These are common complaints,

If only I felt more motivated!

I feel like I'm procrastinating!

...that come with a sense of not doing enough, or not doing the things we think we should be doing. In fact, there's such a lot of 'thinking' about the doing, rather than 'doing', it's easy to get tangled up and forget what we wanted to do in the first place.

And then there's the judgement... that self-imposed and negatively associated label of 'procrastination' that pops up any time we seem to take a break from the busy-ness. Maybe it's so subtle you don't always catch it, or it's just a feeling of low grade anxiety in the background:

• am I doing enough?
• am I doing the right things?
• what if I get 'found out' for not being efficient enough?

We know there's a value to down-time; we know this is a necessary part of the creative process, or it's when our best ideas come, or that things seem to work themselves out when they work themselves out, and yet... we still want them to look a bit more the way we think they should.

This online, live, participatory seminar will dive into what's going on here and what to do about it. While anyone is welcome to attend, you might find it most useful if you're in a professional or leadership role in an organisation where you perhaps feel the weight of your own and other people's expectations.

You can expect a less serious look at a serious topic, expect some relief and some direction for where to look when you think you're not doing enough. Don't expect any judgement, or anything you can bring that we haven't experienced ourselves. Seriously, you are not alone, and if anyone makes you feel that way they are lying.

You don't need to bring anything other than a willingness to take a fresh look at this topic, and an openness to a solution being much easier than you might think.

Your hosts

The event is facilitated by Cathy Presland and Fernando Perez. We are highly-trained professionals who bring a long experience of not taking the serious work too seriously, and still managing to get a lot done (seriously ;-)).

FAQs

What happens after I register?

You will receive an email with a zoom link for joining the online seminar. Please do mark your calendar so that it's easy to access the dial-in details at the time of the event.

Is this right for me?

That's up to you but we are quite serious about what we do (in a not-so-serious way) and if you've every used the words 'procrastination', or 'motivation', or felt impatience at how long things seem to take or why it isn't happening for you, and you want a new perspective, then this could be perfect for you.

I can't attend that specific time, are the events recorded?

Sorry, no. We could make a joke here about this only being for people who don't procrastinate... but we won't.

Can I invite other people?

Yes, of course! Please do circulate the link to your colleagues and friends, why be the only one learning these deep productivity secrets?

I'm not in the UK, can I attend?

Yes, if you have access to a computer, you can dial in from anywhere, including California, which is where Fernando will be dialling in from. You just need a zoom account and a way of translating the GMT start time to your local time (if you don't know how, then google is really good at this).

I have a question that isn't answered here, what do I do?

Please follow this link and use the contact form to ask any question that isn't answered here.