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A Productive Conversation · 2026-05-20 · 60 min · 10,149 words

Why Speed Is a Byproduct, Not the Goal (with Dawna Ballard)

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Quick one first. There's a word we lost somewhere between the factory and the laptop. My new book is called Productiveness, and mikevardi.com slash productiveness is where you can get it. Okay, in we go. Donna, thank you so much for being here today.

Thank you for having me. Delighted to be here. So for those that are unfamiliar with your work, And first, you know, I'd love for you to share a little bit about yourself. Just for those that are here in the audience watching live, because I'm sure they're gonna have questions around the material and such.

Um, I'd love to hear for you to share a little bit about yourself and then um what led you down the path to write this book? Because there are a lot of books about communication. time, et cetera, out there. And um, in in my, you know, my past life working for Life Hack and and writing, you know, and again, having this podcast for a number of years and coming across a plethora of books on time management and personal productivity, not just my own. Uh, there is it, I mean, it is a market that is, um,

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