The Thermostat with Jason Barger

Managing your time is purely reactionary. Investing time is about proactively focusing your energy and efforts toward your highest priorities. What gets in your way?

Episode Summary:

In this episode of The Thermostat, leadership expert Jason V. Barger discusses the crucial difference between managing time and investing time. He argues that by intentionally focusing our time and energy on high-priority tasks and long-term goals, we can become more effective leaders and build stronger organizational cultures.

Key Takeaways:

• Busy vs. Effective: Being busy doesn't necessarily equate to being effective.
• The Eisenhower Matrix: A tool for prioritizing tasks based on urgency and importance.
• Investing Time vs. Managing Time: Managing time is reactive, while investing time is proactive and focused on long-term goals.
• Where You Look Is Where You Go: The importance of focusing on what truly matters.

Notable Quotes:

• "Investing time always beats managing time."
• "Where you look is where you go, where you look, your bodies will follow."
• "Are we managing our time or are we investing our time?"

Questions to Ponder:

• Where are you investing your time? Is it aligned with your priorities?
• What activities could you let go of to free up time for more important tasks?
• How can you intentionally invest your time to create a better future for yourself and your organization?

Resources:

• The Eisenhower Matrix: A visual representation of the Eisenhower Matrix can be found on Jason V. Barger's website or in the show notes of this episode.
• Jason V. Barger's Website: Visit jasonvbarger.com for more leadership insights and resources.

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Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is passionate about business leadership and corporate culture. He believes that corporate culture is the "thermostat" of an organization, and that it can be used to drive performance, innovation, and engagement. The show features interviews with business leaders from a variety of industries, as well as solo episodes where Barger shares his own insights and advice.

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What mindsets and actions will help refuel you during the Summer season? Jason shares 3 important ways leaders can carve out time to care for themselves.

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Episode Summary: In this episode of the Thermostat with Jason V Barger, Jason explores how to infuse positive energy into your summer by adopting intentional mindsets. He emphasizes the importance of breathing good oxygen into your life through intentional actions and thoughts, connecting with others, and envisioning a compelling future.

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Introduction and welcome
• 00:00:21 - The importance of stepping back to reflect
• 00:00:55 - Overview of the podcast and gratitude to listeners
• 00:01:49 - The significance of rating and sharing the podcast
• 00:02:35 - Entering the summer season and recommended reading
• 00:03:45 - Introducing the concept of breathing oxygen
• 00:05:01 - Statistics on human thoughts and negativity
• 00:06:21 - Challenges faced in recent years and the need for good oxygen
• 00:06:43 - Mindsets to help breathe oxygen into your summer
• 00:07:01 - Break and advertisement for Jason's speaking services
• 00:08:36 - Returning to the topic: Entering summer with intentionality
• 00:11:29 - Positive thinking and solutions-focused mindset
• 00:14:03 - Carving out time to breathe
• 00:15:08 - Connecting with people who give you life
• 00:16:34 - Visioning a compelling future
• 00:17:39 - Questions to ponder for the summer
• 00:18:33 - Recommendation to read "Breathing Oxygen"
• 00:19:56 - Final thoughts and encouragement to be a thermostat

Key Themes:

• Breathing Good Oxygen: The importance of both literal and metaphorical oxygen for our well-being and performance.
• Intentional Breathing: Taking intentional breaks to reset and recharge.
• Connecting with Others: Engaging with people who bring out the best in us.
• Visioning the Future: Envisioning a future that excites and motivates us.
• Dealing with Toxic Situations: Recognizing and minimizing negative influences.

Notable Quotes:

• "We need good air to breathe so that we can navigate our way through the fog."
• "Carving out time to breathe...brings our intention and our mind back to where we want it to be."
• "Connect with the people who give you life, who breathe good oxygen into you."
• "What excites you about the future? What would bring you joy?"
• "What is the toxic or unhealthy situations...that you want to get away from this summer?"

