Would you like to

be more productive?

I reckon I'm

pretty productive.

today I thought I'd take

you behind the scenes and

show you what I use to

help me be productive.

Now, what I have realized

is that my 50 percent is

probably everyone else's 80%.

So I know that sometimes I

have a lot of energy and a

lot of capacity to do things.

I also have some days

where I'm not motivated.

Shock horror.

I know this will

surprise some of you.

And there was a time a few

years ago in my business

when I was feeling like

was doing all the things,

you know, you're doing all

the things, you're putting

content out, you're having

conversations, you're doing

all the things and nothing

was getting me traction.

And I was like, this sucks.

And I was not motivated.

And I thought to myself,

I just don't have the

energy to keep going.

I feel like I'm banging my

head against a brick wall.

Who's with me, right?

You've had those

moments in business.

I'm sure of it.

And one of the things that

I, I realized was that I

just didn't have the energy.

I didn't have the energy

to stay motivated and

do what I needed to do.

So luckily I looked.

At all those things in tandem.

I went, what is

going on, Emma?

And so I decided to have

a meeting with myself

and figure out actually

what was going on.

I decided to take my own

advice and I listed all the

things that gave me joy.

And I listed all the things

that didn't give me joy.

I had to escape the house

because I couldn't do it

in the, it couldn't do the

thinking in the same four

walls in which I was working.

And so I took myself off.

I listed those things.

I also looked at the things

that I needed to keep doing

because that was me, the

things that I needed to stop

doing because they were,

pulling from my soul and the

things that I needed to start

doing that would help because

I couldn't do the same thing

and expect a different result.

I had to do

something different.

Yeah.

And so today is really

around, what are those things?

What are those

things that I did?

And they are both

physical and emotional.

And also there's some

things that might surprise

you during our little

conversation today.

Now, there's a little

internal compass.

or thermometer that I have.

And when I start to feel

resentment float up, when I

start to feel myself lacking

gratitude, when I start to

listen to myself whinging

out loud to no one normally,

when I start to feel those

things, I know it's time

to a step back and work on

that process all over again.

Do you know when it's coming?

I think if you can figure

out when it's coming, it's

like when you have a migraine

coming, sometimes it starts

as a little headache, but

you know, actually this

one's stronger in the eyes.

So if I don't stop now

and catch it, it's going

to turn into a migraine.

So this is what, You need

to do, you need to figure

out what are the warning

signs that I need to just

take a step back and do

some bits and pieces.

So, as I said, I've got a

couple of physical things

that I do and a couple

of emotional things that

help me stay productive.

Once I got out of that, funk,

I was able to put some things

in place that have really

helped me in good stead.

And some of the things I

already did, but I'd let

drop off the radar as we

do, we're all busy and

some things I needed to

kind of start from scratch.

One of the things I did was

put Block out time in my diary

and color code everything.

another coach by the name of

Michelle Broadbent has this

beautiful template called

the effective, I think it's

called the effective week.

And it helps you work out

your priority, how many

hours you've got and color

code those hours into

different bits and pieces.

So I've got CEO time.

I've got admin time.

I only have one hour admin

time because I hate admin.

I've got delivery time.

I've got relationship time.

Those two things

are big for me.

And so now I, at a glance,

I can look at my diary

and I can see, Oh, I've

got all of that on.

And then I go overlay it

with how much energy do I

need to bring to that day?

If I need to bring a lot

of energy to that day,

or if do I have to have

more breaks because I'm

doing more delivery.

And when I do delivery

of, One on one coaching.

Sometimes those conversations

are really heavy.

So I need to have a

little break in between

to manage my own energy.

So blocking out my time has

been an absolute game changer.

Two, I use the

Pomodoro technique.

This is not new.

Everyone's heard me bang on

about it, but it's a Pomodoro.

It's, I've got a tomato timer.

Cause that's the telling

whether tomato is Pomodoro,

pretty much not sounding

like that Pomodoro or

something like that.

Anyway, you set

it for 25 minutes.

