Welcome to episode 17, How to Become More Mindful Using a Simple Technique Called Creative Snippets, of the All the Hats We Wear personal productivity podcast with certified professional coach, corporate trainer, and host, Scott Snow .
This show will teach you the time management skills you need to be joyful, productive, & fulfilled in all areas of life.
I believe to have a fulfilling life, we must identify all the hats we wear, then dedicate our lives to turning each role into a beautiful work of art. I’m your host SS and this is episode 17.
Personal Productivity In the News:
1. Former coca-cola eco, Brian Dyson. Life is a game - it’s like juggling 5 balls: work, family, health, friends, & spirit.
* you try to keep them all in the air
* work is a rubber ball - if you drop it, it’ll bounce back up
* the other 4 are made of glass - when you drop them they’ll be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged, or eve shattered - great WLB tip
2. Dan Ariely’s column in WSJ: best way to start your day is with a “fixed ritual” - it’s concrete - it tells our minds we’re moving into a different state - for example a productive morning state. Ex/ routine for reading papers, drinking coffee, meditation…
* capitalize on your high energy in the morning to tackle your trickiest tasks
(5/25/19, D. Ariely, WSJ)
3. Casper Ter Kuile wrote “The Power of ritual: turning everyday activities into soulful practices.” Find meaning & well-being in our daily rituals (family dinner, a.m. yoga).
* 4 types of rituals: connection with yourself, connection with your community, connection with the natural world, connection with the transcendent
(6/22/20, R. Raczka, Boston Globe)
4. Actor Sir Ian holm (Shakespeare, Lord of the rings, & Alien) “Anything you can do, I can do less of.”
(6/20/20, M. Gussow, WSJ)
5. Closing the willpower gap! Susan Peirce Thompson phd, willpower is available to us in limited doses. We have about 15 minutes of willpower at any given time before it runs dry.
* Tips for replenishing your willpower: Planning ahead/strategizing, eating regular meals, decrease stress, increase sleep, attitude of gratitude.
(February 2017, Pulse Magazine)
6. Aaron Frazin, CEO, of Charlie - they create one-pagers to brief people on someone they’re about to meet. One of his most important lessons learned was the need to slow down before you can speed up.
* retreat called the Mankind Project where everyone has deep, authentic conversations and his biggest takeaway was that we’re so much more alike than different. He came out feeling incredibly connected to the world.
(December 2016, Success Magazine)
7. Founder of Pinterest, Ben Silberman, first got the idea for Pinterest when he was a kid and obsessed with collecting bugs and pinning them up on a board to admire.
8. 2020 valedictorian bios:
* Jodiah Toney, Edward M Kennedy Academy for Health Careers, What motivates her: “It always seems impossible until it’s done” - Nelson Mandela
* Melanie G Sola, Madison Park Technical Vocational High School: “The more you know, the less you fear” - H. Jackson Born Jr.
* Chamely Flores, Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing: Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great” - John D. Rockefeller
* Saeina Charles, “Education is not a filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire” - William Yeats
(6/21/20, M. Sorenson, Boston Globe)
9. Angela’s Cafe in Boston is famous for their mole sauce. It’s a deep, dark sauce containing over 50 ingredients and it takes several days to prepare.
* (we’re made up of all our roles)
10. Carl Reiner obit. Described as having a nifty habit of approaching a gag at high speed, passing it on the outside, and then noticing where it went in the rearview mirror.
11. Hamilton! Lin-Manuel Miranda got a ridiculous light bulb over his head while beach-reading Ron Chernow’s best selling book.
12. Reunion of Boston comics at the Ding Ho Chinese restaurant. Ding Ho comedy program started by Barry Crimmins.
* “You really need to be raked into a rather neat pile before you go out there.”
If you’re listening to this podcast, you’re probably very successful in some areas of your life, yet completely unfulfilled in others. You probably put in long hours and wear many different hats. You feel like there’s not enough time for what’s important. Did you know most people juggle 15 to 20 roles? Only after you accurately identify all the roles you play, can you start to create a plan to live a masterpiece life.
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