549 - Expanding Your Personal Energy - Productive People Part 1

<p><strong>Where does productivity come from? Planning our day the night before? Having solid routines? Having a beautiful and well-maintained planner? </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Those things are all important, but they aren’t necessarily going to make you more or less productive.</span></p> <p><strong>What are the differences between productive people vs. less productive people?</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To begin this podcast, I want to offer grace and understanding for those of you in phases of life where you have very little or no control over your productivity (such as a medical diagnosis, depression and active parenting years). I’ve been where you are and I know that these are all very real constraints.</span></p> <p><strong>Productivity comes from being in control of your time.</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In order to do this, you need to observe YOURSELF. Look at your day and pay close attention to your energy levels - physically, mentally and emotionally. Become curious about yourself. What makes you more or less energetic? How can you extend periods of productivity? How can you unlock more of your time?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, which is part one of a four-part series, I discuss the very first steps I took in my transformative journey to becoming my most productive self. I didn’t just wake up one day with the energy and capacity to be the CEO of Organize 365® while also getting my PhD. This was a long journey. The first step in this journey was a wake-up call for me.</span></p> <p><strong>I realized no one is coming to save me. If it’s going to be, it’s up to me.</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">This realization led me to quit my job and other habits that were draining my energy on all levels.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Through this series you can follow along on my productivity journey and learn how I had to take total ownership of my life. Productive people are obsessed with kn