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If you want to be a great leader, consider going through leadership coaching to hone your skills. Penny Zenker's guest today is Jennifer Chapman, the founder and president of Ambition Leadership. In this episode, Penny and Jennifer discuss the importance of communication. When done right, communication increases the productivity of the team. Asking questions is a great way to make sure you understand what the other person said. You'll also learn Jennifer's favorite time management tools that keep her on top of her game. Join in the conversation to learn more!Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

Some people say email marketing is dead. Nothing could be further from the truth. In reality, email has become more nuanced as a marketing platform and it remains the single best way that you can reach the people who want to listen to what you have to say. Dean Dutro explains this in more detail in this conversation with Penny Zenker. Dean is the co-founder of Worth eCommerce, a marketing firm that specializes in helping eCommerce companies increase their revenue through sophisticated email and SMS marketing solutions. Listen in as he explains the unique advantages that email has over other popular media and how you can use it effectively to increase your leads and grow your sales in a relatively short time. He also shares his unique focus on performance management in lieu of time management, an interesting strategy that works perfectly in his company’s business model.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War

When working from home, it’s easy for everything to appear urgent. Constantly trying to stay on top of all these can lead to burnout. How can you manage urgency so that you can take care of what needs to be done while keeping a healthy work environment? Penny Zenker talks about this with Brandon Smith, an executive coach, author, and speaker who is on a mission to eliminate workplace dysfunction forever. Tune in as he expounds what workplace dysfunction is and in what ways he is combatting it. He also share some tips on how to manage urgency and create healthy work-from-home setup.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

Time management can differ from person to person, especially in the creative space. Today's guest Wayne Mullins, the Founder of Ugly Mug Marketing, shares how he would get frustrated with himself because he couldn't fit his time management strategy into Zig Ziglar's planners that he bought on a yearly basis. Not until he began experimenting with himself to find out which time management tools worked for him and which didn't. Wayne explains two things that worked for him most: making time blocks and setting day themes. In this episode, Wayne and Penny Zenker talk about the benefits of time blocking and setting day themes, how setting parameters enhances creativity, and how you can experiment with yourself and figure out which time management strategy works best for you. If you're having difficulty managing your time and making it work for your creativity, then this episode is for you! Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTim

Managing a business can be lonely and overwhelming, especially if you don't know how to delegate your work. This is why most managers and owners benefit from hiring virtual assistants, allowing them to focus on far more important business matters and letting these talented individuals monitor other time-consuming things. But without proper process documentation in place, you are at risk of outsourcing the wrong people, wasting a lot of money and time. Penny Zenker sits down with Robert Nickell of Rocket Station Careers to discuss the best way to conduct applicant screening and recruitment. Robert explains how this can impact the way you manage your business processes, teach you to appreciate individual team member skills, dispel the dangers of micromanaging, and discover the smoothest turnover process possible.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War Wi

Time management is such a weird term because when you come to think of it, time is something that is not exactly within your control. What you can control though, is how you spend it. Time tracking, whether done manually or with the aid of tools, helps you allocate your energy better so that you can get more work done during the hours that work best for you. Penny Zenker enthusiastically discusses this with Deb Allison Lee, a digital productivity coach, certified professional organizer and Evernote certified consultant who specializes in helping entrepreneurs use technology to increase productivity. For Deb, time management is really just about knowing how your energy works, identifying your peak times and organizing your day around them. And there is no cookie-cutter approach to this, as very individual has their own rhythm. Listen in and learn how you can optimize yours with Deb’s personal tips on time tracking plus some app recommendations that just might make things a tad easier.Love the show? S

You can automate processes to save time, but it doesn’t take much to realize that automation is not necessarily needed across the board. How do you know which processes you should automate for your business? Joining Penny Zenker to talk about this is the co-founder of Data Automation, William Christensen, who is also known as the Tony Stark of Software. Will gives valuable tips on what processes you should automate, such as communication, scheduling, and even cleaning! More to the point of increasing productivity, Will also shares how he uses automated processes to keep himself from getting swamped by the onslaught of messages across different platforms, allowing him to focus on more urgent things. Nerd it out with Will in this episode to discover how you can make your life easier with a little help from Jarvis’s friends!Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of

Have you been struggling to get your work done with multitasking but end up with poor results? Today's podcast guest Dave Crenshaw, the author of the time management bestseller, The Myth of Multitasking, joins Penny Zenker to prove why multitasking is a myth and a costly one at that! Dave explains how multitasking delays results and also increases stress levels. Tune in to know the most effective way to productivity!Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

Productivity is not a measure of how much you get done, but of how much of what you get done adds value to your long-term goals. Boosting productivity, therefore, is a matter of making better decisions about which of the tasks you have at hand are critical and which are only wasting your precious time. It only takes two seconds of your time to evaluate whether something you’re working on adds value to you long-term goals or not. This is something that productivity, time management and decision-making expert Maxim Dsouza elaborates in his book, “The Magic of 2 Seconds.” Listen as he shares his personal take on productivity and time management with his kindred soul, Penny Zenker. Also, learn how something called “partial time blocking” helps Maxim take control of his time more flexibly. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

How does someone run two businesses and a podcast and still be able to be present for his wife and three kids? It’s all about time blocking mastery and it’s something we can learn about from Jordan West, who joins Penny Zenker in this episode. It wasn’t always like that for Jordan. Just like many of us, he spent the whole of his 20s living in the hustle before he finally came to realize that it wasn’t creating the life he wanted to live. Now 34, he efficiently runs a baby clothing line with his wife, Carmen, called Little & Lively and a paid marketing company called Mindful Marketing Co.; host a podcast called Secrets to Scaling Your eCommerce Brand – all by working a total of four hours a day! He spends the rest of his time walking his kids to school and having quality time with his family. Listen in and find out how he does it!Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Ti

