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Overwhelmed? Apply Temporary Constraints.
When we have too many options, overwhelm happens.
The next time you feel it — try this — apply temporary constraints.
Boundaries, even self-imposed ones, can liberate productivity and creativity. They help you narrow your focus, making decisions easier, and action more attainable.
Examples:
- Overwhelmed with your to-do list? Simple: limit the tasks you must do to just 3. (Everything else is a bonus!)
- Overwhelmed with a big project? Limit the amount of time you work on it (for now) …
Soulpreneurs: Visualize your Process (more than your Goals!)
Millions of people have tried “manifesting” with the Law of Attraction. They imagine themselves holding piles of money… sitting in a fancy house… or driving the perfect car.
Then, after months or years of picturing these dream scenarios, many still find themselves disappointed: Where are those millions of dollars? Where’s that dream job or perfect relationship?
In some cases, outcome-focused visualization even leads to debt, stress over “not manifesting,” and a cycle of self-blame and frustrat…
The EASE Productivity Framework
Not everything on your to-do list is meant to be done by you.
As you look at each task, does it fit all 3 criteria?
1. Enjoyment: You enjoy doing it, or wish to.
2. Expertise: You are an expert at it, or wish to become one.
3. Effect: The results of the task are more worthwhile than other tasks you could do.
If it passes all 3 checks, then the task is worth your time and attention!
If it doesn’t pass all 3 checks, then I recommend using the EASE process:
Eliminate
Automate
Share
En-Joy…
You are perfect enough. You know enough. You are ready.
- “I’m not quite ready yet to put my work out there…”
- “What if I get clients I can’t help?”
- “Maybe there’s another course that will finally give me the tools I need?”
It’s a common trap — the illusion of “arrival” — the idea that there’s an endpoint to learning, a final destination where you’ll possess all the knowledge and skills you need to be finally “ready”…
…but there isn’t.
There will always be more to learn!
Even with a PhD (or sev…
One Hour at a Time: From Soul Frustration to Fulfilled Action
A fellow soulpreneur wrote:
“I’m loving JoyPro! It’s already generated more useful action than I have for months! But I do have a tendency to want to solve everything now, and feel some degree of frustration that my life just doesn’t allow for that…”
Bear with me while I bring in a bit of woo here — I believe this problem arises from our intuition about eternity…
We have this sense of our soul’s real capacity to be everywhere all at once, and to do everything all at once because — in th…