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Just Released — Being Productive – Simple Steps to Calm Focus
Dear Readers,
I’m excited to announce that Being Productive: Simple Steps to Calm Focus is now available!.
Note, if you own the Zen & The Art of Work course, you’ll get the new course for free. Being Productive is a free upgrade. Just go to your Gumroad account, and it’ll be there.
What is Being Productive?
Being Productive is the simplest presentation of my workflow, separated from any tool or heavy theory. You can use pen and paper or a complex task system, either way. The concepts remain the same. It is my core productivity set.
If you’re looking for a solid course on how to be productive, this is it. It condenses years of therapy, creativity, meditation, work on productivity and more into a set of 14 exercises with the highest production values I could muster.
If you enjoyed Creating Flow with OmniFocus but are looking for something to instead give you an overall picture of productivity, this is it. If you enjoyed Workflow Mastery, but just want to get at the meat of doing work, this is it.
The course starts with very general but fundamental basics of good workflows. It then progresses into more concrete suggestions as you go along. Here is the outline:
- Module 01 – Introduction – Learn a key ingredient of productivity.
- Module 02 – Choosing Your Focus – Learn to make solid decisions about projects and next actions.
- Module 03 – Taking a Step – Learn to engage your work at a subtle and deep level.
- Module 04 – Walking Paths – Learn to engage work with regularity to build momentum and large projects.
- Module 05 – Preparing Time – Learn to set the rest of your work aside for full focus.
- Module 06 – Setting Thoughts Aside – Learn optimal uses of an Inbox.
- Module 07 – Addressing Thoughts – Learn where to set ideas so they’ll be ready for you when you’re ready for them.
- Module 08 – Using Action Lists – Learn to build helpful routines and structures to further build your focus.
- Module 09 – Preparing Space & Attention – Learn techniques to optimize your environment and avoid procrastination.
- Module 10 – Creating Next Actions – Learn to break work down to ease forward motion.
- Module 11 – Mastery – Learn to find the basics of work so you can find play and mastery.
- Module 12 – Setting Work Aside – Learn to set work aside and create supportive environments to make productivity easier.
- Module 13 – Preparing the Day – Learn to prepare and plan to make your decisions easier.
- Module 14 – Reviewing Systems – Learn to create genuine trust in your systems so you can have a clear mind.
- Module 15 – Charting Courses – Learn to balance your work so you can easily know what you can and cannot take on.
- Module 16 – Practicing – Bring all you’ve learned together.
How Much and Where?
The course is $34.95 and is available at UsingOmniFocus.com, Kourosh
What is Productivity?
Productivity is many things. For some, it is about doing a lot in a little time.
But, truly, productivity is so much more. It is about:
- Setting yourself up for success.
- Being focused where you want to be.
- Doing things that you find meaningful.
- Being creative, sometimes even in harsh environments.
- Forging your own paths.
- Finding your voice and delivering it well.
- Knowing and actively deciding on your obligations.
- Knowing where and how to say “no”.
- Avoiding procrastination.
Too often, many of us fall into just going along with and fighting whatever the world throws at us. “Go with the flow!”, we say. Meanwhile, we might think, “I’d like to do that one thing. Maybe one day I will.” The days go by. The goal never arrives, and then we wonder why or blame circumstance.
But when we learn to take charge of our lives and the world
around us, we start living life with intention.
Of course, striking out may seem scary. It takes courage to live life with purpose and on purpose. Roadblocks and worries, fears and concerns show up everywhere.
This is my passion. I want to help you to find that sense of your own unique play to meet the world so that you can:
- Create a life that is yours.
- Find and follow an inner guide in a way that works for you and those you care for.
- Decide on your obligations and meet them while building the world you want.
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