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Intentional Action: Your Key to Being Productive, Not Busy

Published 10 months ago • 1 min read

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Have you ever gone through your day just putting out fires and running on a hamster wheel where you don't even know how you got there or how to stop? That's reactive action and too often we live our lives in a reactive state because we’re just trying to get by. We're surviving, which is essential, but we're rarely productive.

We’re taught to hustle and grind to get things done and that to be productive means to go-go-go. Then, when we struggle and ask for help, we are given traditional productivity solutions designed by and intended for the majority of the population. Why is that a problem? Those solutions are for the neurotypical brain (those strong executive functions) and the singular focused person.

Everyone else…the multi-passionates, neurodiverse, and the overwhelmed creatives and caregivers…are left wondering why we can’t achieve the same results with those solutions and if there is something wrong with us.

If that sounds familiar, let me reassure you, it's not you who failed, it's the system.

So what's the answer? Intentional action. Intentional action means aligning your approach with your unique needs, strengths, and values. It's about self-awareness, setting boundaries, and embracing flexibility.

When you take intentional action, the results are transformative: improved time management, reduced overwhelm, and increased self-confidence, to name a few! I share more details in Episode 247 of the podcast and have many resources to support this approach.

If you're ready to break free from the productivity trap, start with intentional action. To do that means knowing who you are and how you work best. The Positively Productive Toolkit includes workbooks to assist with the self-discovery necessary to redefine and approach productivity on your own terms!

If you haven't yet, click the link and check them out! Which one will you start with? Try the assessments if you love quizzes, the core values for the foundation of it all, or the joy list, which you may need most of all right now. Reply and let me know where you're starting and what your discovery first.

♥

Lisa

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