Not long ago, I stumbled upon this very enlightening Ted Talk given by an author and entrepreneur I had not yet heard of, named Rory Vaden. When I saw the title of this talk “How to Multiply Your Time” you can imagine that it seriously piqued my interest. After checking it out, I knew I needed to share this video with all my productivity loving friends in my latest installment of #InspirationMBA! This guy is actually pretty cool! He’s the author of a few different productivity related books, Take the Stairs and Procrastinate on Purpose, both of which I am very interested in checking out on Audible! He makes some awesome points in the talk that I think are incredibly valuable, not necessarily because they are incredibly ground breaking, but he is really able to capture a major pitfall to productivity that many people face. Enjoy!
Lesson #4: How to Multiply Time with Rory Vaden
Things you will learn
Why time management and how we choose to spend our time isn’t logical, and what it’s based on instead.
The limitation of efficiency as a time management tool.
The system that Stephen R. Covey gave the world for prioritization.
The limitation of prioritizing as a time management tool.
The elements of the 3 dimensional time management matrix.
Why you need to think about tomorrow to multiply time.
Why automation is like compounding interest on your money.
You can delegate anything.
How significance changes everything.
How and why to procrastinate on purpose.
So, what did you think? Did you just have a mind-blowing epiphany like I did when I first watched the video? I love how Rory is able to take traditional productivity methods and turn them on their heads as to why they don’t work for some people. There is certainly merit to working efficiently and implementing prioritization to help you get your most important work done, however, I feel like for the average person, many of these concepts are hard to master, and this video really explains why. Let me know what you thought and if you had any unexpected takeaways that you would like to share. I’d also love to hear about any success you have implementing these ideas in your own life. Feel free to let me know in the comments!
Welcome to my latest installment of #InspirationMBA, a monthly post on the blog where I will take a single piece of highly valuable content from around the web and break it down into something of a lesson plan, outlining why I think the content is important and what you will learn from it. I know you don’t have all the time in the world to learn all the ins and outs of business and productivity, so I want to make it easier for you to learn by identifying the best content that you can act upon immediately. So many people just don’t have the time or the money to spend on additional education, but I hope that this series helps you to open your mind and continue your own education through self study guided by me! Enjoy!
Lesson #3: Tony Robbins on the Secret to Finding Happiness
For my third lesson in the #INSPIRATIONMBA series, I wanted to share with you a motivational speech by one of the worlds single greatest life coaches, Tony Robbins. Whether or not you believe in life coaching or not, this man and the concepts he outlines during this presentation are serious food for thought. One of the big reasons I started this series was to help people get over the hurdles they believe are present in their lives, hurdles that to be completely honest, are usually self-made! Tony is world renowned for his ability to help even the most powerful and influential people on the planet make breakthroughs with their lives, performance and business, and if you do enjoy this video and want to learn more, I would highly suggest picking up his book Awaken the Giant Within. For now, however, I want you to sit down with this video, a notebook and a pen and really spend the next 30 minutes in this video thinking about what Tony is teaching and how it applies to you and your life, and hopefully, you too can start taking down those hurdles and barriers you have in place to fulfilling your own happiness!
What you will learn
• The one thing people need to feel happy.
Hint: It’s a journey you are on in this very series.
• The one archetype of a stereotypical life that still exists in our world.
Hint: It’s all about being special and unique.
• The formula you can use to figure out an area of your life that you’re happy with.
Hint: You must take a moment and think about it.
• The formula you can use to figure out an area of your life that you aren’t happy with.
Hint: It’s a comparison game!
• The situation where unhappiness turns into pain.
Hint: It’s a control issue.
• The one choice you can make to ensure your future unhappiness.
Hint: Playing the blame game.
• The important choices you have to make in the direction of your current and future happiness.
Hint: There are two options.
• The two things you need to do in order to have a meaningful life.
Hint: They both start with G.
