How to Stick with Time Blocking the Right Way

How to Stick with Time Blocking the Right Way

From Your Time, Your Way by Carl Pullein

May 17, 2026 · 15 min · Episode 420

About this episode

This episode discusses the conflict between productivity and responsiveness in time management, particularly focusing on time blocking.

There’s a conflict in time management and productivity that few people ever talk about. That’s the conflict between being productive and being responsive. It’s almost like the Ying and Yang of life. A sort of Newtonian “everything has an equal and opposite reaction.” While we may want to shut ourselves away and give our full focus to an important piece of work, there’s always someone, somewhere, who wants to interrupt us and keep us from being productive. It’s this that we will be looking at this week. Links: Email Me | Twitter | Facebook | Website | Linkedin Learn more and register for the Ultimate Productivity Workshop here. Get Your Copy Of Your Time, Your Way: Time Well Managed, Life Well Lived The Working With… Weekly Newsletter Carl Pullein Learning Centre Carl’s YouTube Channel Carl Pullein Coaching Programmes Subscribe to my Substack The Working With… Podcast Previous episodes page Script | 417 Hello, and welcome to episode 417 of the Your Time, Your Way Podcast. A podcast to answer all your questions about productivity, time management, self-development, and goal planning. My name is Carl Pullein, and I am your host of this show. I’m sure we’ve all been there. We have an…

People in this episode

Host: Carl Pullein

Topics covered

  • time management
  • productivity
  • time blocking
  • focus
  • interruptions

Keywords

  • time blocking
  • productivity
  • time management
  • focus
  • interruptions
  • self-development
  • goal planning

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