The Problem Was Never You Your Priority Centered Life | Busy On Purpose Series, Episode 5
There's a question a lot of self-aware, high-achieving people carry but don't say out loud. This final episode of the Busy On Purpose series answers it as directly as possible and leaves you with the one thing Dr. Alise most wants you to believe about yourself when you walk away.
Because there's a good chance you've been carrying a story about yourself that isn't true. And it's time for a different one.
In this episode:
Why expecting everyone to thrive in a standard productivity system is like expecting everyone to wear size nine shoes. The two things that have to be in place underneath any system for it to actually hold: your physiology and your environment. Why your brain was not designed to be a storage system, and what happens when you ask it to be one. The simplest place to start, today, before anything else changes and before the timing is perfect. And the one belief that makes everything else in this series work.
The one practical thing Dr. Alise leaves you with:
Stop carrying everything in your head. Get it out of your mental space and onto something external. A notebook, a notes app, the back of an envelope. Then each morning identify your three most important tasks for the day. Not ten. Three. The things that, if you did nothing else, would mean the day counted for something.
That's the foundation the rest gets built on.
You'll want to listen if you:
- Have spent years trying to make standard productivity systems work and wondered what was wrong with you
- Are a non-linear thinker, someone with ADHD, or a high achiever whose brain just doesn't fit the cookie-cutter approach
- Want one clear, practical place to start before you have everything figured out
- Have followed this series and are ready to close the loop
The Busy On Purpose series:
- Episode 1: The 3-Part System for a Meaningful Summer
- Episode 2: Why Your Productivity System Keeps Failing (It's Not You)
- Episode 3: Still Behind at 10pm? This Episode Is for You
- Episode 4: The Decision You Keep Not Making (And What It's Costing You)
- Episode 5: This episode
Mentioned in this episode:
- The Prior 10 Reset — returning in the fall; join the waitlist
- The Prior 10 Life Management System
The examples and stories shared on this podcast are drawn from clinical and coaching experience. All identifying details have been changed or composited to protect client confidentiality. Any resemblance to a specific individual is coincidental. This podcast is for educational and informational purposes only and does not constitute psychological advice, therapy, or a therapeutic relationship. If you are experiencing mental health concerns, please consult a licensed mental health professional.