Time management, Accountability, Goal Setting, Self Improvement, Small Business : Your Productivity Pulse

PRODUCTIVITY in ACTION : Four week intensive. $897.00 Canadian $100.00 CA Discount Available until November 2nd 2026 email Michelle at [email protected] Space before January 2027 is limited."Get ahead of your New Year's resolutions and make your minutes matter."Michelle is back in the park with the sun shining, the birds singing and a plan to get real work done. Then life happens. Her notepad is dead, so she stays flexible and talks it through with you.Three simple questions. One forgotten passion. One goal she's finally ready to drop. And a brand new idea born right there on a hill of moss.Don't wait for January. Grab your pen, answer the questions alongside Michelle and see what you're ready to start, release and finish before the year is out.In this episode, you will learn:The three questions to ask yourself before the end of the year to get clear on your goalsWhy giving yourself permission to cross a goal off your list can free up your time and energyHow to choose which in-progress goals deserve your focus between now and DecemberMichelle

Join my Produdivity Community today and Receive your FREE Gifts of Time Worksheet. https://preview.mailerlite.io/forms/28276/162918483567314175/share“I came out here today with one idea, and nature gave me another one.”Michelle takes Your Productivity Pulse outdoors for its very first live Productivity in Action walk, new lavalier mic clipped on and a plan in hand: sort your goals into what to start now, what to let go of and what to keep working on before the end of the year. Surrounded by cedar and pine trees, a small lake that’s home to endangered turtles and dappled light through the branches, she quickly realizes three groups is too much for one walk. So she narrows it down to one: the goals you can still achieve in the roughly 10 weeks left in the year.Along the way, she thanks the people who helped make this episode happen, including her husband Brian, podcast coach Kim Parkinson, learning strategist Renee Koster and her son Owen, whose advice to “just be yourself” keeps her grounded. She talks about setting realistic goals and timelines, breaking big projects into mini goals, and using a brain dump to get everything out of your head so you can start sorting. And when a chipmunk darts across the path, she reminds us that some distractions don’t break us, they feed us.Then the walk takes an unexpected turn. Michelle steps off the path, balances along a tree stump, crawls under a fallen tree and settles onto a log in the sunshine. That’s when the real lesson lands: sometimes productivity in action means slowing down and spending your time exactly the way you want to. The goal planning will pick up in the next episode, but for now, Michelle invites you to take a breath and bring a little nature into your day. Join her mailing list to receive her free Gifts of Time worksheet, with ready to go 10, 30 and 60 minute choices for the next time a little time lands at your feet.In this episode, you will learn:How stepping outside and moving your body can activate a different part of your brain for planning and goal settingWhy setting realistic goals and timelines, and breaking big projects into mini goals, makes the last 10 weeks of the year doableHow to tell the difference between distractions that drain you and the ones that feed you, and why slowing down can be the most productive choice

FREE Gifts of Time Worksheet: Join my Productivity Communityhttps://preview.mailerlite.io/forms/28276/162918483567314175/share"The goal is not to stop and perseverate. The goal is to stop and shift."Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is just stop. Michelle learned that the hard way when she powered through a project with pressure coming at her from every direction, only to find out days later that it was full of pivotal mistakes. The fix took longer than the original work. In this episode, she shares five clear signs that your brain is full and your productivity has quietly left the building, from reading the same email three times to snapping at the people you love.Drawing on more than 30 years as a creative arts therapist, Michelle shows how a short creative reset can change how you feel, and with it, what's possible. She walks through three simple, low cost art projects that create rhythm and bring clarity of mind: the classic Spirograph, velvet Doodle Art posters and the sparkly, satisfying world of diamond art. No Picasso skills required. You'll also meet Muriel, a working mom and soap maker who turned a tearful evening at the kitchen table into laughter, connection and a clear head, one tiny gem at a time.The takeaway is simple. When you're running on empty, give yourself permission to unplug, become a maker and return to your work, and maybe your life, with more clarity, more energy and a whole lot more joy. And if you want to use your spare minutes more intentionally, join Michelle's mailing list to receive her free Gifts of Time worksheet, with ready to go 10, 30 and 60 minute choices for the next time a little time lands at your feet.In this episode, you will learn:Five warning signs that fatigue has taken over and it's time to stop workingWhy your mental and emotional state matters just as much as your to-do list, and how to shift itThree easy art-based techniques that help you reset your focus and restore your energy

Contact Michelle to book your FREE Productivity Clarity call Today.DM Michelle https://www.linkedin.com/in/moucharekdeoauthor/?isSelfProfile=true "I guess we don't need to call it messy. Maybe it's a creative process."MLODCoffee in hand, Michelle takes you along in real time as she tackles her own digital file clean-up. She starts with the results of her bird's eye review: two Google Drives (one holding 125 loose documents), plus old PowerPoint files, a OneDrive, laptop folders and a downloads folder all waiting for attention. It's messy, it's honest, and it's exactly what this process really looks like.Then she sets a Flat 42 and gets to work, starting with the easier drive instead of the hardest one so she can feel that early win. She shares what she learned along the way: drop loose files into folders, open the "untitled documents" when you have to, hold on to anything you're unsure about, and copy files before moving them between drives. When a quick 18 minute pass through her PowerPoint files hit a technical snag, she stopped the clock instead of falling down a tech rabbit hole.The takeaway is simple. Going from chaos to clarity takes time, but intentional time blocks and an accountability partner make it doable, one step at a time. Michelle invites you to follow her progress over the next few weeks, share your own digital clean-up stories, and reach out if you'd like her to walk alongside you as your accountability partner.In this episode, you will learn:Why starting with the easiest drive or folder builds momentum faster than tackling the hardest one firstPractical file sorting rules, like folder first, delete later, and always copy files before moving them between drivesWhen to stop the clock and ask for help so a technical problem doesn't eat up your time and brain power

Free download: The Bird's Eye File Productivity Review, a step-by-step guide https://docs.google.com/document/d/1piD4CrIZbJyn0AhLlK_VRkj9ekPW8suARyrFtyDNaKM/edit?usp=sharing"It wasn't that I needed a fancy system. I needed to be intentional with my time to work the system I had in front of me."Your Productivity Pulse hits 40 episodes! Michelle celebrates the milestone with an honest story about her own organizational pickle. When learning strategist Renee Koster asked for a few specific documents, what should have taken 30 seconds turned into a dig through a hodgepodge of Google Drive folders and files. That moment of frustration became a resolution to finally put a better digital filing system in place.Michelle shares why the answer isn't a fancy new system but intentionality and accountability. She looks back on the Go-To Summit with certified Google Coach Adrienne Farrow, where she explored Google productivity tools but never set aside the time to finish organizing her Drive. From her linen closet to her clinical notes as an art therapist, she shows what a system that works really looks like: a specific area, a trialled system and a regular review.Then she walks you through the first step: the Bird's Eye File Productivity Review. Using a Flat 42, you set the timer for 42 minutes and simply look at every place your files live, with no new folders and no rabbit holes. Download the free step-by-step guide below and do your review alongside Michelle this week.In this episode, you will learn:How to use a Flat 42 to take a bird's eye view of your Google Drive, OneDrive and File Manager before you start reorganizingWhy intentionality and accountability matter more than finding the perfect filing systemThe planning questions to ask before your digital clean-up, and the three parts of a system that lastsReferences:Adrienne Farrow, Certified Google Coach and host of The Go-To Summit: adriennefarrow.comRenee Koster, Learning Strategist, Koster Creative Learning and Design: reneekoster.com