Structure Your Day for Peak Performance with Deborah Russell

What if your to-do list wasn’t a source of stress… but a strategy for success?

In this episode of the Essential Coaching Skills Podcast, Doug O’Brien sits down with leadership coach and longtime Tony Robbins trainer, Deborah Russell, to unpack one of the most underestimated coaching tools: how you manage your day.

Deborah shares her journey from coaching for Robbins Research to creating her own leadership programs—and why mastering your mindset around time is the real key to peak performance. Whether you're a coach, leader, or solopreneur juggling 1,000 things, this episode will help you work smarter, not harder.

🧠 Learn:
• How to structure your day for real results
• Why time management is really self-management
• How constraints unlock creativity
• Why most people resist delegation—and how to fix it
• Behind-the-scenes stories from Tony Robbins’ world

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00:00 – Intro: Meet Deborah Russell
02:45 – Coaching for Tony Robbins (36 years of insights)
07:40 – Structuring your day for peak performance
13:10 – Why most people resist time management
19:35 – Shifting mindsets around time = more freedom
25:50 – How Deborah’s beliefs about structure evolved
30:15 – The surprising power of constraints
36:00 – Delegation: why most people do it wrong
42:20 – Strategic planning lessons from McDonald’s & the military