EP 197 | Stop Talking, Start Doing: Making Every Meeting & Day Matter

Unleash your potential by turning endless chatter into powerful action. Join me, Lisa Tarkington, on the Confident Podcast as we tackle the pervasive issue of unproductive meetings and conversations that hinder progress. Did you know that professionals spend 35% of their time in meetings, with a shocking 67% being unproductive? We're not just talking statistics here—I'm offering you actionable strategies to reclaim your time and boost your productivity. Together, we'll explore how to create effective communication strategies and foster a disciplined approach to achieving your personal and professional goals.

In this transformative episode, you'll discover how to balance visionary thinking with practical action and learn the art of setting clear objectives and accountability in meetings. Let’s redefine what it means to communicate effectively by engaging in meaningful, direct conversations that foster growth and build stronger relationships. Through personal anecdotes and professional insights, I share how cutting unnecessary small talk can lead to more impactful interactions. Whether you're struggling with time management or looking to enhance your leadership skills, this episode is packed with insights to help you become the unstoppable force you were meant to be.

• 0:00: Stop Talking, Start Doing
• 9:33: Transforming Talk Into Action
• 22:48: Effective Communication for Productive Conversations

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Stop Talking, Start Doing

Speaker 1 0:00

I'm all for brainstorming , I love brainstorming , but there comes a point where you can only talk about something for so long where it's like , ok , we've talked about this so much , I just need to let you go so that you can go do it . Welcome to the Confident Podcast . I am Lisa Tarkington , your guide to mastering confidence and leadership . As the business and life coach keynote speaker and the driving force behind LEAD , I am here to help you break free from self-doubt silence , the imposter syndrome , and step into your power as the person you're meant to be . If you press play today , it's because you're ready for something bigger you real , raw conversations and actionable insights that will empower you to redefine your leadership , reclaim your confidence and transform into the unstoppable force you've always known that you could be . This isn't just another podcast . It's a journey we're on together , so buckle up and let's dive into this transformation . Your next level awaits . Hi , everybody , welcome back for another episode of the Confident Podcast .

Speaker 1 1:08

I am your host , lisa Tarkington , and I am back doing another solo podcast this week because this is a conversation that I have probably had with myself , my husband , my team , multiple people that I coach , and I just figured you know what . Let's bring it to the live audience . Let's bring it to all of you guys so that you can hear all about how I feel about stop talking , start doing . As a society , it's so easy for us to talk about all of these things that we want to do and then be really great at planning but not actually do these things . So I actually talked about this a little bit in 2024 , when we had a guest on . We were talking about like okay , let's start doing versus talking . We also shared that on a past episode this year where I shared about giving the best advice that I've ever been given . This is kind of part of that too , but I feel like I just dabbled into those things and the more that I've been coaching this year already , the more that I've been doing keynotes . This has been a continuous thing that continues to come up , and so what I figured is today we would just have a conversation .

Speaker 1 2:23

I share with you some of the problems that I'm seeing , some of the actions that you personally can take , and during this time , if you're like , oh , that's me just listen in , feel into it , reflect and figure out ways that you can help yourself . So I want you to picture like , have you ever walked into a meeting and thought this could have been an email ? Like , have you ever walked into a meeting and thought this could have been an email ? Raise your hand , because I literally last week had to drive 30 , 35 minutes to a meeting . It was honestly a snowstorm . I'm here in Michigan and I left thinking , well , that could have been an email and I was a little frustrated with myself that I didn't ask the right questions ahead of time .

Speaker 1 3:11

Now I'm all for building relationships , so I will caveat off of that . So if you have to drive and meet in person to build relationships , I'm all for that , because some of the best relationships I have had and I've shared this on prior podcast episodes of in-person is so amazing . I love connections , I love community , but I also believe that when relationships are already established , you can speed up the process a little bit more . Now , sometimes it is good to just catch up , but for me , I was driving to a meeting and I was like we literally talked about something for 15 minutes and then we were all good . We were all like , yep , this is the plan moving forward , and then we just kind of like shoot the shit for a little bit , and which is great that we did . But that relationship was already built . That relationship , I already talked to these people all the time , and so what I realized was that it was not productive for me to be able , like that was a two hour moment when that could have been a 15 minute Google Meet or Zoom , and so I would love to share the stat with you guys .

