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Many have accepted procrastination as a social norm that allows people to do things at the last minute. However, procrastination, when tolerated, can become very disruptive, especially to our creativity. Writer, speaker, actor, and creativity and productivity specialist, Samantha Bennett shares the secrets to help us become more productive and avoid procrastination—all within just fifteen minutes a day. Before that, she first lets us in on the problems most creatives have and how we can get past the excuses we make on a daily basis. She then gives out some concrete tips that we can do to accelerate our creativity past procrastination.  Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

Everything starts with the mindset. Our minds can be our greatest tool or our greatest enemy. Today, Penny Zenker talks with Kam Knight – a coach, writer, and author of several bestselling books in the area of mental performance – about his endeavors and pursuits to study the mind and how it works. Sharing the two main “whys” that drew him to this direction, Kam also opens up about how he was able to overcome the mental challenges and roadblocks and started focusing on his original goals. Conquer the negativities in your mind. Don’t miss this episode to discover how.   Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

Email can be such a challenge for people in terms of the number of emails that they receive every day. A study that was done that tells us that reading and responding to email can take as much as 28% to 35% of our work week. That’s huge! Imagine if you could get back just a fraction of that to work on the things that are most important in your business. On today’s show, Penny Zenker talks with Harsh Vardhan, the Content Manager at Hiver, a B2B product that simplifies email collaboration for Gmail and G Suite users, about what they actually do at Hiver to support you to manage your email box more effectively so you can spend more time on the things that are most important to you.  Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

When you’re able to get things done, your self-confidence gets better. In this episode, operations executive, speaker, and author Lee Cockerell talks about how time management plus discipline and empathy make the best leaders. Discover his early beginnings in Walt Disney and Marriott Corporation, and the lessons that he learned on strategies on simplifying work and hiring the right people who share your core values. Lee also emphasizes on choosing your priorities while you’re still young,  Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

Learning you have cancer can be one of the most devastating things in a person’s life. In this episode, Tim Stringer shares his struggles in battling cancer and the realization that led him to Holistic Productivity. Tim is the founder of Technically Simple, which is a coaching and consulting company that recognizes that a positive shift in one area of life can positively impact all other areas. Their approach to productivity is based on Holistic Productivity and draws wisdom from David Allen’s Getting Things Done methodology. He also launched Learn OmniFocus, a membership site that focuses on articulating and tracking commitments by sharing best practices that have been refined over the years.  Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

We all have different perspectives and skepticism whenever the topic goes to productivity. Still, one thing is for sure; everyone knows its value, especially the emotional, mental, and physical reward you feel after a productive event in your life. President ofW3 Consulting, Inc., and Evernote Regional Leader for North America, Ray Sidney-Smith, defines beautifully what productivity is. He spends the time to anatomize productivity and talks about in detail his insights, understanding, and application. Ray goes the extra mile and shares the strategy of Focus Mastery for determining the value of a task and how it makes you more productive through constant improvement through examples of real-life scenarios you can relate with.  Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

Scott Friesen is a Productivity Application Expert and owner of Simpletivity. In this episode, Scott talks about keeping things simple and doing your work at your productive best. Scott mentions by keeping things simple, you can learn to value your work more and have time to do other things instead of feeling swamped without really accomplishing too much. Scott dives into strategies on keeping yourself healthy while working and talks about how important rest and sleep are in your work. Lastly, Scott talks about load management and how you can work best by not jumping from one thing to the other.   Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

We can make more money, but with time, when it’s gone, it’s gone. Our guest today is productivity coach Demir Bentley. Demir is the Cofounder of the Lifehack Method. He coaches thousands of clients each year with a client list riddled with high profile names like Facebook, Google, Uber, PepsiCo, and Lexar. In this episode, host Penny Zenker talks with Demir about life hacking, his passion for productivity, The Four Layers of Accountability, and setting your environment up for success. He also shares his insights on what people need to think about or engage themselves with on their path to productivity and success.   Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

More than we give them credit for, clutter keeps us from moving forward with our lives. Helping you identify the things that hold you down, host, Penny Zenker, sits down with the founder of the Productive Environment Institute, Barbara Hemphill, to talk about how you can let go of the clutters that prevent you from accomplishing work and enjoying your life better. Barbara shares with us the five-step process to help us deal with the clutter that’s in the way between us and the goals, joy, and balance we want to have in our lives. Become a master of your life, and let go of the clutter in this episode.   Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

While it is easy to aim for productivity, many still find it difficult to actually become one. In this episode, host Penny Zenker talks with the founder of Win The Hour, Win The Day, Kris Ward, about the true meaning of productivity and how it can lead us to achieve a higher level of performance and become more accomplished. Kris lets us in on how she embodies productivity by her winning the hour, winning the day perspective. As a productivity expert, she lets us in on some helpful and amazing tips and strategies in efficiently organizing and planning yourself to be effective. Join Kris as she provides you effective tips and analogy that will help you break out of the old way of thinking and win the day.   Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

