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An online program for solopreneurs, self-employed people, and personal business owners

What you will learn

Planning for solopreneurs and personal business owners

Recognizing and eliminating time wasters and no-value activities

Common contributors to planning mistakes

Balancing your business and personal life

Managing conflicting priorities and the art of prioritization

Evolving the way you work to achieve new productivity heights

Keeping up with change

Personalizing your flow

Understanding your personal rhythm and capacity

Saving time by taking advantage of being self-employed

Description

Elena Dexter – a startup product and people executive and founder of Work.Smarter – invites you to join her program, previously only run in small groups and through one-on-one coaching.

This new version of The Path to Work-Life Harmony has been adopted for self-guided online learning and Elena is delighted about the opportunity to share it with Udemy’s entire student community!

Program Summary

Many self-employed people let their business invade too much of their personal space, which eventually turns their life into the complete opposite of the freedom and flexibility they imagined when going into it.

This means living in a state of conflict between wanting to give their business everything they’ve got and not being willing to sacrifice their sanity, enjoyment of life, health and relationships to make it work.

Over time living this way takes a toll on the body and brain, in turn, resulting in getting less and less out of each day while working more.

The root of the problem? A majority of people going into self-employment haven’t taken any training in the most important skills required: planning and prioritizing!

This program shares a few light and effective techniques coming from the most progressive world of planning wisdom: high-tech startups, to help you figure out how to live the life you want now, instead of keeping it on hold.

The program shares a step-by-step framework that will help you:

  • Amplify the value of your time by recognizing noise and filtering it out
  • Adopt a healthy philosophy on planning your work and life in a flexible, harmonious way
  • Shift your mindset to learn how to feel fulfilled with what you accomplish

INCLUDED

Video Lectures

  • Learn about common problems, mistakes, and bad habits many solopreneurs pick up
  • Shift into the right mindset to make meaningful changes in the way you approach your workflow

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  • Get an introduction to the process that can make it all happen
  • Apply the Work.Smarter Framework to your life through step-by-step weekly tasks with examples and supporting worksheets


TIME COMMITMENT

I understand, that when you already feel like your business has taken over your life and you are having to decide between things like getting that proposal out and attending your best friend’s birthday party, the last thing you might want to consider is adding another to-do to your list.

The thing is, sometimes you need to take a step back to set up for accelerating forward. This is one of those situations.

I know you might be already super-busy, overwhelmed and tired, so I put a lot of effort and care into condensing everything I wanted to share with you into the most concise, easy-to-follow and practical format possible.

The program runs for 5 weeks and will require:

  • 15 mins to 1 hour per week – to watch video lectures (less than 3 hours total spread over 5 weeks)
  • 1-2 hours per week – to apply what you learn to your life and business routines, one step at a time

YOU WILL LEARN

Week 1 – Rethink How You Work

  • Understand a self-employment dilemma: Business or Personal life?
  • Discover causes of conflicting priorities and solutions to counter them
  • Learn about common contributors to planning mistakes

Week 2 -Free Up Your Head

  • Learn what to do now to free up time in the future
  • Discover the hidden dangers of separate to-do lists
  • Learn how to organize your to-do items to avoid those dangers and free up some mental capacity

Week 3 -Plan Smart, Work Smarter

  • Discover pitfalls of common planning approaches
  • Craft your unique workflow based on your personal rhythm and capacity
  • Learn how to prioritize and manage your routines so they consume less of your time

Week 4 -Power Up! Maximize Your Time

  • Learn about time wasters that sneak into our days
  • Recognize and eliminate them to free up time
  • Discover how to save even more time by taking advantage of being self-employed and personalizing your flow

Week 5 -The Habit of Continuous Improvement

  • Understand how to keep your hand on the pulse with changing priorities
  • Learn how to keep evolving the way you work overtime to achieve new productivity heights

Join Me on this journey to improved productivity and a happier, more harmonious life!

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Content

Rethink How You Work

Take Control (Elena’s Full Story)
Managing the Big ‘C’s
Housekeeping
Practice Makes Perfect: Week 1 Homework

Free Up Your Head

Take Time to Make Time
Start From the Heart
Plan for the Rest
Procrastination Elimination
Tidy Up
Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
Practice Makes Perfect: Week 2 Homework

Plan Smart, Work Smarter

One Sprint at a Time
Design Your Flow
How Big is Your Time Box?
Get Your Priorities Straight
Scope Out Your Tasks
Fitting It All In
A Scope of Many Colors
Running Your Sprint
Practice Makes Perfect: Week 3 Homework

Power Up! Maximize Your Time

Death by a Million Cuts
Life of a Million Opportunities
Take Advantage
Finding Extra Boosts
Practice Makes Perfect: Week 4 Homework

The Habit of Continuous Improvement

Change Happens
Beat Your Best
Review as You Go
Practice Makes Perfect: Week 5 Homework
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