The Productive Life

Book excerpt: What if you could find a system that was actually designed to help you become productive? A system that would transform the way you make decisions, enable you to follow through on the promises you make and help you become successful, not in one area of your life but in every area that matters to you: from your personal life to your work life; from your family relationships to your friendship; and from your private world to your social world. Welcome to The Productive Life: 7 Keys to Living a Productive Life, where you will learn, not just a few tricks or hacks to handle a few parts of your life, but a way of thinking and acting that will open a doorway to a whole new way of living in the moment and enable you to create the future that you have barely dared to dream about. The Productive Life is all about being excellent and doing great things through your whole life and not just in your work life. Just image what your life would be like if you invested significant time and energy in the pursuit of productive rest, play, hobbies, spirituality, work life, family life, friendships, etc. I have devoted my life to being productive in every area of my life and not just in my work life and have distilled everything I have learnt, practiced and taught into a book exploring the 7 Keys that have helped me to live a truly productive life. Each of the 7 keys address something specific that sabotages your efforts at living a productive life and provide the solution: (1) If you are Experiencing Guilt Feelings about not working hard enough or not being around your family enough then KEY #1 will help you learn how to LIVE YOUR MISSION. (2) If you are Dealing with Overwhelm and don't know where to start with everything on your plate then KEY #2 will help you learn how to MANAGE YOUR ACTIONS. (3) If you are Encountering Habitual Patterns so that every time you start a new habit you struggle to follow through on your intentions then KEY #3 will help you learn how to BUILD YOUR HABITS. (4) If you are Neglecting Life Areas so that important areas of your life are taking strain and affecting your whole life then KEY #4 will help you learn how to PLAN YOUR TIME. (5) If you are Getting Easily Distracted and struggle with the continual flood of things that keep distracting you from doing what is important then KEY #5 will help you learn how to FOCUS YOUR MIND. (6) If you are Fighting Your Nature and your natural strengths so you end up feeling frustrated then KEY #6 will help you learn how to KNOW YOUR SELF. (7) If you are Running on Empty and don't have the energy to show up and deliver when it counts then KEY #7 will help you learn how to RENEW YOUR ENERGY. The Productive Life book is in a workbook format so you can take action to implement what you are reading along the way. There is also a page of online resources that can be downloaded using a link found in the book. So this book is for you if you want to: (1) Know and live your mission through all your life; (2) Remember to do the things you say you will do; (3) Break bad habits and keep good habits; (4) Give every area of your life equal attention; (5) Stay focused when faced with distractions; (6) Use your self knowledge to be productive; and (7) Renew you energy tank to engage with passion.