Curiosity is a good thing because it allows you to discover more about yourself and other people. Dr. Diane Hamilton, the Founder and CEO of Tonerra which is a consulting and media-based business, lends her knowledge on this subject, tackling the question of what’s holding us back from being curious. As the creator of the Curiosity Code Index assessment and the author of multiple books including Cracking the Curiosity Code: The Key to Unlocking Human Potential, Dr. Hamilton shares some tips on how we can let curiosity influence us and others for the better and reveals some strategies for training our brain to more open, more curious, and multitask.   Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

Gratitude in your everyday life goes a long way. With it, your true happiness will be revealed, which will then boost your productivity and reveal your mastery. In this episode, host Penny Zenker interviews Marc Reklau – the author of the international number one bestselling and award-winning book, 30 Days – Change Your Habits, Change Your Life. Marc shares his wonderful tips and tricks on how to be productive and talks about the benefits of being happy to effectively work smart and not work hard. Join us in this episode as Marc teaches more about being productive and happy, and at the same time, achieve greater success.   Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

One of the things that take up our time is stressing over finances. It’s time to reduce that pressure and start your path to financial freedom. In this episode, Penni Zelinkoff, the CEO and Founder of Penni wiZe Empowerment Network, LLC and The PenniZ Show, reveals one of her best-kept secrets to financial freedom – passive income business through real estate lending. She opens up on her personal experience that led her to explore this side of finance and how it creates cash flow and builds wealth at a quicker and higher rate of return than traditional investing. She also shares some of the ways she is giving back to the community by sparking conversations around financial education.   Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

Scaling your business doesn’t happen overnight, and it is neither a one-man show. How do you ensure that your business is ready to move to the next level? In this episode, lawyer, expert advisor, entrepreneur, and ScaleUP Strategist Lauren Cohen reveals an assessment system she has perfected for the seven areas of risks that your company should be protected from. This system allows you to look at every angle of your company to make sure that you have a solid foundation and a bulletproof business to scale. It is a fact that if you want to run your business as a business, you’ve got to stop looking at it as a hobby and get all your safety nets ready.   Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

Stop limiting yourself in life because if you just believe, then you can have it all. Today’s guest, Drew Berman – bestselling author, trainer and coach, and the top leader in one of the fastest-growing health and wellness companies in the world – gives us the very simple key to life: figuring out what you want and how to get it. Through his book, You Can Have It All, he shows the principles and how-tos that could help us get unstuck in urgency mode and take the critical steps towards what we truly desire. Drew also discusses the Law of Alignment in becoming who you want to attract.   Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

Have you ever heard of the power of mind shifting before? In this episode, MindShift Coach and international poker player Donna Blevins, Ph.D. talks about the power of shifting your mind and explains how you can use it in your daily life. As a stroke survivor, Donna notes how shifting her mindset has become a blessing to her with regards to her mind, body, and spirit connection. Through her book, MindShift on Demand, she discusses more about the concept and how you can efficiently use it. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

It may sound impossible, but you can get away from all your worries and pains if you know how to manipulate your feeling and let go of the negativities. In this episode, Penny Zenker interviews Paul Levin who is a speaker, trainer, author, and life-transformation mentor who shows people how to manifest their own perfect life. There is too much pain, stress, and sadness in this world, and because of this, Paul has dedicated himself towards making people happier and pain-free in his own ways. He happily shares some tips on how you can lift yourself up and let go of the things that are bringing you down, showing how we can truly be pain-free and filled with true happiness in this stressful world.   Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

Oftentimes, people slave over their pitches. They’re constantly waiting for the perfect timing and trying to overcome their fear of rejection. It’s about time we change our perspective and take back that lost time. Randy Peyser, the Founder and CEO of Author One Stop, Inc., talks about how simple it is to pitch with her three-part exercise. Challenge yourself on how you view judgment and how you work around people. Open your eyes to the playful side of being a five-year-old and just ask for what you want. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

Nothing can help businesses reach more people than leveraging the power of media. While it may seem simple to think about the ways we could utilize it, there is still so much more that can be done than our limited ideas of Facebook and social networking. In this episode, media exposure specialist Angel Tuccy helps us to understand media deeper. As an award-winning national radio host, professional speaker, and multiple-time bestselling author, Angel has wide media experiences under her belt to share with us the importance of media today. She shares some golden nuggets about leveraging the power of media as business owners and reveals some of the tools she uses to further automate tasks. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

Branding is all about attracting your target audience, and the best way to do so is by showing the world why you and your brand exists. In this episode, personal branding expert Stacey Lievens talks about how she supports online entrepreneurs to become the face of their brand. Building brands is all about empowerment, and Stacey believes that people have to be empowered to inspire others to be who they want to be. She introduces their branding platform called The Proof and what the platform does, specifically on bringing a whole different twist on finding your why. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest