Action-Powered Productivity Live
Efficient, Effective Work & A Meaningful, Fulfilling Life
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Are you sick of wasting time?
Are you tired of working yourself to death with nothing to show for it?
Action-Powered Productivity Live can change your life.
To say something is life-changing—that phrase gets tossed around a lot, but this literally feels like an inflection point. There's a 'before this course' and an 'after this course' for me. I'm in control of my life in a way that I simply was not previously.
What is Action-Powered Productivity Live?
Action-Powered Productivity is the powerful approach championed in the new book The Rhythms of Productivity. Develop the skills of Taking Action and Capturing Recurrence™ to skyrocket your productivity.
Action-Powered Productivity Live (APP Live) is a 29-day live course where we implement your productivity toolkit using your favorite notetaking and task management apps. You receive:
- The new book The Rhythms of Productivity
free ebook OR purchase paperback or hardcover on Amazon - "Book Club" discussion in the community hosted on Circle to deepen your understanding of the Action-Powered Productivity Principles
- 14 hours of live group consulting sessions (recorded for future viewing)
- Easy-to-understand video demos, tailored to your challenges
- Expert guidance as you implement the Action-Powered Productivity principles in your preferred apps and tools
- Tips and best practices to get the most out of AI to optimize efficiency while keeping your creative soul front and center
- Access to our APP Live forum (free)
- Six free months of the Action-Powered Productivity Pro community
APP Live allows you to use the tools that work best for your personal productivity toolkit. While Tana, Obsidian, Notion, and Roam Research are popular choices as notetaking apps at the heart of toolkits, you can use the apps that suit your workflow.
APP Live is only $500! The time and effort you'll save, and the peace of mind you'll achieve, will far exceed the cost of the course!
I finished 'Rhythms' yesterday, and I want you to know I haven't felt the same confidence and enthusiasm since I first read GTD more than 20 years ago. I have been on the Hyrum Smith/Franklin Covey/GTD/Todoist (Grandmaster)/Roam 'keep it together until it comes together' train for my adult life, and 'Rhythms', to me, is the most 'adult', real-world, holistic, battle-tested, accurate approach that I've come across.
Everything you’ve been taught about productivity is backward.
That’s why every time you’ve tried some new system to get your work done, it worked for a while and then failed.
All of those systems told you to get organized first. Once you’re organized, the systems say, you’ll be equipped to take action.
To put it bluntly: That’s wrong. It’s worse than wrong. It’s exactly backward.
Don’t Get Organized... Take Action
"Content Dictates Form."– musical theatre composer Stephen Sondheim
Systems that prescribe structure (i.e., just about all of them) impose a top-down approach on your work. They say, “Here’s what all work looks like, now let’s shoehorn your work into it.”
You wind up with projects that don’t fit what you need and functionality that isn’t aligned with the way you think and work.
Your vision of what’s possible is constrained by the imposed system. This is the exact opposite of Stephen Sondheim’s quote above: you’re starting with form and contorting the content until it fits.
That is destined to fall apart.
But without pre-built structure, what’s the alternative? Shooting in the dark and hoping you hit something?
It's interesting for me comparing and contrasting this to a certain other very well-known productivity course that I did not that long ago for six times as much money. I’ve got 10 times as much out of this for one-sixth of the financial investment.
Master Action and Recurrence in Productivity
My new book The Rhythms of Productivity lays out two core productivity tactics that can make anyone more productive: Take Action and Capture Recurrence™.
When you master these tactics, you will develop a toolkit that makes the work you do more efficient, effective, and fulfilling over time.
(1) Take Action
Decide what you’re going to do and then do it.
To make Taking Action easier, APP Live will teach you how to:
- Create and schedule well-formed tasks
- Take effective notes that show up when you need them
- Relate notes to one another using hubs, especially Bins & Projects for tasks
- Link tasks and projects to relevant files and information
- Prepare simple, valuable daily agendas
- Group similar work into clusters to save time and effort
- Keep logs of your work for review
(2) Capture Recurrence™
If you’re doing something today, odds are you’ve done it before and you’ll do it again. After you take action, ask yourself, “how can I do that work better next time?”
APP Live will teach you how to leverage repetition to improve future work:
- Capture Recurrence in Productivity Bridges: templates, automations, procedures, recurring tasks, and more—all in service of making future work faster, more accurate, and higher quality
- Recognize and implement recurring tasks so important work gets done: daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, etc.
