1. Learn why traditional productivity methods may not be working for you.
2. Discover a shame-free approach to getting more done with less stress.
3. Get a simple yet powerful free action to declutter your mind.
4. Understand why energy management is more important than time management.
5. Grab Lisa’s free productivity toolkit to personalize your approach.

Lisa's Valuable Free Resource (VFR):

https://positivelyproductive.com/sweep

Lisa Zawrotny, founder of Positively Productive Systems, shares how to ditch hustle culture and embrace a shame-free, sustainable approach to productivity. She reveals why traditional methods fail, how to beat overwhelm, and why energy management matters more than time management. Plus, get her free guided mind sweep to start decluttering today!

02:38 Ideal Client: Overwhelmed high achievers—caregivers, creatives, neurodiverse individuals, and those with chronic illness.
03:15 Problem Solved: Eliminating burnout by redefining productivity as doing the right thing at the right time.
04:00 Valuable Free Action (VFA): Declutter your brain with a five-minute mind sweep to reduce overwhelm.
05:15 Valuable Productive Action (VPA): Focus on energy management rather than just time management for better results.
07:44 Bonus Material
10:05 Valuable Free Resource (VFR): Get Lisa’s free guided mind sweep at positivelyproductive.com/sweep.

(Note, this was transcribed using transcription software and may not fully reflect the exact words used in the podcast)

Welcome to the Goalbusters Expert Peak Productivity Tips podcast, where top business experts get just seven minutes to answer five rapid fire questions about what they do and how they stay productive.

Each episode is packed with actionable insights to help boost your efficiency and achieve your goals. Let's dive in and unlock the secrets to peak performance.

00:22 ROBIN

Well, hello, everyone. My name is Robin J. Emdon, and I'm the creator and author of the GetResultsology system and a dedicated accountability coach. My mission is to empower solopreneurs to unlock their true potential, boost their income, and achieve extraordinary success by maximizing productivity, streamlining their businesses, and aligning their goals with their authentic vision and purpose.

If you're ready to turn ambition into action and transform your goals into reality, you're in exactly the right place.

And speaking of being in exactly the right place, I'm delighted to say that our guest today is Lisa Zawrotny. And Lisa is the founder of Positively Productive Systems, host of the Positively Living podcast, and a productivity coach on a mission to change how we think about productivity.

Lisa is dedicated to ditching the hustle mentality for a shame free, sustainable approach.

When Lisa's not coaching or podcasting, she's hanging out with her husband and teens, taking road trips, watching movies, and acting like a rock star. Her favorite way to recharge includes a cozy corner with a book, an iced coffee, and a cat on her lap. Lisa has helped hundreds of clients do less, live more, and breathe easier.

Lisa, welcome to GoalBusters!

LISA
Thank you, Robin. I'm delighted to be here.

ROBIN
I'm delighted you're here too, and you managed to drag yourself away from the iced coffee and the cat. I'm very honored.

LISA
Oh, they might be nearby, but, yes, I’m focused right now on you, and let's do this.

ROBIN
Excellent. Where about in the world are you, Lisa?

LISA
I'm in the Finger Lakes area of New York state. So it's wine country, farm country, and it is beautiful. And finally, we're having spring here.

ROBIN
Oh, yeah. We've we're finally having spring here too. I feel the I feel the empathy crossing the Atlantic Ocean as we speak. Yeah. That's wonderful. Thank you. Shall we do the questions then?

LISA
Let's get started, shall we?

ROBIN
Yes. Alright. I'll just get the clock up on the screen.

And there it goes. Lisa, could you tell me please, who is your ideal client?

02:38 Lisa – Ideal Client
It's those who've tried the traditional productivity approaches, and they're struggling with them and thinking, what's wrong with me? And it's not them. And they're thinking, they're hoping there's gotta be a better way. And the good news, there is. These are people who juggle more than most and don't have the capacity or the energy. Caregivers, multi passionate creatives, neurodiverse individuals, and those with chronic illnesses.

