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Nov 2024
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1011: How to Defeat Overwhelm and Get SO...

How to be Awesome at Your Job
About this episode

Sam Bennett shows you how to transform the way you work through the magic of the 15 minute method. 


— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) The impressive amount you can get done in 15 minutes 

2) How to deal with the overwhelm 

3) Why it’s worth “doing it grumpy” 


Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1011 for clickable versions of the links below. 


— ABOUT SAM — 

Sam Bennett is the author of Get It Done, Start Right Where You Are, and most recently, The 15-Minute Method: The Surprisingly Simple Art of Getting It Done. A writer, speaker, actor, and creativity/productivity specialist, she is the founder of TheRealSamBennett.com, a company committed to helping overwhelmed creatives and frustrated overachievers get unstuck. 

Sam is also a popular course instructor on LinkedIn Learning with over a million class participants worldwide. She lives in Connecticut, and you will find her online at www.TheRealSamBennett.com and 15MinuteMethod.com.

• Book: The 15-Minute Method: The Surprisingly Simple Art of Getting It Done 

• Course: The Daily Practicum 

• Website: TheRealSamBennett.com 


— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

• Past episode: 368: Upgrading Your Productivity through Accountability with Focusmate’s Taylor Jacobson 

• Book: Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder 

• Tool: Levenger Legal Pads


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