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Do you feel overwhelmed with your todo list? Is "creating fulfilling happiness" missing from that list? Everyday Happiness with Katie Jefcoat is here to help you. In 2-minutes a day, over time, you’ll discover how to reduce overwhelm and create lasting happiness through Katie’s signature method of Intentional Margins, happiness science, and musings about life. Start your day with a positive mindset. Many of us can get deep in the feeling of overwhelm. The anxiety of our own ambition can weigh heavily on our thoughts and emotions. We lay down and close our eyes at night and our chest begins to feel heavy. More items on the to-do list than the day before. How will we ever going to get off the hamster wheel of to-dos? When are we going to start living life for more than the hustle? As a recovering lawyer and passion driven entrepreneur, Katie knew something had to change. What she found is that you can have harmony, be intentionally productive and create massive impact, all at the same time - without feeling guilty. So she asked herself a simple question: "How can I get off the hamster wheel and how can I show others how to do the same? She knew she'd had a system for herself, but she’d never put it into defining words. On August 15, 2019, she sat down at her dining room table with her friend Jenna (her business bestie). Post-It notes covering the table. This is where she first defined the concept of Intentional Margins. What are Intentional Margins? INTENTIONAL MARGINS™ (n): A buffer of space and time to create harmony between your to-do’s and your priorities. Now you can get the support you need to manage your overwhelm, one little tip at a time. Regardless of the industry, Everyday Happiness blends inspiration with a pragmatic approach to finding Harmony. You'll be encouraged to throw “balance” out the window for a more achievable approach called harmony. Through Intentional Margins™, you'll be encouraged to develop what harmony means to you, by identifying your priorities at work and at home. Every day, we'll end the podcast help you feel equipped to jump off the hamster wheel of overwhelm and go out there and crush your day. --About the Host-- Katie Jefcoat is a community curator, speaker, author and motivator who supports ambitious women (and a few good men) move from feeling hectic to harmonious. As a recovering trial lawyer, she knows first hand what it feels like to have a demanding job. As an entrepreneur with a passion that lights her hair on fire and a busy family she’s in the thick of it with you. Many people strive for balance and think overwhelm is just a part of life. Sadly, the hustle culture and our never-ending to-do list is creating a life where our priorities are getting the leftover scraps of time. Katie introduces people to what she calls - Intentional Margins™ - a kind of life in which they reduce randomness, create harmony between their to-dos and their priorities and intentionally enjoy the meaningful parts of life - without feeling guilty. Without exposure to a different way, we remain stuck on the hamster wheel of to-dos and never find the “balance” we yearn for. Katie works diligently to expose her community to different ways of doing things, because she fundamentally believes we deserve to make time for our priorities. We deserve to live a life of harmony. And it’s within our control to create it. Katie curates a smorgasbord of content related to managing your calendar, handling overwhelm, setting boundaries, reducing randomness, saying no, self-care, the power of your choices, and more in her Intentional Margins™ Membership Community -- which she calls the coziest virtual coffee shop (on Facebook). Connect and learn more at www.katiejefcoat.com.
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Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
That’s a loaded question, right? Is our ego getting in the way of our happiness? What if it is? What can we do about it? Well, that’s exactly what we talk about today.
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Welcome to Everyday Happiness where we create lasting happiness, in 2 minutes a day, through my signature method of Intentional Margins® (creating harmony between your to-dos and your priorities), happiness science, and musings about life.
I'm your host Katie Jefcoat and I was wondering, is our ego getting in the way of our happiness because of our human desire to be “right”? I watched this TED Talk about this concept and I’ll link to it in the show notes.
The question is, do you want to be right or do you want to be happy? This TED talk hypothesized that the key is to not take things personally. Well, if you are anything like me, that’s easier said than done.
The first strategy to push your ego aside and choose happiness is to realize: it’s not about me. In fact, it’s rarely about us when we are actually taking things personally. To counteract this natural tendency, we can put ourselves in the other person’s shoes. If we are taking it personally that the car behinding us is driving too close, or honking their horn when we are just trying to find our turn. Maybe the person is having an emergency or something where he needs to get somewhere quick and it’s not about us at all.
Now here’s the kicker. If that doesn’t work - and it won’t always. The flip side is: It’s about me.
Yup, you see, when someone says something to you, that you deep down know or have an insecurity about, it hurts. And in those moments, it is about me. You see, you can only take things personally if someone touches a raw nerve. When I am being criticized for being bossy or cold, it hurts, because deep down, I wonder if I come across as bossy or not compassionate. But you see, when someone hits that raw nerve, and it hurts, that’s the moment when you give yourself some empathy.
At the end of the day. People will be mean, they will say things that hurt your feelings, you will say things to yourself that you would never say to anyone else, and yet, we need to remember, no matter what people say to us, we always keep our value. We may be bruised, beaten and be in our feelings, but our personal value does not change based on other people’s opinions.
Inspired by this TED Talk.
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