One of my friends recently remarked: “I am not sure I want to use Mindful Productivity skills. I don’t want to lose my ability to make decisions on my own.”
It’s a sentiment I’ve heard before, when I was surveying to understand how people make decisions and what tools or mindsets they rely on for the same.
The assumption is that any structured method for decision-making must, in some way, decide for you.
Afterall, we look at our decisions as us—intimate, innate, and what makes us unique.
But Mindful Productivity isn’t about telling you what to choose or how to act.
It’s about making conscious of the forces upon you; your emotions that cloud or clarify, your values that remain steady around noise, and your sensations attuned to pick the reality of your situation.
It helps you see the terrain more clearly, so that when you decide, you do so with conviction, not confusion.
In that way, Mindful Productivity skills are not room layouts. They are the corridor.
The skills do not tell you which door to open, or what you will find behind it. They offer no commandments, only a method, a way of walking, pausing, seeing.
The rooms are your decisions: one holds a job offer, another a boundary to set, a third, a question of forgiveness. Each door is personal, shaped by your upbringing, values, fears, and hopes.
Mindful Productivity does not favor one room over another. It simply ensures that when you do reach for the handle, your hand is steady.
The corridor belongs to all. It’s your choice what room you want to enter and how you wish to enter.
The decision is always yours to make.
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