Questions to Ponder:

1. What activities or practices would help breathe good oxygen into you this summer?
2. Who are the people that bring out the best in you, and how can you connect with them more?
3. What is the vision for your future that excites you, and what steps can you take to pursue it?
4. What are the toxic or unhealthy situations or influences you want to distance yourself from?

Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is passionate about business leadership and corporate culture. He believes that corporate culture is the "thermostat" of an organization, and that it can be used to drive performance, innovation, and engagement. The show features interviews with business leaders from a variety of industries, as well as solo episodes where Barger shares his own insights and advice.

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What does it mean to practice servant leadership, share love in business, and empower your people in the world today? Jason chats with his great friend and mentor, former President of Starbucks Coffee, Howard Behar.

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What does it mean to ReMember in our life and work? The process of ReMembering starts with purpose and then renewing our focus for the future.

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Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is passionate about business leadership and corporate culture. He believes that corporate culture is the "thermostat" of an organization, and that it can be used to drive performance, innovation, and engagement. The show features interviews with business leaders from a variety of industries, as well as solo episodes where Barger shares his own insights and advice.

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How do the best keynote speakers in the world approach the messages they share? The best in the world share these traits and spirit with their audiences.

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Much of human communication and interaction gets lost in translation. The best leaders, teams and organizations remember these critical elements of Intent + Impact + Execution in the messages they deliver.

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Artificial Intelligence is being developed and implemented at a rate that is exciting, unknown, but also scary to many. The future of workplace cultures will also rely on one of the most important elements of AI, "Authentic Interaction."

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Every team and organization on the planet is seeking to create a culture that compels people and propels their Mission. Jason Barger and Eric Stone chat about a few elements critical to shaping culture in today's world.

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Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is passionate about business leadership and corporate culture. He believes that corporate culture is the "thermostat" of an organization, and that it can be used to drive performance, innovation, and engagement. The show features interviews with business leaders from a variety of industries, as well as solo episodes where Barger shares his own insights and advice.

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Every person, team and organization on the planet has mental baggage they carry. Some are able to better understand the baggage they are carrying and it leads to higher levels of collaboration, alignment and performance.

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At a time when trust in leadership is at extremely low levels in many organizations, human-centered leaders are practicing 4 characteristics that contribute to more compelling cultures.

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Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is passionate about business leadership and corporate culture. He believes that corporate culture is the "thermostat" of an organization, and that it can be used to drive performance, innovation, and engagement. The show features interviews with business leaders from a variety of industries, as well as solo episodes where Barger shares his own insights and advice.

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Every leader and team wants the culture of their organization to be a differentiator. The best leaders and teams do 5 things that set them apart in good ways.

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The inspiring and wonderful hybrid event ThermostatCulturesLive.com is coming back this Fall. Jason shares some exciting preliminary details about the Friday, November 8, 2024 event.

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In the final episode of this series on the foundational elements of trust in every relationship, team and culture, 4 "Trust Musts" are identified for every team.

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The March Madness basketball tournaments each year remind us of 5 important lessons we need to remember about developing teams and cultures.

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Trust is foundational in every relationship, team and culture. How can we begin to overcome the main wobbles of trust we experience within our teams?

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Trust is foundational in every relationship, team and culture. What are the 3 main drivers that cause our trust to wobble in our individual relationships?

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Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is passionate about business leadership and corporate culture. He believes that corporate culture is the "thermostat" of an organization, and that it can be used to drive performance, innovation, and engagement. The show features interviews with business leaders from a variety of industries, as well as solo episodes where Barger shares his own insights and advice.

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Trust is foundational in every relationship, team and culture. What situational factors are at play when we make the decision to trust (or not)?

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Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is passionate about business leadership and corporate culture. He believes that corporate culture is the "thermostat" of an organization, and that it can be used to drive performance, innovation, and engagement. The show features interviews with business leaders from a variety of industries, as well as solo episodes where Barger shares his own insights and advice.

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Jason dives into a powerful conversation with a panel of leaders across industries at his ThermostatCulturesLive.com event to discuss the opportunities and challenges of leading in the world today.

