Episode 105: How to Save $7,200 With This One Thing

Here’s a secret that could save you hours, energy, and money: In this episode of The Catalyst, Dr. Lara Salyer shares a valuable insight on personal investment—a practical solution for managing your workload more efficiently.

Inspired by a transformative story from her Catalyst Studio mentorship, she highlights how a mentee changed the way she handled her business tasks by adopting a system that suited her needs. This change led to the development of clear, actionable steps, demonstrating how organizing thoughts effectively can cut through the overwhelm.

Listeners explore different tools for organizing thoughts, ranging from paper-based options like bullet journals and sticky notes to digital solutions such as apps and online calendars. Dr. Lara shares insights on how these methods have streamlined the management of her own projects and tasks, offering listeners straightforward strategies to incorporate into their lives. She also highlights the financial benefit of adopting these organizational skills, potentially saving $7,200. This emphasizes the value of efficient thought organization beyond just time and energy.

As an advocate for journaling thoughts everyday, Dr. Lara motivates listeners to adopt these organizational strategies in their daily routines, aiming to foster innovation and job satisfaction. It positions better organization as a catalyst for professional development and growth.

About The Catalyst Host, Dr. Lara Salyer:

I worked as a family physician for 15 years until burnout changed the trajectory of my career. I realized I wanted to start a holistic functional medicine practice in my rural hometown and made it happen. In addition to practicing functional medicine, I now mentor practitioners who are looking to change their paths in healthcare by using what I refer to as the “Catalyst Roadmap”. I share each step of this framework with listeners so that they may apply it to their careers, relationships, personal goals, and projects.

In This Episode I'm Talking About:

How this secret could save you hours, energy, and money
Different tools for organizing thoughts
The value of efficient thought organization beyond just time and energy

Quotes:

“There’s a huge benefit to unloading your thoughts onto paper or onto something, some kind of container that is not up here. Even if you know, oh, I just have to do these three things today, or I have to do this in the next quarter, or these are the things I’m looking at for my business. You might keep it up here, but you’re taxing your brain by keeping it in your working memory. There’s so many studies that show if you can just dump it out where it’s visible, it immediately feels less overwhelming because you can visually see the tasks.” (03:57 | Dr. Lara Salyer)
“Sometimes we’re not even aware of the many tools available to us to help us with that cognitive drain of keeping things in our working memory. So think of paper items like a bullet journal, a planner, a notebook. Think of post-it notes. ” (05:33 | | Dr. Lara Salyer)
“It doesn’t matter how much money you save. It’s priceless to find your own system of organizing your thoughts and putting them down and finding a container. Whether it’s paper or digital or both.” (13:56 | Dr. Lara Salyer)
“We really all deserve to express ourselves in our career, in our work life masterpiece. So save yourself some angst, some time, some money and energy and do that one thing with wonderful zealousness every day, writing your thoughts out, organizing them or the post-its. That’s my favorite. I promise you will be changed if you start picking up this habit every day.” (15:00 | Dr. Lara Salyer)