Hacking your work life __ balance to take over the world

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Claims specific tactics that free hours: giving talks at 22 conferences last year and ~15 so far this year forces rigid systems. Use Calendly scheduling link to eliminate back-and-forth emails, Trello brain dump for every idea, and automations (autopay, If This Then That, Amazon Prime deliveries) to remove recurring chores. Email templates, Grammarly, Mixmax/Boome­r­ang, Momentum/Forest blockers, meal-prep and Instant Pot shave decision time, and shared calendars plus TSA PreCheck cut travel friction so passion projects actually get built.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 4:56Financial Planning
3. 5:29Hobbies
4. 8:50Prioritizing Everything on Your To-Do List
5. 9:06The Eisenhower Matrix
6. 9:26Quadrant of Necessity
7. 9:48Planning and Preparation
8. 11:06The Quadrant of Waste
9. 11:30Eating the Frog First
10. 12:42Document Creative Thoughts as a Placeholder
11. 13:09Murphy's Law
12. 14:36Automating
13. 18:10Google Alerts
14. 18:42Outsource Lawn Care Projects
15. 21:01Strategy Number Three Find Balance
16. 21:29The Cycle of Competence
17. 23:07Get Enough Sleep
18. 23:43How To Get Enough Sleep
19. 24:47Know Your Productive Hours
20. 27:53Turn off push notifications
21. 29:47Take Criticism Seriously
22. 31:07Identifying and Minimising Stressors
23. 32:40Calendar Hacks
24. 32:57Physically Block Out Work Hours for Yourself
25. 33:40Block Off Weeks around Travel
26. 34:14Scheduling Session
27. 35:38Email Hacks
28. 38:46Emergency Freezer Burritos
29. 39:23Errand Hacks
30. 39:34Optimize Your Errand Run
31. 40:05Train Your Brain To Go into Focus Mode
32. 41:10Momentum
33. 43:05Strategy Number Five Recompensate
34. 44:26Have Guilty Pleasures
35. 45:01Plan Things That You Look Forward to
36. 45:47Scheduling Your Social Life
37. 47:02Working Smarter Not Harder
38. 51:01Learning from Your Mistakes
39. 51:34Recap the Strategies

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