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SNS 116: Saturday Night Special – Does Mindset Matter

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Join us today for the Saturday Night Special about why mindset matters but isn't magic...

In this episode I talk to you about mindset and how it affects you...

In tonight’s Saturday Night Special I talk about mindset.  I share why mindset does matter, but often we think of mindset as magic.  I also share why mindset can affect you and also change and  be changed by you.

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SNS 116: Saturday Night Special – Does Mindset Matter

[00:00:00] Scott Maderer: Thanks for joining me on tonight's Saturday night, special episode 116.

[00:00:06] R. J. Jackson: I'm RJ Jackson, the courage giver. I encourage you to have the courage you need to live your calling. And one way to be inspired to do that is to listen to this, the inspired stewardship podcast with my friend, Scott.

[00:00:22] Scott Maderer: begin to incorporate the word yet into your language. I haven't managed to do it yet. I haven't mastered this new idea yet, which implies that you will eventually master it. It begins to change the way you're looking at the situation. Welcome and thank you for joining us on the inspired stewardship podcast.

[00:00:48] If you truly desire to become the person who God wants you to be, then you must learn to use your time, your talent and your treasures for your true calling in the inspired stewardship [00:01:00] podcast, you will learn to invest in. Invest in others and develop your influence so that you can impact the world.

[00:01:09] it. Tonight, Saturday night special. I talk about mindset. I share why mindset does matter, but we often think of mindset as magic. I also share why mindset can affect you and also change and be changed by. No one area that a lot of folks need some help with is around the area of productivity. Getting not just more things done, but actually getting the right things done can be really.

[00:01:42] I've got a course called productivity for your passion. That's designed to help you do this and then to hold you accountable and walk with you so that you can tailor productivity, not just to be getting more done, but actually getting the right things [00:02:00] done. What's more, we take the approach of looking at your personality and how you actually look at things in the world and tailor the productivity system to your personnel.

[00:02:11] Because the truth is a lot of the systems that are out there are written really well for somebody with a particular personality type. But if you have a different approach to things, they just don't work, but there's tools and techniques and approaches that you can take that will work for anyone. And we help you do that in productivity for your passion.

[00:02:31] Check it out over@inspiredstewardship.com slash law. What is mindset? The definition of mindset is a set of beliefs that shape how you make sense of the world and yourself. It's the beliefs we have that influence how we think, how we feel and how we behave in any given situation. We've talked before about having [00:03:00] a fixed versus a growth mindset.

[00:03:02] This idea that everything that is the way it always will be. That's a fixed mindset versus there are things I can do about it to change things, which is a growth mindset. The truth is this, our mindset gets formed oftentimes from a very young age. If you've been praised your entire life because of properties that you have your so smart, you're so pretty.

[00:03:32] Then that tends to lead us to developing a fixed mindset while saying things like you worked so hard to study and did really well on the math test tends to lead towards us having a growth mindset. And mindset is really important. It has an impact on how we view opportunities to learn and grow whether or not we'll.

[00:03:58] We will [00:04:00] persevere in the face of setbacks. When we have a growth mindset, we tend to look for opportunities to keep going. But when we have a fixed mindset, we're much more likely to just give up and throw in the. Now, all of that being said, we also have a tendency sometimes to think about mindset as magic.

[00:04:22] This is this sort of, the affirmation makes it happen mindset of at the end of the day. If you just believe it, it will become true. The putting out into the university's positive thoughts makes it happen. The secret or that kind of mindset and mindset doesn't really work that way. It's not magic.

[00:04:49] It's not about making it happen through some sort of magical activity instead. It's about how mindset affects your ability to change [00:05:00] your actions. It's about the connection between belief and doing that makes mindset. The problem is when we have a fixed mindset, we tend to not take action. Where when we have a growth mindset, we're more likely to take action.

[00:05:17] And it's that action that leads to change. So there is a connection here, but each of them also has a feedback system. If you have a fixed mindset, you tend to not take action, which means things don't change. Therefore it reinforces your belief that things will never change. When you have a growth mindset, you tend to take action, which has some hope of making things change.

