The Art of Getting Things Done.

Life-Changing Lessons I learned from reading 100+ books a year, podcasts, and long periods of solitude.

Yasmeen Turayhi
6 min readNov 9, 2020

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In the last few years, I’ve tapped into the power of productivity and efficiency: I wrote a book, wrote and executive produced a film called “A Star in the Desert” (which won an international film award), wrote a few feature films that got into the 2nd round of the Sundance Writing Lab, read over 100 books, finished a 2-year vocational intuitive medicine program, and started my own product marketing consulting practice and have worked with over 15 clients, led workshops for Fortune 500 companies — and all through word of mouth.

I also serve on the Board of Directors of Techwadi and am passionate about mentoring aspiring entrepreneurs and especially those living on the margins. And my latest project is hosting the podcast show Gateways to Awakening on Hakawati, where I interview some of the leading experts on wellness and spirituality.

But it wasn’t always this way. For years, I suffered from terrible bouts of distraction every time I sat down to commit to a goal. I always felt like I should be someplace else; if my mind was one place, my body was in another. I was never totally “present” and while I could tap into presence for hours at a time or days at a time…

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Yasmeen Turayhi

Product Marketing Executive - Award Winning Film Writer — Podcaster. Obsessed with launching products. https://amzn.to/2wp1Hy7 & https://bit.ly/2G8tQQm