Welcome to the Best Today® Podcast hosted by Shunta Grant, creator of the Best Today® Guide and founder of the Best Today® Company where we are on a mission to equip women with resources that transform how you plan and live out your days. Here you’ll find episodes dedicated to empower you to live a life of intention, center your humanity and make time your ally instead of your enemy. Every episode and topic that we teach is based on our four core principles– proaction, intentionality, self-a ...
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193. The Dangers of Feasting on Soundbites: recent reflections on social media
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This week on the Best Today® podcast I am sharing some recent reflections on social media and a common trend that I see that has dangerous side effects in our lives. I'm also sharing a writing from my Substack, For Those on the Journey, and inviting you to subscribe. Listen to the episode to hear more and find all links referenced in today's episod…
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192. MAJOR Announcement: The Best Today® Podcast is writing its final chapter
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This week on the Best Today® podcast I am making a pretty big announcement as it relates to the podcast--the Best Today® Podcast will come to an end at the conclusion of this year! After 7 years of episodes with not ONE Monday missed, it is time to close this chapter of podcasting. Listen to the episode to hear more and find all links referenced in…
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191. are your values evident in your daily life and decisions?
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This week on the Best Today® podcast I am asking you a question--are your values evident in your daily life and decisions? I’m talking to you about why understanding your values is important and how it helps to build consistency in your life and your days. Listen to the episode and find all links referenced in today's episode at besttoday.co/191 or…
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190. how to make your weekends work for you
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This week on the Best Today® podcast I am answering a listener question. Here’s the question-- I have a question about weekends. When you have a job where you expend a lot of mental energy and you have reduced capacity on the weekends what do you do? I use all of my willpower and self-control during the week and on weekends I’m spent. How do you ho…
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189. How to do what you set out to do each week
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This week on the Best Today® podcast I am answering a question from the Best Today® Community--how do you keep the consistency and momentum to complete the results and outcomes that you set out to do at the beginning of the week. Listen to the episode and find all links referenced in today's episode at besttoday.co/189 or listen on any platform tha…
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188. how the best today morning practice can help you build better boundaries
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This week on the Best Today® podcast I am talking about the best today morning practice that includes 6 prompts to start every day. I explain the what and why behind the morning practice and invite you to join us in our “Start the Day” 31-Day Challenge which you can still join today by going to besttoday.co/31days. Listen to the episode and find al…
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187. 6 things that help me maintain intention and organization within my home
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This week on the Best Today® podcast I am sharing six things that help me to maintain intention and organization in my home. I would love to hear what’s helping you in your home! Listen to the episode and find all links referenced in today's episode at besttoday.co/187 or listen on any platform that works for you at The Best Today® Podcast • A podc…
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186. how to avoid becoming complacent and what exact does complacent mean anyway?
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This week on the Best Today® podcast I am answering a listener question--”how do you avoid becoming complacent or even notice when we have become complacent?” I had to sit with this question to determine how I would define complacency and how to help you think through it. This episode will help you to think about how to acknowledge the places where…
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Join Best Today® for our “Start the Day” 31-Day Challenge! October 1st through the 31st Best Today® is hosting a 31-Day "Start the Day" challenge where we challenge you to start each day with 2-5 minutes spent doing the Best Today® morning practice. What is the Best Today® Morning Practice? Each day in the Best Today® Guide is the Morning Practice …
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185. answering a listener question: how do you stay focused when it's so easy to be distracted?