[00:05:40] And some of the times it works and some things do get better and therefore it reinforces the belief that you can make changes to improve things. Mindset affects everything we do. It affects how we act with others, how we act with ourself, [00:06:00] how we feel it can lead to. Entire physiology changing around our body, around our beliefs, around our activities, but it's through the interface and through that feedback loop that it really affects the world and affects you and makes change happen.

[00:06:20] So what do you do if you recognize that maybe you do have a fixed mindset, maybe you look at the world as something that you can't do anything about. You look at it with a helpless mindset. What can you do to change your mindset? How can you fix a poor mindset? You need to begin to first focus on the journey, focus on the process and the path, focus on the things that you do, and the opportunities that come up in the learning that you have along the way, forget about success or failure and focus on the [00:07:00] process that you go.

[00:07:01] Begin to incorporate the word yet into your language. I haven't managed to do it yet. I haven't mastered this new idea yet, which implies that you will eventually master it. It begins to change the way you're looking at the situation. Begin to pay attention to when you use fixed language and when you use growth language, when do you say things like either I'm good at it or I'm not versus I can learn to do things.

[00:07:34] When do you say that's just who I am? I can't change it versus I'm a constantly evolving work in process progress. I continue to change. If someone works hard. If you don't have the ability, you're still not going to succeed. Versus the more you challenge yourself, the more you grow, the more likely you are to succeed, pay attention to the way you phrase things, not just out loud, [00:08:00] but also in your heart of hearts and in your mind, and begin to replace the fixed language with growth language, and then begin to look for places that you can take on challenges, even small ones.

[00:08:13] And begin to have some level of success because that begins to reinforce the belief that you can have even more success. Look for opportunities to serve others and show that you have some input or success with them. And that begins to grow your mindset into a growth mindset mentality. Thanks for watching.

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Episode 985: Budget versus Tracking

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Join us today for an episode about the need to have both budgeting and tracking...

Today's episode is focused on why budgeting and tracking is so important...

In today’s episode about investing in others through stewarding your treasures, I talk with you about the difference between budgeting and tracking.  I talk about why both are important but they aren’t interchangeable.  I also share why we can do these in different ways but do need to do them.

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Episode 985: Budget versus Tracking

[00:00:00] Scott Maderer: Thanks for joining me on episode 985 of the inspired stewardship podcast.

[00:00:07] Joe Schum: I'm Joe Shum from soul patch, hippo success coaching. I want to serve your journey to be the next version of you to be inspired, to become the most authentic. You listen to this, the inspired stewardship podcasts by my friend, Scott Mader every day can help you keep the focus that.

[00:00:25] Scott Maderer: one way that you budget or the one way that you track, but the truth is you need to align it with a few simple thoughts. You need to think about first. What is it that works best for you? But you also need to think about where do you want things to be easy versus where do you want things to maybe take you a little longer and slow you down.

[00:00:50] Welcome. And thank you for joining us on the inspired stewardship podcast. If you truly desire to become the person who God wants you to be, then you [00:01:00] must learn to use your time, your talent and your treasures for your true calling in the inspired stewardship podcast. We'll learn to invest in you. Invest in others and develop your influence so that you can impact the world.

[00:01:16] In today's episode about investing in others through stewarding your treasures. I talk with you about the difference between budgeting and tracking. I talk about why both are important, but they aren't interchangeable. And I also share why we can do these in different ways, but we do really need to do them as we talk about stewarding your treasures.

[00:01:39] Wouldn't it be great if you could support this podcast and do it without costing yourself an extra day. It turns out you can. All you have to do is use inspired stewardship.com/amazon. When you're ready to make a purchase via Amazon and a small commission, we'll come back to support the show. If you enjoy the [00:02:00] show, when you're ready to buy from Amazon, just use inspired stewardship.com/.

[00:02:05] One of the topics that comes up a lot when you're talking to people about managing their money, is this idea of, do I need to budget my money? Do I need to track my money? Can I do one and not the other? And then of course, how do I actually do those things correctly? And the truth is there's a difference between a budget and tracking your.

