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The Secret to Avoiding Burnout: Put Your Vacation on the Calendar First
You built your business for freedom. So why does taking a vacation feel impossible? Most leaders know they need a break, but they're the last people to take one. They tell themselves they'll rest when things slow down, when the project is finished, or when the...
The Secret to Deep Learning, and How to Learn Anything Fast
You've read the books, listened to the experts, and taken all the notes. But when someone asks you to explain what you've learned, you suddenly realize you don't understand it as well as you thought. What if the fastest way to learn something was to teach it? Jay...
Stuck in Meetings All Day? Your Team May Be Broken (And How to Fix It)
You can have a team full of talented, hardworking people and still struggle to get anything done. Everyone's busy, calendars are packed, and somehow the important work keeps getting pushed aside. What if the problem isn't the people on your team, but the way you're...
The 4 Biggest Mistakes Couples Make When They Set Goals Together
Most couples spend plenty of time talking about what needs to happen this week. Far fewer create space to talk about what they want their life to look like years from now. For more than 20 years, Jay and Wendy Papasan have stepped away together for an annual...
Stop Spending The Best Hour of Your Day on Email | Cyril Peupion | Ep. 579
You answer email faster than you did a year ago. The pile is still there tomorrow, now with Slack and WhatsApp too. Your inbox is a battle you can't win, and you're paying for it with your sharpest hours. Cyril Peupion, author of Less Achieves More, has spent 20 years...
Stop Trying to Find Your Purpose. Ask This Question Instead | Tom Rath | Ep. 578
StrengthsFinder 2.0 author Tom Rath on why the hunt for purpose makes people anxious, and the questions he asks instead. His new book is named after it: What's the Point? You've been told to find your purpose since high school. You're still waiting for it to show up....
Before You Set New Goals, Decide What to Let Go Of
How to simplify your busy life before setting new goals. You raised your hand for a committee years ago, and now it’s just draining time and energy every week. It’s out of alignment - and it’s almost goal-setting season. That work project that seemed like a great idea...
15 Truths for Business & Life: Inbox Zero, Hustle Culture & More
Winners never quit. Clear the inbox. Outwork everyone. You've followed rules like these for years without checking them. Charlie Munger kept a latticework of mental models so he'd make better decisions. Jay Papasan keeps his own in a notes document he carries around....
Why Your Business Feels Unpredictable (and how to fix it) w/ Jordan Freed
You work all day and your results still swing month to month. One month you're unstoppable, the next the pipeline is empty and you can't understand why. Jordan Freed says your business has a first down: one repeatable action that makes everything after it predictable,...
Success Is Boring (and how to show up anyway)
You know the thing you should be doing every day, and most days you find a reason to do it tomorrow. The big goal stays a year or more out. Motivation and willpower are fleeting. The people who show up anyway have figured out their own formula for doing it. Jay...
Ex-Google Leader: How to Actually Grow Into Your New Job Title – Shannon Anderson-Finch
If you've ever taken a new job or a new title and kept feeling like the old you, Shannon Anderson-Finch has a name for it: the gap between a change and a transition. Most people try to skip it. Shannon spent 15 years at Google and Deloitte, where she was named...
Type 2 Work, and The Hidden Cost of Convenience
We spend a lot of energy trying to make life faster, easier, and more convenient. But what might we lose when we remove too much of the hard? Jay breaks down the “fun scale,” from Type One Fun that feels good in the moment to Type Two Fun that feels difficult while...