William Vanderbloemen
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50 appearances
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first heard Nov 2024
last heard Nov 2024
William Vanderbloemen’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Two by three inch day timer, really small with the bank's logo on it. Like he gives this to kids when they open a checking account. And he said, no, no, no, no. The calendar is not the gift. Here's the gift. I want you for the next year. You can do it the night before or the morning you wake up. I want you to write six objectives down.
They're going to help you move forward in wherever you're trying to move forward.
that's just six things you want to get done this day no more no less i said why he said well it's the oldest management consulting ever given it was uh one of the first management consultants ever went to jp morgan the guy before you know chase and said if you'll do this with your team you'll get more productive and it and they skyrocketed and i was like wow and he said yeah and he said if you'll do it consistently you'll be amazed how much you get done and so what do you mean he and so he opened the credenza
behind his desk and there were 30 years of those little day timers. He said, ask me what I got done on any day in the last 30 years.
i picked a date and he pulled it out and he showed me do this this this this and this and i just was like wow okay and and what really brought this home for me is this you can feel overwhelmed feeling i've got to get everything done i've got to get everything right now right now but if you'll do small you know six tasks each day that might be as a parent how am i going to get six things done for my kids as a student what am i going to do build my college resume as a how do i get the promotion at work six objectives every day and catalog them
I've graduated from the tiny little bank issued day timer to Apple Notes and I just date them so I can see everything. It's amazing what happens. And it reminds me of there's a quote that's gone around many times. But a good friend of mine said one time, you know, William, people overestimate what they can get done in a year, but they always underestimate what they can get done in a decade.
And that's that sort of small deposits every day of here are six things I'm going to get done. And our research showed most people love talking about getting something done. Very few people actually take action. So one quick way to not get overwhelmed by I got to get more done is to just say, could you go to Apple Notes and write down six things you want to get done?
Apple Notes even has a little checkbox function, which I love. And you can just check the box when you get it done and look back and say, I got everything done today that I planned to get done. That creates momentum. A flywheel starts to turn. And before you know it, you stand out.
if you're consistently not hitting them maybe you're making them too big you know my objective for today is it to achieve world peace well that box isn't going to get checked yeah that's going to be tough good luck so are you making these something that can actually get done and if it make them really small make them so you could get it done by 10 a.m and and build your momentum that way momentum is the best friend of anyone trying to get ahead
Thanks, Mike. I really appreciate being on your podcast. It's amazing how many hours and interviews you've done, and you're really good at your job. I appreciate you having me.
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