490: Productivity and Lifestyle Secrets of Top Performers: Reduce Overwhelm, Outsource Weaknesses, and Achieve Ultimate Freedom with Carey Bentley
Carey Bentley is the CEO of Lifehack Bootcamp, the top ranked online productivity company. She shows overachievers how to bring sanity back into their lives. Her team has shown hundreds of people the techniques they need to be maximally effective at work and in their personal lives.
Carey discusses the three gratitudes, how to avoid victim thinking, scheduled downtime, self care, and the "Do By Tuesday" concept which allows you to go on the offense with your business.
Quotes:
“Until my champagne moment is done, everything else is a distraction.” – Carey Bentley
“The power of gratitude is just phenomenal. If you want to get every day started off on the right foot—feeling empowered, feeling positive—then gratitude is the way to do it.” – Carey Bentley
“Pre-planning is literally the golden ticket for anyone wanting one thing they should start doing immediately.” – Carey Bentley
Takeaways:
09:51 Taking extreme ownership of your time means believing you control your schedule, not external forces.
14:44 Choose one critical "Champagne Moment" task each week that, if completed, makes everything else easier or unnecessary.
17:27 Defend your work time by turning off digital notifications and creating focused work windows.
20:56 Practice daily gratitude to start your day with a positive, empowered mindset.
23:40 Schedule fun activities in advance to create motivation and natural time constraints for work productivity.
Resources
- Lifehack Bootcamp (Website)
- Carey Bentley (LinkedIn)
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Filed in: Archive 2: 2017 • Interview • Podcast • Productivity