You do your piece of work,

just one piece of work, and

then you have a five minute

break, and then you erase it.

Game changer for me.

I love the Pomodoro.

Number three, I also use Tide.

So there's an app on my phone.

Uh, I go to sleep

with it because it's

water, but it also has

a focus element to it.

and you can focus, can

set it to focus on a, for

a certain amount of time.

I put it on cafe sounds.

Cause I really liked the sound

of a cafe without actually

having to go anywhere.

So I use Tide to

help me focus.

I gamify what I can.

I don't know what

it is about me.

I love a good game,

a good challenge or

a good competition.

So if I can gamify it in

some way, man, I'm there.

could you gamify something

that you're doing?

Something that you don't

like doing so you get it

done quicker, you do more

of it, whatever it is.

Of course, number

five for me is naps.

Naps slash meditation.

you've heard me say I

have naps every day, but

also I meditate every day,

but sometimes I have to

swap those things around.

So naps and meditation.

And then my final tip,

my final tip, especially

for those who are

working from home, I

love working from home.

Do not get me wrong, love

working from home, but

I'm a bit allergic to

my office at the moment.

And the only reason that

you're hearing this so

beautifully is because

I am in my office.

But mainly I'm sitting at

the kitchen table, which

is aggravating my husband.

But anyway, Hey Marky Mark.

Sometimes he listens to this.

Sometimes he doesn't.

So one of the things

that I do is I move

around the house a lot.

So I'm at the kitchen table.

Sometimes I even say to my

clients, instead of having

a zoom, would you like

to do a walking meeting?

And so many people are

looking at their screens

every day that they're so

grateful to have a walking

meeting where we can just

walk and talk and coach.

and that's awesome.

But sometimes.

I really don't feel like it.

Like I really

don't feel like it.

Let's talk about this podcast.

Okay.

So I have been podcasting.

This will be my fifth year.

I podcasted for the

last four years.

I had people, I interviewed

people on my podcast,

which was amazing.

Cause I got to bounce off them

and do all the other things.

And it was audio

only this year.

We changed to video and audio.

Um, we've got a little

YouTube channel going and

different bits and pieces.

And sometimes I just do

not feel like showing up

to do my podcast, right?

I'm human.

I am not superhuman.

I am human.

And so I think the thing for

me is I have the beautiful

team at Bambi, Brianna, who

is my head honcho and I've

got a system called Podcoach.

So basically.

That holds me accountable.

I can see on a

spreadsheet, what

podcasts I need to record.

I can see when they've been

recorded and I get feedback

and the feedback is colored.

So there's like eight

pieces of feedback and it's

about the audio, it's about

the visual, it's about

the content, it's about,

That keeps me motivated.

I want to stay in green.

two colors, it's

either orange or green.

So if I record an episode

and a week later I go and

it's all green in my feedback

line, I'm like, whoop, whoop.

Yes.

If I get a little bit of

orange, I'm like, right,

what do I need to do better?

That keeps me super motivated

and accountable because

we've got a list of topics

that we can, you know,

jump on to, I have regular

check ins and I've planned

it out all beforehand.

So I just jump on, look at my

notes and then go from there.

Amazing.

If you have a plan and you

have accountability, man,

that helps you stay on track.

There are still days,

still days now where I

just can't be bothered.

And for those days, I actually

just see it for what it is.

Perhaps I've run a

little bit too hard.

Perhaps I am not spending

enough time in my joy area.

Perhaps I'm spending a little

bit too much time in admin.

And so there are times,

so you just have to keep.

Managing it.

As we get closer to the

end of the year, also

people's mojo and motivation

seems to like swim away.

And, uh, you really need

to push it a little bit

harder or do you, uh,

my wonderful friend and

lawyer, Tracy Marla Crane

and I, uh, we talk about.

gliding to Christmas instead

of grinding to Christmas.

It doesn't have to be a

grind, but you have to be

planned in advance to make

sure that that happens.

So they're my tips for

remaining productive.

I hope that they have helped.

I can't wait to see you

or speak to you or hear

from you next week.

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