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Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is passionate about business leadership and corporate culture. He believes that corporate culture is the "thermostat" of an organization, and that it can be used to drive performance, innovation, and engagement. The show features interviews with business leaders from a variety of industries, as well as solo episodes where Barger shares his own insights and advice.

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As the future of work continues to be discovered and developed, Jason dives into 5 organizational culture trends for the year ahead. How can we continue to breathe oxygen into our people and cultures?

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Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is passionate about business leadership and corporate culture. He believes that corporate culture is the "thermostat" of an organization, and that it can be used to drive performance, innovation, and engagement. The show features interviews with business leaders from a variety of industries, as well as solo episodes where Barger shares his own insights and advice.

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The habits we form individually, and collectively as teams, can help keep us tethered and aligned for the future vision we aim to create, or the bad habits we form can get in our way and chain us down. Can you identify the habits at play in your operations?

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Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is passionate about business leadership and corporate culture. He believes that corporate culture is the "thermostat" of an organization, and that it can be used to drive performance, innovation, and engagement. The show features interviews with business leaders from a variety of industries, as well as solo episodes where Barger shares his own insights and advice.

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There is a great opportunity to better understand the term "Toxic Positivity" and to more accurately identify the traits of toxic leaders and the true characteristics of authentic, positive leaders.

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Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is passionate about business leadership and corporate culture. He believes that corporate culture is the "thermostat" of an organization, and that it can be used to drive performance, innovation, and engagement. The show features interviews with business leaders from a variety of industries, as well as solo episodes where Barger shares his own insights and advice.

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What culture strategies are you intentionally breathing oxygen into this year? Are you thinking about how you are Welcoming, Working Out, and the Wake you are leaving across your organization?

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Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is passionate about business leadership and corporate culture. He believes that corporate culture is the "thermostat" of an organization, and that it can be used to drive performance, innovation, and engagement. The show features interviews with business leaders from a variety of industries, as well as solo episodes where Barger shares his own insights and advice.

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Jason is joined by author and inspiring speaker, Chris Singleton, for a powerful conversation about his life and message that "Love Is Stronger Than Hate."

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Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is passionate about business leadership and corporate culture. He believes that corporate culture is the "thermostat" of an organization, and that it can be used to drive performance, innovation, and engagement. The show features interviews with business leaders from a variety of industries, as well as solo episodes where Barger shares his own insights and advice.

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As the calendar flips to a new year, what does it mean to "Dare to Begin" again? What in your life and work needs courage in order to dare to begin, again?

As the calendar flips to a new year, what does it mean to "Dare to Begin" again? What in your life and work needs courage in order to dare to begin, again?

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Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is passionate about business leadership and corporate culture. He believes that corporate culture is the "thermostat" of an organization, and that it can be used to drive performance, innovation, and engagement. The show features interviews with business leaders from a variety of industries, as well as solo episodes where Barger shares his own insights and advice.

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How can we develop greater cultural fitness in the year ahead? What does it mean to move beyond "culture fit" and into growing our ongoing cultural fitness?

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How does empathy play a role in our life and work? What would it mean to practice organizational empathy across our teams and organizations in the year ahead?

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Celebrating a great year and recapping the topics that resonated with listeners and helped shift the ways we think about leadership, culture and the future we are creating in our life and work.

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Give wonderful holiday gifts and bonuses. Please do. AND, remember that your true presence as a leader throughout the year will be the sustaining element that impacts your people the most over the long haul.

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Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is passionate about business leadership and corporate culture. He believes that corporate culture is the "thermostat" of an organization, and that it can be used to drive performance, innovation, and engagement. The show features interviews with business leaders from a variety of industries, as well as solo episodes where Barger shares his own insights and advice.

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Do the people within your culture have the mindset of a two-way street of accountability or a diffusion of responsibility? Your culture will tip one way or the other based on the Thinking, Acting and Interacting of your people.

