Time Management: A Kinder, Flexible Approach to Rethinking Productivity with Kendra Adachi

Sometimes the hardest part of focus work is not the work. It's getting your brain to agree that you're gonna start working now. Brain FM is functional music designed to support focus sessions. It's not magic. It just lowers the friction to the on-ramp of focus. And if you go to beyondthe-do list.com slash brainfm, you can get 20% off with my link. Again, go to beyondthe-do list.com slash brainfm. Get 20% off. You're gonna love it. Or go click the link in the show notes to get that 20% off. I've been using it for years, trust me. This Is a game changer. Again, beyond the to list.com slash brainfm for 20% off. And welcome back to Beyond the To-do list, a podcast about productivity. I'm your host, Eric Fisher, and this week I'm excited to have back on the show Kendra Adachi. She's the New York Times bestselling author of The Lazy Genius Way. And she's got a brand new book out, The Plan.

Manage your time like a lazy genius. We're gonna talk about what a lazy genius is. If you are not familiar with her philosophy of doing things in a lazy genius way, one, you're gonna love it. And two, we're gonna talk about how Most Time management books leave you feeling inadequate. You're focusing on greatness and optimization and mastery, but What if you just want to get enough done? Or live simply or live your life without trying to be

productive at every turn. Well, that's productive too. And she says so. And I agree with her. So if you're wanting to figure out how to have a better lens of your life about what matters to you in your current season and being adequate or or thriving instead of striving. as we kind of put it in this conversation, in that season or in multiple seasons, this is the conversation and the book for you. So enjoy this conversation with Kendra Adachi. Well, this week it is my privilege to welcome back to the show Kendra Adachi. Kendra, welcome back to Beyond the To Do list. Thanks, Eric. It's good to be here. I am thrilled to have you back. I knew, you know, when you had come on the first time, you were doing your second book, and at that time you were saying, Yeah, I don't really uh I'm I don't have any more books in me. So I thought

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