One reason you still feel stuck, even when you get things done

You’ve probably noticed it by now.

No matter how many productivity hacks you try…
No matter how many tools you set up…
No matter how much you “manage your time”…

That stuck feeling of checking things off your list, but never moving closer to what you actually want doesn’t go away.

What I’ve come to realize is chasing the desire to “manage time better”, and “be more productive” are symptoms of deeper issues that rarely get addressed.

We’ve all been trained since kindergarten to get shit done. That part’s not hard.

What’s hard is when you’re chasing the wrong things, from the wrong place.

Here are the 4 hidden conflicts underneath all the busywork:

1. Your values vs. the unconscious values you’re agreeing to operate from: When your daily actions reflect someone else’s priorities instead of your own principles, friction builds. You end up feeling pulled in every direction, but never toward what matters most to you.

2. The beliefs you inherited vs. the intelligence your experience is trying to teach you: When old conditioning drowns out the innate lessons your own lived experience is pointing you toward, you will operate from the past and miss the signals driving you toward your goals.

3. The role you play in your work vs. the role that brings you alive: When the mask you wear in your work suffocates the part of you that feels most alive and real, you will repress your creative expression and compound stress, overwhelm and exhaustion. (This applies to founders, as much as employees, if not more!)
   

4. The goals you chase vs. the goals that actually fulfill you: When you climb ladders that look impressive, but never take you anywhere you actually want to go, you will constantly seek tools, hacks and quick fixes to get you to that next “successful” milestone.

That’s why productivity apps and time management systems don’t stick.

They soothe the symptoms for a moment, but they never resolve the conflict at the core.

It’s because the current success playbook tells you to work harder, suppress your creativity for control and earn your place through never-ending sacrifice.

Your calendar is full, you’re “getting things done”, but the work you really want to be doing is locked inside an endless to-do list on your phone.

You did the digital detox, went to the weekend retreat, and the productivity guru’s sold you one more “game-changer” that changed nothing.

No matter how many things you try, you still can’t seem to “find the time” for what’s gnawing at you deep inside.

The time to breathe, the attention to create, the energy to focus and the joy of working in your zone of genius, sharing what’s on your heart.

But when you break the old playbook and resolve the hidden conflicts above (values, beliefs, identity, goals), your time, energy, attention and focus stop working against you and start working for you.

Momentum doesn’t come from forcing what clearly doesn’t work.

It comes from aligning to what creating, succeeded and achieving mean on your own terms.

It comes from building your own playbook.

Much Love,

Cory Firth
Creator of One Minute Weekend

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