Several years ago, I was in a sauna. I was about 13 minutes into my session when, as often happens, I had to grab my phone to jot down an idea coming in hot.
It was a workshop titled “Innovative and Creative Thinking.”
Within 90 seconds, I had the entire training outlined from beginning to end.
I sold it to a company the next dayfor $7000.
This wasn’t a random, one-off incident.
I understand that productivity is not about cramming as much as physically possible into your calendar.
For one, it’s about intentionally placing only the most intentional work onto your calendar.
And it is about s.p.a.c.e.
Getting as much done as possible at earlier stages in your career is useful in getting noticed, valued, and promoted.
But at the leadership and executive level, you get promoted based on how you think, the problems you can solve, and how you inspire others to get genuinely valuable outcomes for the business.
The most essential ingredient for all of that?
Space.
The exact strategy I used to birth “Innovative and Creative Thinking” is what I taught when I led “Innovative and Creative Thinking”.
In fact, during the training, I asked participants to bring their most pressing challenges to the workshop, and we used the training to solve them in real-time.
There was so little teaching in the training, I wondered if it would work!
Instead, they told me it was the best training they’d ever done. We didn’t cram as much as possible into the training.
Instead, I taught them how to use space to solve their problems intentionally.
You can do the same.
If you’ve felt “behind” since you started, likely, your day isn’t calling you to do more; it’s calling for you to do less.
At least for 15 minutes.
So that you can slow down and get clear on your objectives, outcomes, and pathway.
If you’re struggling to create the space – then you need our help shifting your productivity mindset (yes, it’s a mindset).
We’ve got you.
This is one of the many strategies we’re teaching on productivity over the next eight weeks leading up to Get Sh*t Done, one of our most popular workshops of the year.
Sign up now; $97 will change your work experience and free up time to spend less time on work and more time on life.
With love,
Mari Carmen
P.S. If you want to bring Innovative and Creative Thinkingto your company, message me and let’s schedule a call.
