Fix your crazy schedule (for $1)

Did you come back from the holiday to a work calendar that looks like this?

Adam shared this in the private Focus Course Live community during a previous class. (Reminder: enrollment for our January class closes on Wednesday!)

Keep in mind, that was just his work schedule.

Imagine how it would look when factoring in family time, errands, creative projects, social obligations, and all the unplanned daily surprises life has for us.

Not much time for breathing room, is there?

This is the reality millions of people wake up to every day.

Most of them believe you have to live like this to be successful, that the only option if you’re struggling is to #riseandgrind a little harder tomorrow.

A few weeks ago I read a Twitter / X post from a guy canceling his holiday plans so he could hustle through to the end of the year while all the rest of us were being lazy. Ugh.

Newsflash:

This is not sustainable behavior.

You CAN accomplish your professional and personal goals without working a schedule that leaves you gasping for breath at the end of every week while ignoring your family.

How do you actually do it?

Think of your life as 5 dials:

To reach a state of peak focus, all 5 of these dials need to be cranked up like you see in the image above.

But here’s the thing — each dial is dependent on the one that comes before it. I explain it more in this video here.)

So before you can even think about getting a handle on your schedule, you have to take a hard look at the dials that come before it.

You can’t optimize your schedule if you don’t have a clear action plan you want to execute.

You can’t have a clear action plan if you’re still fuzzy on your short- and long-term goals.

You can’t prioritize the right goals if you haven’t aligned them with the big picture vision you have for your life.

This is why that random “foolproof morning routine that GUARANTEES success” you saw on TikTok didn’t change your life.

If you try to turn your “Habits” dial to 10 while your “Goals” and “Schedule” dials are at 3, it’s harder to intentionally make progress on things that matter.

This is why Focus Course Live dedicates time to each individual component of a focused life, starting with your Vision and working up to Schedule and Habits over the course of 4 live coaching sessions.

We start with your Mission Map because Focus Course Live is all about building up YOUR foundation for focus that is built on YOUR values for your life.

If you’re craving clarity on your vision, goals, and priorities, you’ll find it.

If you know where you want your life to go, but you need the plan to make it happen, you’ll build it.

If you’ve got the plan but carving out the time in your calendar to implement it feels impossible, you’ll create your ideal schedule.

I’ll help you do it all in Focus Course Live.

By the end of our 4 weeks together, I’m confident you’ll get back a chunk of meaningful hours per week in your schedule.

So if you’re telling yourself, “Gee, that sounds great, Shawn, but I don’t have time for this right now…”

^^ That’s a clue that you need this more than anyone.

Click here to explore the January ’25 Class of Focus Course Live ←

Enrollment closes this coming Wednesday (January 15), so don’t delay!

P.S. Did you know that you can join Focus course Live for $1? If you join my membership community, Focus Club, you can get your first month for just $1 and join us for Focus Course Live for free.

Sign up here.