In today’s world, busyness has become a badge of honor – but&nbsp;it’s&nbsp;secretly burning people out, dulling their creativity and damaging their client relationships.&nbsp;That is especially true for those in real estate, who often feel they must be “on 24/7.”&nbsp;In this powerful conversation, Brian Buffini sits down with Juliet Funt,&nbsp;the founder and CEO of an efficiency firm,&nbsp;as well as the author of the book,&nbsp;A Minute to Think: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work,&nbsp;to&nbsp;talk about why&nbsp;we’re&nbsp;so addicted to activity.&nbsp;Drawing on her decades of research and work with top organizations, Juliet shares&nbsp;advice on how you can build more “white space” into your schedule.&nbsp;She also explains&nbsp;the concept&nbsp;of “hallucinated urgency”&nbsp;and&nbsp;how&nbsp;the&nbsp;“four thieves of time”&nbsp;hijack your day. Whether&nbsp;you’re&nbsp;a perpetually “on” entrepreneur, a frenzied realtor or a leader trying to refocus your team, this episode will help you slow down, think&nbsp;clearly&nbsp;and show up as your calm, confident best self.&nbsp;YOU WILL LEARN:&nbsp;<ul><li>What white space really is and why time “without assignment” is the missing oxygen that fuels your creativity, focus and long-term success.&nbsp;</li><li>How to use strategic pauses and wedges to build brief but powerful moments of thinking time into even the busiest schedule.&nbsp;</li><li>How to spot – and stop – the&nbsp;“four thieves of time”&nbsp;so you can reduce frenetic busyness, prioritize what matters and work with more&nbsp;focus and intention.&nbsp;</li></ul>MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:&nbsp;<a href="https://itsagoodlife.com/bc" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Free Business Consultation</a><a href="https://a.co/d/2G8wvZ5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A Minute to Think: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work&nbsp;by Juliet Funt&nbsp;</a><a href="https://a.co/d/g3tu412" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience&nbsp;by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi&nbsp;</a><a href="https://a.co/d/emhqKSj" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">10x Is Easier Than 2x: How World-Class Entrepreneurs Achieve More&nbsp;by Doing Less&nbsp;by Dan Sullivan & Dr. Benjamin Hardy&nbsp;</a>NOTEWORTHY QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE:&nbsp;“Why are we just doing every single thing as opposed to figuring out where our strengths are?” — Juliet Funt&nbsp;“White space is simply time without assignment – the open, flexible time that used to live between things and let us recalibrate.” – Juliet Funt&nbsp;“We all want to do every single project and plan, but we need to learn the gear of taking things out as well.” — Juliet Funt&nbsp;“If you do start dialing down into the population,&nbsp;there's a lot of people in much more pain than I would guess you're in because every single day is a chaotic, fearful, reactive flow.” — Juliet Funt&nbsp;“I&nbsp;have a practice all day long, I will stop and say,&nbsp;‘What am I doing?’&nbsp;And I just stop for a&nbsp;second&nbsp;and I'll see if the thing that I am actually doing is of value to my dreams. And a lot of times you catch yourself and&nbsp;it's&nbsp;not.”&nbsp;— Juliet Funt&nbsp;<a href="https://itsagoodlife.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">itsagoodlife.com</a><hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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