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This week on the Best Today® podcast I am answering a listener question: “how do you stay focused when it's so easy to be distracted?” Distractions surround us day in and day out, listen to this episode for guidance on how to focus in the midst of distractions and noise. Listen to the episode and find all links referenced in today's episode at best…
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184. How (and why) to write your own personal mission statement
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This week on the Best Today® podcast I am talking about how to write your own personal statement and why it’s an important practice and exercise to work through. If you desire to live an intentional life, this episode is for you! Listen to the episode and find all links referenced in today's episode at besttoday.co/184 or listen on any platform tha…
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183. 7 ways I have changed my smartphone use for the better
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This week on the Best Today® podcast I am sharing seven things that I do that have changed my smartphone use for the better. If you have a smart phone this episode is for you! Listen to the episode and find all links referenced in today's episode at besttoday.co/183 or listen on any platform that works for you at The Best Today® Podcast • A podcast…
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182. 5 things I did to prepare our home (and family) for the upcoming school year
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This week on the Best Today® podcast I am sharing five things that I did this summer to prepare our home and family for the new school year. Whether you have school-aged children in your home or not, this episode can help you to think about how to ensure that your home serves you as you and your family are today and not how you may have been when y…
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181. the details on a new paper system I implemented in our home
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This week on the Best Today® podcast I am sharing one simple system I set up in my home this summer that has helped alleviate paper clutter, decrease frustration, and eliminate lost paper for each family member. It’s also become a great way to express love and kindness to each other and I am thrilled to share the details with you in this episode. I…
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180. how to acknowledge and celebrate the wins in your day to day
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Today on the podcast I am sharing a straightforward illustration to help you better understand the power of celebrating the daily wins in your life instead of waiting until you’ve accomplished a goal or task. If you find it hard to celebrate the journey, this episode will be a great encouragement to you! Listen to the episode and find all links ref…
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179. My number one takeaway from this year's social media reset
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In this week’s episode, I share my reflections after my third year of the July social media reset. I share the biggest lesson and takeaway and what I plan to do with it. Listen to the episode and find all links referenced in today's episode at besttoday.co/179 or listen on any platform that works for you at The Best Today® Podcast • A podcast on Sp…
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178. a pep talk when you intentionally go back to something you took time away from
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Welcome back to the summer Pep Talk series! Each week is a new episode with a new pep talk for you! Each episode came suggested from Best Today® podcast listeners and if you’d like to submit a suggestion for the Pep Talk series you can do so at We Want to Hear From YOU! or email us at hello@besttoday.co Today’s pep talk is a pep talk when you inten…
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177. a pep talk for moments of significant transition
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Welcome back to the summer Pep Talk series! Each week is a new episode with a new pep talk for you! Each episode came suggested from Best Today® podcast listeners and if you’d like to submit a suggestion for the Pep Talk series you can do so at We Want to Hear From YOU! or email us at hello@besttoday.co Today’s pep talk is a pep talk for moments of…
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176. A pep talk when when you feel bored with life
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Welcome back to the summer Pep Talk series! Each week is a new episode with a new pep talk for you! Each episode came suggested from Best Today® podcast listeners and if you’d like to submit a suggestion for the Pep Talk series you can do so at We Want to Hear From YOU! or email us at hello@besttoday.co Today’s pep talk was submitted by a member of…
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175. a pep talk when you find it hard to rest, be still, or slow down
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Welcome back to the summer Pep Talk series! Each week is a new episode with a new pep talk for you! Each episode came suggested from Best Today® podcast listeners and if you’d like to submit a suggestion for the Pep Talk series you can do so at We Want to Hear From YOU! or email us at hello@besttoday.co Today’s pep talk is a pep talk to encourage y…
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174. A pep talk when you're in the plateau, not seeing progress
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Welcome back to the summer Pep Talk series! Each week is a new episode with a new pep talk for you! Each episode came suggested from Best Today® podcast listeners and if you’d like to submit a suggestion for the Pep Talk series you can do so at We Want to Hear From YOU! or email us at hello@besttoday.co Today’s pep talk encourages when you find you…
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173. A pep talk when fear keeps you from trying new things
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Welcome back to the summer Pep Talk series! Each week is a new episode with a new pep talk for you! Each episode came suggested from Best Today® podcast listeners and if you’d like to submit a suggestion for the Pep Talk series you can do so at We Want to Hear From YOU! or email us at hello@besttoday.co Today’s pep talk is a pep talk to encourage y…
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172. A pep talk for when you experience the fear of missing out aka FOMO
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Welcome back to the summer Pep Talk series! Each week is a new episode with a new pep talk for you! Each episode came suggested from Best Today® podcast listeners and if you’d like to submit a suggestion for the Pep Talk series you can do so at We Want to Hear From YOU! or email us at hello@besttoday.co Today’s pep talk is a pep talk to encourage y…
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171. A pep talk when you're leaving social media (temporarily or permanently)
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Welcome to the summer Pep Talk series! Each week is a new episode with a new pep talk for you! Each episode came suggested from Best Today® podcast listeners and if you’d like to submit a suggestion for the Pep Talk series you can do so at We Want to Hear From You or email us at hello@besttoday.co Today’s pep talk is a pep talk when you're leaving …
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170. A pep talk to encourage you when seasons change
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Welcome to the summer Pep Talk series! Each week is a new episode with a new pep talk for you! Each episode came suggested from Best Today® podcast listeners and if you’d like to submit a suggestion for the Pep Talk series you can do so at besttoday.co/voice or email us at hello@besttoday.co Today’s pep talk is a pep talk to encourage you when seas…
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169. What to do when you fall back into unhealthy or unhelpful habits or behaviors.