What do revenue generation and Kung-Fu have in common? In this episode, you will learn that growing a business is not just about the numbers. You will learn that just like in martial arts, revenue generation is not so much about the practice but the practitioners themselves. Erik Luhrs thrives in this interesting space where business growth and personal development intersect. Known as the “Bruce Lee of Revenue Generation,” he works with six and seven-figure founders, entrepreneurs, experts, and leaders to increase money flowing into their business and joy flowing into their life. In this conversation with host Penny Zenker, he talks in detail about the three pillars of revenue generation, as well as his eye-opening take on the concept of productivity. This episode is full of timeless wisdom and fortune cookie moments that you wouldn’t want to miss.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug

In one of the past episodes of this podcast, we learned why paper planners still offer a set of advantages over digital ones aside from their obvious charm. In this episode, Best Results Organizing founder Julie Bestry returns on the show with Penny Zenker to discuss in detail how her paper planners can be used bring you closer to your goals and help you sleep better at night. You will learn about the three major categories of paper planners and what each one uniquely offers in your quest for better productivity. You will also get some ingenious tips in time-blocking, which many of us are arguably having some problem with. Listen in and decide for yourself which planner best suits your needs and personality!Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

In business, it has been proven repeatedly that to succeed, one needs not to work harder but, instead, work smarter. Taking this to heart in this episode, Penny Zenker invites Chester Santos to talk about memory and how having a better memory is going to help us take back time. Known as the International Man of Memory, Chester shares with us some of his memory-building tips and tricks that will allow us to improve our productivity and sales. Join in on this brief yet memorable episode where Chester takes us into an exercise that could help us be more productive in numerous areas of our lives.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

The best business strategies will be all for naught if you cannot impose an effective time management plan on yourself. Therefore, you must know the best way to start your day, put your tasks in order, and stay away from distractions that may disrupt your momentum. Penny Zenker is joined by Chris Kenney, a master sales coach and million-dollar business owner, to discuss how he helps entrepreneurs utilize their time in the most rewarding way, focusing on gathering courage to pursue goals and learning the proper way to quote oneself. Chris also talks about the importance of having a meaningful motivation more than simply earning money, helping entrepreneurs find a bigger reason to give their all in their business.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

Are you an absentee founder or working for one? Does it feel like there’s a barrier between founder and employee in your company? Is it difficult to have that line of communication? If you are well familiar with these issues, then this episode is perfect for you. Penny Zenker sits down with Nash Ahmed, the founder and CEO of Undock—an artificial intelligence that enables a meeting platform built for the future of work. Here, Nash shares how not to waste your time, whether as founder or employee, by solving availability problems through calendars. He also talks about the systems he put in place to make sure he is keeping people happy while getting work done and more. Join in on this conversation as Nash shows you a tool that can help you take back your time.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

Contrary to what most people believe, cold calling is not just picking up the phone and calling some random person, with you on one end hoping that they would pick up and be interested in your offers. In fact, it takes more planning, strategy, and even style than that. For this episode, Penny Zenker is joined by author and sales coach Wendy Weiss, dubbed as the Queen of Cold Calling, as they discuss how this marketing technique can be refined through a simple ballet-like preparation process. Weiss also explains how having a step-by-step benchmark process and today's numerous digital innovations can improve cold calling even further.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

A number of us work outside of our day jobs—be that to earn some extra or to pursue our calling and passion. Either way, balancing our full-time with our side hustle can be extra challenging. How do you manage? In this episode, Penny Zenker invites educator, author, and podcast host who loves to rock the 9:00 to 5:00 side hustle, Kris McPeak. Kris shares some of her strategies for finding the time to have a side business while still enjoying that downtime doing other things she loves. Speaking to those who are struggling to do the same, she talks about how you can take a step back and decide what brings you joy and what brings value to others. Plus, Kris also shares with us her book, The 9-to-5 Side Hustler: A Guide to Balancing Your Day Job with Your Small Business, and her biggest shortcut to achieving that work-life balance.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Tim

Many people may be enamored with digital planners and calendars, but a lot still go old school with paper ones. Ultimately, it is a matter of personal choice, but paper planners do offer their own set of advantages aside from their obvious charm. There are many ways that you can actually boost your productivity with paper planners even more than with digital ones – and all that without the digital fatigue! Professional organizer, Julie Bestry makes the case for it on the show with Penny Zenker. Julie owns her own professional organizing company called Best Results Organizing in Chattanooga, which has been going strong for 20 years.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

It’s not okay to just put your online ads out there and get nothing but likes, shares and follows. Whether you’re doing it on Google Ads or any other platform, there is a sure-fire way to really put money in the bank. Veteran digital marketer, David Rothwell talks about this in his newest book, Ask the PPC Manager. Known as the Google Ads Money Expert, David has more than 15 years of digital marketing experience to his name. For all those years, he has taken note of and studied the most common mistakes that people do when it comes to online ads. Listen in as he explains how to make the most out of them in this conversation with Penny Zenker.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest

The year 2020 is coming to an end. It may be a messy year with all the things going on, foremost of which is the global pandemic, but at least we can start putting in place some great habits and processes for us to focus going into 2021. On today’s show, Maths Mathisen, the COO and Cofounder of HOLD, joins Penny Zenker to introduce their new tool. HOLD helps you to plan your day to become distraction-free. It measures and monitors your productivity. Learn more about this amazing app from Maths.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Take Back Time community today:TugOfWarWithTime.comTug of War With Time FacebookTug of War With Time TwitterTug of War With Time Pinterest