[00:02:30] The budget is your plan. It's looking forward into the future. We're tracking is looking backwards. A budget is saying, this is what I want to have happen. And tracking is looking at what actually occurred. The truth is both of these are important. If you've listened to the show for a while, you've heard me talk before about this idea of review, reflect, [00:03:00] revise, and repeat, looking at what you're doing, planning it, then looking at what actually happened, reflecting on what the difference is, and then revising either your behavior or your plan over time.

[00:03:17] This is a way of getting better over time without looking for trying to make the big leaps. This is the key to improvement. Oftentimes we try to often fix everything by making massive change, but sometimes that's necessary. Other times it's making the little gradual incremental improvements that really moves.

[00:03:45] Budgeting and tracking are both important because budgeting is the plan by which you measure what happened when you tracked so that when you reflect and make revisions, you can realistically think about what [00:04:00] happened. Why did it happen? Is it that I wildly underestimated how much it was going to cost to do something.

[00:04:07] My budget was wrong or is it, my actions were wrong. Is there something about how I acted or what I did or what choices I made? Is there a tool or a technique that I can inject into my life that can help me get more in alignment between what my values are, what my priorities are that shows up in my budget and what I'm actually doing and what actually happens that shows up in my tracking.

[00:04:32] They're both important, but they're not entertaining. All too often. I see people that are like I'm budgeting. And then when I walked through and ask them what they're actually doing, what they're really doing is tracking. So they don't have a plan by which to evaluate how well they did. They don't have a goalpost.

[00:04:52] They don't have a measuring stick because it's really just a matter of looking going. Yep. That's what. Now you can still reflect [00:05:00] on that and say, is that what I wanted to have happen? But without doing some thinking ahead of time, about what are your priorities and what are your values and how should those show up in your money?

[00:05:10] It's much harder to make real change and see that you're moving in a direction that you want to go. It's harder to have a big why behind making changes. If you've never sat down and done the plan in the first place. These can be done in different ways. The truth is that's another thing everyone wants to know.

[00:05:32] What's the one, one way that you budget or the one way that you track, but the truth is you need to allow. With a few simple thoughts you need to think about first. What is it that works best for you, but you also need to think about where do you want things to be easy versus where do you want things to maybe take you a little longer and slow you down?

[00:05:58] See, the truth is [00:06:00] when you're budgeting, I often like using something like an Excel sheet or even paper and pencil because by slowing the process down a little bit, you begin. To really think about it. You begin to try to align it with what you want to do. It's a place where I want friction to be involved in the process.

[00:06:21] That's one reasons I don't like a lot of apps in most cases for budgeting, because instead I like to look at what you do to make. More in alignment. And that requires slowing down that requires taking some time to think, but tracking on the other hand, I like to inject efficiency there. I like to inject smoothness there.

[00:06:50] I don't want someone having to sit down and run a 52 page report and do all of this processing so that they can come [00:07:00] up with where they spent their time. This is where using an app that links into your bank and actually pre categorizes. Most of your repeat activities can be really useful because it actually can speed up the process of tracking.

[00:07:16] So again, it's thinking about where is it that you want. To slow down. And where is it that you want to speed up? Where is it that you need to inject the plan so that what the target is and where is it that you need to inject tracking? What really happened, but then even more important.

[00:07:38] When are you going to set a time aside, time to review and reflect on that so that you can make changes in what's going on. So that over time you get more and more. And alignment. Thanks for listening.

[00:07:53] Thanks so much for listening to the inspired stewardship podcast. As a subscriber and [00:08:00] listener, we challenge you to not just sit back and passively listen, but act on what you've heard and find a way to live your calling. If you like this episode on the stewardship of treasurer. You can sign up for our treasures tips by going to inspired stewardship.com/treasures or text in the U S 4 4 2 2 2 treasures tips.

[00:08:31] And we'll send you five weeks of our best tips on stewarding your treasures until next time. Invest your time. Your talent and your treasures develop your influence and impact the world.

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In today's episode, I talk with you about:

  • The difference between budgeting and tracking...
  • Why both are important but they aren’t interchangeable...
  • Why we can do these in different ways but do need to do them...
  • and more.....

Budgeting is not just for people who do not have enough money. It is for everyone who wants to ensure that their money is enough. ― Rosette Mugidde Wamambe

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Episode 984: Learn It All

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Join us today for an episode about the need to be a learn it all not a know it all...

