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People need to understand their relationship with money. Money is their scapegoat when something bad happens. When you can't afford your dream car, you blame money because it's getting in the way of your dreams. This money can be your monster, and it can destroy you if you're not careful. Learn how to have a stable relationship with money with your host, Penny Zenker, and her guest Morgana Rae . M...

How do you get your message across? How do you go about sharing it? In this episode, we answer these questions as our host, Penny Zenker, sits down for a conversation with HSE Professional and public speaker, Sean Taylor Foley. Sean tackles the techniques of sharing your message and discusses health, safety, and efficiency in the workplace. A great place to start your journey in learning to share...

Burnout can undermine workplaces and relationships. So how do we avoid burnout and help others find meaningful work? We find out in this episode as Penny Zenker talks to David Shar , the founder of Illuminate PMC . David and Penny talk about burnout, its origins and what factors influence burnout. They also examine how to motivate employees, design meaningful work and figure out how to avoid burno...

Life keeps happening to us. We can either let it run us off the cliff or take control of the steering wheel.  Francois Lupien , dynamic coach, speaker, and presenter, joins Penny Zenker to talk about the importance of taking responsibility for what happens to us so we can create the reality we want. He discusses how we need to look at our relationship with our results and how it informs us to...

The reason why people get overwhelmed is they are 1,000 steps ahead of themselves. To overcome overwhelm, take a deep breath in, come back to the present, and ask yourself, “What’s my next step?” Penny Zenker’s guest for this episode is Robert Riopel , an international bestselling author, app designer, entrepreneur, and trainer. Robert shares how knowing himself better helped him conquer stressful...

If there's one thing the pandemic taught us, it's that adaptability is essential. Millions of people had to unlearn what they already know to stabilize their business. It's important that we have all the components of adaptability. Learn what those components are in today's episode of Take Back Time with your host, Penny Zenker. Join Penny and her guest,  Ira Wolfe , the President and Chief G...

We give our body a 16-hour window to cleanse itself when we do intermittent fasting. Penny Zenker’s guest today is Dave Sherwin , the Founder of Dirobi  and a certified fitness nutrition coach, entrepreneur, and practitioner of mindfulness and meditation. In this episode, Dave discusses with Penny how the two biggest processes in our body are running our brain and running our digestive system...

Many businesses spend a lot of resources on advertising and building their brand. But without knowing their dream buyer, their effort will be all for naught. Delving into smarter buyer sales strategies with Penny Zenker is musician-turned-CEO Amanda Holmes . After taking over Chet Holmes International with her father's passing, Amanda learned the proper way to connect with the right market that wi...

Corporate culture can make or break any organization’s path towards success. Now more than ever, it is becoming a serious topic of conversation that transcends industry boundaries and employers and leadership teams are increasingly paying attention to its importance. Joining Penny Zenker is Flipp ’s Chief People Officer, Sandy Scholes , who explains how good leaders motivate their people and how c...

Life is so full of ups and downs. Navigating uncertainty may not be that easy, and therefore one must always be ready to face unexpected twists and turns. Penny Zenker talks with coach, facilitator, and TEDx speaker Brenda Reynolds  about the right way to build resiliency and utilize energy to prepare for anything that comes up in your life. She uses the analogy of driving in the middle of a...

As the famous saying goes, no man is an island. This resonates true to every business owner and how they could achieve success and freedom by simply delegating work. Penny Zenker talks with Brett Trembly of Get Staffed Up to share how his virtual staffing company taught him the importance of working with the right people. Brett discusses the right strategies to make any delegation successful and y...

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 under...

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 f...

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...

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 wo...

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 outsour...

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...

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...

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 effectiv...

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 valu...

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 w...

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 “B...

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...

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...

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...