We've all been there: You volunteer to help out with an extra thing at work or you tell a friend that you'll help them over the weekend. Then, as the event itself approaches, you realize that you simply do not have the time or energy and you shouldn't have agreed to do this in the first place. Well, there's good news: There are times when you can gracefully back out of situations like this.

Blake, Courtney, and Verbs talk about these tricky situations and offer some tips on how to back out of obligations without leaving the other person high and dry. Also, Courtney speaks with Full Focus' Director of Coaching, Darilynn Hammond.

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We've all heard the phrase, "You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with." But, how does that apply to goal achievement and productivity?

In this episode, Blake and Verbs share stories of how they changed their environments to achieve their own goals. Blake tells a story from his college days while Verbs tells a much more recent story (that actually connects to a goal that he's discussed on the podcast before).

If you want to surround yourself with the right people to achieve your goals, then you'll definitely want to check out the Full Focus Planner Community at https://www.facebook.com/groups/ffpthinktank

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Spring is the perfect time of year to look at your priorities. Think of it as a Spring Cleaning for your priorities!

When you spend a minute looking at what is important to you and what isn’t, you can streamline your tasks and see a clearer picture of where you’re spending your time.

A ‘Not-to-do List’ is where you take a list of activities or commitments and highlight anything that you won’t do or attend in the future. You essentially Spring Clean any unnecessary tasks right off of your plate. That means more time and energy to focus on what is important to you.

In this episode, Courtney, Blake, and Verbs, talk about the power of a ‘not-to-do-list’ and the benefits of spring cleaning your commitments. Plus, Nick and Courtney share some bits of technology that are bringing them peace of mind.

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When we want to get something accomplished, we tend to think of skills, habits, or tools that we can add to help us reach our goal. However, often times, the real trick to goal achievement isn't what you can add, but what you can subtract.

Blake, Courtney, and Verbs offer three different categories (life domains) that you can ask yourself: "What should I stop doing?" They give examples from their own lives of habits or commitments that they've stopped doing (or really want to stop doing).

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Have you ever been in the middle of a difficult week only to have an urgent situation added to your plate? In those moments, it’s so easy to freak out. It feels impossible to get everything done. While it might feel counterintuitive, the real trick to accomplishing more is stepping back and making space to get the important tasks done.

Verbs, Courtney, and Blake share 3 steps to triaging your calendar when your life suddenly gets out of hand. After that, Courtney speaks with Elizabeth Lynch. Elizabeth is the Executive Assistant for Full Focus CEO Megan Hyatt Miller. Elizabeth shares some insight on how she's able to keep her home life moving forward without stressing out.

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The old saying "Know Your Enemy" is derived from Sun Tzu's book, The Art of War - a Chinese military treatise that dates back to the fifth century BC. While it's doubtful that Sun Tzu had your Daily Big 3 in mind (but, maybe he did), we can use that ancient advice to battle the obstacles that stand in the way of achieving our goals.

Courtney, Blake, and Verbs share with you two steps to making headway on defeating your productivity obstacles. After that, Courtney speaks with Full Focus Planner Certified Pro, Gary Smith, about focusing on the Full Focus system in order to achieve success.

To learn more about Gary and his coaching services, visit www.garylsmith.com.

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The “messy middle” is a place where we’ve come too far to go back but we can’t yet see what’s up ahead - and it’s normal. In fact, if you haven’t hit the messy middle yet, you probably will soon.

The messy middle is typically where we feel we’ve hit the end of our own resources. It's at this moment that you have to start getting creative and asking for help. But the most important resource in the messy middle is motivation. And that’s at the heart of what we’re talking about today.

Blake, Courtney, and Verbs talk about two reasons that it is important to remember why you started. After that, Courtney speaks with Full Focus Planner Certified Pro, Valeria Gray. They talk about how she uses the Full Focus System with her clients and offers some tips that you can use right away.

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Let's face it: We have a tendency to be overconfident about what we can remember. We think we'll remember the important ideas from that meeting or the date of that event or the email that you have to send. By simply relying on our memory to get us through our lives, we put some of our most important goals and priorities at risk.

Blake, Courtney, and Verbs offer two reasons that you should trust your memory less and trust your pens and pencils more. After that, Courtney speaks with Full Focus Planner Certified Pro, Conor Scholes. He speaks with her about how he uses the planner to focus his Enneagram 4 personality.

To reach out to Conor, find him in our Certified Pro directoy: fullfocus.co/directory. (Remember to select the label "Earners".)

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Understanding your personality type is a helpful tool to unlocking ways to become more productive and satisfied. Of course, the Full Focus Planner is a great tool for everybody, but in this episode, we break down every Enneagram personality type and how you can leverage the planner to achieve your best results.

Courtney talks with Terrie Power. Terrie is both a Full Focus Planner Certified Pro and certified Enneagram Coach so she's the perfect person for this episode. They'll go through every type and discuss strengths and areas of improvement. Also, don't worry if you're not familiar with Enneagram types, Terrie quickly describes each one near the start of the episode.

To work directly with Terrie, visit https://www.terriepowercoaching.com/.

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This is the last episode in our three-part look at the Weekly Preview. We previously talked about the Weekly Big 3 and the After Action Review. Our focus this time is on planning the upcoming week. This is the moment where you take all of the lessons learned from your After Action Review and combine those with the Weekly Big 3 tasks that you've already decided are essential. A properly planned week can be the difference between feeling great about what you've achieved and simply surviving to the weekend.

Courtney and Verbs talk you through three important elements that will help you get your week set up for success. Also, Courtney flips the tables on Nick and gives him a quiz about the history of goal setting.

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