Finding Your Zone of Genius + The Upper Limit Problem with Gay Hendricks

000: The Story Behind Productivity Paradox: Productivity strategist and coach Tonya Dalton welcomes you to “Productivity Paradox,” lets you know what she brings to the podcast, and what you can expect to learn. Tonya’s personal goal is to help you live the best life you can. She believes... by The Intentional Advantage

12 min listen

005: How a Mission Statement Can Create Household Harmony: In this episode we will be talking about shared mission statements. Mission statements aren’t just for individuals or companies, they can also help add clarity to families. And, just to be clear, families look many different ways - not just people... by The Intentional Advantage

22 min listen

001: Why Resolutions Don’t Work: In this episode, we focus on goal setting. This is part one of a three-part series where I will break down how to set your goals and make them achievable. We’ll discuss why New Year’s Resolutions tend to fail and how you can change your mindset to... by The Intentional Advantage

20 min listen

003: Creating an Action Plan for Goal Success: In this episode, we will create an action plan for our goal setting. We will be building off the Reflection and Projection exercises we completed as part of episodes 1 and 2 in order to create a road map for reaching those goals. Using the free... by The Intentional Advantage

20 min listen

015: Compartmentalize Your Life: Today I’m sharing my personal favorite strategies to compartmentalize your life for work, home and personal. Learn about these three main categories and how compartmentalizing can help us gage the importance and urgency of various tasks. By the end,... by The Intentional Advantage

22 min listen

010: The Magic of Monotasking: Today we’re talking all about monotasking. Practicing monotasking puts the focus on one task at a time. When you shift your mindset from being efficient to being effective, you will truly begin to feel more productive. You’ll learn some real ways... by The Intentional Advantage

22 min listen

029: Batching Tasks: Your Best Work in Less Time: Start saving yourself time and work smarter through batching your tasks. Today, I’m discussing how you can categorize tasks so you can implement a simple strategy to help you stay focused and work with intention. After today’s episode, you’ll be... by The Intentional Advantage

24 min listen

018: Cushioning Your Time: Build Buffers Into Your Life: Sometimes life can be unexpected, and the only way we can prepare for that is by creating and building in cushions to our time so that we can slow down and do our best. In today’s episode, I’ll go over how and why we need to stop underestimating... by The Intentional Advantage

22 min listen

012: Creating Your Ideal Planning System: My most frequently asked question is what system of planning I use, so today I’m talking about everything I do to plan my days and week both at work and at home with my family. You’ll learn why the system I use works for me and gain some ideas as... by The Intentional Advantage

22 min listen

006: The Power of Priorities: Let’s rethink the to-do list. Today’s episode is about finding a method to prioritize your daily tasks to help you focus on the tasks that are truly important to you and your goals. I’ll be sharing my method to help sort your daily tasks and... by The Intentional Advantage

19 min listen

022: Banking Time: 5 Tactics for Focusing on Your Priorities: We spend time like it's endless, when really it's a finite commodity. If you start treating your time, like you do your bank account, you'll find that there are ways we can find pockets of time in our daily schedules. Use these 5 actionable tactics to... by The Intentional Advantage

21 min listen

009: Why Multitasking is Killing Your Productivity: As a recovered multitasker myself, I understand the pride many people feel about their multitasking abilities, but you might be surprised to learn that multitasking is the ONE biggest mistake you can make with productivity. Today we’re learn how the... by The Intentional Advantage

21 min listen

013: Gain the Life You Love: Interview with Alex Mandossian: While Alex Mandossian is a man known by many titles - productivity expert, entrepreneur, business coach and, in his opinion, his most important role of being a dad. In today's show, we're talking about why you need to focus on your priorities over... by The Intentional Advantage

40 min listen

011: The Paperless Myth: Let’s talk about technology and planning. Is it helping or hindering you? We’ll take a look at how our brains work, what type of learner you are, and how that changes the effectiveness of technology. We’ll also talk about the choices we need to... by The Intentional Advantage

21 min listen

028: Walking Away from Perfection: Perfectionism can take over when we’re trying complete tasks - from small projects to our biggest goals. Today I’m discussing the signs we should look out for to know whether or not we really may be perfectionists and how that cycle can be broken.... by The Intentional Advantage