Today's episode is focused on life long learning without being a know it all...

In today’s episode about investing in others through stewarding your talent, I talk with you about why being a learn it all is great.  I also share how this can often make you seem like a know it all.  I also talk about why learning by itself isn’t enough.

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Episode 984: Learn It All

[00:00:00] Scott Maderer: Thanks for joining me on episode 984 of the inspired stewardship podcast.

[00:00:07] Wendy Gentry: This is Wendy Gentry from baker university. I encourage you to live your life from the inside out. And one way to be inspired to do that is to listen to this, the inspired stewardship podcast with my friend, Scott Maderer.

[00:00:22] Scott Maderer: knowledge is power. Isn't actually true knowledge put into action is power. Knowledge by itself is just fuel for the engine. But the engine actually has to be turned on and run and things have to happen. For you to actually put those things into action for you to actually get something done for you to actually make things happen.

[00:00:49] Welcome and thank you for joining us on the inspired stewardship podcasts. If you truly desire to become the person who God wants you to be, then you must learn to use your [00:01:00] time, your talent and your treasures for your true calling and the inspired stewardship podcast. Go learn to invest in yourself, invest in others and develop your influence so that you can impact the world.

[00:01:15] In today's episode about investing in others through stewarding your talent. I talk with you about why being a learn. It all is a great idea. I also share how this often can make you seem like you're a know it all instead. And I talk about why learning by itself is never enough. You've heard me talk about developing your talent.

[00:01:39] And one of the best ways to do that is through books. But if you're like most people today, it's hard to find the time to read. And that's why today's podcast is brought to you by audible. Go to inspired stewardship.com/audible to sign up and you can get a 30 day free trial. There's over [00:02:00] 180,000 titles to choose from.

[00:02:02] And you can pick one and listen your way to developing your talents via. That's inspired stewardship.com/audible to get your free trial and listen to great books the same way you're listening to this podcast. And Monday's episode, Kyle mentioned being a, learn it all instead of a know it all. And I loved that phrasing.

[00:02:26] That thought of being a lifelong learner, being someone that wants to learn it all. And in fact, I would describe myself as a learner. Back in the days when I was teaching school, the kids used to come and ask me various questions. And oftentimes I would know the answer. And when I didn't know the answer, I would say, I don't know, but I can figure it out.

[00:02:49] Let me go figure it out for you. And I still do that now as a coach. And I did that when I was a leader for ETS, I've always had the attitude of. I [00:03:00] either know it, or if I don't know it, I'll go figure it out. I'll go find it out and then I'll bring it back and I'll teach it or share it or provide it for others because I've always been a lifelong learner.

[00:03:12] I've always someone that's been fascinated with books and learning. And in fact, I used to get the reputation. Whenever I was a leader, people would come in with a problem and they would say, okay, I know you're going to recommend a book for me to read, but other than that, here's the problem I have. And what else do I need?

[00:03:29] Because literally every time they came in, they left with a book recommendation almost all of the time, because there's always great books out there. I've had the reputation for a long time of reading between 50. To 52 books a year. Now, the last couple of years I've backed off from that because I'm focusing on putting some things into implementation phase, but starting next year, I plan on setting that goal again, of reading a book a non-fiction book a week and having that for a [00:04:00] goal next year.

[00:04:01] So all of these things are about being a learn. It all. The funny thing is though, oftentimes when you do that, You get a reputation of instead being a know it all and know it all has a negative connotation. It has this feeling that if you're a know it all, then you are someone that Lourdes your knowledge over others.

[00:04:27] You are so happy with yourself for being somebody that knows everything that you have to show off your knowledge. And the truth is that is something that I will admit there have been phases in my life where I've been not alerted all, but a know it all. I've been focused on learning so that I would know everything and could quote, be the smartest person in the room.

[00:04:51] And what I've learned over the years is instead if I focus on finding out what do other people know that I don't know. [00:05:00] And getting them to teach it to me. Then I learned even more than I did before. So sometimes I've learned to keep my mouth shut, even if I know something because there's someone else around there, someone else in the room, someone else in the meeting that knows even more than I do.

