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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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Wednesday Apr 13, 2022
Wednesday Apr 13, 2022
Scientifically, a positive mindset can have a profound effect on job satisfaction, productivity and job promotion. Learn the science behind this in today’s episode.
Transcript:
Welcome to Everyday Happiness where we create lasting happiness, in 2-ish 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 Shawn Achor, happiness researcher and New York Times bestselling author, says that what we think is that our external world is predictive of our happiness. But in reality, he says if he knows everything about our external world he can only predict about 10% of our long term happiness.
He said 90% of our long term happiness is not predictive of our external world, our circumstances and surroundings, but how our brain processes the world around us.
The lens we use to view the world is the most critical component of long term happiness in positive psychology research today.
This is all to preface his research that job success at work is only 25% predictive of IQ. That means that being smart only has a 25% impact on whether you are good at your job. 75% of job success is predictive of your optimism levels, your social support, and your ability to see stress as a challenge instead of a threat.
That’s incredible right? I think about kids going to college and all the stress they are under. And those entry level jobs and the jobs at the tippy top in the C-Suite. What we know is that we can rise to the level of success we’re after by how we view the world, how we treat others - if we have a positive social support system - and how we view stress.
I heard not that long ago about a study. Two researchers from Virginia found that when looking at climbing a mountain, when they asked people who were solo climbers how tall the mountain was, they overestimated its steepness by 10-20% as compared to climbers that would judge the same mountain standing next to the buddy they were climbing with.
That shows you how successful teams can be in the workplace too. It’s scientifically better, the work feels more manageable when you are working with someone else.
So, can happiness make me more successful at work? The research indicates it is a responding yes! Until next time, remember, kindness is contagious, go out and spread some kindness today.
Inspired By: The happy secret to better work | Shawn Achor
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