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Improve Your Life in 60 Minutes or Less
Even on a tight schedule, these quick guides help you accomplish any resolution.
Published on August 24, 2023
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The Three Happy Habits: Techniques Leaders Use to Fight Burnout, Build Resilience and Create Thriving Workplace Cultures
Beth RidleyMindfulness, gratitude, and new experiences could be the key to combating burnout. That’s the premise of Ridley’s audio course that explains how to embrace these habits and fit them into your hectic life. These techniques can help you thrive even amidst the daily chaos of your life.
What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast: A Short Guide to Making Over Your Mornings-and Life (Intl Ed)
Laura VanderkamLearn how to better balance your work and personal life with this abridged, one-hour version of Vanderkam’s invigorating guide. The habit of embracing routines makes us efficient and frees up time for new projects (like our preferred activity: reading more books). Vanderkam suggests waking up early to work out, read, write, or do any other health and happiness activity is a key factor in achieving your goals.
Own Your Goals: How to Become Goal-Oriented and Set Goals You’ll Really Achieve
Sherique DillWhether you dream of winning gold or finishing a 5K, starting your own company or getting a promotion, the best place to start is by mindfully setting goals in an effective, attainable way. This Scribd Coach audio course guides you through that process. Find out how to successfully make it to your dream finish line — and how to keep making progress even when hurdles get in your way.
12 Months of Work in 12 Weeks: How to Work Smarter and Explosively Grow Your Productivity
Mark DhammaYou might be wondering: How could I possibly complete a year’s worth of work in a mere 12 weeks? But the real question you should be asking is: “What’s the one goal that, if I accomplished it in 12 weeks, would make everything else easier — or even unnecessary?” This course will help you find the answer, execute against it, and boost your overall productivity.
Learn Anything: Crafting a Map to Learn New Skills
Filipa CanelasLofty ideas are easy, but following through is where it gets tough. Canelas, entrepreneur and author of this Scribd Coach title, shares her strategies for learning and accomplishing new skills, including how to set goals and apply newfound knowledge in daily life.
Do the Work: The Official Unrepentant, Ass-Kicking, No-Kidding, Change-Your-Life Sidekick to Unfu*k Yourself
Gary John BishopThis motivational workbook from Bishop, author of “Unfu*k Yourself,” is what he calls the “kick in the a**” you need to identify your roadblocks and push past them. Colorful language aside, break through self-imposed limitations to transform your life with these simple and direct exercises.
Be Calm, Be Confident: Breaking the Cycle of Negative Thoughts to Regain Emotional Freedom
Jo CookThe power of breathing exercises and visualization are all you need to turn debilitating stress into positive energy. This short course from Scribd Coach will teach you how to go into a big meeting with confidence and how to calm your nerves when a stressful situation threatens to overwhelm you.
Beyond Small Talk: How to Have More Dynamic, Charismatic and Persuasive Conversations
Patrick KingIncrease your likability with the techniques found in “Beyond Small Talk.” King, a social skills coach, gives simple frameworks to deepen conversations for increased engagement, whether you’re networking, looking to make new friends, or want to strengthen your existing relationships.
Minimal Finance: Forging Your Own Path to Financial Freedom
Sam Dixon BrownBrown’s bite-sized finance lesson puts you one step closer to financial freedom. Whether you’re starting from zero or looking for a little extra guidance, there’s no easier (or faster) resource to get you on the right path when it comes to managing your money.
7 of My Best Time Management Habits to Help You Do and Create More in Less Time
On Purpose with Jay ShettyIf you’re overwhelmed with too much to do, you’re probably feeling short on time. These seven time-management tips from “Think Like a Monk” author Shetty can help you cut through the clutter to boost your productivity and efficiency, while relieving some of the stress.
Tools Of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers
Timothy FerrissThis book features a wealth of wisdom from Ferriss and the “world-class performers” he’s interviewed on his popular podcast. In this essential toolkit for setting yourself up to succeed, Ferriss and his guests share actionable details on how to enhance and optimize your performance in work and life. Ferriss advises readers to treat “Tools of Titans” like a buffet or a choose-your-own-adventure guide: Dip in and out of chapters as they seem relevant. Each can be read in well under an hour.
Good Life Project
Welcome to the “Good Life Project,” the podcast where each episode is a heart-to-heart conversation about the goals and rituals that make life worth living. With over 800 episodes spanning various guests from Tim Ferriss to Najwa Zebian, Ocean Vuong to Glennon Doyle, there’s sure to be advice that resonates with you.
Long-Term Learning: Harnessing Your Brain to Learn More Effectively and Remember More of What You Learn
Matt HarrisonWhy can’t you remember anything from that podcast you just listened to? The secret is in your brain. In this audio course, Harrison, computer scientist and corporate trainer, breaks down how the brain’s memory works and how we can change our habits to make it work better for us, along with exercises to put your learning into practice.
