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b'Have you ever wished you could add more hours to your day just so you could cross more tasks off your to-do list? Do you spend most of your days going from meeting to meeting only to feel like you haven\\u2019t accomplished what you need to accomplish? Do spend countless hours going through your email and still feel like you\\u2019ve barely made a dent in it? If so, you\\u2019re probably making the kinds of mistakes productivity expert Neen James says most people make when thinking about time.\\n\\n\\u201cWe\\u2019ve got to look at time differently and think: Is this the best use of my time right now?\\u201d she says.\\n\\nIn today\\u2019s podcast episode, Neen talks about the biggest mistakes people make when thinking about time and productivity, ways they can organize their day so they can get more done with less effort, and why it\\u2019s important.\\n\\nAs the author of Folding Time: How to Achieve Twice As Much in Half the Time, Neen talks about how the notion of \\u201ctime management\\u201d is no longer useful or effective, and how people should look at time if they want to accomplish more.\\n\\nShe speaks with audiences and top executives around the world, sharing field-tested strategies that not only improve leaders\\u2019 productivity but increase their influence and effectiveness.\\n\\n\\u201cWe all get the same 1,440 minutes in a day,\\u201d she says. \\u201cSo when people think they can manage their time, that\\u2019s not true. What they can do is manage their attention.\\u201d\\n\\nListen to this episode and discover:\\n\\xb7 The biggest mistakes people make when thinking about time, and what things to consider instead.\\n\\xb7 Why making a to-do list is actually a waste of time.\\n\\xb7 How to make business meetings shorter and more effective.\\n\\xb7 The single most important question you can ask yourself when tackling a task.\\n\\xb7 How to create an environment that is conducive to focus and productivity.\\n\\xb7 The \\u201csuper-fancy\\u201d (Neen\\u2019s words) system she uses to make sure she accomplishes what she needs to each day.\\n\\xb7 And so much more!\\n\\nEpisode Overview\\n\\nAs an expert on time and productivity, Neen despises the term \\u201ctime management.\\u201d It\\u2019s an old paradigm that keep people on a never-ending hamster wheel of to-dos.\\n\\n\\u201cThe old way of managing time used to work before we had email, before we had the internet, and before we had social media. While it\\u2019s important to have a really good relationship with time and to understand how you work best, I think the new conversation is about attention.\\u201d\\n\\nInstead of using outdated and ineffective language to describe time \\u2013 \\u201cI\\u2019m going to kill time\\u201d or \\u201cI don\\u2019t have time\\u201d \\u2013 people should use more empowering words to describe their behavior around time.\\n\\n\\u201cWe have to reframe it,\\u201d she says. \\u201cIt\\u2019s really easy to say, \\u2018I don\\u2019t have time,\\u2019 but that\\u2019s not true. You do. A better choice of words is: \\u2018I didn\\u2019t choose to spend time on that.\\u2019\\u201d\\n\\nConsidering time in this way allows people to step off the hamster wheel of needless activities. Because the truth is: people sabotage their productivity when they choose to spend time on small, seemingly important things that produce little to no results \\u2013 things like unnecessary, in-person team meetings, or email.\\n\\n\\u201cWhat we have to be more disciplined at, as leaders with our time, is understanding what activities are going to give us the highest return on our time invested,\\u201d she says.\\n\\nIn addition, Neen shared some tips on how people can organize their day to ensure they prioritize what\\u2019s important (the \\u201cnot-negotiables,\\u201d as she calls them) and let go of what\\u2019s not. Using a \\u201csuper-fancy\\u201d single Post-It note system, Neen shares her secret to getting more done in less time.\\n\\nListen in for all of that and more on this edition of Grow My Revenue, and then let me know what your key takeaways were. I look forward to seeing how you\\u2019ve implemented Neen\\u2019s tips and strategies.\\n\\nFor full show notes and other resources, please visit: http://www.ianaltman.com/podcast/neen-james/'