- Establish procedures so your work gets done right
- Create templates so your work is 80% done before you even start
- Build automations so your work doesn’t even require you
- Make big-picture decisions with roles
- Set up dashboards to make work and system reviews effortless
Outcome
At the end of the 29-day course, you will be:
- Confident building, adapting, running, and maintaining your productivity toolkit in the apps and tools you prefer
- Familiar with additional apps that improve your workflows, especially Keyboard Maestro (Mac) and AutoHotkey (Windows)
- Equipped with tools and apps—including AI—to help you work efficiently, effectively, and accurately
- In control of your time
- Equipped with valuable routines & habits, as well as templates for your recurring processes and projects
- Equipped to further develop your system to adapt to future changes in your life and work
- More efficient and effective than you’ve ever been with systems you’ve used in the past—because this system is tailormade for you
- More fulfilled by your work than you've ever been—and equipped to make your work even more fulfilling in the future
Who is APP Live for?
- Professionals who want promotions
- Managers who balance doing their work and overseeing their team's work
- Executives who need bandwidth for the big picture
- Entrepreneurs and Solopreneurs who move quickly toward their objectives
When you're in command of your work, you're better positioned to move up.
It's two different roles, and your apps and workflows must reflect that.
If your attention is on the daily grind, you can't see very far ahead.
Sure, "move fast and break things," but you need a productivity toolkit that will not break!
Ultimately, APP Live is for anyone who shares the mindset that "productivity" is not "getting a lot of work done."
Productivity is doing the right work, doing it effectively so it only needs to be done once, and doing it efficiently so it takes minimum time and effort.
Real productivity is maximum action with minimum effort, creating space for what fulfills you.
This course has significantly boosted my productivity and confidence. The APP system is effective, practical, and has positively transformed my task management. Overall, it's been a game-changer in my daily routine.
How does the 29-day course format work?
In Action-Powered Productivity Live, we are focused on action. Everything that’s included is to support your ability to Take Action now and Capture Recurrence to take better action in the future.
- My book The Rhythms of Productivity to cover in detail every aspect of the Action-Powered Productivity approach
free ebook OR purchase paperback or hardcover on Amazon - "Book Club" discussion to better understand the Action-Powered Productivity Principles
- 14 hours worth of group Mastermind sessions via Zoom to share insights, tackle challenges, and learn from each other
See the Schedule of Live Events for dates and times - Live Zooms are recorded and available to watch later
- Easy-to-understand video demos, when relevant
- Learn to use AI to amplify your creative impulses and output, not replace them
- Tana users receive Tana for Action to install an APP-based task management approach in Tana (available around two weeks before APP Live begins)
- Users of all notetaking and task management tools receive expert insight on implementing the APP principles in your preferred apps and tools
- Free enrollment to the Action-Powered Productivity community. The community has a forum, as well as spaces for discussion and learning from each other
- Six FREE months of APP Pro! Regular masterminds and workshops and additional content!
APP Live Curriculum
Because this course is live, the curriculum listed below is subject to adjust a bit as we recognize what specific issues you face. But this will help you understand the structure of the framework you’ll learn.
Prior to Day 1 (before Jul 19)
- Read The Rhythms of Productivity and engage with content I share prior to the start of the course, so you’re ready to get started!
- Mac users, optional: Purchase and install Keyboard Maestro and Hookmark
- Windows users, optional: Install AutoHotkey
- Get your calendar set with the live Mastermind sessions you can attend
- Tana users: Install Tana for Action (when it becomes available soon!)
