In this week’s edition of Tranquility du Jour, I chat with Laura Vanderkam about her latest book, The New Corner Office: How the Most Successful People WFH. Learn how to turn being cooped up into the ultimate career advantage, manage by task (not time), and optimize your well-being while working from home.
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Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time management and productivity books, including The New Corner Office, Juliet’s School of Possibilities, Off the Clock, I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours. Her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Fortune. She is the host of the podcasts Before Breakfast and The New Corner Office, and the co-host, with Sarah Hart-Unger, of the podcast Best of Both Worlds. She lives outside Philadelphia with her husband and five children, and blogs at LauraVanderkam.com.Mentioned in the Podcast
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Previously recorded podcasts: #199 168 Hours, #263 Utilizing Weekends Wisely, #306 What Most Successful People Do at Work, #343 I Know How She Does It
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This podcast actually inspired me to do a high-priority task I’d been putting off. Laura Vanderkam pointed out our tendency to look at our lists and knock off the small/short/administrative items, especially because one check mark looks just like the others. When my website files were all deleted by some unknown entity at the beginning of the year, it knocked the wind out of my sails and I just sort of avoided the re-upload. After listening to The New Corner Office podcast, I finally started working on the site yesterday. I ran into a connection problem, but didn’t give up and contacted the host today. They gave me a simple fix and now my entire site is uploaded! I really appreciate the kick-in-the-pants from your interview with Laura.
Paula, so happy to hear! I love that you were able to take the advice and immediately implement it (even when running into a snafu). Thanks for listening and sharing! x