Conscious Productivity Podcast - Do You Really Need Productivity Systems, If You Work Intuitively?

Intuition is one of our greatest gifts. When we learn to listen to it fully, it becomes a superpower. But is listening to our intuition on its own enough to be fully productive? If you are intuitive, does that mean that productivity systems are useless for you? I invite you to listen to my take on what is needed, when you are intuitive.

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Transcript

The other day I had a great conversation with a Pilates teacher who is teaching her classes from a deep intuitive perspective.

This is not what you usually expect from a Pilates teacher,

Right?

This was also a great reminder for me to check my assumptions.

Now during our conversation she emphasized several times how important intuition is to her,

Both in her work and in her life.

I couldn't agree more.

Intuition is one of our greatest gifts.

When you learn to discern it from your fears and limiting beliefs and inherited assumptions and you learn to listen to it fully,

You've got a superpower.

But then my conversation with a Pilates teacher took a turn.

She started to talk about how productivity systems wouldn't work for her because she is working so intuitively.

Are productivity systems and methods useless when you're intuitive?

To answer this question let's take a step back and observe what those systems and methods are.

If productivity is like baking a cake,

A healthy one and one that is nourishing you,

Then those systems are the cake thin.

Without them,

The batter runs loose.

But without the batter,

The tin is useless.

You can put it in the hot oven,

But you have no cake.

So what's the batter then?

You can probably guess.

It's the deeper work.

And there's a unique recipe for each of us that will make a delicious and nourishing cake.

Just like with cakes,

There are some pointers about what needs to be included in the recipe,

But what will nourish you specifically is probably different from what will nourish me.

So it's an invitation to experiment and also a great lesson in observation.

But back to our original question,

Systems and methods are actually useless when you expect too much of them.

When you're lost about what to do,

Can't seem to get things done even though you know you need to,

When you're always busy doing but still not getting ahead,

It's most of the times not because you haven't found the right system yet.

These are mostly signs that you need to do some deeper work right now.

We all need to deepen our work regularly.

The other side of the coin is that when you've done some deeper work and you have a press practice to go back to,

Experimenting with a great system will propel you forward.

So do intuitive people need a system then?

Yes,

It's a big fat yes.

It's great help to actually materialize your intuition into focused action.

Just remember the cake.

So I would like to invite you to take a look at your productivity cycle and where you stand at the moment.

Is it deeper work that you need right now or is it looking for the right system or building your own system?

It all starts with observation.

Thank you so much for listening and I'll talk to you next time.

Reviews

Great insight. Thanks 🙏🏾 9/4/20

Helpful advice. Thank you!

Thank you, the right Mesg and the right time 🙏

Thank you! Just what I need to be thinking and doing xxx

The batter and tin analogy is fantastic!

Absolutely on point for me in many ways. Not only because I woke up late and was listening to this as I rushed to get dressed and go bake the (very healthy, organic, non-GMO, non-dairy, gluten free, Paleo and ketogenic) birthday cake for my husband who turns 45 today, but also because I have long struggled myself with the very topic of this audio. That is, in fact, why I selected it.

There was a time when I was, and indeed, felt, very creative. I don't really feel that anymore, but I know I am - when I have the time to let it flow. I don't often have the time in part due to a lengthy - but not insurmountable - to-do list each day, but mainly because I don't have a good organizational system to keep me on track. There are medical aspects to this situation as well, and some things that I used to rely upon are not longer options for my use. It is frustrating to be sure.

I have long leaned on my intuition and sparks of creativity when my sense of generally being creative had gone. It's in there. I just need to give it breathing room. To do that, I need to be still. To be still, I need the space and time to do so. Which I have trouble finding on a regular basis due to the chaos and lack of a system.

I agree with the need to do more inner work. I keep wondering what the subject matter should be. I think I need to release that need to know in advance, and allow my Self to tell me instead of setting an intention that doesn't serve at this point.

I've made some progress in the last few months, set some goals that will lead me towards this rather than away. I was wondering what the simplification and additional space would yield. I thought/hoped it would permit a return to my sense of wonder and innocent love for the world. Hearing your audio reinforces that hope and has transformed it into hopeful anticipation instead.

Thank you so much for sharing this with me and the world. Much needed for us all at this time. Bookmarked and downloaded, too. I see the light in you. 🤲❤️🤲