Episode 250: 5 Days with John Poelstra
On today’s episode, I spent time with John Poelstra. John, in addition to over 25 years of professional experience working with people and organizations, he is an experienced coach, consultant, and mentor–backed by credentials as a Certified Professional Co-active Coach (CPCC) with the Coaches Training Institute and an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) through the International Coach Federation. John is also a Master Tilt Practitioner of Tilt 365, a science-backed character strengths tool that aides in greater self-awareness and success. John’s expertise and approach are influenced by a wide range of disciplines including: coaching, consulting, mentoring, business, technology, personal development, spirituality, and psychology.
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John Poelstra helps people take complete ownership of their lives and live in ways that are most meaningful to them–even when they think it’s impossible. This is the crux of his beliefs. John would say that he’s in the “personal development” and “human potential” business and that he help end unnecessary suffering. John loves clarifying confusing ideas and complicated situations that thwart progress and distract people from what’s most important. He helps people get clear on what they want and own their path to it. John helped executives, managers, small business owners, engineers, marketers, and people who are done having life happen to them and want to create something better.
Specifics that we covered on the show include:
Monday: How’s John doing on that Monday morning and how he is lining up his day (2:45)
Monday: John’s normal Monday theme (3:35)
Monday: How important is it for John to start the week right? (4:24)
Monday: Mike’s homework for John (5:33)
Tuesday: On how John usually set up his Mondays (8:05)
Tuesday: Setting-up planning day (11:24)
Tuesday: What is John going to learn today? (11:51)
Wednesday: What did John learn yesterday (13:17)
Wednesday: Focusing on what things to do (15:01)
Wednesday: John’s theme for the day (16:47)
Wednesday: Mike’s challenge for John (17:38)
Thursday: How was John’s Wednesday? (28:30)
Thursday: Lessons on focusing (30:05)
Thursday: Things to talk about on Friday (36:44)
Friday: How John feels about keeping a consistent theme throughout the week and week beyond? (44:01)
Friday: Setting-up the theme for the day (47:13)
Friday: Recommended number of weeks where people can practice their theme days (50:54)
Friday: John’s take away on his themed 5 days (1:03:40)
“I cannot say enough about the power of focus and just having these boundaries around what you are supposed to be working on.” ~ John Poelstra
Relevant Links
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Podcast: Theme Your Way to Greater Productivity with Mike Vardy (46)
The key takeaway from this episode is the importance of having a consistent theme throughout the week in order to boost focus and productivity of one person.
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