I sincerely hope you enjoyed this 3rd installment of my #INSPIRATIONMBA series. Now that you are done the video, I hope you have some good notes to help you begin living a happier life through strategies that will help your reality merge with the blueprint life story you have in your mind! If you enjoyed this post, please share it on social media, put it on Facebook, tweet out the link or take a screen shot and post it to your IG- anything to help me get the word out and help to make this series a success. You know I truly believe in the message behind this series and I want to see it help as many people as possible, but I can’t do it alone, I need your help to get the word out! Thanks so much for spending time today on your #InspirationMBA and of course, if there is anything I can help you with, let me know!
Welcome to my latest installment of #InspirationMBA, a monthly post on the blog where I will take a single piece of highly valuable content from around the web and break it down into something of a lesson plan, outlining why I think the content is important and what you will learn from it. I know you don’t have all the time in the world to learn all the ins and outs of business and productivity, so I want to make it easier for you to learn by identifying the best content that you can act upon immediately. So many people just don’t have the time or the money to spend on additional education, but I hope that this series helps you to open your mind and continue your own education through self study guided by me! Enjoy!
Lesson #2: Gary Vaynerchuk on Building a Personal Brand within the Social Media Landscape
For my second lesson in the #InspirationMBA series, I wanted to share with you an inspirational keynote that was given by one of my business idols, Gary Vaynerchuk. This man has been ahead of the curve with social media and building businesses through the power of the internet for nearly a decade. He is the author of several books, including Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook, which I highly recommend if you want to learn more about executing in social media, and a generally funny, yet slightly abrasive guy from my home state of New Jersey. This video isn’t very long, about 15 minutes, but it is jammed packed with tips and inspiration for getting your personal brand in order and really getting your head in the right place for achieving big things, not just in business, but also in life! My favorite part of this video is actually a little exchange he starts in the beginning of the video where he tells the audience that he has no doubt that they are going to “kill it” in their lives because they are live in the audience at this conference. I love that he said this because it echoes a belief I have that just by showing the initiative and seeking out new information and experience, you are bettering yourself and laying the foundation for your best life. This point at the very least needs to be your biggest takeaway from this video. So many people seek out ways to learn and grow yet get discouraged when they feel like they haven’t found the ultimate destination, but really, the growth itself is in the discovery process and the fact that you are reading this right now shows that you are learning and growing because you are seeking out new ideas, new thoughts and new inspiration as part of this series! There is no end point or ultimate destination to all this, learning is a life long process not one that stops at some mile marker in the education system.
What You Will Learn
• The 2 P’s and how they play a key role in your personal brand and life.
Hint: You need a lot of both of them!
• Why caring makes all the difference for your personal brand.
Hint: Caring is more important than listening.
• That you can monetize anything online.
Hint: The business landscape is changing and giving you direct access to people who want your products.
• That your business needs a business model.
Hint: Freemium is good, but you need to make money or else you don’t have a business.
• Why you should be thinking about your legacy.
Hint: Your great grand children will be able to see your whole life and work online, would it make them proud?
• How to get your brand exposure even without a team or publicist.
Hint: “If you’re pumping out good {things} people will follow” – Gary V.
• Why you need to build brand equity.
Hint: It’s the social currency.
• Which social media tools to use to interact with your audience.
Hint: You need to be in more than one place.
• Why niches are an untapped market.
Hint: You need to zero in on your customers and audience.
• How to find the time to pursue your passion while also working a full time job.
Hint: “Hustle is the most important word ever!” – Gary V.
• Why you shouldn’t give up on your business dream.
Hint: This goes back to one of the P’s!
• How to make money doing what you love.
Hint: WORK!