[00:05:19] And it's also allowed me to stop having quite as much of a reputation of being a know it, all the person that always knows the answer and just jumps right out and tells everybody this is the way it is instead of listening first and asking more questions. The truth is to, I mentioned earlier, I've always had a goal of reading 50 to 52 books a year non-fiction books.

[00:05:44] And I mentioned that this last year, I've changed that. And the last two years, actually, I've been reading a little less part of the reason I'm reading less is because I'm focusing on putting things that I've learned over the last 20 or 30 years [00:06:00] into action. I'm focusing on implementation of learning because at the end of the day, being alerted all isn't enough, unless you also begin to become a do at all.

[00:06:14] Where you either do it yourself or you get it done, but you also focus on putting, learning into action because at the end of the day it's action that actually moves things forward. Not knowledge is power. Isn't actually true knowledge put into action is power. Knowledge by itself is just fuel for the.

[00:06:42] But the engine actually has to be turned on and run and things have to happen for you to actually put those things into action for you to actually get something done for you to actually make things happen. You have to put the learning into action. [00:07:00] So what are you doing to become a lifelong learner?

[00:07:03] What are you doing to put learning into your life? And then what are you doing to put that learning into. Do you need an accountability partner? Do you need more knowledge? Do you need more skill? Often we misidentify that too. We think what we need is more knowledge when in fact what we need is more accountability around getting something done.

[00:07:26] So focus in and figure out what is really holding you back from living your calling, and then put into action, a plan to fill that gap so that you can move forward. And do what God has called you to do. Thanks for listening.

[00:07:44] Thanks so much for listening to the inspired stewardship podcast. As a subscriber and listener, we challenge you to not just sit back and passively listen, but act on what you've heard and find a way to live [00:08:00] your call. If you liked this episode on the stewardship of talent, you can go over to inspired stewardship.com/talent and sign up for our five week series on the stewardship of talent.

[00:08:15] Or if you're in the us, you can text 4, 4, 2, 2, 2 talent tips. That's talent tips to 4 4 2, 2, 2, and get those tips until next time. Invest your time. Your talent and your treasures develop your influence and impact the world.

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  • Why being a learn it all is great...
  • How this can often make you seem like a know it all...
  • Why learning by itself isn’t enough...
  • and more.....

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go. ― Dr. Seuss

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Episode 983: Effectiveness Versus Efficiency

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Join us today for an episode about the reason that effectiveness is more important than efficiency

Today's episode is focused on why we often focus on efficiency when we should focus on effectiveness...

In today’s episode about investing in others by stewarding your time, I talk with you about effectiveness versus efficiency.  I share why all too often we try to make things efficient before we really should.  I also talk about how making sure you know what to make efficient is more important.

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Episode 983: Effectiveness Versus Efficiency

[00:00:00] Scott Maderer: Thanks for joining me on episode 983 of the inspired stewardship podcast.

[00:00:08] Scott Brookens: I'm Scott Brookens from Scott brookens.com. I encourage you to find the way to be inspired to start your dream business and find freedom. And one way to do that is to be inspired by this the inspired stewardship podcast with my friend, Scott.

[00:00:22] Scott Maderer: does it matter if it saves you 30 minutes today? If it's the only time this year, you're going to be doing the task instead, look for the tasks that efficiency leveraged over a long period of time gains you the most. And when you do that, you'll end up being both effective and efficient in your. Welcome and thank you for joining us on the inspired stewardship podcasts.

[00:00:50] If you truly desire to become the person who God wants you to be, then you must learn to use your time, your talent and your treasures for your true calling [00:01:00] in the inspired stewardship podcast. We'll learn to invest in yourself, invest in others and develop your influence so that you can impact the world.

[00:01:11] and today's episode about investing in others by stewarding your time. I talk with you about effectiveness versus efficiency. I share why all too often, we try to make things as efficient before we really should I also talk about how making sure what to make efficient is more important than just making things.

[00:01:33] As we talk about stewarding your time. Wouldn't it be great. If you could support this podcast and do it without just taking too long, it turns out you can't. All you have to do is use inspired stewardship.com/amazon. When you're ready to make a purchase via Amazon and a small commission, we'll come back to support the show.

