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Apr 2024
29m 21s

How To Get Sh*t Done Without Being Busy

Hubspot Media
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Episode 569: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) get into being productive without being a slave to your calendar. How to disable distractions, being effective vs being efficient, and living the unscheduled life.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) The joy of an unscheduled life

(01:56) Maker vs manager schedule

(02:32) Working in intentional spaces

(04:59) Living without a to-do list

(05:27) Reverse engineer your ideal day

(8:26) "Show me your calendar and I'll show you your priorities"

(09:19) Name your top 3 (quarterly)

(12:56) Disable distractions

(13:33) Be effective, not efficient

(14:55) Do the big thing first

(16:30) No loser works out at 7:00 am

(17:47) The barbell strategy for building relationships

(20:17) No as a default mode

(21:04) Accepting the trade-offs


Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd


Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/

• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/

• Copy That - https://copythat.com

• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth



My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano




Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.

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#209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future

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