun!  Seriously, it's where I spend so much of my time.  If you're not a designer yet, I highly recommend becoming a Canva designer.If you're curious about more of my favorite tools and tips, you can check them out here, on my resource page: resources.timehackingradio.com.If you're looking for a super podcast editor, look no further: https://fiverr.com/jay717

My husband and I are working on a massive project right now.  We call it "Multi-Family Migration".  We have been grinding to get this done.  It's all being bootstrapped so I'm the grunt worker and he's the face of this operation.  Building a business is always hard, but for us, we're also running the same household.  This means that we don't have the luxury of working together too often.  At any given time, one of us is working on making a living to survive, while the other might be running a kid to practice with the three-year-old in tow.My point is that we are not at a phase where we can hire long-term yet.  We can muster the funds for project-based tasks, but we haven't gotten to the point where we get to hire for the sake of taking something off the plate yet.Now I'm at a point where I'm starting to research how to take a break without losing momentum.I'm on a quest for information about micro-breaks if anyone has any.If you're curious about the tools that I love, check them out at resources.timehackingradio.com.If you would like to connect with a super cool podcast editor I would like to suggest connecting right here: https://fiverr.com/jay717

First, for the first time in a  long time I have caught up on my miles.  I am going to hit 400 miles by my 40th.  My pace to hit that target is 3 miles a day.  (Actually, it's a little less, but whatever.)  Usually, I have anywhere from 3 to 7 miles to catch up on, but not this week.  I'm all caught up.Second, something funny happened.  My brother wished me a happy birthday three months early.   This was the wake-up call I needed.  It kicked my butt into gear and I've been going strong since then - with nutrition - I was doing alright with workouts.I started following the "Slow Carb" diet created by Tim Ferriss.I'm eating WAAAAYYY more vegetables, LOTS of beans, meat, and I drink a TON of water, coffee with nothing in it,  and I have a cheat day once a week.The one thing that I've been trying to figure out is why I crash the day following my cheat day.  I'm experimenting with that.If you're interested in any of the tools I like check them out here: resources.timehackingradio.comIf you're looking for a super awesome podcast editor, look no further!  Here's a great one right here: https//fiverr.com/jay717 

In today's episode, Andrea Jenson shares her top hacks to systemize your business's finances.To connect with Andrea, find her at https://www.facebook.com/thecashflowcfoOr you can visit her website at https://cashflowcfo.com.To get a list of my favorite things, visit my resource page at resources.timehackingradio.com.I always recommend my awesome podcast editor!  Check him out here: https://fiverr.com/jay717 

Coming next episode and once a week after that, I'll be sharing interviews that I conducted for my Time Hacking Summit.  Join me on the next episode for the first of the series.If you would like a list of my favorite tools, check out my resource page at resources.timehackingradio.com.If you would like a super awesome podcast editor to work with, check out mine at https://fiverr.com/jay717.

I have been spending a lot of time on the phone lately because our customers have a lot of questions about chimneys.  Really, there's nothing intuitive about lighting a fire in your house.  There is a certain amount of fear that people have when chimneys are involved.The other day I spoke with a person who was buying a home with a metal chimney.  Just like every other appliance, metal chimneys have a lifespan.  This means, at some point in time, the entire system will need to be replaced.  Before understanding this, the buyer was getting ready to walk away from buying the home.I ended up hanging out on the phone explaining chimneys to this home buyer for not less than 30 minutes.  This was the opposite of time hacking, but by hanging out on the phone with this person, I managed to alleviate some of her fears and build trust with this person.  Sometimes, this sort of service is exactly the value that you need to bring to make your service the one that customers rely upon.  She came to the understanding that the repairs being done to the would-be home were normal and that she shouldn't be afraid to buy the home.By spending a little bit of extra time with this customer, her day was better and we brought value to her agent too.I hope this helps and gives you permission to hang out with your customers when they need it!To get a list of my favorite tools, check out my resource page at resources.timehackingradio.com.If you're looking for a podcast editor, mine is awesome!  You can find him at https://fiverr.com/jay717 

I'm creating a free 5-Day Challenge as we speak.  I'm currently in the research phase of things.I have been focused on finding new and awesome tools.  As is the case whenever I focus on something, the universe tosses me what I need. While in an online conference, I was listening to a speaker who was discussing how he was previously a hardcore Trello user.Trello is a tool that I've used on occasion, but I found myself wanting more from it, so I just didn't get into it.  I never really took the time to figure it out.In this speaker's case, he had moved away from Trello and started using Asana.In my case, I have been focused on the next action that needs to be done for any one of my projects.  Asana allows me to make a  task list that merges a bunch of different boards so I can "next task" on a bunch of different projects and I can still see at a glance what I need to do.Hooray for new tools!If you would like a list of my favorite tools, check them out here: resources.timehackingradio.com.To connect with my awesome podcast editor, you can find him here: https://fiverr.com/jay717

I still use my  Rocketbook every day as my notebook.This journal is what one would use to create a bullet journal.It helps me to organize my thoughts.  It is basically a quarterly goal acomplisher.In this episode I break down how I have been using this tool and how you can too.  I love it...and minor update...I'm still using this journal at the time of publication and it actually helps.To get a link to that awesome tool you can find it here: resources.timehackingradio.com.To connect with my super cool podcast editor, you can find him here: https://fiverr.com/jay717/