Are your kids driving you to distraction while you try to work from home?
In this encore episode, we tackle the ultimate challenge parents face everywhere: balancing work responsibilities while managing kids at home. You’ll discover how to create a productive environment amidst the chaos, ensuring you can finish your work without sacrificing quality time with your family.
Whether you’re a seasoned work-from-home parent, navigating this new territory for the first time, or working with someone going through this, it is possible to transform your home into a harmonious and efficient workspace, even with the little ones around.
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You can find links to everything we share in the show notes at theproductivityshow.com/.
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- Top 3 Productivity Resources [1:54]
- How to create a fun learning environment [4:50]
- Create a calm routine for the family [13:58]
- Use visual cues [27:03]
- How to communicate your schedule with others [36:50]
Links:
- Masterclass
- Calm
- 25X Productivity Coaching
- Wired In
- ClickUp
- Loom
- Brooks’ Family Kanban Board
- Children interrupts BBC News interview
- Simple Strategies To Find Time to Parent Without Feeling Guilty w/ Julie Morgenstern (TPS232)
- TPS47: 13 Productive Parenting Hacks
- Meghan McInerny’s Red/Yellow/Green paper for signaling her deep work time
- Meghan McInerny’s Kanban for Kids
- Check out this automated “Dad’s on a call” sign with LEDs and controlled by a Telegram bot
- Productivity Academy
- The Productivity Show on Youtube
- The Productivity Show Youtube Clips
- Become a member of TPS+
- Take the Productivity Quiz
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