{"podcast":{"title":"ABetterU: 52 Books A Year by Brad Young","slug":"abetteru-52-books-a-year-by-brad-young-7127515","podcast_index_feed_id":7127515,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/7094740/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/abetteru-52-books-a-year-by-brad-young--7094740","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e2b8ac426b099e39622a0cff6d0c80f0.jpg","author":"PodCentral Publishing Inc","episode_count":211,"summary":"Welcome to ABetterU: 52 Books A Year by Brad Young, the podcast inspired by an extraordinary challenge undertaken in 2024. Brad Young wrote and published a remarkable 52 paperbacks and 52 ebooks, each focusing on crucial aspects of health, wealth, happiness, and skills training. In this podcast, Brad dives into the wealth of insights, strategies, and lessons gained from his prolific year of writing. Join us as he breaks down key takeaways from each book, offering you invaluable advice on how to enhance your personal well-being, financial acumen, and everyday skillsets. Whether you're striving for a healthier lifestyle, aiming to achieve financial success, or eager to learn new skills, this podcast is your ultimate resource for personal enrichment and self-improvement. Embark on this journey with Brad, and discover how you can apply the transformative principles from these 52 books to create a better you. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/abetteru-52-books-a-year-by-brad-young--7094740/support .","last_synced_at":"2026-07-15T20:19:59.428919+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/abetteru-52-books-a-year-by-brad-young-7127515"},"episode":{"title":"Breaking the Cycle: Identifying Personal Time-Wasting Patterns","slug":"breaking-the-cycle-identifying-personal-time-wasting-patterns","published_at":"2026-03-12T06:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/abetteru-52-books-a-year-by-brad-young-7127515/breaking-the-cycle-identifying-personal-time-wasting-patterns","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/abetteru-52-books-a-year-by-brad-young-7127515","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/breaking-the-cycle-identifying-personal-time-wasting-patterns--72439274","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72439274/8563e1a3_70a9_424c_aba2_0ee3a12b890b.mp3","summary":"The very first step in breaking any cycle is awareness. You cannot fix what you cannot see, and most of us are genuinely blind to where our time is going. That is where the time log comes in. A time log is exactly what it sounds like — a written record of how you spend every hour of your day. Not a guess. Not a rough estimate. An actual record. And when most people start keeping one for the first time, they are shocked by what they find.Here is how to do it. For the next seven days, carry a small notebook or open a notes app on your phone, and every single hour, write down what you were doing for the past sixty minutes. Be specific. Do not write \"worked.\" Write \"responded to emails for forty minutes, then scrolled social media for fifteen minutes, then stared out the window trying to remember what I was doing.\" That level of honesty is where the transformation begins. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/abetteru-52-books-a-year-by-brad-young--7094740/support .","meta_description":"The very first step in breaking any cycle is awareness. You cannot fix what you cannot see, and most of us are genuinely blind to where our time is going.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1829,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/abetteru-52-books-a-year-by-brad-young-7127515/episodes/breaking-the-cycle-identifying-personal-time-wasting-patterns/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/abetteru-52-books-a-year-by-brad-young-7127515/breaking-the-cycle-identifying-personal-time-wasting-patterns.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}