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Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is passionate about business leadership and corporate culture. He believes that corporate culture is the "thermostat" of an organization, and that it can be used to drive performance, innovation, and engagement. The show features interviews with business leaders from a variety of industries, as well as solo episodes where Barger shares his own insights and advice.

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What if all of us as humans, leaders, teams, parents and friends could embrace the mindset of "The Power of Yet." Doug Ulman, CEO of Pelotonia, joins Jason for a fun and powerful chat about growth mindset.

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Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is passionate about business leadership and corporate culture. He believes that corporate culture is the "thermostat" of an organization, and that it can be used to drive performance, innovation, and engagement. The show features interviews with business leaders from a variety of industries, as well as solo episodes where Barger shares his own insights and advice.

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The practice of giving thanks for the people, connections, experiences, projects and pursuits in our life and work positively impacts our mindset and the actions that follow.

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Jason Barger is a husband, father, speaker, and author who is passionate about business leadership and corporate culture. He believes that corporate culture is the "thermostat" of an organization, and that it can be used to drive performance, innovation, and engagement. The show features interviews with business leaders from a variety of industries, as well as solo episodes where Barger shares his own insights and advice.

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Leaders often urge their teams to "Trust the Process." However, what can leaders learn when they sense there is hesitancy from their people and the path forward?

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Another powerful ThermostatCulturesLive.com hybrid event happened and the messages, sound bites, and actions coming out of it are compelling. This episode provides a quick recap of the vibe coming out of the event.

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Dysfunctional and toxic cultures often share and perpetuate 5 habits that get in the way of achieving their vision for the future and turn people off along the way. What habits do we need to stay away from?

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Great cultures often share and perpetuate 5 types of stories that help galvanize their people and stimulate progress for the future. What stories are you and your people perpetuating?

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Having courageous conversations and giving effective feedback is a challenge in most relationships and cultures. So, how do we give Truly Genuine Impactful Feedback that stimulates progress and raises the level of our conversations?

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In culture-shaping, what we allow, lingers and what we teach, triggers. What are the habits, behaviors, operations and policies that you are allowing to linger and are counter to the culture you want to create?

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Seek to understand before the need to be understood. The best leaders and teams not only know this habit and skill, but practice it within their culture.

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We all are human. We all avoid conflict and discomfort from time to time. The best leaders and teams develop skills to identify avoidance and then move forward with courageous conversations.

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The most compelling cultures in the world today are not only developing and practicing self-care, but are cultivating a spirit of care for the culture as a whole.

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In a world of rapid change, what lessons can we learn from the BlackBerry story that helps us stimulate progress and innovation for the road ahead?

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What is the powerful ThermostatCulturesLIVE.com hybrid event on 11.3.23? Jason previews this year's powerful day of development and the voices joining him.

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What is the Return On Investment (ROI) of all this developing leaders and culture stuff? Massive. Jason dives into research that reminds us that culture drives positive business outcomes.

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Research tells us that people have never felt a sense of loneliness like they do in the workplace today. Yet, they yearn for a sense of belonging and a meaningful culture. The best leaders and teams are breathing oxygen into their people in key ways.

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Hiring, retaining and developing an engaged culture is not just about cultural fit. The best places are expanding beyond fit and contribution to focus on the overall cultural fitness of their organization.

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Antitoxic cultures have thermostat leaders who help identify toxic behaviors and then lead their organization into thriving cultures of contribution, community and challenge. Researcher, author and consultant, Tamara Myles, joins Jason for an inspiring chat.

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Elite performance is linked to the ability to rest and recharge. This episode shares how personal visioning, reflection and preparation allows the mind and heart to be renewed with confidence for your future.

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Elite performance is linked to the ability to rest and recharge. This episode shares how creative mindsets and practices help stimulate you to find new solutions and ideas for the path ahead.

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Elite performance is linked to the ability to rest and recharge. This episode explores seeking joy in order to allow the mind and heart to rest so you can be at your best when your best is needed.

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Elite performance is linked to the ability to rest and recharge. This episode explores seeking joy in order to allow the mind and heart to rest so you can be at your best when your best is needed.

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