23 min listen

002: Setting Goals You Can Actually Achieve: In this episode we continue the focus on achievable goal setting with implementing the second step of the goal setting process. Using the reflections as your foundation, I’ll help you get started projecting what you want your goals to be. I will go... by The Intentional Advantage

21 min listen

024: Schedule the Things That Matter: The New Priority System: Many times our priorities and the tasks that are truly important to us get pushed aside. The urgent tasks call out to us and we end up prioritizing those instead of our goals. By using my priority levels system, you will achieve more because you’ll... by The Intentional Advantage

22 min listen

008: Finding YOUR Yes: When opportunities pop up, it’s sometimes hard to know when to say ‘no’ and when to say ‘yes.’ Since everyone’s priorities are different, everyone’s ‘yes’ is different too. In this episode we will go in-depth, walking through an easy... by The Intentional Advantage

22 min listen

020: Is the Four Hour Work Week Real?: What’s the ideal amount of time to work each week? Is Elon Musk right that we should be working 80+ hour weeks or is Tim Ferriss correct in thinking you only should work four? I’m discussing these questions along with some streamlining and time... by The Intentional Advantage

21 min listen

004: Find Your North Star: How To Create A Personal Mission Statement: In this episode we will be talking about the importance of mission statements. Having a mission statement is the key element in focusing on your priorities and will help you find your purpose. Having a personal mission statement gives you permission... by The Intentional Advantage

22 min listen

016: How to Make Better Decisions: Sunk Cost Bias: We sometimes invest so much time, money, energy and more into something. Whether it be a project, a person or a simple task, it can be hard to admit that it’s just not working out and producing the results you want and need. This is called sunk cost... by The Intentional Advantage

21 min listen

017: Removing Obstacles: The Lost Art of Quitting: There’s a lot of guilt that comes with the idea of quitting something. But in today’s modern world, it’s actually imperative that we quit certain things that don’t align with our goals and priorities. I’m giving an overview of why quitting... by The Intentional Advantage

22 min listen

027: Eating the Elephant: Creating Personalized Systems: How do you accomplish your big goals and tasks? Start by eating the elephant! Using systems, like this and others will positively affect productivity, relationships and overall goals. In today’s episode, learn exactly what systems are and how to... by The Intentional Advantage

21 min listen

014: Get Over FOMO: Focus on What’s Important: Discover how you can hone in and focus on your priorities without getting FOMO about missing other opportunities. For today’s episode, I’m talking about how FOMO is a major factor to developing trends and to how we perceive the many situations... by The Intentional Advantage

22 min listen

019: Ask Tonya: The first Productivity Paradox listener Q&A is here! I'm answering your questions on finding your peak productivity through time management, beating the feeling of overwhelm and more. Sometimes your career responsibilities, home life and personal... by The Intentional Advantage

26 min listen

007: The Surprising Way ‘No’ Can Really Mean Yes: Today’s episode is all about the power of the word “no” and how to cut through the clutter in our daily to-do list. There’s a lot of guilt associated with saying no to tasks so I’m going to be walking you through how to filter out the lowest... by The Intentional Advantage

22 min listen

025: Taking Back Your Fridays: Eliminate end-of-the-week burnout and make every Friday your most successful and rewarding day of the week. Using streamlining strategies for planning your tasks, obligations and projects will allow you to ease into the weekend. Friday no longer has... by The Intentional Advantage

22 min listen

026: Making the Most of Your Weekend: Do you get to Sunday night and wonder where the weekend went? We just need to streamline your Saturdays and Sundays for success so you can actually enjoy your time. We often feel the need to work throughout our weekend, but in today’s episode I’m... by The Intentional Advantage

22 min listen

021: Keys to Getting Your Best Sleep Ever: Should you streamline the amount of sleep you get each night. How much sleep do you really require? There are a few factors that go into answering this question and today’s episode is all about sleep and how it will help you to reach peak... by The Intentional Advantage

21 min listen

023: Use Time Tracking to Live Your Best Life with Laura Vanderkam: Laura Vanderkam, author of I Know How She Does It, shares her strategies from her research on how women who have a career and family make time for both. We’re discussing how tracking your time and managing it is key to living the best, healthiest... by The Intentional Advantage

27 min listen

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Finding Your Zone of Genius + The Upper Limit Problem with Gay Hendricks

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