10 Lessons to Celebrate 10 Years of Positive Productivity
Ten years. It’s a milestone that feels both like a lifetime and a blink of an eye. When I first launched Positively Productive Systems, I had a simple goal: I wanted to help people feel less overwhelmed. I knew I cared deeply about organizing, simplifying, and...
How Your Strengths & Personality Can Be Your Advantage
For years, many have been curious about why I require my private clients to complete specific assessments before we ever dive into their calendars or project management software. It is a fair question. On the surface, productivity coaching seems like it should be...
The Joy List: Your Key to Self-Care
In our modern, high-speed world, we often wear our busyness like a badge of honor. We treat our to-do lists as moral mandates, and when the weight of those responsibilities begins to crush us, we tell ourselves we just need to “push through.” But what if...
Core Values: A Foundation of Sustainable Productivity
Have you ever designed the “perfect” schedule, downloaded the latest habit tracker, or committed to a new morning routine, only to find yourself resisting it a week later? When we struggle to stay consistent, we usually blame our discipline. We tell...
Starting the New Year with Less Stress
The fireworks have faded, the calendar has flipped, and the “New Year, New You” marketing machine is in full swing. If you open any social media app or look at your inbox, the message is loud and clear: you need to start strong, set massive goals, and hit...
2025 Recap: My Favorite Productivity Tips for Real Life
I feel like 2025 asked a lot of us. In fairness, every year does, because life is going to “life” us. But I suspect I’m not alone when I say this past year asked us to stretch and adapt more than usual, and to keep showing up even when things felt uncertain, heavy, or...
Simple Filters to Help You Make Decisions
Does it ever feel like the simple question “What should I do next?” is enough to send you into a tailspin? If you find yourself staring at your to-do list, feeling paralyzed by the sheer volume of choices, you are not alone. One of the most common hurdles to...
Finish Your Year Burnout Free
Every December, I see it. And if I’m honest, I’ve felt it many times in the past, too. It’s that familiar, frantic push to the finish line—the need to wrap up all the loose ends, meet every deadline, and accomplish every single goal before the calendar flips to...
How Slowing Down Makes You More Productive
If you live by the mantra “can’t stop won’t stop,” if your instinct is always to put your foot on the gas instead of the brake, and if you genuinely believe the answer to fixing any problem is just to work harder, the concept of slowing down to...Welcome! I’m Lisa Zawrotny
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