Anna Dearmon Kornick, Time Management Coach, author of Time Management Essentials: The Tools You Need to Maximize Your Energy, Attention, and Productivity, and host of It’s About Time – A Podcast about Work, Life and Balance joins us as the first guest in The Secrets of Supermom Show podcast series HOW TO PLAN YOUR BEST YEAR EVER 2024.
Every day for the first week of 2024, a new guest expert joins host Lori Oberbroeckling to share the secrets, the strategies, and the tools she uses to plan her best year ever. Best-selling authors, CEOs of million-dollar corporations, women running six-figure side-hustles while working full-time, podcasters, and more join us to spill it all. You do not want to miss a single episode of this amazing series!
Today’s guest, Anna Dearmon Kornick, helps busy professionals master time management so they can stop feeling overwhelmed and start spending time on what matters most. Building on more than a decade of experience in the fast-moving, high-stakes world of political and crisis communications, Anna knows a thing or two about using time well. She has discovered the secrets to living a balanced life while planning your best year ever.
Anna shares with us…
- Where to start when planning your best year ever
- Why planning your 2024 with all the things you want to do this coming year is not the best first step
- Questions to ask yourself when looking back on your previous year
- Thinking about the roles you have in your life, not just related to work or your business
- How planning your year is like Louisiana Gumbo (metaphors are fun!)
- Asking yourself about responsibilities and commitments
- Why certain goals are easier than others to both set and to reach
- The challenges of being a “yes girl”
- The importance of knowing when a yes to something means a no to something else
- Personal, professional, financial, and fun goals to set each year
- Why goal setting cannot happen in a vacuum
- The power of daydreaming
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Show Notes: How to Plan Your Best Year Ever with Anna Dearmon Kornick
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Hey, hey friend! Welcome to Episode #158 of The Secrets of Supermom Show!
OMG it’s almost 2024, and y’all are in for an unbelievable treat this week. This episode, Episode 158, is the first of a podcast series called How to Plan Your Best Year Ever. Over the next eight days, we will hear from eight experts on time management, productivity, planning, procrastination, goal-setting, and simply being a supermom. They will share with us how they plan their best year ever. Get ready to feel inspired and motivated, excited and encouraged, ready for your personal best year ever. Are you ready? Because I know I am!
Kicking us off is Anna Dearmon Kornick. If you have been listening for a while and were here for our very first series in 2022 or have attended one of our Supermom Summits, you know Anna. If you don’t know Anna yet, she is a Time Management Coach, author of Time Management Essentials: The Tools You Need to Maximize Your Energy, Attention, and Productivity, and host of It’s About Time – A Podcast about Work, Life and Balance.
Anna shares why diving into your calendar for next year is not the way to go, and what to do instead to create the best year ever.
Friends, if you love this episode and this series, I would sure love for you to share it with a friend. We need more moms out there hitting big audacious goals without the guilt and without the overwhelm.
I am beyond thrilled to introduce you to Anna Dearmon Kornick.
Y’all, before we dive into the show, I have a special treat for you. After this amazing podcast series ends, I have a mega workshop for you on January 7th. It is called, you guessed it, How to Plan Your Best Year Ever, and it walks you through a step-by-step plan combining tried and true methods with some of the strategies from our brilliant guests to plan your very best year. You can grab your seat right now, at www.secretsofsupermom.com/plan.
This workshop is for you if…
You want to start saying NO to things that don’t light you up.
You want to feel more organized and less overwhelmed in 2024.
You want more time for YOU.
You want to set a big goal and actually reach it.
You want to better manage your time and your energy.
You want to live this year feeling peace and happiness, ready for even bigger things.
Let’s make 2024 the year you find a purpose, create a plan, and crush it. I cannot wait to see you there! Let’s get on with the show!
In today’s episode, we discuss…
- Where to start when planning your best year ever
- Why planning your 2024 with all the things you want to do this coming year is not the best first step
- Questions to ask yourself when looking back on your previous year
- Thinking about the roles you have in your life, not just related to work or your business
- How planning your year is like Louisiana Gumbo (metaphors are fun!)
- Asking yourself about responsibilities and commitments
- Why certain goals are easier than others to both set and to reach
- The challenges of being a “yes girl”
- The importance of knowing when a yes to something means a no to something else
- Your personal list of 100 dreams (Anna also recommended the source of this idea from the book, 168 Hours by Laura Vanderkam)
- Personal, professional, financial, and fun goals to set each year
- Why goal setting cannot happen in a vacuum
- The power of daydreaming
Are you interested in learning more about Anna Dearmon Kornick?
http://instagram.com/annadkornick
About Our Guest: Anna Dearmon Kornick
Anna Dearmon Kornick is a Time Management Coach, wife and mom who helps busy professionals master time management so they can stop feeling overwhelmed and start spending time on what matters most. Anna’s book, Time Management Essentials: The Tools You Need to Maximize Your Energy, Attention, and Productivity, is a step-by-step roadmap for living an intentional, purpose-driven life.
Anna believes that success and stress don’t have to go hand in hand, and that busy is NOT a badge of honor. Her time management advice has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, Inc., Business Insider, The Washington Post, and she’s been a featured guest expert on more than 50 podcasts.
As the host of It’s About Time – A Podcast about Work, Life and Balance, Anna shares time management tips, productivity strategies and real-life advice to help her listeners make the most of their time. In addition to teaching actionable takeaways, Anna interviews other go-getters to find out how they navigate family, friends, fulfilling careers and full schedules.
Building on more than a decade of experience in the fast-moving, high-stakes world of political and crisis communications, Anna knows a thing or two about using time well. Early in her career, she served as the chief spokesperson for a Lt. Governor, and managed the hectic schedule of a U.S. Congressman. She’s helped small business owners, nonprofits, political candidates, Fortune 100 companies and executives tell their stories and focus on what matters most.
The How to Plan Your Best Year Ever Series Episodes
Episode #159: How to Plan Your Best Year Ever with Toni-Ann Mayembe
Episode #160: How to Plan Your Best Year Ever with Maria Maldonado Smith
Episode #161: How to Plan Your Best Year Ever with Chelsey Newmyer
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About the Host: Lori Oberbroeckling
Lori Whitney Oberbroeckling is a mom of four, corporate leader, podcaster, productivity expert, and author of the book Secrets of Supermom: How Extraordinary Moms Succeed at Work and Home & How You Can Too!
She is passionate about helping parents who want fulfilling careers–or side hustles or passion projects–while also wanting to feel present and connected to their families.
