How to boost productivity and happiness in just 10 days

Can everyone turn their dreams into reality? And can you really become more productive – and happier – in just 10 days? They’re the questions that we asked Tamara Medina Sapovalova, Business Confidence Coach and honorary panda.

Her answer? Yes!

While many of you will know Tamara from her Panda Express blog posts, you might not be aware that she’s also the creator of the 10X Productive programme. Designed to equip you with all of the tools and knowledge that you need to break out of that rut, move forward and succeed, her programme introduces 10 actions in 10 days. These actions will help you discover how to set actionable career goals, take control of your life, enhance your self-awareness, plan your steps to success and maintain a healthy balance in your life.

Sounds great, right? Right! So, when Tamara asked me if I wanted to see the programme, of course I said yes…

Boost productivity and happiness in just 10 days

“If we do not set goals, it is as if we are flying aimlessly, and when this happens, we feel out of control.” 

Many of us are responsible for creating strategies at work. We work hard to achieve the goals of the business that we work for, or own. But what about our personal career goals? How many of us put some time aside each week to review where we are, what we’re working towards and what is - or isn’t - working? How many of us even have personal career goals?

As you might have already guessed, the 10X Productive programme is heavily based around goal setting and breaking down barriers. Why? To turn your career dreams into reality, of course! Curious to know more..?

10 days, 10 actions 

That’s right, the programme itself takes 10 days to complete. Each day consists of a short video, a few paragraphs of text and some exercises to reinforce the session’s key learnings. The journey begins at ‘the secret of success’. It continues with a variety of topics including time management (with a thought provoking look at procrastination) and the internal and external influences that can impact negatively on your success. Day 10 ends with a much needed look at work-life balance, establishing boundaries and taking time to enjoy the success that you create.

Each day focuses solely on 1 action with lessons reinforcing what you’ve previously learnt and motivating you to remember – and make use of - all of the actions.  Yes, making a big life change is hard and it does require time, effort and commitment, but using the 10X Productive programme as a guide makes it all feel so much easier!

And once the 10 days are over..? Well, you’ve got 10 actions in your ‘life change toolbox’ and a whole load of insights (and personal benchmarks) to help you on your way. You’ll want to keep reviewing everything though; revise the 10 actions and use your initial answers to review your progress on a regular basis.

Programme Highlights

This programme really does feature something useful for everyone who’s keen to further their career and follow their dreams. It’s useful when managing a team too (if you’re in a senior position): key learnings and goal setting can be used to enhance your understanding of your team members’ needs and goals. Putting this knowledge into action can result in amazing career plans and progression opportunities that will potentially help aid employee retention too.  

Key highlights for ecommerce superstars include:

• Learning to define success and understand when success has been achieved (crucial when setting goals).
• Setting goals that motivate, using realistic parameters - just as you would when setting goals for your brand, but in a much more humanised way!
• Building on personal strengths by creating a whole host of tools to help you understand how you can enhance your performance (and enjoyment of work) through simply recognising and using your strengths.
• Embracing the power of present tense.
• Building awareness on decision making and how what you decide to do today can impact your future success.
• Discovering how to pinpoint procrastination… and give it the boot. The time management action is a must-do for everyone!  
• Creating a personal toolkit to help you break bad habits and avoid fixating on negative talk and bad beliefs.
• Getting the balance right: amazing tips and reasons why you should always get work-life balance right.  

The above is by no means an exhaustive list, just a handful of the great tips and tools you can expect to focus on when trying out the 10X Productive programme.

Want to know more? Ready to give the 10X Productive programme a try? Head on over to 10X Productive and get your paws on a copy!

More about Tamara Medina Sapovalova

Tamara Medina is the founder of Sapovalova Coaching, member of Tech London Advocates, Former Huffington Post Spanish blogger and author of ‘10 days, 10 actions, 10 times more productive’ published in English and Spanish. She has written for various magazines and international publications. She has also been a judge in several technology start-up panels and is a mentor at MassChallenge, Startup Chile and Major’s International Business Programme. 

She specialises in helping people develop their entrepreneurial and leadership mind-sets.

For over fifteen years she has worked with renowned companies in Mexico, the United States and England, where she worked for the BBC. In 2016 she launched the 10XProductive online programme.

Head on over to the Sapovalova Coaching website and connect with Tamara on LinkedIn.