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The Payoff of Practicing Techniques

December 22, 2025 | Renée Fishman

Practicing techniques isn’t always sexy work, and it can feel boring, but with time and repetition, you’ll get a big payoff.

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: confidence, fundamentals, practice, productivity, techniques

An Overlooked Requirement of Flow State

November 13, 2024 | Renée Fishman

Flow state has a fundamental requirement that most people miss. Knowing what this element is — and understanding the proper way to employ it — is crucial for getting into flow states.

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: ADHD, basics, challenge, comfort, competency, confidence, flow, flow state, focus, fundamentals, hyper-vigilance, mindfulness, nervous system, performance, productivity, safety, strategies, technique

The Challenge of Basics

June 13, 2024 | Renée Fishman

Before you knock on “basics” as being “boring,” consider how well you implement the basics consistently. Doing the basics well on a consistent basis is more challenging that it seems.

Filed Under: Business, Coaching, Life, Practice, Yoga Tagged With: advanced, basics, challenge, fundamentals, inner work, practice, productivity, simple, simple not easy, systems, weightlifting, yoga

6 Elements to Include in Your To-Do List So You Actually Get Shit Done

June 13, 2023 | Renée Fishman

If you know what you need to do but aren’t doing it, including these 6 elements will help you get clarity around your tasks so you stop procrastinating and actually get shit done.

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: action, actions, ADHD, body double, clarity, fundamentals, getting things done, marketing, productivity, projects, support, to-do list

3 Building Blocks of Improvement

September 7, 2022 | Renée Fishman

The most simple way to improve in any skill.

Filed Under: Practice Tagged With: coaching, feedback, fundamentals, improvement, practice

Find the Fun in Fundamentals

August 17, 2021 | Renée Fishman

Setbacks are great opportunities to refocus on fundamentals and build back skills while reconnecting with the fun of what we’re doing.

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: fun, fundamentals, stuck

The Shoelace Theory of Success

June 1, 2021 | Renée Fishman

Legendary coach John Wooden’s greatest lesson: the secret to sustainable success lies not in the big bold moves but in the basics of how you tie your shoes.

Filed Under: Business, Coaching, Practice Tagged With: foundation, fundamentals, little things, success, sustainability

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