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<v Speaker 1>Helping leaders motivate their people to a higher level of

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<v Speaker 1>performance through strong human relations, team building and GOLA GV.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the seven Minute Leadership Podcast with your host

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<v Speaker 1>Paul Fellovledo.

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<v Speaker 2>Hello everyone, and welcome to the Seven Minute Leadership Podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>It's episode two thirty four. Today we're not just talking

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<v Speaker 2>about managing your time. We're burning in efficiency to the ground.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the Scorched Earth time management Method, a ruthless,

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<v Speaker 2>no holds barred approach to optimizing your daily routine, eliminating distractions,

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<v Speaker 2>and making every single minute count. If you've ever felt

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<v Speaker 2>like your time is slipping through your fingers, this episode

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<v Speaker 2>will help you take it back and dominate your day. First,

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<v Speaker 2>we're starting with expose the waste, because we can't fix

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<v Speaker 2>what we can't see. To adopt the Scorched Earth time

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<v Speaker 2>management method, you need to start with a time audit

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<v Speaker 2>for one week. Track everything you do every single minute.

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<v Speaker 2>Use a tool like toggle or clockify, or even a

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<v Speaker 2>simple notepad. Categorize your activities into three buckets. High Impact

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<v Speaker 2>Tasks is your first bucket, things that directly contribute to

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<v Speaker 2>your goals. These are your leadership tasks, strategic planning or

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<v Speaker 2>revenue generating activities. The next bucket is low impact tasks,

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<v Speaker 2>so this is administrative work, emails or non essential meetings

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<v Speaker 2>and distractions are the third bucket social media, idle chats

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<v Speaker 2>or general time wasting activities. And at the end of

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<v Speaker 2>the week, take a hard look at the pattern. Where

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<v Speaker 2>are you wasting the most time, what distractings are eating

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<v Speaker 2>your day? And most importantly, are you spending enough time

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<v Speaker 2>on tasks that truly move the needle. This is your foundation.

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<v Speaker 2>You cannot go scorched earth if you don't know what

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<v Speaker 2>to burn. Next is the actual scorched Earth method framework,

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<v Speaker 2>and that framework is eliminate, automate, and delegate. So for eliminate,

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<v Speaker 2>be ruthless. What meetings, tasks or habits can you eliminate entirely?

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<v Speaker 2>Cancel non essential meetings and replace long discussions with quick updates.

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<v Speaker 2>Use tools like Freedom or cold Turkey to block distractions

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<v Speaker 2>like social media. Next is automate, invest in the tools

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<v Speaker 2>that handle repetitive tasks. Use Zapier to automate workflows like

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<v Speaker 2>save meeting notes to a shared drive, automate scheduling with

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<v Speaker 2>calendar or clockwise, and for content creation, use AI tools

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<v Speaker 2>like chatchpt for blog drafts, agendas or email templates. And

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<v Speaker 2>last is delegate. Stop doing tasks that don't require your expertise.

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<v Speaker 2>Empower your team to make decisions or handle recurring tasks

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<v Speaker 2>without your constant input, and use project management tools like

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<v Speaker 2>notion or click up to delegate effectively in track progress,

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<v Speaker 2>and by eliminating waste and automating the repetitive and delegating

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<v Speaker 2>the rest, you free up time to focus on what

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<v Speaker 2>truly matters. Next, we have to talk about batching, blocking,

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<v Speaker 2>and extreme discipline. Once you've cleared the clutter, you'll need

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<v Speaker 2>extreme discipline to stay efficient, and here are three strategies

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<v Speaker 2>that elite performers use. Number one is batching tasks. Group

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<v Speaker 2>similar tasks together and knock them out in one sitting.

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<v Speaker 2>For example, record all your podcast episodes for the week

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<v Speaker 2>in one block of time. Wink wink. Respond to emails

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<v Speaker 2>once or twice a day instead of reacting as they

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<v Speaker 2>come in. Next is time blocking. Assign specific blocks of

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<v Speaker 2>time on your calendar for focused work and for deep,

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<v Speaker 2>high impact tasks, use ninety minute focus sprints, take a

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<v Speaker 2>fifteen minute break, then go again. Protect these blocks like

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<v Speaker 2>they're sacred, no interruptions allowed. And last is the morning

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<v Speaker 2>power hour. Start your day with your most critical task,

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<v Speaker 2>no emails, no social media, just pure focus on something

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<v Speaker 2>that drive results. And the last topic is the mindset

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<v Speaker 2>shift extreme ownership over time. And here's the truth. Managing

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<v Speaker 2>your time isn't about working harder. It's about taking absolute,

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<v Speaker 2>extreme ownership of every minute. Treat your time like it's

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<v Speaker 2>the most valuable currency you have, because it is. And

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<v Speaker 2>here's how to adopt the Scorched Earth mindset set. Non negotiables.

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<v Speaker 2>Identify two or three critical tasks every day that must

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<v Speaker 2>get done, no excuses, say no more often if it

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't align with your goals, it's a no, and review weekly.

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<v Speaker 2>Reflect on how you spent your time, what worked, what didn't,

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<v Speaker 2>and then adjust accordingly. So by now you've got the

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<v Speaker 2>tools to redesign your life for total efficiency. Perform your

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<v Speaker 2>time audit and ruthlessly cut the waste, automate the repetitive,

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<v Speaker 2>delegate the unnecessary. Then lock in your extreme discipline with batching, blocking,

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<v Speaker 2>and owning every minute of your day. The Scorched Earth

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<v Speaker 2>time management method isn't easy, it's uncomfortable. If you commit,

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<v Speaker 2>you'll take control of your time, boost your productivity and

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<v Speaker 2>achieve more than you've ever thought possible. This has been

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<v Speaker 2>the seven Minute Leadership Podcast, and I thank you for listening.

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