Speaker 1 4:16

So the cost of excessive meetings and conversations in time and productivity . Like , the average professional spends 35% of their times in meetings and 67% of those meetings are unproductive . So we spend most professionals spend 35% of their time in meetings . So picture your 40 hour week . You're in 30 , 35% of that is already in meetings and then 67% of those is unproductive , and many times it's because sometimes we're just talking in circles and that's . I remember those days . I've done a lot better with that and I'm going to give you guys some tools and resources that I use now . But it's pretty easy to do right Like and then realizing afterwards that this could have been an email . So setting yourself up for more success is going to be so important .

Speaker 1 5:03

The other point that I wanted to make before we like , really dive into these strategies is ever have you ever been to a meeting for work or maybe volunteering , or maybe you're sitting on a committee and you hear the same person promise the same thing over and over again or justify how they're spending their time to be unproductive . And maybe you've given feedback on certain things and no one wants to hear it , no one wants to speak up , and then the next time you meet , the same thing , and what continues to happen is there's a lot of talk but there's no action and the goals continue to fall behind before it's very last minute and things are scrambled together or goals aren't met . I've seen this across with everything that I do . I've heard this from every aspect of industry that I've worked with , and so today we're going to be talking about how do you like actually take your day , your week , how do you , instead of talking about all the things that you want to do , and actually do them and I've shared , probably on this podcast a while like , my word of the year is discipline , and so this year I have to be a lot about action versus talk , and I actually think it's been a great practice for me too . So everything you guys are going to hear today , I'm a work in progress . There are days where I could just if you gave me eight hours and I could spend it with my husband or my team or my friends , visualizing what I want to do with my life . I could tell you all the things that I want to do , but , man , what is better than actually doing that right and actually making the action and progress towards those goals ? So today we're going to talk about transitioning from talking about action to actually taking action , and I'm going to give some practical tips to save time , streamline processes and focus on results .

Speaker 1 6:50

I have shared many times I'm a visionary . I am not an integrator . I've had to play the role a lot of integrator , but I think one of the things that when you have to play the role of an integrator or the person that kind of runs operations for a company or just in general project management , you really open your eyes up to how much we talk about things versus what we're actually doing . And so , as a visionary , it's really easy and fun to talk about all of the things , all these visions that I have . But if I'm going to be really honest with you , this has been one of the biggest and coolest things that I've noticed . I've been working on this probably since last year , I think . I've always just been like one of those people that are strategic and can just figure out things , but I think one of the biggest things that I've done is save time and energy talking about it and then showing up and doing the work . So let's dive into everything that I have for you guys today .

Speaker 1 7:40

So the first piece of this is the problem with all talk , no action . So we get into a groove of over-talking trap . That's what I'm going to call this . So people over-plan , we over-discuss and we spend too much time aligning without moving forward to have a meeting , to have another meeting . I'm not going to say that for every company , but I even see this with small businesses , I see this with corporations , I see this with associations , and so sometimes what we do is we discuss the goal so much that it gives us this false sense of accomplishment , like okay , we've talked about this so much , like look at what we're doing , but really what we're doing is we need to actually start working towards that goal , and this has honestly become one of my biggest pet peeves is to talk about oh man , we can do all of these things , versus putting the plan together and working step by step backwards to it . So I'm a firm believer if you have a deadline , work backwards to it and meet those goals . What I love as a leader is when I can hear this is what I'm doing versus this is what I'm going to do , because the difference is then you're talking about the action versus talking about doing the action , and so it gives us false sense of productivity when we talk about how we're going to achieve the goal versus actually saying here are the steps that I'm already doing to achieve the goal . See the difference there ? That's a big difference , and so what I've noticed a lot is people that are really successful are talking about the steps that they're doing to achieve it , or they're just doing it , showing up and saying look at what I've accomplished to hit this goal , and so , instead of talking about this big picture , they're actually taking the steps to meet that big picture .