I hope you have enjoyed Lesson #2 in my #InspirationMBA series! So many of you told me how much you enjoyed the first installment and I am thrilled that this series speaks to you! Let me know what you thought of today’s lesson, don’t you love Gary V? I know he is a little spastic and abrasive, but this guy is filled with passion and hustle for his business and I think we can all use an extra dose of that now and then. If you enjoyed this post, please share it on social media, put it on Facebook, tweet out the link or take a screen shot and post it to your IG- anything to help me get the word out and help to make this series a success. You know I truly believe in the message behind this series and I want to see it help as many people as possible, but I can’t do it alone, I need your help to get the word out! Thanks so much for spending time today on your #InspirationMBA and of course, if there is anything I can help you with, let me know!
Does this sound like you? You are a highly motivated person with lots of passions and interests. You are working a job, or have worked a series of jobs where you perhaps learned a lot but weren’t interested in the career path in front of you. You want more for yourself and you know you deserve and are capable of more. So many of you have expressed to me how much you want to bring change to your life and take control of your destiny, so you turn to me day after day for fresh information and inspiration for your journey. As a natural born teacher and a constant student myself, I love sharing my knowledge with you in the hopes that I can help you make your life better. Although I provide you many ongoing resources both through my own products and content as well as the content and products of others, I know most of you don’t have the luxury of time that I have to spend on continuing your education, so helping you make the most of your time is important to me. A few weeks ago I hinted that I wanted to start a new series on my blog but had been waiting for the right moment so that I could give this series the time and attention it deserves. Today, I am very pleased to announce that this is the first installment in an ongoing series I am featuring on my blog called #InspirationMBA!
#InspirationMBA will be a monthly post on the blog where I will take a single piece of highly valuable content from around the web and break it down into something of a lesson plan, outlining why I think the content is important and what you will learn from it. Like I said earlier, I know you don’t have all the time in the world to learn all the ins and outs of business and productivity, so I want to make it easier for you to learn by identifying the best content that you can act upon immediately. So many people just don’t have the time or the money to spend on additional education, but I hope that this series helps you to open your mind and continue your own education through self study guided by me.
Lesson #1: Marie Forleo on Building a Business and Life of Your Dreams with Lewis Howes
I absolutely adore both Marie Forleo and Lewis Howes. Both are inspirational entrepreneurs, mentors and educators who work to help people realize their dreams. For our first lesson, I have chosen a YouTube interview between the two that I believe lays a great foundation for the #InspirationMBA course! This video is nearly an hour long, but it’s packed with some great principles for those starting out as well as some interesting tidbits from Marie’s life and mind.
What You Will Learn
• The steps you can take to figure out what you are truly passionate about so you can get started doing what you love and make a living from it.
Hint: You need to start doing new things that interest you if you want your life to change!
• The mindset shifts that are necessary for you to make major changes in your life that don’t come overnight.
Hint: Success is all about your attitude.
• How Marie expressed her truth and lived the life she wanted to live, even though she knew it would take her longer to build her business.
Hint: Follow your passions in the here and now.
• The importance of mastering the necessary skills of your current job and situation even if you have bigger and better dreams.
Hint: You need to show up in order to maximize opportunities.
• The powerful role gratitude plays in our lives.
Hint: Keep your attitude in check.
• The daily routine of a highly successful entrepreneur.
Hint: The importance of the almighty to-do list.
• How to get started changing the daily habits that keep you down so you can make room for habits that matter.
Hint: You need to acknowledge the issues so you can change them.
• The role coaches and mentors can play in your success.
Hint: Having positive role models and mentors active in your life will help keep you accountable and positive.
• The mindset that has an unexpected positive result on your own success.
Hint: Giving breaks through the scarcity money mindset.
• The top things that are necessary to have a successful business online.
Hint: Consistency is one part of the puzzle.
So there it is, lesson 1 of my #InspirationMBA series! I sincerely hope you have enjoyed this content and that you are eager to follow up with this series. I am really doing this to help you as a valued member of my community so any feedback you have on this new venture would be appreciated. If you plan to take part in the #InspirationMBA I would love it if you shared pictures of your desk set up as you are learning at home or on the go through this series. Feel free to use the tag #InspirationMBA and connect with others within this community who are taking this journey with you!
