The 25th Hour: How Leaders Can Stop Giving Away Time with Neal Schore

The 25th Hour: How Leaders Can Stop Giving Away Time with Neal Schore

August 3, 2026 · 53 min

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Neal Schore discusses how leaders can better manage their time by recognizing hidden drains on their attention and energy.

Where does a leader’s time actually go? It is not only swallowed by meetings and email. Some of the biggest drains on our time never appear in the calendar. In this episode of the Thriving Leaders Podcast, I speak with Neal Schore, co-founder and CEO of The 25th Hour Group, former founder, president and CEO of Triton Digital, executive coach and author of The 25th Hour: How to Thrive (And Gain Ridiculous Amounts of Time) by Getting Out of Your Own Way. Neal challenges the way we typically think about time management. What if the problem is not simply an overloaded calendar, but the patterns quietly consuming our attention and energy? Neal offers a different perspective on where leaders lose time without realising it—and what it takes to break the pattern. In this episode, we cover: Why conventional time-management tactics only address part of the problem How fear, defensiveness and the need for control quietly consume time Why commiserating can masquerade as collaboration How asking yourself a simple question can prevent misinterpretation and improve performance How to stop reacting, interrupting or assuming the worst How the 10% meeting rule creates space and sharpens focus The…

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