Transforming Talk Into Action

Speaker 1 9:33

Some common themes I hear a lot is people having endless meetings without clear objectives . So are you setting the intention of the meeting If you don't need to meet this week ? Are you just meeting because you feel like you have to , instead of saying , hey , I have no updates this week ? These are the three things that I'm working on . I'll come next week back with things . Maybe it's having phone calls and discussions that go in circles .

Speaker 1 9:57

So I'm all for brainstorming , I love brainstorming , but there comes a point where you can only talk about something for so long where it's like , okay , we've talked about this so much , I just need to let you go so that you can go do it Right . So what's your like end point for that ? And then also the check , the checking in . Like how much are we checking in instead of creating accountability ? I think one of the coolest things that Kelsey on my team has done that we didn't have implemented before her is we had goals . We had , I thought , great goals . We probably had too many goals , but she's done a really good job of tracking and creating scorecards for our team so that the check-ins is really around that to create accountability . And it's been a really great process for me , too , to hold myself accountable for what I'm in charge of as well First talking about it , but actually doing it , because I have this on my scorecard now and sometimes we don't even realize that we're doing this stuff as a visionary .

Speaker 1 11:00

This is probably one of the hardest things for me to learn , because I just love talking about the future and what we could accomplish . I'm going to say can't accomplish . We can all accomplish what we want to accomplish and so many times what we realize and here's some signs that you might be in this trap is that projects keep stalling because we just have continue to have discussions versus actually doing , and it keeps moving things out and we keep saying , well , we'll just move it out next month and it's like no , let's do it now . We have all this stuff . We just we just want to have more conversations , when really what we need to be doing is action .

Speaker 1 11:37

Maybe another one is is that when you're in a meeting or others in your group are in a meeting , you're leaving confused instead of understanding , like , okay , these are the actions that I'm going to have to take . You're just like okay , that was a great meeting , we talked about a lot of things , but I still don't have a clear view of what I'm supposed to be doing after this . And if you don't , my suggestion on that is ask questions . I think one of the biggest things is sometimes leaders are like okay , you got that , and they're like yep , but I would love for the other person sometimes to say like so , do you need that by Friday , do you need that by Thursday ? I can get that to you in two weeks . I'm kind of booked right now , like having more of a conversation about it and then again spend spending more time talking versus doing .

Speaker 1 12:23

So that , right , there is your trap if you're catching yourself doing that , and so sometimes what that looks like is maybe you have this big vision that you have for the company or big vision for just your life in general . My husband and I also have this . This isn't just a work thing where we'll talk about our dreams and our futures and we love talking about that stuff . But the difference now is we have a budget that we're playing off of . We're making decisions every month of like , okay , if that's the vision that we have , what decisions and disciplines are we creating this month to hit that ? So we are being very actionable about it versus dreaming about it . We had to dream first . I love that . I love that you have to dream first , but then it's actually about doing something . So I would say , like , that's like kind of like the first part of like some of the traps that I see , and what I want us to think about is like how now do we shift to action ? So we're struggling in these areas . We might not even be realizing that we're doing it .

Speaker 1 13:17

I am one of those people , like I said , that I had that for a long time , but I'm going to give some tools and tips to really help you , and the first one is time management my favorite time management . This is something that I work on with so many of my coaching clients . I'm getting a lot more professional development and workshop facilitating around this topic too , because we struggle with it . There are so many things going on in our lives . It's not just work . We have home , we're volunteering , we have this thing called social media that continues to make our brains just go in spirals all the time . We're cooking , we're cleaning , we have bills . We have all these things as adults that we're trying to figure out , and if you have kids , you also have their schedules . I get it . Time management is tough . So I thought I would give you guys some tools to really help you , because this isn't just a work thing .

Speaker 1 14:09

These are things that I use also in my personal life , too , because I think one of the things is is there every time someone says to me I don't have enough time , I have too many things on my plate . One of the things that I really work with them on is okay , let's look at your week and the minute . I say that I get so much resistance , and the reason why is because then you have to look in the mirror and you have to be honest with yourself about how you're spending your time , and I'll share with you . Last year , I did this , I color coded it , I had an Excel and I was shocked at how much time I was spending on things I shouldn't have been spending my time on . So I actually implemented that again this year because I really wanted to really be disciplined with my time , and so some ways to do this is to really understand like , ok , where am I spending my time ? So this is a process . This isn't something that's going to happen overnight , but you have to be honest with yourself .