The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos
Many of us are looking for happiness, but we may look in all the wrong places. Santos, a Yale psychology professor, started this podcast (one of our all-time favorites) to clarify what really brings true, lasting happiness. The podcast runs a whole gamut of topics, from healthy relationships to wisdom from Greek philosophers. Most episodes run around 30 minutes.
Be Productive with Uncertainty with David Neagle
A Productive ConversationStaying focused on your goals can be challenging, especially in today’s chaotic world. In this podcast, perfect for fans of Slate’s “Working” and the “HBR IdeaCast,” productivity expert Mike Vardy and guest David Neagle offer tips, tools, and tactics designed to help you take your productivity, time management, goals, to-do lists, habits, and workflow to new heights.
How To Fail With Elizabeth Day
Perhaps the most useful skill you can learn while chasing your dreams and working to improve yourself is to embrace failure. “How to Fail” features interviews with big names — like Brené Brown, Greta Thunberg, and Rick Astley — discussing their biggest failures, and how those experiences prepared them for huge success.
88 Days to Any Goal: How to Create Crazy Success - Fast
Rollan RobertsWhat can you achieve in 88 days? Your dreams, according to Roberts, CEO and TV personality. In this quick read, he shares his blueprint for creating success quickly, forcing you to focus on the actions that make a difference. From getting in shape to reading more books, this advice can apply to any goal (or resolution) in your life.
31 Days to Creativity: Daily Exercises for an Explosion of Creativity
Mary-Jane RousselIf you’re determined to make time for creativity amidst work, family, and other obligations, Roussel’s guide is here to help. This Scribd Coach course offers short daily exercises that unleash your creative genius and inspire you to pursue your passions.
Breaking Bad Habits and Improving Your Life
Michał StawickiFrom procrastination to social media binging: Many of us hope we’ll find the resolve to give up bad habits, but fail to follow through. Stawicki coaches you on giving up bad habits and replacing them with healthier, more productive ones.
Nailing the Interview: A Comprehensive Guide to Job Interviewing: A Comprehensive Guide to Job Interviewing
Imran AfzalIf it’s time to change careers, or if you already have an interview lined up (congrats, by the way), start working on your interview skills now. Building rapport with your potential future employer doesn’t have to be stressful if you follow these tried-and-true tips, like practicing answers to common questions, dressing to impress, and making sure you remember everyone’s names.
Kwik Brain with Jim Kwik
Kwik, a leading brain and memory trainer for elite performers, is here to help you read faster, remember more, and learn how to utilize your brain to the best of its ability. Podcast episodes top out at just under 20 minutes and provide practical and actionable tips to live a more productive and purposeful life.
LeVar Burton Reads
Chances are high that one of your yearly goals is to read more. There’s no better way to make sure you achieve your goal than listening to LeVar Burton’s podcast. Burton (of “Reading Rainbow” fame) now reads short stories for adults written by Neil Gaiman, Stephen Graham Jones, Octavia Butler, Ray Bradbury, and others.
7 Good Minutes: Archived Episodes
Dedicate seven minutes a day, seven days a week to learning from host Clyde Lee Dennis as he interviews some of the world’s top performance experts, like Brendon Burchard, Robin Sharma, and Mel Robbins, to name a few. Dennis and his guests cover a diverse range of topics, such as how to manage anxiety, how to boost self-esteem, and why it’s important to stop overthinking everything.
12 Minute Meditation
Looking to incorporate meditation into your busy life but not sure where to start? All you need is 12 minutes. These guided meditation sessions — everything from healing through hope to finding stability amid change — are short and simple enough for even the most stressful schedules and will bring a sense of calm and balance to life.
TED Talks Daily
TED Talks are given by some of the most creative and inspiring people around the world, who inspire us to tackle tough problems directly and with grace. If you have a mounting sense of doom after this year (we don’t blame you), these talks will reassure you that many people are working to build and maintain loving, sustainable communities.
Stuff You Should Know
Do fish get thirsty? How does freedom of the press work? And what exactly is NATO all about? Get the answers from the hosts of “Stuff You Should Know,” a podcast dedicated to learning for the sake of learning. Episodes range from 10 to 60 minutes long and cover a fascinating range of intriguing topics.
Quiet Your Inner Critic: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome to Get Gutsy and Play Bigger
Becky Mollenkamp ACCSeventy percent of Americans report experiencing imposter syndrome at some point in their lives. But with a few mindset shifts, the little voice in your head trying to drag you down can become an advocate rather than a saboteur. In this 49-minute audio course, Mollenkamp, an ICF-certified life coach, explains how to discern “imposter thinking” from realistic thinking, including exercises to help you challenge your inner critic head-on.