Time and the Future of Work with Laura Vanderkam

<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Time is a strange thing. Though it always continues on, it sometimes feels as though it moves quickly and other times slowly.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>In work, sometimes it's easy to manage our time and what we can fit into a few hours or a day. Other times it gets away from us — leaving us frustrated and unsatisfied.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>These are some of the attributes of time that fascinate Laura Vanderkam and drew her to build a career out of writing on the topic.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Laura is the bestselling author of What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, I Know How She Does It, 168 Hours, among others. She is the host of a few podcasts and her work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Fast Company, Fortune, and other publications.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>I really enjoyed speaking with Laura about her new book, as well as many different aspects of time and time management. I hope you will as well.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><strong>In this episode you'll learn:</strong></p> <ul> <li>What Laura does</li> <li>How she got into this particular niche</li> <li>What were she doing before</li> <li>The point in her life when she decided this is what she was going to do</li> <li>Laura share a bit about her new book</li> <li>What are some major themes that helps someone to be effective working from home</li> <li>What does it mean that “Time is Flexible”?</li> <li>Where to start to gain more control over your time</li> <li>How to do a time log</li> <li>How often should you do a time log</li> <li>Where to insert important things into your day</li> <li>How to go about setting priorities</li> <li>How to dealt with uncertainty about next steps</li> <li>What are time traps and how to avoid them</li> <li>How to optimize time in a way that's not exhausting</li> </ul> <p><strong>Show notes at: <a href= "ht