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This week on the Best Today® Podcast I am giving you three things to do when you fall back into unhealthy or unhelpful habits or behaviors--none of which include being hard or unkind to yourself. These three things will help you build boundaries and pillars in your life to assist with the habits and behaviors you desire and help you when you find y…
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168. A life lesson on pruning from my recent closet clean
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This week on the Best Today® Podcast I am talking about the importance of pruning. I recently pruned down my closet to only what I loved and fit my current style. While cleaning out my closet I realized that the lesson of pruning applies not only in our closets but in our time, resources, and more. In this episode I encourage you to find places whe…
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This week on the Best Today® Podcast I am talking about a question that was the focus of an event I attended a few months ago--what really matters. I’m sharing my reflections on this question and challenging and inviting you to sit with the question of what really matters. It’s an important and short episode, please make time to listen! Listen to t…
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166. A Recap of the 2024 Best Today® Conference
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This week on the Best Today® Podcast I am sharing a brief recap of the Best Today® Conference, what I learned, what I witnessed, and my favorite parts of the experience. Listen to the episode and find all links referenced in today's episode at besttoday.co/166 or listen on any platform that works for you at The Best Today® Podcast • A podcast on Sp…
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165. A simple way to plan your day when you need flexibility in your days
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This week on the Best Today® Podcast I am talking about a simple way to plan your days if your schedule typically gets changed on a day to day basis. This simple system allows you to take care of your non-negotiables while leaving room for new things to be added to your plate. Listen to the episode and find all links referenced in today's episode a…
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164. The rising problem of entitlement and how you can be a part of the solution and not the problem
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This week on the Best Today® Podcast I am talking about a common problem that I hear many of my peers express in and a message to us all about ensuring that we are not part of the problem when it comes to being unreliable and entitled in the places and spaces we’re in. Listen to the episode and find all links referenced in today's episode at bestto…
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163. How to lean in during the times where you don't have it in you
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This week on the Best Today® Podcast I am talking about those times when you simply don’t have it in you to do the things before you in a day, not because you are’t well rested or nourished but simply because you are a human who has moments and days where you don’t have it in you. This is an episode you’ll want to save and come back to as often as …
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162. A Reminder to take all of your Paid Time Off
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This week on the Best Today® Podcast I am talking about the importance of taking time off and how we may be trained not to do so as early as elementary school. I also share how paid time off isn’t just for those who work outside of the home. Listen as I explain why strategically planning time off can help you and how not doing so many times is leav…
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161. Exposing the lie of "you only get 18 years"
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This week on the Best Today® Podcast I am talking about a common phrase that I’ve heard in passing far too much, “You only get 18 years” or “18 summers” with your children. I’m explaining why this phrase is a lie, is far more harmful than it could ever be helpful and giving you an alternative way to think about your time. This episode is very impor…
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160. Need help with stewarding time well at work or your volunteer organizations? Listen to this!
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This week on the Best Today® Podcast I am telling you about what the majority of my work encompasses--teaching, training, coaching, and speaking with individuals and groups about how to steward their time well at work, at home, and everywhere in between. I’ve worked with large corporations, small teams, nonprofits, hospital systems, small businesse…
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159. What do you do after being told "no" when you wanted a "yes"
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This week on the Best Today® Podcast I am talking about a recent experience with rejection and being told “no” when I had every expectation for a “yes.” I’m also sharing how I proceeded after the no. In the episode I share how to move past closed doors, “no’s” and opportunities that did not work out the way you wanted. Listen and save this episode …
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158. Why finding home within yourself is so important
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This week on the Best Today® Podcast I am talking about an important revelation that I had when talking with friends a few weeks ago--finding home within ourselves. I explain what I mean by “home” and what it looks like in our lives when we’ve found home within ourselves in the episode. I would to hear your thoughts after listening so please share …
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157. The 5 Words that can push you to keep going every single day
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This week on the Best Today® Podcast I am talking about the power, message, and intent behind our trademarked phrase, One Today at a Time® and why it can be empowering in your life every single day. If you are a human who could use encouragement, accountability, support, comfort, and/or hope in your days this episode is for you! Listen to the episo…
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156. 2 Reasons Why Making Time & Space for Yourself isn't Selfish
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This week on the Best Today® Podcast I am talking about a topic that has come up a lot as I travel and teach different groups of women: isn’t loving yourself or talking about making space for yourself selfish? Isn’t it “non-Christian” to do so? I’m sharing an article that I wrote in response to both questions and sentiments on the podcast. If you’v…
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155. Are you being led by the sunk cost bias? Listen to find out!
