...cue the events, AND the connections.

I keynoted Reclaim Your Workday and led an Email Extinguisher breakout at the National Society of Accounting Cooperatives conference in Nashville last week. What I love most about these events isn't the stage time. It's the conversations in between. I'm an extrovert, so staying for meals, general sessions, and entertainment isn't an obligation; it's my favorite part. I hear how businesses run, what keeps people up at night, and what problems still need to be solved. That intel goes directly into future presentations...

The conference room was full of people who said they'd never go back to a traditional corporate structure after working in a cooperative. In a world talking nonstop about burnout, that caught my attention.

I also got to meet Colin Cloud, currently Las Vegas' number one attraction and one of the most extraordinary mentalists I've ever seen.

Two new coaching clients were onboarded, one from Rome and one from the Netherlands. My EU clients consistently remind me that vacation time is a right, not a privilege, and they protect it accordingly. That reminder prompted me to reissue my video and guide on "How to Take a REAL Vacation" without coming back to extra stress and an overflowing inbox. More on that below. My next vacation is to my favorite U.S. city, Asheville!

In the Reclaim Your Workday Action Club, Maggie took her first real vacation she could remember. That is exactly why this work matters.

The weekend included fire pit time with friends and, yes, some work (which is also kind of play for me!). As a business owner, my schedule is flexible by design. It ebbs and flows, and sometimes a Saturday is the right day to work, because I played on Friday. I spent part of the weekend migrating RaderCo from ChatGPT to Claude and learning how to use my projects. It felt more like a game than a task, and I love it!

This week, I also spoke to 650 accountants on how to Break Free From Busy. One of my go-to tools I bring onstage, into the Delta Sky Lounge, and everywhere in between is my Time-Timer. ​

When you get this, I'll be wrapping up a morning of meaningful connections: two walkie-talkies with former clients, a quarterly coffee with RaderCo Crisis Specialist Becky Sansbury, a quarterly lunch with Branding Wizard Annie Franceschi, and then a music festival tonight.

This is exactly why working some weekends works. Who will your next walkie-talkie be with?

On with the Weekender!

Episode 126: The Meeting Reset: Ask This Before You Shorten, Fix, or Join Another Meeting

Health-Powered Productivity™ Podcast: Most meeting advice starts too late. Before you shorten the meeting, improve the agenda, or redesign the format, ask the question most teams skip: Is this meeting even necessary? A smarter meeting reset is built on prioritization first, async communication second, and better design for the meetings that truly need to stay. One Thing You Can Do Now: Look at next week's calendar and cancel one meeting that's really just a status update in disguise. LISTEN (16 min) READ (5 min)

WATCH (8 min)

How to Take a Real Vacation This Summer Planning your summer vacation? Create guardrails so you can be present, make memories, and actually enjoy it without the inbox drag pulling you back. GET - How to Take a Real Vacation- GUIDE

Design Days: Out of the Inbox and Into the Mountains Next week, I'm out of the inbox and out of cell service territory Tuesday through Friday for Design Days in a mountain dome house, working on a new pocket guide for prioritization. If you've ever wanted to step away from the day-to-day and do your best thinking somewhere that isn't your desk, Design Days might be exactly what you need. How to Make it Happen

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P.S. Summer is closer than your inbox makes it feel. If Maggie can take her first real vacation in years, you can take one too. Grab the guide: radergoodies.com/vacation​