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Thriving at Work: Staying Sane & Productive

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Overview

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This course will help you plan your work around meaningful outcomes, prioritize when everything feels urgent, protect your focus, set healthier boundaries, and build simple systems that make productivity more sustainable. You’ll learn how to move beyond endless task lists, manage distractions without becoming unavailable, match your work to your energy, and use lightweight automation to reduce repetitive admin. By the end, you’ll have a practical approach for staying effective at work without constantly feeling overwhelmed, reactive, or burned out. What makes this course unique is that it treats productivity as a whole-work system, not a collection of hacks. Instead of offering unrealistic routines or one-size-fits-all advice, it focuses on the real pressures of modern work: shifting priorities, meeting overload, constant interruptions, unclear expectations, and the challenge of staying sane while still delivering results. The approach is practical, realistic, and built for professionals who want to improve how they work in ways that are both effective and sustainable.

Syllabus

  • Outcome-Based Planning & Prioritization (Even When Everything Feels Urgent)
  • Focus, Deep Work & Managing Distraction
  • Energy Management, Boundaries & Flexibility
  • Building Sustainable Systems: Micro-Automation & Personal Workflows

Taught by

Evan Kimbrell

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