Speaker 1 15:10

Okay , are you scrolling through social media during the day ? Um , when maybe you had time blocked off to do X , y , z ? Well , that took 15 minutes maybe . Just scroll and then you're trying to get back into something . So , when you so , when you're doing that again , that again you're not doing the action of something that you've said that you would . So Toggle is a great activity that you can do . It's an app on your phone . It's called T-O-G-G-I . It is really phenomenal . It actually you can have it sitting right on your phone and you can hit it and put in the information . Like maybe you're writing for me , it's like I'm working with a coaching client or I have a keynote that I'm writing , or someone called me and I track every time , and then I actually track every time I get interrupted . That was a really big eye opener of realizing , like , how much start and stop I had .

Speaker 1 16:02

Another one is color blocking your week , color coding every type of topic or every type of theme in your workday and noticing how much time you're spending on different things , creating a daily to-do list . So I see a lot of influencers start their day off creating that . This is actually feedback that I got from the corporate world , too is we had some people start their make their to-do list throughout the day . I actually do it the night before . This is something that I've been doing since the beginning of 2025 . And this has been a game changer for me . So I block every hour , every half hour , whatever I'm working on and I really stick to that structure . Now , it's not perfect all the time , but I have seen tremendous change in me actually doing action versus talking in circles about things and then having lists Okay , these are the things I knew I accomplished this week , and then it helps you say no to things that aren't helping you accomplish those things . So time management is a game changer .

Speaker 1 17:00

When you're saying I wanna make action , I wanna stop talking about things , that's one piece . The other one is adapting an action-oriented mindset . So define for yourself what do you want your day to look like ? What is the smallest step I need to do today to move forward to achieve this outcome that I want ? Maybe in a meeting starting out like okay , the objective of this meeting is X , it is all about being actionable and having that mindset . So the more that you get into that mindset , the more you're going to see you do that in everyday life . It's actually helped our marriage , I would say , just like with , like you know , little things that we have to do . My husband travels a lot , so we always make a list of like what are all the things that we need to accomplish together before he leaves again , so that we're always in balance and communicating and honestly , it's across all of my life endeavors is to really look at how to have a more actionable oriented mindset so that I'm just not wasting time talking about it but actually doing it .

Speaker 1 18:07

Another one you can do is a meeting makeover . Look at your meetings Do you have . Can they just be 15 minutes ? Can they just be 30 ? Can they just be 45 ? Or do they need to be an hour ? So think about how long it is actually taking you . If you are having every week , these hour meetings blocked on your calendar and you're like you know what , we actually go an hour and a half . Notice how are you spending your time , and sometimes that's okay , as long as , like , it's being an accomplished one and maybe you're having a working meeting . Another one is like you know what ? We put an hour on our calendar but really we only talk for 20 minutes . Great , move it to 20 minutes . Now you've just saved 40 minutes to accomplish doing things . So pretty awesome .

Speaker 1 18:50

You can also set clear agendas . So , especially if these are reoccurring , people should already know what to expect at these meetings . Right , you probably have the same structure every time , with a few ad hoc items . So if so , you should probably be making sure that you're showing up with all of your action items and your teammates , and if they're not , you need to have those conversations because , again , you're not focusing on doing , you're just again talking about oh yeah , I'll get to that . Oh yeah , I'll get to that . Versus being like yep , I did these things or yep , that's on week . This week that's coming up that I'm going to be having as a priority .

Speaker 1 19:25

Some other communication tools that I found have been helpful is Slack . People love Slack . People love just jumping on a Google Meet really quick . We use Google Chat for our company and I think there's so many out there . But also , if someone's like hey , do you have five minutes and you don't , and you're in the middle of like your zone of genius work and you're really making progress on something , maybe just say to them like , can I call you at 3 pm , because maybe your time in the morning you want to spend on something , unless it's urgent , don't feel guilty Because again , if you're in the mode of action and doing things versus talking about things , that is going to interrupt that piece for you and you're just going to continue to fall behind .

