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Authentic Market Discovery

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Joyful Productivity (Course)

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✨ Authentic Outreach (AO)

AI Tools for Solopreneurs

Conscious Money Flow

Create Your Framework

🙋 Effortless Yes

🌈 Energy Signature

Facebook Ads & Marketing

️ Interview Mastery

‍ Launch Your Group Program

🪙 Simple Authentic Moneymaking

Simple Podcast Creation

Substack Course

"What do you do?"

🎬 YouTube Mastery

Welcome!

13:10

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Course Platform Orientation

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Bonus Q&A Webinars -- Live Support Calls

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🎁 2 Months Access to Work Retreats

2 Spiral learning

꩜ Spiral learning

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The Joyful Productivity Self-Assessment

Become one of the most effective people in your niche by improving yourr skills of joyful productivity

Why it matters

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🙌🏾 Progress thread -- share how you're growing 😊

Some motivation to get you going 👟

58:20

Developing Consistency and Discipline, and the importance of moving through resistance

🧘🏻‍♀️ Developing Consistency and Discipline, and moving through resistance...

Befriending your calendar

Befriending your calendar 🤗

Parkinson's Law & building a viable business..

Parkinson's Law & building a viable business...

Why does Procrastination happen and what are the solutions?

Why does Procrastination happen and what are the solutions?

✨ The Energy Reboot: Why & How

1:04:30

Creating a deep sense of ease as a foundation for joyful productivity -- sustaining your efforts toward a viable business

Creating a deep sense of ease as a foundation for joyful productivity -- sustaining your efforts toward a viable business

JP1 The essence of joyful productivity - the energy reboot - origin story and what it's done for me

The essence of joyful productivity - the Energy Reboot - and what it's done for me...

JP2 Energy Reboot Sample

The Energy Reboot (sample exercise)

JP3 What sources of wisdom informs your spiritual practice?

What sources of wisdom informs your spiritual practice?

How do you remind yourself to keep returning to your own energy reboot?

How do you remind yourself to keep returning to your own energy reboot?

Energy Reboot 4

Energy Reboot 4

🎹 Deliberate Practice

1:07:22

What is Deliberate Practice and my background with it

What is Deliberate Practice and my background with it

Hard to pick just one thing for DP? The practice of PRIORITIZING

Hard to pick just one thing for DP? The practice of PRIORITIZING business activities.

Resistance to deliberate practice 😅 and ADHD

Resistance to deliberate practice 😅 and ADHD

The Deliberate Practice template

The Deliberate Practice Template

Overwhelm with too many sub-skills..

Overwhelm with too many sub-skills...

Focus on ONE deliberate practice project at a time..

Focus on ONE deliberate practice project at a time...

Example: designing Deliberate Practice for "working lightly" for gentle launches

Example: designing Deliberate Practice for "working lightly" for gentle launches

Deliberate Practice Reflection Prompt

Deliberate Practice Reflection Prompt

Example of Deliberate Practice Log (meeting facilitation)

Example of Deliberate Practice Log (meeting facilitation)

It's an ongoing practice :)

It's an ongoing practice :)

Well-Being

25:56

Well-Being Practices

🥰 Well-Being Practices

💪🏽 Habit Creation

11:44

Habit Creation

Habit Creation

Tracking habits and how to be more consistent with it

Tracking your habits consistently

Morning Review 🌞

27:15

Morning Review

🗓 The Morning Review + Energy Adjustments ✨

Co-Working

32:00

⏱ 25-minute Work Session, in the mode of of Joyful Productivity ✨

⏱ 25-minute Work Session, in the mode of of Joyful Productivity ✨

George Kao Focusmate Orientation

Focusmate -- George Kao Community

Weekly Planning -- Part 1 -- The Basics

59:37

Calendar Design Part 1 CARE Multiple Modes

Plan with CARE, Stamina, and Multiple Calendar Modes

Minimum time for business and how to allocate that?

Minimum Business Time

Time management -- how much time to allocate to your projects and tasks?

How much time to allocate to your projects and tasks?

Do you schedule "screw the schedule" times? Re Sabbaths and Vacations

Do you schedule "screw the schedule" times? Re: Sabbaths and Vacations...

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The power of routine

Rest before you need to

Rest before you need to

The importance of practicing the BREAKING of flow

The importance of practicing the BREAKING of flow...

Time Logging / Tracking - A Practice of Awareness

28:42

Time Logging Time Tracking Intro

Time Logging Time Tracking Intro

Time logging - how to remind yourself

Time logging - how to remind yourself

Clarify an uplifting ritual for your time logging

Clarify an uplifting ritual for your time logging...

Auditing our time log - questions to ask to improve your model calendar

Auditing our time log - questions to ask to improve your model calendar...

