It’s frustrating to get to the end of a week and feel like you haven’t really gotten anywhere, even though you’ve been working your tail off. All too often, it’s not that […]
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What To Do When You Feel Resistance Set In
We, humans, love to give ourselves a hard time. We learn to ignore our intuition, even when we feel our stomachs drop or our shoulders tense up. We think that we need […]
Momentum Planner vs. Panda Planner: What’s Best?
There’s an almost infinite variety of planners, including thick book-style planners, printable planners, decorative and customizable planners, and more. Older, more traditional planners like Franklin Covey follow very rigid planning systems, essentially […]
How to Improve Team Productivity with the Weekly Cadence
I wrote recently about how we were shifting our operations here at PF, and another concept we’ve been implementing lately is the weekly cadence. This is something Charlie’s been doing implicitly for […]
August 2021 Planning Tips: Soak Up Summer While Making Progress On Your Goals
With this summer being a refreshing bright spot in the past year and a half of darkness, it’s possible you’ve been taking extra advantage of the sunnier days this season. Hopefully, this […]
Safe at Home
Breathing in: I am safe. Breathing out: I am held. As I sat in the hot tub yesterday morning enjoying the sounds of the waterfall in our backyard, the morning birds chirping, […]
This Fractured Self
More expectations than can be managed. Never enough. Never hitting the mark. This fractured self. Will it ever be whole? Lying awake counting Not sheep. But the ways I didn’t measure up […]
My 3 Biggest Obstacles to a Digital-Primary Reading Practice
In June 2021, I started the process of habituating myself to effectively read from digital sources. Specifically, I’m working on encoding and referencing the information. I read a lot on a screen, […]
Willing
Spirit called: Are you willing? To come home. To be you. Mind clouded. Heart weary. Soul in need. Are you ready? Lay down the armor. Take off the mask. Pause the striving. […]
Three Delegation Skills to Get Your New Hires Contributing Right Away
After weeks — or maybe even months — of sifting through candidates, methodically hosting interview after interview, and finally narrowing your search down to the one right person, you’ve found your new […]
Chasing the Squirrel: How I Stay Productive with ADHD
When I was diagnosed with ADHD, I decided to understand what that means for me. How does my brain function with ADHD? I’ve always been pretty productive, which is the opposite of […]
July 2021 Planning Tips: Organize Your Life and Prevent Burnout
It’s toasty here in the Northern Hemisphere, and we aren’t just talking about the temperature. Sure, we’ve got record-setting heat here on the West Coast, but the sun isn’t the only burn […]
Scale Back or Burn Out
I was hit with a hard truth last week. I’d had hints of this hard truth surfacing over the last month or more; however, every time the whisper came I quickly buried […]
Behind the Curtain: Why and How We’re Changing Up Operations at PF
Here at Productive Flourishing, 2021 has been a year of change (not that 2020 wasn’t… I’ve been calling this year 2020 the Sequel: Now It’s Personal, which sounds much more epic when […]
Find Your Focus By Widening Your View
If you’ve ever been to a yoga class, while wobbling in Tree pose you may have heard your teacher say, “Find your drishti.” Drishti is a Sanskrit word meaning “focus” or “gaze”, […]
ADHD + Productivity: Yes, I Did a Thing but not That Thing
During the COVID quarantine, I started experiencing some of the worst anxiety I’ve ever had. Constant, low-level dread about not doing my work well enough, even though feedback from almost everyone around […]
6 Ways to Level Up Your Leadership
There comes a point during your work for a company — one that you know you want to stick with and grow with — when you feel prepared to take on more […]
Here’s How to Mindfully Stay Present When Under Pressure
There’s a lot of talk these days about mindfulness and the importance of staying present. But when you’re in the throes of deadlines and emergencies, it’s extremely difficult to pause and really […]