Stick Like Glue Radio #173 On this special episode of Stick Like Glue Radio, I interview New York Times bestselling author, and Forbes columnist, Kevin Kruse. Over the last 20 years Kevin has started or co-founded several multi-million dollar companies which have won awards for both fast growth (Inc 500) as well as employee engagement (#4 Best Place to Work in PA). Don’t miss this important show!

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On this special episode of Stick Like Glue Radio, I interview New York Times bestselling author and Forbes columnist, Kevin Kruse. Over the last 20 years Kevin has started or co-founded several multi-million dollar companies which have won awards for Fast Growth (Inc. 500), as well as Employee Engagement (#4 Best Place to Work in PA).  Don’t miss this important show!

Main Questions Asked:

• What led you to write your book, 15 Secrets Successful People Know About Time Management?
• Tell me about the Harvard experience that saved 8 hours a week.
• Did you have any ‘ah-ha’ moments when you interviewed people for your book?
• Are there any similarities between billionaires and Olympic athletes when it comes to productivity?

Key Lessons Learned:

Productivity

• People think they need time management, but what they really need is extreme productivity and balance.
• How can we increase our productivity 10X while still feeling balanced?
• Sell people what they want but give them what they need.
• If people knew exactly what their time was worth, they would outsource and delegate more.

Theme Days

• Ultra productive people dedicate each day to a certain theme. For example, Monday for Marketing, and Tuesday for Products.
• Theming can also be useful when chunking time.

Meetings

• “Never take a meeting unless someone is writing you a check.” – Mark Cuban.
• Even big companies have ‘No Meeting Wednesdays,’ which allows for ‘get things done’ time.
• Daily standup huddles are a great way to supply contextual awareness and gets rid of a lot of ‘got-a-minute?’ meetings.

Harvard Business Review Study

• By asking the following three questions, the average person freed up 6 hours of meeting time per week and 2 hours of other task time.
  • Can I drop this task?
  • Can I delay this task or delegate?
  • Can I redesign it?

The Morning Routine

• Change your morning and change your life.
• How you spend the first 60 minutes of your day dictates the productivity level of the rest of your day.
• High achievers don’t skip meals, and they know that food is fuel.
• Schedule 1-2 hours of focus time as early in the morning as possible, as you are cognitively strongest in the morning.

MIT

• Most Important Task.
• Identify this and schedule this for early in the morning.

E3C

• We all have the same exact minutes in the day, so it’s all about energy and focus.

Energy

•  How am I maximizing and maintaining my energy throughout the day?

Capture

• Have a notebook so you don’t have to carry everything in your mind.
• This is a great way to de-stress.
• This doesn’t’ mean working off a to-do list.

Calendar

• Live your life from your calendar and not your to-do list.
• Protect the calendar with the power of no.

Concentrate

• Shut off social media notifications and email alerts.
• Don’t answer calls unless they are scheduled.
• Focus for 25-50 minutes and then have a short break.

Mindset

• If we truly value the 1,440 minutes each day we have, the rest will fall into place.

Resources:

Kevin Kruse
15 Time Secrets

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