This episode was about 6 ways successful people spend their time. Now, this wasn’t just a list of 6 ways successful people spend their time to give us an insight into their lives, but rather comparing the ways most of us spend our time and the small changes we can make to focus on achieving our goals.

Something that makes me nervous is having difficult conversations. I’m trying to work on it and have the confidence to speak my mind even though it may induce some anxiety. I came across a conversation between Sheila Heen, the author of Difficult Conversations, and Tim Ferris on his podcast. The way she presented her ideas and tactics when approaching a difficult conversation made it seem easier. She helped me put things in perspective and think about both people in the discussion. I thought I’d go over my key takeaways from their conversation.

Problems procrastinated on are always amplified and if we can overcome our procrastination by implementing these seven steps, then we will be on our way to greatness.

We are only able to grow by doing things that are uncomfortable, but it isn’t always easy. It’s easier to come up with excuses and convince yourself that it isn’t important. Jay Shetty recently released a podcast episode where he gave nine tips on how to do uncomfortable things. I thought I’d try and relate them to myself and see what I need to work on.

Lewis Howes’ School of Greatness podcast had an interview with Robert Cialdini. He has written many books on influence and the best ways to communicate to get what we want. In each of the 7 main influences, he was able to refer to anecdotes, studies or A/B testing to help get his points across. I find it interesting that we are influenced a lot easier than we would like to think.

The 5 Second Rule is a simple idea that gets moving. The basic idea is “If you have an instinct to act on a goal, you must physically move within 5 seconds, or your brain will kill it.”

The Implicit Association Test (IAT) and the Exhausted Minority were two things that Jesse Singal referred to while talking to Joe Rogan on his podcast. I hadn’t come across either of them before, so I decided to look into them.

Just to be clear agency is the ability to act. We have many conversations about how we want a particular life for ourselves or how we want to change our current situation, but nothing seems to change. There’s something holding us back, preventing us from learning and growing into the person we want to become. Basically, most people want to make some form of change in their lives that they haven’t made yet.