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This week on the Best Today® Podcast I am explaining the sunk cost bias and how it affects our lives and our time. If you’ve ever invested time, energy, or resources into something that you know is no longer best for you make sure to listen to the episode to learn more about the sunk cost bias and how to overcome it in your life. Listen to the epis…
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154. 8 things that are helping me + bringing me joy right now
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This week on the Best Today® Podcast I am sharing eight things that are helping me to create great boundaries, steward my time well, and bringing me joy! My hope is that they will give you ideas for your life! I also want to hear what is working right now for you, share with us in the Best Today® Community at besttodaycommunity.com. Listen to the e…
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153. Throw out time management and trade it for this instead
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This week on the Best Today® Podcast I am talking about the evolution of Best Today® and my intent for helping you to steward your time well and why that matters. I also invite you to join our new 10 Day Series “Steward Well” by going to besttoday.co/steward to sign up! Listen to the episode and find all links referenced in today's episode at bestt…
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152. How to use categories to help you with your planning and deciding what's most important right now
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This week on the Best Today® Podcast I am talking about how to use categories to help you discover what is most important right now. We used this technique in our End of the Year planning session in the Best Today® Community and it is a great first step in planning or thinking through what is most important in your current season! Share with us wha…
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151. A catalog of the past 150 episodes of the Best Today® Podcast *save this episode*
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This week on the Best Today® Podcast I am walking you through the 150 episodes of the Best Today® Podcast and breaking them down by different categories so that you can document the episodes that you want to go back to. This is an episode you’ll want ot save and refer back to. We’ve broken the categories and episodes down for you on our full show n…
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150. The high cost of multitasking and what you can do instead
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This week on the Best Today® Podcast I am talking about a common thing that we do that science and studies have shown go against how our brains work and cause more harm than good--multitasking. Listen as I share why multitasking isn’t the best use of your time, doesn’t help you to steward your time well, and what you can do instead. Listen to the e…
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149. How (short) weekly family meetings with your children help you with your time
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This week on the Best Today® Podcast I am sharing how we have recently moved to a weekly meeting with our children (currently 5 and 10 years old) and how it helps to set us up each week. I share the purpose of the meetings and why you might want to give them a try in your home. Listen to the episode and find all links referenced in today's episode …
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148. Before you do anything else, listen to this and celebrate yourself
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This week on the Best Today® Podcast I am reminding you of one important thing to do before you make the start your next list, goal, or project--celebrate yourself! Have you taken a moment to celebrate who you are and where you are? There is something to celebrate and I talk to you about what that may look like for you. It’s short episode that you’…
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147. My top 5 favorite things from the year
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This week on the Best Today® Podcast I am sharing the five things that came up for me when I reflected on the best of 2023 and what five things were essential in aiding in my joy, peace, and health and they’re likely not what you would think. I also invite you to think about what those would be for you so listen in and you may get inspired to think…
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146. a practical solution for those tasks that never seem to get done
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This week on the Best Today® Podcast I am giving you a practical solution for those tasks that tend to get moved from list to list, day to day, week to week and never seem to get done. I share why those things typically get pushed from list to list and give you a new solution and way to think about them. Listen to the episode and find all links ref…
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145. how to take the pressure out of planning
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This week on the Best Today® Podcast I am talking about how to take the pressure out of your planning any time of the year by putting the constructs of time in their proper place. This episode is short and is meant for you to revisit monthly or as often as you need when you begin to feel the pressure to be at a certain place solely because it’s a s…
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