ROBIN
Okay. That's a very interesting list. Thank you very much. And absolutely agree with you. So what exactly though, let’s drill down a little bit, is the problem or problems that you solve, please, Lisa?

03:15 LISA – Problem Solved
Well, the initial one really is the overwhelm. I'm here to help calm the storm. And that overwhelm that leads to burnout, it comes from having too much to do, not doing the right things, not knowing what to do next and feeling paralyzed by that, all the stress, all the guilt, the frustration.

We do it by finding true productivity. That's doing the right thing at the right time, the right way for you.

ROBIN
Okay. Perfect. Thank you. That's very clear and very interesting once again. So along the lines of the problems that you solve, what is one valuable free action that the audience can implement that will help them to solve that problem?

04:00 Lisa – Valuable Free Action (VFA)
This comes from my professional organizer days where when you go to organize a space, you declutter first. So you don't want to organize what you don't intend to keep. You need to declutter first. So start with your brain always because that's what's going to process everything around you.

Make the decisions. Figure out what you need to do. So declutter your brain. And that is by doing a mind sweep as David Allen calls it. I borrow from his, process of getting things done.

And, you also may call it a brain dump. And I have a package, actually, a guided mind sweep that you can get at positivelyproductive.com/sweep that will help you through this process. But really, five minutes, clear your brain, declutter it. That is your first step always.

ROBIN
Excellent. Or in my case where I have a very cluttered mind, a mind vacuum cleaner. Alright. So so we've established then that you know a lot about getting productive And so now that we have a better understanding of that, let's dive into GoalBusting, which spookily enough is focusing on how to maximize productive time to achieve business goals. So I'm going to be really greedy now and ask you if you could share any more tips or advice for someone looking to improve their productivity habits.

05:15 Lisa – Valuable Productive Action (VPA)
I would love to, and I have, three going, and let's see what we have the time for. But let's go in order of importance because we always want to prioritize. Right? Make sure we're getting the big dominoes.

And the first big domino is I love the quote that I found once upon a time. I don't even know who to attribute to it. And it's… when life doesn't add up, subtract.

And this goes along with the decluttering, but allow me to expand upon that a little so you understand what I'm saying.

When you have challenges, problems, when you wanna fix, when you're looking for a solution, stop adding to do it. Start subtracting. We are wired to search outside of ourselves for solutions, to find that next app, that next, you know, platform, maybe another calendar. How many planners do you have in a drawer that you have tried? Ask me how I know. Right?

Instead, declutter, simplify, reduce. Some of the best ways to get stuff off your to do list is by deleting them. So that's tip number one. If you take anything away from today, it's think about how you can reduce, and don't let that idea that more complex and more means better.

ROBIN
Thank you. Perfect. Did you have any more?

LISA
I do.

ROBIN
Let's go for it.

LISA
Is consider, and this is this is one of the ways in which I coach that I feel is different is think about energy management over time management. I know traditional productivity talks about time management, but, really, you're managing you and what you do in that time. So I want you to pay close attention to what energizes you because that helps you show up differently. You know what I mean. What you can do in ten minutes when you're energized, properly fueled, snacked up, you're good to go. That's far different than when you are drained.

So think about what energizes you, what drains you, and pay closer attention to that and the timing than you do the time because that's going to make a huge difference in your productivity.

ROBIN
Fantastic. Thank you so much, Lisa. Very interesting indeed. I'm sorry if I'm a bit greedy there, but you know so much and we're packing it in. Well you’re packing it and you're getting so much done in the time we have available. And so one final question.

What should I have asked you today, Lisa, that I didn't? And, of course, what is your answer?

07:44 LISA – Bonus Material
Well, I'm not a fan of shoulds. What I would have liked you to ask is maybe what compassion has to do with all this, what shame free has to do with all this. And so what I wanna encourage you is this idea that you can't hate yourself into a version you love. You can't force yourself into productivity when finesse and flexibility are going to do so much more for you. Compassion promotes resilience. It encourages curiosity, which in turn promotes innovation.

