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Creating Space · April 2025 · Vol. 15
When the Timing is Right, the Solution Arrives
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Welcome
Your Comfort Zone isn't Doing You Any Favors
We all love feeling comfortable.
Familiar routines, predictable environments, and low-risk situations offer a sense of stability that feel like a safe haven, but here’s the hard truth:
Your comfort zone also keeps you stuck.
It’s easy to believe that staying where things feel easy is the best choice.
After all, it feels good to avoid stress and uncertainty. But boy is that a red herring.
Growth — real, meaningful growth — never happens when everything stays the same.
If you’re craving fulfillment, progress, or change, it’s time to dig deep.
Your comfort zone is an illusion.
When you stay there too long, you trade potential for predictability.
You avoid failure and at the same time, success.
You dodge discomfort, but miss out on a whole lot of adventure, learning, and self-discovery.
Growth only happens when you are highly uncomfortable.
If you think about the times you’ve learned the most (and changed the most), it definitely involved challenges, uncertainty, and fear.
That’s just the truth.
Your comfort zone might feel good, but it’s not where your potential lives.
If you want more fulfillment and better opportunities, you have to lean into the discomfort.
In the long run, the risk of not trying is so much greater than the risk of stepping into the unknown, so ask yourself:
Where am I choosing comfort over growth?
And more importantly, What could happen if I stepped beyond it?
I can tell you with 100% certainty that if you do, your life will change.
With that said, what happened the last time you stepped beyond your comfort zone?
Hit reply and let me know,
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New on YouTube
April 2025 Productivity Report
Productivity isn't about time; it's about creating impact
This month, I share why solutions aren't always ready to be solved the minute they hit your desk. It usually takes quite a bit longer for things to unfold the way they should. It can be a frustration process, but it's a process nonetheless.
Read the overview up top, the full blog post here, and check out the visual report over on YouTube:
 In this video, I:
→ share why April was an unusual month for me
→ show you how to think about your goals and track progress
→ explain what stats I focus on and I'm progressing towards my goals
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Popular Video
 The Creative Journey & What It Means for Entrepreneurial Success feat. Anna Murray
In this conversation with longtime client (and more recently, dear collaborator) Anna Murray from Spirals, I discuss how the creative journey intersects with entrepreneurial success.
Anna has over 20 years working in the creative industry running award-winning London based studio Patternity plus working on global projects with Google, The V&A, Penguin, & The Welcome Trust, among others.
Anna has been listed as one of London’s most influential people by the Evening Standard Progress 1000 as well as winning awards in Wallpaper* Homes and Gardens and Elle Decor. She is featured regularly in titles including Vogue, Sunday Times Style and The New York Times.
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Community Events
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Featured Event
Quarterly Planning Workshop for Q3
If you missed our last QP session on June 13th, 2025, you can now watch the replay over in the academy!
Even if it's not live anymore, you can still follow along and complete the work for yourself to get ready for Q3!
This event is great for all entrepreneurs everywhere, regardless of business model and industry.
Here's what we cover:
- Past quarter reflection - What happened in the past months?
- Productivity Audit - What is draining you, and how can we fix it?
- Implementation Mapping - What needs to happen next?
Not a Member? Visit:https://theswedishorganizer.com/quarterly-planning-workshops
Registered members > log into the academy to watch.✨
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Recent Past Events:
- March 14, 2025 : Quarterly Planning Workshop for Q2 | Watch the Replay**
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- May 23, 2025: Mindful Monday Mapping Coaching Call | Watch the Replay**
- June 13, 2023: Quarterly Planning Workshop for Q3 | Watch the Replay**
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***Direct meeting link. No registration needed.
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