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August 23, 2016
Are You Ready to Join the Productivity Revolution?
8 Experts Reveal Game-Changing Insights from the New Science of Productivity
The way we’re doing productivity isn’t working. I hear stories and regrets that confirm it whenever I talk with entrepreneurs, executives, and other busy leaders. The old methods are no match for all the interruptions and distractions of today’s environment.
Thankfully, there’s a new, emerging science of productivity—and you’re invited to listen to eight of the leading experts in the field. In my new Free to Focus Productivity Summit, they’ll be revealing strategies to help you cut out the noise in your life and unleash your true potential at work and at home!
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August 22, 2016
The Life Balancing Act [Appearance]
In this Huffington Post article, Jamie Cornell references my blog post on work-life balance.
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The Life Balancing Act
The 4 Attributes You Must Develop to Achieve Everything You Want in Life [Appearance]
In this Entrepreneur article Meiko Patton shares about the importance of creating a life plan like I outline in my book, Living Forward.
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The 4 Attributes You Must Develop to Achieve Everything You Want in Life
Happy People Are More Magnetic [Podcast S08E09]
How to Become One in 7 Steps
Welcome to Season 8, Episode 9 of the This Is Your Life podcast. In this episode, Michele Cushatt and I discuss how to become a happy, magnetic person.
I want to be a happy person that other people want to be around. But that doesn’t happen by accident—it’s intentional. In today’s episode, we give you 7 steps to develop the kind of magnetic presence driven by true happiness.
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In this episode, you’ll discover:
One surefire way to get people to like you—every time!
The first place you need to look for happiness.
The meaning (and importance) of an “Identity Shift.”
How your choice of words can gather people to you, or scatter them.
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Want to increase your influence? Speak well of others.
—MICHAEL HYATT
Read the Transcript
You can download a complete, word-for-word transcript of this episode here, courtesy of Ginger Schell, a professional transcriptionist, who does all my transcriptions.
Join the Conversation
My favorite part of doing these podcasts is participating in the conversation they provoke. Each week, I ask one question. This week, it is this:
Question: Have you ever met someone who modeled this kind of magnetic happiness in your own life? How did they make you feel? You can leave a comment by clicking here.
Explore Additional Resources
In this episode we mentioned the following resources:
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About Us
Michael Hyatt is the author of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestseller, Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World. Recognized by magazines like Forbes and Inc as an important online marketing and leadership expert, he’s also the founder of Platform University and 5 Days to Your Best Year Ever. Read more about him here.
Michele Cushatt is a popular speaker and author. Follow her on Facebook, Twitter, or her blog. She’s a three-time cancer survivor with a powerful, personal story. Listen to it here or read about it in her memoir, Undone: A Story of Making Peace with an Imperfect Life.
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August 20, 2016
“I don’t run from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet.” – Nadia Comaneci [Photo]
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August 19, 2016
Why the Best Leaders Are Great Followers
5 Hidden Attributes That Command Respect
When I first became an acquisitions editor, I took a proposal for a book on leadership to our Pub Board. (This is the group in a publishing company that determines what gets published and what doesn’t.) The consensus was that the book was not commercially viable. The market was just too small.
But in 1998 everything changed. Thomas Nelson published the The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John C. Maxwell. I was the VP of Marketing at that time. My job was to help make the book a success.
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August 17, 2016
How Can You Optimize Your Computer for Top Productivity?
10 Utilities I Install First on Any New Device to Shave Time and Drive Results
A while back I swapped my MacBook Pro for an iMac as my main computer. The iMac is a killer machine, but I was honestly a little frustrated at first.
We all have ways we like to work. And some are more efficient than others. Over the years, I’ve tinkered and fine-tuned my approach for maximum productivity.
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August 15, 2016
How to Lead in the Face of Criticism [Podcast S08E08]
(And Why Being Offended Is a Choice)
Welcome to Season 8, Episode 8 of the This Is Your Life podcast. In this episode, Michele Cushatt and I discuss how to lead in the face of criticism.
Criticism is inevitable, especially as your success and business grow. In today’s episode, we give you four foundational truths to remember so you can remain grounded and refuse to take offense.
Listen to the Audio
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NOTE: We are not recording a video version of the podcast this season. Enjoy the audio or subscribe to the podcast above.
In this episode, you’ll discover:
The vital step in discerning between what you can and can’t control.
How offenses can actually be good for us (seriously, it’s true).
Why people criticize you in the first place.
How to fight the impulse to lash out and defend yourself against faulty assumptions.
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Criticism provides the opportunity to take the high road and grow.
—MICHAEL HYATT
Read the Transcript
You can download a complete, word-for-word transcript of this episode here, courtesy of Ginger Schell, a professional transcriptionist, who does all my transcriptions.
Join the Conversation
My favorite part of doing these podcasts is participating in the conversation they provoke. Each week, I ask one question. This week, it is this:
Question: What strategies have you used to help you lead in the midst of criticism? You can leave a comment by clicking here.
Explore Additional Resources
In this episode we mentioned the following resources:
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About Us
Michael Hyatt is the author of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestseller, Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World. Recognized by magazines like Forbes and Inc as an important online marketing and leadership expert, he’s also the founder of Platform University and 5 Days to Your Best Year Ever. Read more about him here.
Michele Cushatt is a popular speaker and author. Follow her on Facebook, Twitter, or her blog. She’s a three-time cancer survivor with a powerful, personal story. Listen to it here or read about it in her memoir, Undone: A Story of Making Peace with an Imperfect Life.
Subscribe to the Podcast
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August 13, 2016
“There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” – Albert Einstein [Photo]
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August 12, 2016
One Trap Leaders Can Avoid if They Choose
3 Practices for Staying Fully Engaged in the Present
If you’re a successful leader, you have high standards. That’s part of what makes you successful. You constantly strive to improve, to achieve.
You’re future oriented—most leaders I know are. You’re always working toward something better than you see right now in the present. And that’s important, but there is also a dark side to this orientation: perfectionism.
If you’re not careful, part of what makes you great can also drive you crazy. I know because I’m describing myself.
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