THE STRATEGIC EDGE | TAYLA BURRELL
Actionable ideas, tips and strategies on productivity, business and self development for busy and ambitious entrepreneurs & career climbers
How To Find Your Purpose And Uncover Your True Values
5-7 words. That is the only thing standing between you and your happiest, most fulfilled, most successful life. At least, that’s what they want you to think. What are those 5-7 words you ask? Your core values. The principles, priorities and beliefs that guide how you live your life. Let me be completely honest with you. I’ve crafted my vision and mission, audited my life, and set my goals many times before. But until this week, I had never clearly defined my values. If I asked you right now...
The Daily Schedule You Didn't Know You Needed
Hey Reader, There’s one strategy I’ve been using for the past two months that has completely changed how I manage my time. It’s saved me hours in my 9-5. It’s helped me stay on track while building my business on weekends. And today, I’m going to show you exactly how you can use it to: Maximise your focus time Boost your productivity (or your team’s) Finish your workday feeling more accomplished Introducing: the Maker-Manager Schedule. THE BACKSTORY There’s something fundamentally wrong with...
The One Thing Killing Your Productivity (And How to Avoid It)
THE BACKSTORY It was 3:30pm last Saturday, during a long, podcast-free walk, when the realisation hit me like a ton of bricks: I've been self-sabotaging. Normally, this isn't something I'd share online. But this time, I had no choice. Let me explain. Have you ever tried to read a page of a book, only to reach the end and realise you have no idea what you just read? How about spending hours at your desk, only to wonder where all that time went? Well, that's exactly what I've been doing with my...
The Key To Overcoming Procrastination
Procrastination. It’s the root of all evil for busy people. You’re stressed. You know you have a million things to get through. So… why does your brain just decide to direct its attention to anything and everything except your work, even when you know its not good for you? Why do we convince ourselves that we’ll feel like it in an hour, tomorrow, next week, being fully aware that we’re just adding to our own stress? Today, we’re going to break it down. What is procrastination? Why do we do...
5 books that saved my sanity as a busy person
Hi Reader! I am SO happy to say that The Strategic Edge is officially back. Before we get into it, here's a couple of quick updates to get you up to speed: 1. Revealing the new format In my last email, I asked for your advice on your preferred format for The Strategic Edge moving forward. I won't lie, I was NOT expecting the results. Over 70% of you said you'd prefer to deep dive format, over the weekly 5. Based on this feedback, each newsletter will continue to explore in-depth, actionable...
A New Chapter
Hi Reader, Two years ago, I started my Instagram account with a dream and a mission. My goal was always to make an impact. First, an impact on the world. I wanted to reach as many people as possible and give them the tools to live more productive, organised and intentional lies. Second, an impact on myself. I wanted to become the best version of myself, to pursue continuous improvement and build a platform that could eventually turn into a business doing what I love. And two years down the...
A Step By Step Guide To Timeblocking
Everyone has something they currently do or have in their lives that when they look back, they don't know how they ever lived without. For some people, it’s their morning cup of coffee. For others, it’s their noise cancelling headphones. For me, it's time blocking. Properly planning and boxing off my calendar has been a total game-changer for my productivity, focus, and time management. If you’re new here, welcome! I’m Tayla, and I juggle a lot of different buckets in my life. Time blocking...
How To Be Productive After Work
8 hours of work. 8 hours of sleep. 8 hours of 'leisure time'. This is what each of our days are said to consist of. So why does it feel like our life revolves around work? Why do we not have anything to show for those 8 hours? Why do we sit at home, night after night, knowing we want to spend our lives more meaningfully and do productive things with our time, but just... not? Over the past 12 months, as I've been building a business alongside work, uni and all the other parts of my life, I've...
How To Organise Your Life In 2 Hours A Week
I'm not going to sit here and tell you that organising your life is the easiest thing to do. Because it's not. I know from personal experience that I didn't do it for years because it felt too complicated and I got overwhelmed. Whether it was Spending more time organising than actually doing Knowing I wanted to be organised, but not knowing how, or Making the perfect set up, only to stop using it after 2 weeks when it got too complicated to maintain I just felt like it wasn't worth the...
The 6 Habits of Highly Organised People
I spent the first 19 years of my life being one of the most unorganised people I knew. I now teach organisation and productivity to a combined audience of over 30,000 people, and have literally built a business around these concepts. This didn’t happen by chance. There are 6 habits I adopted that completed overhauled my mindset and behaviours. Habits the old disorganised me never would have even considered trying. By the end of today’s newsletter, you’ll understand exactly how to implement...
Actionable ideas, tips and strategies on productivity, business and self development for busy and ambitious entrepreneurs & career climbers