Weekly Planning -- Part 2 -- Advanced

1:24:33

Lesson -- Calendaring_ 168 Hours Per Week

Detailed Weekly Planning

Example of Weekly Planning -- George Kao's Calendar

Examples of Calendars -- including George Kao's own weekly plan

JP course -- What if your stable calendar needs to change?

What if your stable calendar needs to change?

Calendaring -- notice your energy throughout the day and schedule mindfully

Notice your energy throughout the day and schedule mindfully...

Calendar Part 3 - adjusting your self-appointments based on clients and others

Managing calendar while making space for client appointments and unexpected meetings...

Putting open client spots in Google Calendar

Putting open client spots in Google Calendar without blocking off that time in your appt scheduler

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(Optional) Planning Your Business Time

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(Optional) To-do list vs Calendar: detail & quick capture vs. coordination of categories for action

why switch to Digital calendar instead of Paper agenda or physical calendar?

(Optional) why switch to Digital calendar instead of Paper agenda or physical calendar?

Color blocks on google calendar

(Optional) Creating color blocks on google calendar

Overwhelmed... "I'm just not cut out for this!"

19:46

JP1 The factors needed for success in any field

The factors needed for success in any field...

JP2 Feeling very overwhelmed and defeated

"Feeling very overwhelmed and defeated..."

JP I'm just not cut out for this I'm not you George

"I'm just not cut out for this... I'm not you, George."

JP2 one step at a time

"One step at a time..."

Unwinding & Quick Breaks

53:16

Unwinding throughout the day...

Unwinding throughout the day...

Design your Quick Break routine

Design your Quick Break routine

Recovering after a break and getting back into momentum

After a break, getting back into momentum...

You are already doing enough

You are already doing enough 🥰

Creative Tension and why we can't create fulfillment without some strain and unwinding

(Optional) Creative Tension & why we can't create fulfillment without some "strain" thus unwinding...

Unwinding when you are running errands

(Optional) Unwinding when you are running errands...

CCC: Capture, Categorize, Calendar

40:56

CCC Capture Categorize Calendar 2022-08-15

Capture, Categorize, Calendar

When should you categorize and prioritize your ideas?

When should you categorize and prioritize your ideas?

The 4th C to Capture Categorize Calendar_

(Optional) The 4th "C" to Capture Categorize Calendar...

Organizing by Deliverables + Decluttering Your Desktop

32:26

Organize by Deliverables

Organize Information by Deliverables... not by Knowledge Base

So many notes to gather and integrate for a book course or client program

When you have so many notes to gather & integrate to create a book, course or program...

Clear your desktop regularly

Clear your desktop regularly...

Empty computer trash occasionally

Empty your computer trash occasionally...

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But what about Learning Notes (e.g. from Books & Courses) including from this course? 😆

Do I store video files somewhere?

Do I store video files somewhere?

Basic system for organizing information

Basic system to organize all your important information...

(Optional) Additional tips about Organizing by Deliverables

25:21

Discussion about Organizing by Deliverables

(Optional) Further discussion about organizing our learning

Client Notes -- Organizing by Deliverables

(Optional) Organizing Client Notes -- brief discussion of strategy for this

Quick tips about using Google Docs and Drive to organize marketing launch

(Optional) Quick tips about using Google Docs and Drive to organize a launch

Hat Manuals

57:53

Hat Manual what is it and how to create one plus templates

What is a Hat Manual and how to create one?

Hat Manuals vs Project Documents

Hat Manuals vs Project Documents

Routine is boring -- how to make it interesting so I can be consistent?

Routine is boring -- how to make it interesting so you can be consistent?

Hat manuals should keep evolving

Hat manuals should keep evolving...

Hat manual - how do I organize it?

How I organize my Hat Manuals

(Optional) Google Docs for Hat Manuals

12:14

Google Docs heading styles for easily clickable document outline

Use Google Docs' heading styles for easily clickable document outline...

Google Docs headings - how to set default styles

Google Docs headings - how to set default styles?

Discussion ✍🏽

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Structure vs. Freedom

Your Start-of-work Ritual

1:10:46

What to expect in the first 15 minutes of any work period..

What to expect in the first 15 minutes of any work period...

Pep talk - why it's important to create a start of work ritual

Pep talk - why it's important to create a start of work ritual...

Creating your Flow Process for dissolving Resistance to working on what you planned

Creating your Flow Process for dissolving Resistance to working on what you planned

What to do next? Life's silence is beckoning you forward

What to do next? Life's silence is beckoning you forward...