- Optional: Read other books from the APP suggested reading list
Days 1 - 7: Take Action with Core & Now Bridges (Jul 19 – Jul 25)
- Implement the basics of task management
- Learn to use notes, tasks, agendas, logs, and hubs (especially bins and projects) to make better decisions in the moment, and to focus on the right work at the right time
Days 8 - 14: Capture Recurrence with Recurrence Bridges (Jul 26 – Aug 1)
- Implement the “next level” of task management and explore complementary apps like Keyboard Maestro or AutoHotkey
- Learn to use recurring tasks, procedures, and templates, as well as automations such as keyboard shortcuts, text expansions, and macros
- Learn simple ways to use AI to work more efficiently, effectively, and accurately, without sacrificing your creativity and personal touch
- Bridge hours of unnecessary work every week by harnessing recurrence and never starting from scratch again
Days 15 - 21: Calibrate and Adapt with Vision Bridges (Aug 2 – Aug 8)
- Implement big-picture task management
- Learn to use roles to direct the action in your life toward the identities you embody in your life and work
- Implement the reviews required to capture long-term transformation in your work and workflows
Days 22 - 29: Put It All Together (Aug 9 – Aug 16)
- Assess and apply the skills you've learned to optimize your productivity toolkit
- Your toolkit is a lifelong ally, so it's never "done." We'll make sure you have the tools and access to additional resources so you can keep using and developing it in the future
APP taught me the value of distinguishing between tasks, notes, and prototasks. It's streamlined my to-do list, helping me focus on what's truly actionable and important.
Join Our Thriving Productivity Community
One core reason APP Live works is that you're not alone. The live format provides peer support, networking, and shared learning.
In three years of creating live courses, I've learned that my content is important, but the engagement of the community is even more important. My content frames the learning process, but everyone brings fresh ideas and tremendous value to the community.
By joining Action-Powered Productivity Live, you're practically guaranteed to learn something vital to your productivity approach by watching how your peers use their toolkits.
R.J. Nestor, Productivity Consultant
R.J. Nestor is a productivity consultant, musician, and writer. He is a communication and productivity expert with 20+ years of experience helping people say what they mean to say and do what they mean to do.
R.J. is the founder of the Action-Powered Productivity community, and creator of numerous productivity courses and tools. R.J. is the author of the book The Rhythms of Productivity, which is the core content implemented in APP Live.
As a consultant, R.J. helps you get important work done. He coaches entrepreneurs, executives, and freelancers from diverse industries: technology, finance, architecture & design, real estate, insurance, fitness, law, and more. You have great ideas and boundless potential. R.J. provides the tools and guidance to execute your ideas and realize your potential.
Common Concerns
- I don't have enough time to commit to a 29-day course
- $500 is too expensive
- I'm new to productivity tools
- How do I know this course will actually improve my productivity?
- Will this course be relevant to my specific field or industry?
- What if I don't achieve the promised outcomes?
- How is this course different from other productivity tools or courses?
APP Live is designed for busy individuals. While it spans 29 days, the mastermind sessions are recorded, allowing you to engage with the material at your own pace. Plus, the skills and strategies you'll learn are aimed at saving you time in the long run.
Investing in APP Live is investing in your future productivity and efficiency. The skills and tools you gain will save you time and resources in the long run, dramatically outweighing the initial cost.
Don’t worry if you’re new to productivity tools. APP Live gives you an environment to get comfortable with your apps. Plus, our community and mastermind sessions provide support and guidance when you ask for it.
APP Live is built on ten years of productivity experience and consulting, plus my specific expertise using various productivity tools. My Action-Powered Productivity approach has served hundreds of clients, both in the community and over previous cohorts. Plus, with the nature of APP Live, I'm there with you to answer your specific challenges. I can get you on the right path!
The Action-Powered Productivity approach championed in APP Live is universally applicable, regardless of your industry. The principles of productivity and the use of various tools are adaptable to various fields. We've had successful participants from technology, finance, design, and many more industries.
We understand that every participant's journey is unique. That's why APP Live offers personalized guidance and a supportive community to help you tailor the system to your needs. Plus, the curriculum is flexible to address specific issues you might face.
Unlike generic productivity courses, APP Live is specifically designed around an action-first productivity approach. It’s not just about using a one tool or another; it’s about integrating the apps you prefer into a toolkit that makes your work more efficient, effective, and fulfilling.
APP Live FAQ
- When does the next course start and finish?
- How long do I have access to the content?
- What if I am unhappy with APP Live?
- How do I access the Circle community where the course is hosted?
- Are there scholarships available for APP Live?
The upcoming APP Live will be July 19 through August 16, 2024. See the Schedule of Live Events for specific dates and times.
All content will be available to you indefinitely in the APP community.
The refund policy is simple: If you can demonstrate you completed the content up through Days 1 - 7, and at that point you decide APP Live isn’t for you, DM me in the Circle community to request a full refund. After Jul 25, no further refunds will be processed.
The sign-up link will be available when you enroll. If you have trouble joining the community, contact me.
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