We live in a results-oriented, achievement culture where we value the doing over the being and standing out over blending in. The hustle and the grind are glorified, revered, and the end of the year is usually a time when we reflect on the fruits of our efforts. We look at what we've accomplished from our yearly goals list and calibrate or adjust the direction of where we're headed. One thing is certain, the world around us demands that we keep moving forward.

The end of the year is also the time when we often feel exhausted and the need to rest, both physically and mentally. So, whether our bodies give us signs that we need to slow down a bit or not, we believe lowering the rhythm and pace of our lives has multiple benefits, and we explore some of them in today's episode by answering the question: What Is the Value of Slowing Down?

We delve into the multiple benefits and advantages of slowing down. While it may sound counterintuitive, research shows that success has as much to do with slowing down and ‘being’ as it does with the ‘doing’ and hustling all the time. We address how slowing down helps us clarify our values and determine and set priorities. We also highlight the importance of carving out time for self-care, tuning into and figuring out our emotions, making better decisions, and much more.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• How slowing down can help us reach new levels of success (4:37)
• Slowing down is key to gaining more clarity in our values and our priorities (9:35)
• When we never take the time to slow down, we are missing all kinds of opportunities (11:30)
• The multiple benefits of carving out time for ourselves (16:24)
• How important it is to detach ourselves from results for a while (23:03)
• How slowing down can help us make better choices (25:26)
• What the difference is between slowing and paring down (41:19)
• We are not holding up the world, even if we feel as if we are (42:36)

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The holidays are just around the corner, and for many of us, this could be the first time in almost two years or more that we’ll get to see some of our relatives and extended families. These reunions are, for the most part, joyful, but also, there can be some unpleasant tension due to communication challenges. So today, we decided to wear our professors' hats and offer some valuable academic content that we’re sure you will be able to relate to and put into practice to enjoy more harmonious, loving family gatherings!

Today, we talk about family communication patterns, more specifically, conforming versus conversation orientation. The key takeaway of this episode is to pay careful attention to how we communicate with our family, without judgment, simply looking at how we decide to interact, what we say, and how we say it, in order to avoid unnecessary conflict.

We teach you the three levels of confirming messages, exploring them, and highlighting their relevance. We also go through the seven types of disconfirming responses, analyze their impact, and offer some practical examples to help you avoid these triggers for defensiveness and disharmony.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• How to use conforming messages to engage with our family, and why it should be our first choice (7:45)
• The importance of recognizing our kids' individuality (11:02)
• Raising a speech & debate champion. How it was for Bridget to deal with her daughters who were natural debaters and what she learned from the experience (15:55)
• The three levels of conforming messages (19:28)
• Seven types of disconfirming messages we should always try to avoid (24:53)
• Controlling communication versus problem orientation. Understanding what kind of message is expected from us (36:01)
• Superiority versus equality. Nothing is better or worse than anything else (39:20)

Connect With Bridget Sampson:

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Connect With Todd Parker:

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Sampson Coaching and Consulting:

• Sampson Coaching and Consulting
• The Right Questions Podcast on YouTube
• Sampson Coaching and Consulting Videos on YouTube
• TED Talk
• Instagram
• Facebook

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As we return to the activities that filled our lives before the pandemic, many of us see our to-do lists growing. Especially for those of us who have kids; soccer, gymnastics, lacrosse, and all the extracurriculars are back. Throw in a return to in-person schooling, our jobs, and dare we add social lives, clearly, our plates are full. And, while we have plenty of tools to get more done and stay organized, still, lots of important things remain undone. Our guest today, the brilliant Sophie Chiche, has some interesting and incredibly helpful ideas about why we all struggle to get things done despite having all the structures and strategies in place.

Sophie Chiche is a Psychologist by trade and specializes in teaching fun and effective project management systems that are designed to help people with lots of ideas execute the most meaningful ones. She is the Founder and CEO of becurrent and lifebyme.com. Sophie is an Entrepreneur, Author, TEDx Speaker, Journalist, and her work has been featured on Ellen, Good Morning America, E!, The Today Show, and in The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times, to name a few. Sophie holds an MBA in Business & Marketing from EBS Paris - European Business School and an M.A. in Psychology from the University of Santa Monica.

In this episode, Sophie shares some fascinating ideas and concepts to answer today's question, Why Can’t I Get My Sh*t Done? She invites us to look at time management as “peace management,” focusing on how we feel about what we have to do rather than on the items on our to-do list. We also talk about procrastination, developing the ability to say no to things and people, life's tradeoffs, protecting and valuing our time, and much more.

Some Questions We Ask:

Based on your experience and the coaching work you do, what do you see as an answer to today's question? (7:42)

What if I have a conflict of priorities, such as, I'm not doing this thing because while it's important, there are these other things that keep getting in the way of me doing it? Have you ever heard that one before? (18:35)

Each of us comes with ‘stuff’... processing delays, some have ADHD, still others just have idiosyncratic stuff that we have in how we operate. What is the starting point for those who are dealing with something like that? (35:18)

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

The importance of learning to say NO (9:44)

If you have too many priorities, that is precisely your problem (19:56)

How having clarity in the things we need to do can help us achieve more (27:26)

How knowing our archetype can help us accomplish more and suffer less (29:54)

About the importance of encouraging kids' creativity (37:36)

It is hard to say no when we don't have our yes, and what is a full-body yes (48:09)

Resources for recurrent:

website

Facebook

Instagram

lifebyme.com website

Book: Greg McKeown - Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

Connect with Sophie:

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