Episode 25: Time Management Guru Laura Vanderkam

The Power of Bold

Adam speaks with Laura Vanderkam, a time management and productivity expert and author of Off The Clock: Feel Less Busy While Getting More Done. The interview beings with Laura discussing her initial interest in time management (01:58 - 04:16) and what many people get wrong about time management (04:17 - 05:41). Laura then speaks about her experiment of spending years tracking her time and the insights that listeners can gather by taking only one or two weeks to track their time (05:42 - 12:54). Laura then speaks about the problem of "busyness" (12:55 - 15:59) and the importance of being mindful over our own schedules (16:00 - 17:29). After that, the discussion turns to why Laura uses Friday afternoons to plan out her schedule for the following week and how she goes about prioritizing certain tasks during that week (17:30 - 23:39). Laura then moves on to discuss how technology makes us feel like we have less time (23:40 - 30:23) and how we should build the life we want, which will ultimately save us time in the long run (30:24 - 33:13). To conclude the episode, Laura speaks about why we should "pay ourselves first" when allocating time for tasks (33:14 - 35:51), why mornings are the best time to get things done (35:52 - 38:13), the importance of adventure in creating long-lasting memories (38:14 - 43:00), how money can help us save time (43:01 - 46:43), and what listeners can do today to become better time managers (46:44 - 48:39). For show notes and a transcript of this episode, visit www.thepowerofbold.com.