Speaker 1 20:10

And the last one is cut the fluff . I think people probably might disagree with me on this , because some people really love the fluff , but what I have noticed about my life is the connections and the community and the relationships that I've built . There is no fluff . We're real , we're honest with each other . We're having great conversations and some of my best meetings are the ones where we're diving into the real work and we're cutting a lot of the fluff out , because then guess what People actually respect it because you're respecting their time more , because you're being very like . Here's the things that I need from you . Here's the way like I'm having this problem . Can you help me find this solution ? And it's just so much more of a connection piece . I've just seen this with everything that I do . People really , really value that .

Speaker 1 21:02

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Speaker 1 21:30

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Effective Communication for Productive Conversations

Speaker 1 22:48

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Speaker 1 24:20

And then the last section is really saving time on conversations that I wanna talk about , and I wanna be honest , I really struggled with putting this one in this podcast , because I don't want to come off as though I don't think conversations are important . Honestly , I have conversations every day . Everything I do has connection and conversation , but one of the things I've really noticed in the past couple of years of my life probably in my 30s , let's be honest is that I really just want meaningful connection . I could talk about business all day long . I love it . I love getting feedback from people and having conversations , and what I don't love , though , is when we're having conversations because we feel an obligation versus honestly having conversations to make actions in our lives , and the action doesn't have to be big . It could be really building a meaningful , beautiful relationship with someone . It could be that .

Speaker 1 25:14

You know I really need help with this project . Can you guys help me with it ? You know I have coffee once a month with two of my girlfriends and then I have dinner with two other girlfriends every time and it's not small talk that we're having . We're helping each other out , we're having solution-based conversations and I think one of the cool things is we're also just catching up and being girls . So it doesn't always have to be about doing all the things , but I think what it is is like I'm like , hmm , I never thought about it that way and I'm always reflecting and having very valuable conversations , thought about it that way and I'm always reflecting and having very valuable conversations .

Speaker 1 25:52

So one of the things that I remember during COVID time and I'll take us back there , guys , for a second is people were like oh good , we're done with water cooler talk . No more of these odd conversations , I'm getting so much done . Then , on the flip side , a lot of people were struggling with like well , those water cool conversations . I actually got like XYZ done because I ran into someone in the cafeteria or ran into someone at coffee or someone at work and then I was able to ask them things in person . Now here's the difference when you're running into someone , to get an answer on a project that you're working with is great , but when you're having not fulfilling conversation just because you feel like you have to have those conversations . There is no action there , but there is action in those other pieces .

Speaker 1 26:33

So when I say cut water , cooler talk , I am saying cut unwanted water , cooler talk , because I truly believe like conversation and connection is like huge , but having real ones , because one of the things that I have just heard with all industries that I work with is back to time management , priorities and not having enough time . But then when I look at their weeks where we have conversations , I'm like we've had so many not important like not not good conversations that we've wasted 10 hours in the week . Now , I'm not saying that everything's a waste and everything has to be structured perfectly . I'm a structured person , so I love all this stuff . But what I'm saying is that sometimes we feel this obligation when really I would rather have a deep conversation and connection with someone I love . When my friends and I have these amazing conversations about real things , now do I want to catch up and see how they are ? Absolutely , do I want to do that with everybody ? Absolutely . But there is a cutting off point where it's like okay , let's get into action mode or like how can I support you , how do I become a better friend , a colleague , or how do we work on this project better together ?

Speaker 1 27:45

And then the next one the power of directness . Now , this has gotten me in a little bit of trouble over the years . I've actually been told by a lot of people that I'm a little too direct , and so I've been working on that over the years . But I think there is this power in being direct , being upfront about can you get this to me by this date ? Can you commit to that ? Or someone saying back to me I see what you want me to do here . Can I get that to you by next Thursday ? Instead of that pushback to each other , just finding that common ground of a due date . Right , maybe avoid over explaining if you don't need to . There are many times where people have said things to me I'm like got it , but then they keep explaining it . I'm like , if I have any more questions , I'll let you know .

Speaker 1 28:27

But it's also important to know that person's personality as well . And then again , being flexible . Everybody's a little bit different , but everybody doesn't do directness well . But when you can , I promise you that it's really awesome . I have a lot of relationships where I'm very direct and honestly . It's some of the best relationships that I have . A lot of relationships where I'm very direct and honestly . It's some of the best relationships that I have , because we're just so honest with each other and no feelings are hurt and then we're accomplishing so much together . It's pretty cool . And then this is actually a podcast that we had on in 2024 about boundaries .

