Once the poster girl for doing it all, today’s guest Tiffany Dufu is now sharing a powerful message to women: Drop The Ball. As Chief Leadership Officer of Levo and part of Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In launch team, Tiffany’s life work is to advance women and girls. If we can learn to let go of perfectionism, she says, we can achieve more by doing less and achieve better work-life integration. On this episode, Tiffany shares the power in shrinking your to-do list, how to delegate with joy, and what happens when we focus on our most meaningful work. Her new book, Drop The Ball, is out now.
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Show Notes
- What “drop the ball” means and how to let go of unrealistic expectations (1:56)
- Gender roles and how Tiffany’s drive for achievement turned into perfectionism (3:06)
- Do these two exercises to achieve clarity on what matters most (13:00)
- Do this eye-opening time management exercise (17:05)
- Learning how to “delegate with joy” (19:27)
- Burnout is a feeling that happens when the things you are doing aren’t meaningful (28:20)
- What she learned from Sheryl Sandberg (31:08)
- Tiffany’s favorite apps, books and podcasts (32:43)
Resources Mentioned
- Insight by Tasha Eurich
- Essentialism by Greg McKeown
- 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
- Quiet by Susan Cain
- White Rage by Carol Anderson
- The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin
- Popular by Mitch Prinstein
- The Big Life by Ann Shoket
- Feminist Fight Club by Jessica Bennett
- I’m Judging You by Luvvie Ajay
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- Dr. Ayala Malach Pines
- Things task management app
- TaskRabbit app
- Call Your Girlfriend podcast (Ann Friedman)
- The Call with Erica Williams Simon podcast
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- Kat Cole on Authentic Leadership
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