#185 Niamh Brady - Productivity Coach, Founder of A Better Workday, and author of ‘Remote Working Essentials’

Sleep Eat Perform Repeat

Today we spoke with Niamh Brady - Productivity Coach, creator of the Better Workday programme, and author of ‘Remote Working Essentials’ Niamh stood out to us at the recent IBEC KeepWell Summit 2022 in Croke Park - her clarity of thought and simplicity of message is a rare thing these days. Her mission is to help create a better workday for professionals worldwide, with her areas of focus being wellbeing and productivity in the workplace...we love this at Hauora! We unpacked her transition from employment to being a self-employed business owner, and when she recognised she needed that change. She is considered a thought leader around Burnout in Ireland - and shed light on early identifiers of it, and the story of the truck that caused her to look closely at her work - life balance. Niamh spoke about boundaries, working from home, and its challenges for working women and men (especially those with young families), work intensity during a typical day and week, fallow fridays - and the necessity of taking genuine time off from work to recharge...with a plan around the year being essential. This was jam-packed with actionable tools, and simple pieces of advice - enjoy! ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Highlights 🔥 A recipe for burnout ❌ Ignoring warnings from friends and family ✋ Creating and sticking to boundaries 📃 No more to-do list…think Done List 📲 Improving our relationship with our phones 🔑 The keys to creating successful behaviour change Timestamps (4:04) - National coverage of burnout (4:38) - Creating balance with a month-off agenda (5:29) - Founding A Better Workday (7:00) - Hallucinating due to burnout (8:01) - The recipe for burnout (9:30) - Ignoring warnings from family + friends (11:24) - Boundaries and sticking to them (13:24) - Taking a day off and facing resistance (13:49) - There is a stage for hard work in life (15:47) - Being where your feet are (17:39) - Feeling like you've earned a break and the Done List (20:23) - Looking longer term when planning (21:30) - Planning and creating a roadmap for productivity (23:13) - Setting ground rules + planning rest (25:07) - 4-day work week + hybrid work (26:53) - Adding intention to our sporting identity (27:50) - Creating successful behaviour change (30:17) - Learning from Cal Newport (34:30) - What does high performance mean to you? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ For information on previous guests and shows please visit www.SleepEatPerformRepeat.com. Previous guests include Cal Newport, Dr. Michael Gervais, Joy Neville, Rich Froning, BJ Fogg, Sonia O'Sullivan, Rich Diviney, Keith Earls, Caelan Doris, Chanelle McCoy, PJ Nestler, Jack Butcher, Shane O'Sullivan, Chris Burkard, Brian Keane, Steve Magness, Owen Eastwood, Steven Kotler, Daniel Davey, Ray Goggins, Shane O'Donnell, Jonny Cooper, Capt Emily Bassett, George Kruis, Brett Bartholomew, Aoife McDermott, Lisa Jacob and many more.