These are the things that you want. These are how you are going to tweak and finesse how you approach everything, and it's going to bring so much more life satisfaction as you do, which isn't that the point?

ROBIN
Yeah. Absolutely. Yeah. And going back just a couple of questions ago, we were talking about having loads of planners.

I actually talk about very phenomenon. You know, you said, you know what I'm talking about. Yeah. I got a cupboard full of them.

And the point about them is most of them are quite brilliant, aren't they? They're really and very insightful and brilliant.

LISA
Of course.

ROBIN
But for some reason, and you and I both know what those reasons are, they don't last.

They don't last. That's thus, we have a cupboard full of them. And not only do we have a cupboard full of them, but in my case, and you're probably the same, you probably got a cupboard full of the same one that you've bought again and again and again because it worked for a while. And then it didn't. And it isn't that they don't work. It's about how do you maintain the momentum, which is what you're all about and what I'm all about. And so thank you so much.

It's very, very rich that what you've shared with us today. It feels like we've been talking for, like, an hour, but in fact, you know, as the clock says, we've did you did all of that in seven minutes.

LISA
You gotta love that. That's productivity.

ROBIN
Yeah. That's productivity. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah. We should make an advert about that, shouldn't we? Okay.

LISA
I think we’re the people to do that!

ROBIN
You even managed in the seven minutes to sneak in your link to your valuable free resource, which I'm going to ask you to repeat or and or add to if you can, please. Because now is the time when I always ask, how can people reach you? And also, do you have a valuable free resource? Hello. We've already found out that you do. That they could get hold of to find out more about what you do and get more of this wonderful technology that you're sharing with us today.

10:05 Lisa – Valuable Free Resource (VFR)
Wonderful. Thank you so much for asking. So my hub, positivelyproductive.com, is where you can find me and all the other places that I play, the resources I offer, the podcast.

I said positivelyproductive.com/sweep is for the mind sweep. But if you go to postivelyproductive.com/resources you can find not only the mind sweep, but a productivity toolkit that helps you understand you personally, all of your character strengths and core values and personality traits and things like that.

And, of course, you're listening to an amazing podcast. If you wanna hop over to mine and and listen there, I'd be honored. And if you just wanna play and laugh and have fun and see productivity differently, come find me on Instagram at positively_Lisa. I promise you a bunch of laughs even if I didn't mean it.

ROBIN
Okay. That's fine. And, just to be clear, because I did mention it in the introduction, but that was hours ago. What's the name of your podcast so people can look it up, please?

LISA
It's Positively Living Shame Free Productivity Conversations.

ROBIN
Oh, I'd never be shame free, but I appreciate the rest. Thank you.

LISA
A different kind of shame. We're shame free about the productivity.

ROBIN
Indeed.

Lisa, it's been a lot of fun, and it's been fascinating.

Thank you so much. A very productive call, I feel.

LISA
Well, I appreciate it so much. Thank you for inviting me into this space, Robin.

ROBIN
It's been absolutely my pleasure. Thank you, Lisa, and bye bye.

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Robin J. Emdon is an accountability coach and creator of the GetResultsology® System, a comprehensive guide designed to help people overcome procrastination and achieve their goals.

Robin’s journey started in his family’s retail business, but he soon realised his true passion was empowering others. In 2001, he trained as a life coach in the U.S., which led him to specialise in accountability coaching and eventually create the GetResultsology® System.

During the 2020 pandemic, Robin faced his own challenge with procrastination. Despite years of coaching experience, he still struggled with distractions. Determined to find a solid, permanent solution, he developed the GetResultsology® System to help others and himself boost productivity.

Based in South Devon, England, Robin helps clients all over the world boost their income and profits by achieving extraordinary results through accountability coaching. In his spare time, he enjoys sharing his passion for local history.

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