Jake Brown, a productivity coach and founder of Air Balloon Advisory, shares insights on mastering organization with the Full Focus Planner. He discusses the psychological benefits of checkmarks, emphasizing how they can boost motivation and celebrate progress. The conversation dives into effective tracking methods and the importance of completing tasks for personal and professional growth. Listeners will appreciate Jake's practical tips for using the planner to enhance creativity and maintain balance in their busy lives.
Utilizing the Full Focus Planner effectively enhances productivity by motivating users through the satisfaction of checking off completed tasks.
The new Full Focus Wellness Planner integrates personal well-being tracking, promoting a holistic approach to productivity and self-care.
Deep dives
Introducing the Full Focus Wellness Planner
The Full Focus Wellness Planner is a new tool designed to enhance personal wellness alongside productivity. Unlike the original Full Focus Planner, this edition incorporates features that allow users to track various aspects of their well-being, including sleep, hydration, stress levels, and self-care priorities. It also includes practical tools such as a self-care planner, a heart check, and a gratitude section, aiming to support overall health and encourage mindfulness. The initial feedback from the community has been overwhelmingly positive, highlighting its effectiveness in promoting self-care and organized living.
The Power of Micro Steps and Checkmarks
Utilizing micro steps and the act of checking off tasks can significantly boost motivation and productivity. The dopamine release associated with marking completed tasks enhances the sense of accomplishment, which in turn encourages continued progress throughout the day. This principle is integrated into the Full Focus Planner through various tracking methods, such as the streak tracker, which allows users to monitor their habits and rituals. By consistently acknowledging completed tasks, users cultivate a sense of achievement that fuels their daily motivation.
Enhancing Productivity Through Daily and Weekly Goals
Tracking daily and weekly goals is essential for maintaining focus and accountability in one's work routine. By checking off the Daily Big Three and Weekly Big Three, users can visualize their progress, ensuring they concentrate on tasks that matter most. This method also alleviates feelings of overwhelm from an endless to-do list, as it emphasizes the importance of completing significant, impactful tasks. Furthermore, the planners offer a flexible approach to goal setting, allowing users to reassess and adjust their objectives as needed, fostering an adaptive planning mindset.
A planner is a great way to stay organized and the Full Focus Planner is an excellent way to both stay organized and achieve the goals you've set for yourself. The planner is full of boxes and circles to to mark off your progress, but you don't get the full benefits of the planner unless you use them.
In this episode, Courtney and Marissa Hyatt talk about the power of actually checking off all of the boxes.
Also, in our new Certified Pro segment, we talk with Jake Brown about how he coaches creative professionals to use their planners. He's got some great insights that you can put into practice right away.
In this episode, you will learn:
Where all of the boxes are that you can check off in your planner
The importance of checking items off as you complete them
Why tracking is important when it comes to celebrating
How to best start your planner (according to Jake)