[00:01:51] Just that quick. If you enjoy the show, when you are ready to buy from Amazon, just use inspired [00:02:00] stewardship.com/. Let's talk about effectiveness versus efficiency. The word effective means in terms of time management and productivity, prioritizing, focusing on what is needed to deliver the results you're after and saying no to things that are not in alignment with those goals, where efficiency is the ability to do things quickly.

[00:02:27] And accurately to get a higher output using a smaller investment of time or of resources. And what I've discovered over the years is that a lot of times people, when they get to productivity, when they start asking questions about how to be more productive, they start focusing on efficiency first. They look for ways to automate things.

[00:02:51] They look for ways to outsource things. They look for ways to make things more efficient, to get more done [00:03:00] quicker. And yet the truth is effectiveness is where you should focus first long before you worry about getting officiant, you should figure out whether or not the task is even one that needs to get done.

[00:03:17] Is it actually something that is a task that is worth spending the time and the energy to get more efficient? Or is this a task that I actually should just completely get off my plate? Is it an important task that needs to get done? Is it something that has a priority and moves me towards my bigger goals and gets that.

[00:03:42] Moving or is this something that maybe I've said yes to that in reality, I needed to say no to, is this something that really comes across as a task that is core and in alignment with where I'm trying to [00:04:00] get. All too often, we end up making very efficient tasks that we should never have been doing in the first place.

[00:04:08] They end up being things that waste our time, because it's all well and good to get better at doing something and to do it quicker. But if it's actually something that you shouldn't be doing at all, no matter how quickly you do. But it shouldn't be done. So it's always a waste of some level of time and energy and resources that could be put towards those things that you should be.

[00:04:34] You should actually be focusing on your task and thinking about, is this an important task? Is this an, a task something that should get done first? And then within that task, are there parts of the tasks that are more important than others? Is this a task that should be done? And is this a task that I should be the one doing?

[00:04:58] And once you've [00:05:00] asked that and decided that then you need to look at it and go, okay, is this a task that is worth making efficient? Because here's the truth. If this is a task that you do once a year and it takes you 30 minutes, you may not want to spend a lot of time and energy cutting that time from 30 minutes to 20 minutes, the gain isn't that much.

[00:05:23] It's 10 minutes and the scope of. On the other hand, a task that only takes you five or six minutes to do, but you do it each and every day. If you can cut off a minute of that, that will save you hundreds of minutes across a year. So you actually have to pay attention to not only is it an important task.

[00:05:49] That's the first step, but once you've identified the important task, which of these important task should be made more efficient, which of these are the [00:06:00] ones that leverage my time, even more, which of these are the ones that make me gain back large amounts of. Of course, you can make things efficient by delegating them.

[00:06:15] You can make things efficient by dumping them or getting rid of them, but you can also make things efficient through automation and other tools, or simply getting better at something. You also want to look at the tasks that you're doing and identify, are there steps in this task that I can get rid of?

[00:06:33] Are there things I'm doing that perhaps I don't even actually need to do to achieve the results that I really want? Because oftentimes we end up doing extra steps because that's how we've always done it, as opposed to, because that's the best way to. See, when it comes to effectiveness and efficiency, the truth is all too often, we start focusing on efficiency, [00:07:00] but what we're making efficient, does it really make us more effective because it doesn't move us towards our bigger goals.

[00:07:08] And if that's what you're doing, then you're actually wasting time because by the way, making a task efficient also takes time. And. So make sure that you're spending that time and energy to make efficient, the tasks that help make you effective and the ones that gain you the most time. A longer period of time.

[00:07:33] Doesn't matter if it saves you 30 minutes today, if it's the only time this year, you're going to be doing the task. Instead, look for the tasks that efficiency leveraged over a long period of time gains you the most. And when you do that, you'll end up being both effective and efficient in your goals.

[00:07:54] Thanks.

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In today's episode, I talk with you about:

  • Effectiveness versus efficiency...
  • Why all too often we try to make things efficient before we really should...
  • How making sure you know what to make efficient is more important...
  • and more.....

Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things. ― Peter Drucker

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