How to prioritize our work time? DIVE into PLAN -- framework for prioritizing and working well

How to prioritize our work time? DIVE into PLAN -- framework for working well

Why I always work with a timer

Why I always work with a timer (and questions about it)

Working Lightly Part 1

41:53

Working Lightly -- an Overview

Working Lightly -- a Primer

Approaching your work more lightly so that you have stamina to succeed rather than burnout...

Approaching your work more lightly so that you have stamina to succeed rather than burnout...

Energetics of meetings with clients students and leaning back metaphorically letting them lead their transformation

(Optional) Energetics of meetings w/ clients or students -- leaning back metaphorically, letting them lead their own transformation

(Optional) Quantity vs Quality

15:19

Quantity vs Quality in Content and Offers

Quantity vs Quality in Content and Offers

Will people stick with you through lower quality content and offers?

Will people stick with you through lower-quality content and offers?

Transitions / Context Switching

29:03

Transitions Context Switching Segmenting Work

Transitions, Context Switching, and Segmenting Work

Transitions from meetings to working isolation

Transitions from meetings to "by yourself" types of work

Managing Overwhelm

29:42

An Overwhelming To-Do List_ Time it, Trim it, Transform it.

An Overwhelming To-Do List? Time it, Trim it, Transform it..

How to deal with overwhelm_ Apply temporary constraints.

My essential tool for managing overwhelm: Temporary Constraints 🚦

When chaotic & overwhelmed, how do you reset yourself_

Example of resetting from overwhelm by quickly writing down...

one thing at a time

Tool for overwhelm: one step at a time

Allow more organic timelines

Allow more organic timelines for yourself...

(Optional) More guidance about Overwhelm

41:45

Lesson -- Digesting Overwhelm

(Optional) -- In-depth exercises for dissolving Overwhelm

Creating Healthy Boundaries

32:36

Checking social media too often? Ways to break your addiction and use the apps just enough

Checking social media too often? Ways to break your addiction and use the apps just enough...

Checking email too often? A few tips

Checking email too often? A few tips...

caretaking

On Caretaking for others...

When going on a long break or vacation, how to think about our Social media management as a solopreneur?

When going on a long break or vacation, how to think about our Social media management as a solopreneur?

👩🏽‍💻 Browser Shortcuts + So Many Tabs! + Organizing Bookmarks 🔖

59:53

Intro to the Browser Efficiency module

Intro to the Browser Efficiency Module...

Browser Shortcut_ Zoom in or out -- easier to read!

Browser Shortcut -- Zoom in or out -- easier to read!

Browser Shortcut_ Go to left or right tab, or last tab

Browser Shortcut -- Go to left or right tab, or last tab

Browser Shortcuts_ New tab, Set homepage

Browser Shortcuts -- New tab, Set homepage

Quickly open a specific Google Drive folder using a Chrome bookmark

Quickly open a specific Google Drive folder using a Chrome bookmark!

Bookmarks Bar_ How I organize mine

Bookmarks Bar -- How I organize mine

Browser_ How to create and organize bookmarks _ bookmarks bar

How to create and organize bookmarks / bookmarks bar

Rename your bookmarks & folders to save space in the Bookmarks Bar

🏷 Rename your bookmarks & folders to save space in the Bookmarks Bar

Bookmark Folders_ moving them around _ opening several bookmarks at aonce

Bookmark Folders: moving them around / opening several bookmarks at once

Decluttering your bookmarks

🧹 Decluttering your bookmarks

Pin your frequently-accessed browser tabs

Pin your frequently-accessed browser tabs

Decluttering your browser tabs (close them to make your internet faster!)

Close your browser tabs to make your internet faster! :)

How to efficiently clear browser tabs on Google Chrome

An efficient way to clear browser tabs in Google Chrome

Google Chrome_ use Task Manager to see which tabs drain the most energy and slow down your computer

Google Chrome: use Task Manager to see which tabs drain the most energy and slow down your computer

Browser cache? Not needed to be cleared

Browser cache? No need to clear it.

Truly Deep Work

38:41

Truly Deep Work

Truly Deep Work -- reframing work as more than a means-to-an-end...

4 ways to reframe Work as worthwhile in itself

4 ways to reframe Work as worthwhile in itself

EXERCISE -- truly working deeply

EXERCISE -- truly working deeply

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How will you remember to truly work deeply?

Dealing with tech challenges with more joyful productivity

Dealing with tech challenges 🤷🏻‍♂️ with less frustration, a bit more sacredness & Spirit 😄

Following Your Calendar (Productivity Integrity)

1:00:41

1 Repair your relationship to the calendar

Repair your relationship to your calendar...

