I’ll bet you started the year with great intentions.
You got your Big Hairy Audacious Goals in place and a plan for achieving them.
2012 was going to be the year where you kick a** and make a real impact on the world.
But then “work” got in the way.
The day to day grind of running a business – meetings, emails, social media. It’s almost February and your BHAGs are just another line on your increasing to-do list. You’re busy. You’re overwhelmed. You’re stressed.
Is ‘Getting Things Done‘ getting you down?
Mindful Productivity is a six week eClass full of practical, get-going insights and tactics so that you’ll have an action plan to do more Right Work and make an impact with your business.
So you can have another busy, unproductive … and stressful year.
Or you can join me and get Mindful.
What You’ll Learn Each Week
Week 1. What’s Mindful Productivity & How Do You Achieve It?
- What’s the problem with our current mode of working
- What is attention and awareness – and why you should care
- How your brain works and how you can work with it rather than against it
- Why habits are essential in working better.
Week 2. How To Spend Your Time
- What’s the difference between Bad Work, Good Work and the Right Work – and why you should care
- Tapping into the power of Role Models
- Learn why we procrastinate – and what to do about it.
Week 3. How to Plan and Prioritise Your Work
- Design a trusted system for capturing and processing your tasks that works with your lifestyle
- Introducing Big Rocks and MITs – ensure you get your Right Work done
- The Energy Line of projects.
- How to choose what to work on at any moment.
Week 4. How to Work with Energy, Focus and Attention
- Identify when you work best (and when you would be better off napping!)
- The importance of rituals in your day/week
- How to work with the energy patterns of your brain and body
- Learn tried and tested methods of focusing.
Week 5. Take Back Control of Your Email
- The problem with email – and what to do about it
- Why Inbox Zero sucks – and the Mindful Inbox works.
Week 6. The Power of Less and Regaining Digital Balance
- Learn ways to reduce your ‘busywork’ and distractions
- Examine your relationship with your digital life
- Get new perspective on social media – strategies, tools and techniques to get the benefits without the time-suck
- Beyond the course: How to keep things moving now the programme is over.
How it works
The Mindful Productivity course is entirely virtual: based in live eclasses, written, and online formats, so that you can participate from anywhere in the world, and in a way that works with your busy schedule.
Mindful Productivity includes:
- Six workshop-format calls with Sinead (one each week); you can listen and participate live or listen to the recordings at your convenience
- A set of worksheets for each workshop
- Short ‘homework’ exercises to be completed each week so you put into action what you’ve learnt
- Mindfulness techniques that you can incorporate into your day.
- An online forum (closed Facebook Group) where you can connect with other participants, share learning, get support, and ask questions and get feedback from Sinead in between sessions.
- An advance copy of Sinead and Bridget Stacey-Luff’s new book The Business Yogi.
About The Schedule
Calls take place each Friday from 10am GMT to 11:30am GMT, beginning February 24th 2012.
Please note: You do not need to attend the calls live, and can listen to the recordings at your convenience.
“8fold delivers inspiring and energetic workshops, good for the body and for the mind. At the end of each session you feel a better person and want to go and improve your business or maybe start a new one. Sinead took her creative energy to Lisbon at the beginning of 2012 to inspire and get inspired, talking about business and yoga this time. I'm always waiting for her next book, event, blog post or just another surprising tweet.”
Vincenzo Di Maria
"The Digital Wellbeing seminar was very enjoyable and productive for me. It really helped me clarify how I can use digital media to my best advantage and streamline the areas which waste me a lot of time..thus freeing me up to get on with the tasks which fulfil me and serve a greater purpose for my business."
Julie Beech
Sign me up!
Your investment in working better is £250.
If you would like a payment plan, please get in touch with me to discuss various options.
10% of your class fee will be donated to the Girls Be Ambitious programme in Cambodia which pays girls to stay in school instead of dropping out due to financial pressure from their family. Your participation in the Mindful Productivity eClass will allow 4 Cambodian girls to stay in school for a whole year and reduce the likelihood of them being trafficked into sex work or exploitative labour.
30-Day Money Back Guarantee
I don’t want to keep your money if this programme doesn’t work for you. Just let me know and I’ll cheerfully refund your investment. This policy is good for a full 30 days after the first class to ensure that you have enough time to see results.
Make a real difference this year.
Sign up today.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. When are the workshop calls? Can I get a recording if I miss them?
The workshop calls are Friday mornings 10am GMT to 11:30am GMT, beginning February 24th and ending March 30th.
You will be given details of how to join the calls when you sign up. You will need access to the internet.
However: the program is designed to work whether you can attend live or not, and call recordings will always be posted right away. You’ll still get to participate fully in the programme and can always ask your questions or participate in discussion via the online forum.
2. I am not a big fan of forums … do I have to participate?
Me too! The idea of remembering to log in to another platform during my day and check for updates is not appealing. That’s why I am hosting the ‘forum’ as a private Facebook Group. All you need to participate is a Facebook account. It’s entirely up to you how much you want to participate or not but you can use the Group to get feedback on your homework and stay motivated during the course.
3. I like this idea, but I don’t do well with virtual courses.
Think of the course as an weekly class rather than an online course. The course content has been split into six easy to digest and action segments so that you can learn the concepts on the Friday and try them out during the following week at work.
4. I don’t run my own business. How do I know if the course will be applicable to me as an employee?
Great question. This is a program for employees as well as entrepreneurs but it is suited to those who have some degree of control over their work.
5. I’m just not sure.
Why not give me a call (07795 363 661) or email me and let’s have a chat about it.
“Simplicity is the key to brilliance.”
-Bruce Lee
