Time Management Is a Lie — What Actually Works Instead Ep 396

How many times this week have you said "I just don't have time for that"? The workout. The follow-up. The lunch you keep skipping. This episode is here to tell you — gently, but directly — that sentence is a lie. And the moment you see it differently, everything changes. ## What You'll Learn in This Episode ✨ Why "I don't have time" is never really about time — and what you're actually saying instead ✨ The Time Warrior framework from Steve Chandler and why high performers manage themselves, not the clock ✨ What flow states and gamma brainwaves have to do with your best performance days ✨ The difference between being busy and making real progress — and how to tell which one you're in ✨ Two practical tools for a time + energy audit, including Molly Fletcher's color-coded Energy Cloth ✨ Why protecting your non-negotiables isn't rigidity — it's the actual strategy ## The Big Takeaway The problem isn't that you don't have time. It's that you haven't decided what matters enough to protect. When you stop outsourcing your choices to a calendar you built — and start owning them — the whole game shifts. ## The RISE Method Connection This one is all about S — Success Strategy. Because the resource you're managing isn't time. It's you.   Ready to go deeper? Get on the list for the weekly RISE Report at www.michellebourquecoaching.com/risereport   * * *     Timestamps   - 00:00 – "I don't have time" — why that sentence is a lie - 04:15 – Steve Chandler's The Time Warrior: managing yourself, not the clock - 09:30 – Flow states, gamma brainwaves, and what happens in peak performance - 14:00 – Busy vs. progress: are you in motion or in momentum? - 18:30 – The time + energy audit and Molly Fletcher's Energy Cloth (green/yellow/red) - 24:00 – The coach who wouldn't let Michelle keep her story - 28:00 – "Even inmates get an hour for lunch" and the reprogramming work