Repairing our relationship to our timers (which allows us to follow our calendars)

Repairing our relationship to our timers... 1-minute exercise x3

2 Gradually build up your productivity stamina : calendar following

Gradually build up your productivity stamina & following your calendar

3 How do you remember to look at your calendar? Notifications and reminders : calendar habit

How do you remember to look at your calendar? Notifications and reminders / calendar habit

4 Strict Lenient Gentle and Big Picture Perfectionism

Strict, Lenient, Gentle... and Big Picture Perfectionism

5 TNT Trance Next Trust

TNT -- Trance, Next, Trust...

6 Successfully following your calendar is a suite of productivity skills to revisit

Successfully following your calendar is a suite of productivity skills to revisit...

Hard to follow calendar? Telescope it out... use a short priorities list instead

Still hard to follow calendar? Telescope it out... use a short priorities list instead.

Working Lightly Part 2 -- A Lighter Touch ✨

24:11

How to work lightly with tech challenges?

How to work lightly with tech challenges?

JP1 Frequent Energy Reboots

Frequent Energy Reboots

JP2 Your spiritual practice vs your work

Your spiritual practice vs your "work"

JP1 When not working lightly, where do you feel that in your body?

When not working lightly, where do you feel that in your body?

JP2 Change your seating position occasionally

Change your seating position occasionally

JP3 How else might you work more lightly?

How else might you work more lightly?

EOD Process (End-of-Day)

26:56

EOD 1 - why EOD?

Why it's important to have an EOD process

EOD 2 the checklist

The EOD Checklist

EOD 3 - When do the EOD?

When will you do your EOD process (and how long)?

Email Inbox Zero

26:52

1 The importance of Inbox Zero

The importance of Inbox Zero

2 Begin with inbox zero -- takes only a few minutes!

Begin with inbox zero -- takes only a few minutes!

3 The ongoing 7 steps for inbox zero

The ongoing 7 steps for inbox zero

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Archive or Delete?

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Beginner tutorials: how to use your gmail (and other software)

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More email tips

Daily Practice – You’re doing enough – let stuff go!

26:58

1 The importance of practicing Letting Things Go (and it's not forever - out of sight out of mind for now)

The importance of practicing Letting Things Go (and it's not forever - out of sight out of mind for now)

2 Start with your 3 Big Rocks

Start with your 3 Big Rocks

3 Simple Embodied Releases

Simple Embodied Releases

4 To-do list and how to let tasks go

To-do list and how to let tasks go...

5 My business Big Rocks and also my to-drop list

For Solopreneurs – To-Drop vs Truly Productive List

To Do Lists

28:02

1 Why do you keep a To Do list?

Why do you keep a To Do list?

2 Remember to CCC

Remember to CCC

3 Occasional Clearing of To-Do List when you're overwhelmed

Occasional Process of Clearing of To-Do List -- when you're overwhelmed

4 Why we have trouble estimating time for tasks

Why we have trouble estimating time for tasks

5 Daily To Do List clearing process

Daily To Do List clearing process

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What if your tasks/projects seem to be all Big Rocks... no sand? How to prioritize?

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Come to my Q&A

The EADA method -- how to do less by analyzing your regular tasks

23:24

1 First list out regular tasks & evaluate enjoyment expertise effect (EEE)

First list out regular tasks & evaluate enjoyment, expertise, effect...

2 Then do the EADA process

Then do the EADA process -- Eliminate Automate Delegate Appreciate

3 Find someone to do EADA with

Find someone to do EADA with 🤗

Search tips

14:05

Don't organize so much -- learn to search well instead

Don't organize so much -- learn to search well instead

Label your files & folders with more keywords

Label your files & folders with more keywords

Search 1 - Press enter or return to see many more results than only the suggested ones

When searching, press enter or return to see many more results than only the suggested ones

Search 2 - Add in one or more keywords to the search

Then add in one or more keywords to the search...

Search 3 - Filter the search

Then filter the search...

Working Lightly Part 3 -- Necessary For Success 😄

22:43

Working Lightly 2a The shocking realization of what it takes

The shocking realization of what it takes...

Working Lightly 2b Work in Versions

Therefore, Work in Versions...

Your audience right now is so much smaller than it will be

OK to embarrass yourself now 😅 because your future audience will be so much bigger...

Archive / Even More Optional Lessons :)

6:01

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Manage Your Trances -- Conscious Living / Time Blindness 😑

How I find joy in the discipline of creating content consistently

How I find joy in the discipline of creating consistently...

Soul Gym Members

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You'll get a new module every 2 weeks :)

Spiral Learning 🌀

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Begin again...

🌱 The Joyful Productivity Course › 🎹 Deliberate Practice

What is Deliberate Practice and my background with it

Updated Dec 30, 2024

What comes to mind when you hear "Deliberate Practice"?

What are your initial thoughts and feelings about applying this concept to your work and life?

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