Teaching to the TOP

214. Plan With Us: Preparing for the Month Ahead With Goals, Habits, and Schedules

Come plan with us as we look at the month ahead and determine our goals, habits and schedules! You either love planning or hate it, but there is no argument that sitting down with your planning and being intentional with your time can do for you. When you make the time and practice the skill of effective planning, you will feel more confident, focused and determined with your work. 
In this episode we share our thought process for looking at the week ahead and planning our month. You’ll hear how we run through our focus, goals and action steps using our newest planner, the Personal Planner. Join us in the planning process by heading over to teachingonthedouble.com/store to grab the planner and begin feeling more focus in your daily life!
LINKS:
Google Personal Planner
Tablet Personal Planner
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213. A Week in Bridget’s Life: Behind the Scenes Prioritizing What Truly Matters

Bridget is back with her week in her life. Join her as she shares her biggest takeaways from the book Essentialism by Greg McKeown. She shares her motto for hot to prioritize the essentials in life, how her mindset has started to shift, and her new approach to feeling overwhelmed with work. 
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Essentialism
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212. A Week in Michelle’s Life: Behind the Scenes Prioritizing What Truly Matters

Join Michelle Emerson in a week in her life as she works to tackle her to-do list and prepare for her upcoming trip. You’ll hear how she has taken the strategies from the book, Essentialism by Greg McKeown, and implemented them into her own routine. 
LINKS:
Baked Ricotta Spaghetti Squash With Shrimp
Essentialism
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211. BOOK REVIEW: Essentialism (How to Prioritize What Truly Matters)

It’s January and that means a new book review! Every year we have 2 book reviews that we share on the podcast. The first book is done in January and the second in July. For this month’s book review we are sharing our thoughts on the book Essentialism by Greg McKeown. 
In his book Greg discusses the importance of prioritizing what truly matters by focusing on what is essential to your life and work. The book is broken down into 4 parts:
Part 1: Essence
Part 2: Explore
Part 3: Eliminate
Part 4: Execute
We discuss the biggest takeaways from each of these four parts along with our overall impression of the book. In the next two episodes you’ll hear a week-in-the-life episode of Michelle and Bridget as they share implementing the strategies from the book into their daily routines. 
If you’d like to join us on this book review, you can grab a copy HERE!
LINKS:
Episode 161. BOOK REVIEW: Getting Things Done (Our Honest Thoughts)
Essentialism
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210. #GOALS: What We Are Doing Differently in 2024 to Get #RESULTS

There are so many different twists on “New Year's Resolutions' '... Some people don’t do them at all because they think you should start fresh every day. Some people pick one big goal for the year, some people create mini goals, and some people are just trying to write the correct date at the top of their paper!
However, one trend that we have consistently loved to implement in the new year is the idea of a word to ground your actions for the year. Think of this as more of a guide. So this year we wanted to not only discuss some goal setting and how we plan on changing things up a bit but also share our individual words with you along with why we chose those words. 
So grab your planner and a cup of coffee and let’s start planning out an AMAZING 2024!
SPECIAL NOTE:
Be sure to check out the book Essentialism for this month’s book review! We will be sharing our thoughts on the book in the upcoming episode. 
Grab the book HERE. 
LINKS:
If you’d like to listen to last year’s goal setting and quarterly check ins be sure to check out the episodes below:
Episode 158. Tackling the Year Ahead: What Are Our Plans? 
Episode 170. Goal Check In: A Chat With Our Accountability Buddy (& An Honest Look at Our Progress)
Episode 186. Goal Check In: The Halfway Point (Are We On Track To Meet Our Goals?)
Episode 209. Celebrating 4 Years of TOP TEACHING!
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209. Celebrating 4 Years of TOP TEACHING!

We are celebrating FOUR years of Teaching to the TOP by reflecting on 2023. Thank you to everyone who is subscribed and supporting us on this journey. It truly would not be possible without your support. 
In this episode we are catching up on our quarterly goals and answering our set of questions to reflect on this past year. If you want to catch up on our quarterly goals, you can visit the links to our previous podcast episodes this year! We’ve also included our episodes reflecting on the three two years.
LINKS
 Be sure to check out the NEW 2024 planners! Visit www.teachingonthedouble.com/store
Episode 053
Episode 105
Episode 157
Episode 158
Michelle’s Yelp Account
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208. Bridget and Michelle’s Secret Santa Gift Exchange

Tis’ the season for another gift giving episode. We are continuing with our yearly tradition where we each send our gifts via the mail. It’s time to get a little bit festive, so put on your Christmas sweater, grab a hot chocolate and enjoy the ASMR of unwrapping the gifts. This year, we set a budget! Do you think we will stick to it? 
LINKS:
Episode 156
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207. Our 2023 TOP Favorites for Time Management, Organization, and Productivity

We are getting close to wrapping up the 2023 year and what better way to do it than by reflecting on our TOP favorites! In this episode we each share our favorite strategies or products for helping to better maintain time management, organization, and productivity. 
LINKS:
43 Folder System Podcast Episode
Deep Work Book
Oaimyy Zipper Pouches
FYY Travel Cable Organizer
Anchor Glass Bowls
M Micro Glass Divided Containers
Rhythm Fun Walking Pad
Happy Wax Melt Warmer
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