Speaker 1 29:01

So if you only have 10 minutes because you want to work on an action and you want to like , instead of talking in circles , you know this person is going to say like , hey , I have 10 minutes , let's focus on like what you need from me , and then let's move on and then avoid revisiting the same topic multiple times . And avoid revisiting the same topic multiple times . There is a point where it's like OK , we've talked about this enough . Either the solution's there or we have to put that in the back corner for a while . And my husband and I have actually had those conversations in our own marriage where we've had conversations where I'm like OK , we need to find a solution or we need to move on from this , and I think even in work that happens and all these things because instead of continuously talking about the problem . How are we going to find that solution and make actions from it ? So , again , start , stop talking , start doing .

Speaker 1 29:51

And the last one how do we use tools to help us ? Meaning , let's use technology . So I've already shared about Slack . There's ones like Asano Trilio . I think there's one called hey Monday , looking at how to have like different things that you can use for meetings . How do you use Loom ? That's like how , if someone needs additional feedback on something , instead of having to have a 30 minute meeting , you can just send them a video of here's the edits Google Docs for collaboration . Of here's the edits Google Docs for collaboration .

Speaker 1 30:25

My husband and I use different apps on our phone where , if we even have our grocery list , we actually collaborate on that so that we're always adding things and then who's ever going to go to the grocery store that week already has the list . So that's been pretty helpful for us . We actually have our goals on there to check in with each other , and then we have a bucket list of actions that we want in our marriage as well . So that's pretty cool . In my company we use Asana , and then in my coaching business I have a variety of things too . The other thing you can do is have checklists and deadlines . I love checklists and deadlines . I also love milestones and timelines , but also , how do you hold each other accountable without micromanaging ?

Speaker 1 31:03

Again back to what Kelsey's built for my team , which is scorecards , which are just so powerful , and I know I shared a lot today . I shared a lot , but I really felt really strong about this conversation because what I just have seen as themes over the last couple of years , specifically last year , was a lot of talk versus action and making things happen , and as someone who has extreme goals and , honestly , being surrounded by people that have extreme goals , I want to help them succeed , and so a lot of the tools that you're seeing are people that people have resisted them . People really have the people that have been flexible , have been open to these conversations with me . I have seen them succeed in so many ways . I have a few companies that I'm working with and it is mind blowing the growth that that company has had because they've been open to listening and being open to trying and , honestly , a lot of them have had more time to be more strategic because of the things and the actions that we've put into place , and so , whether you're looking for something for yourself , personally or professionally maybe someone in your life needs to hear this as well is we all have goals , we all have aspirations , honestly , and sometimes what we want to do with our lives is just be happy , and so let's put these actions into place so that we really make a change in our lives . Now I'm going to caveat off of all of this and say I'm a visionary , like I said , and I never want you to give up on dreaming . That is not what I want from you listening to this podcast . I want dreaming to be part of it . I want you to dream really big , and then what I want you to do is put action behind it . There are so many success stories of individuals working behind the scenes , spending time focusing on the actionable things that I've seen just like really be successful personally and professionally , and that's what I want for all of you .

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So , again , thank you so much for tuning in today . Please subscribe to our YouTube channel , subscribe to our social media , make sure to follow us , and , if I can help you in any way , maybe that's coaching , one-on-one meeting with your team . Maybe that means that you need to download the Lead Within platform if you haven't yet to really help you with some tools to help you be more actionable . Maybe you're looking to grow in confidence or self-esteem , or limiting beliefs , but you keep talking about it . Well , this is your moment to take the action , and my challenge for all of you is take one thing from today and start to implement into your life . Maybe you just need to write right on your computer Stop talking about it and start doing it because you want to achieve your dreams . I'm there with you . I'm going to be doing that with you , and I will continue to share my journey , alongside just the goals and aspirations I have , because I think it's really important for me to be alongside of you in this as well . So , like I say on every podcast , continue to spread love and kindness to everybody that you meet and have a great day , thank you .

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