🌱 A course by George Kao The Joyful Productivity Course
Learn to make your calendar and to-do list your supportive assistants — not your boss. A calm, kind path to getting the right things done, and growing your business without the overwhelm.
One-time payment · lifetime access · includes 2 months of live Q&A calls
A Gentle Reframe
What if productivity could feel joyful?
Perhaps it’s not structure or discipline you’ve been resisting — but your past relationship with those words. This course helps transform that, so your calendar becomes something that supports you.
Your calendar as your boss
An overloaded to-do list. Overscheduling. That low hum of overwhelm — and the guilt when the day gets away from you.
Your calendar as your ally
A schedule aligned with your values and energy — supportive, flexible, and genuinely yours. Planning that gives you energy instead of draining it.
Your calendar and to-do list can become your supportive assistants — rather than your boss.The heart of Joyful Productivity
By Completing the Program
What you’ll gain
This isn’t about doing more. It’s about relating to your time and energy in a way that’s clearer, kinder, and far more effective.
Clear awareness
of where your time and energy are actually going — the clear picture that quietly changes everything.
Healthy boundaries
and the strength to set them — with others, with yourself, and with your technology.
A friendlier calendar
a renewed, empowered relationship with your calendar and to-do list — as supportive assistants, not your boss.
A sustainable rhythm
a more thoughtful rhythm of work, rest, and play that supports your business plan for the long haul.
Calmer, faster progress
more confidence and momentum — because you’ll have changed how you work, at the root.
What We’ll Learn & Practice
The core skills of joyful productivity
The essential skills most entrepreneurs were never taught — so you can be sustainably organized, calmly focused, and deeply joyful, no matter what you’re working on.
- ✓Design your ideal schedule — focus, rest & play in balance
- ✓Create your own flow — start work without waiting to ‘feel like it’
- ✓Set Process Goals, not just Results Goals
- ✓The Energy Reboot — work in a calm, clear way
- ✓Capture, Categorize, Calendar (CCC)
- ✓Organize your information by deliverables
- ✓Reach — and keep — Inbox Zero
- ✓Grow time-awareness through gentle time-logging
- ✓A new instinct for dissolving overwhelm
- ✓Tame your browser tabs & bookmarks
- ✓Switch contexts & transition between modes with ease
- ✓Set healthy boundaries — with others, yourself & tech
- ✓The EADA method: Eliminate, Automate, Delegate, Appreciate
- ✓Declutter your desktop & workspace
- ✓Working lightly — stamina without burnout
- ✓Truly deep work — and how to return to it
- ✓Overcome procrastination, in your own way
- ✓Start-of-work & end-of-day rituals
- ✓Hat Manuals to document your routines
- ✓A rhythm of rest — breaks, unwinding & renewal
…and many more. Even one-tenth of these will transform how your year feels.
Where Students Gather
The most-loved modules
These are the lessons students discuss and return to most — a window into what truly resonates. (Ranked by the depth of conversation happening inside each one.)
Weekly Planning with CARE
Plan each week with Stamina and multiple calendar modes — the beating heart of the whole system, from the basics through the advanced practice.
💬226 discussionsConsistency & Befriending Your Calendar
The gentle inner shifts — moving through resistance, making friends with your calendar — that make you consistent without force or burnout.
💬174 discussionsThe Energy Reboot
George’s signature practice for a deep sense of ease — the foundation that makes joyful productivity possible.
💬88 discussionsOrganizing by Deliverables
A calm system for your notes, files, and desktop — so your information supports you instead of piling up.
💬75 discussionsCapture, Categorize, Calendar
A simple, repeatable way to handle every idea and task — so nothing weighs on your mind.
💬72 discussionsWell-Being Practices
Put your well-being first — the cornerstone that makes sustainable, joyful productivity actually work.
💬68 discussionsThe Morning Review
A short daily ritual to set your day with clarity and gentle energy adjustments.
💬59 discussionsHabit Creation
Build the habits that stick — and track them in a way that finally feels good.
💬47 discussionsEvery lesson has its own discussion thread — so you’re never practicing alone.
The Curriculum
Everything inside
A rich, self-paced library spanning every facet of joyful productivity — grouped into themes so you can start right where you need it most, and revisit anytime with lifetime access.
Foundations & Inner Game
- Welcome & Orientation9
- Motivation, Consistency & Resistance4
- The Energy Reboot: Why & How7
- Deliberate Practice10
- Well-Being Practices1
- Habit Creation2
- The Morning Review1
Planning & Your Calendar
- Weekly Planning, Part 1 — The Basics8
- Weekly Planning, Part 2 — Advanced11
- Time Logging & Awareness6
- Capture, Categorize, Calendar3
- Following Your Calendar8
- To-Do Lists7
Focus, Flow & Deep Work
- Co-Working2
- Your Start-of-Work Ritual6
- Working Lightly, Part 13
- Working Lightly, Part 2 — A Lighter Touch11
- Working Lightly, Part 33
- Truly Deep Work5
- Transitions & Context Switching3
- Structure vs. Freedom (discussion)1
Organizing & Systems
- Organizing by Deliverables & Decluttering9
- More on Organizing (optional)3
- Hat Manuals6
- Google Docs for Hat Manuals (optional)2
- Browser Shortcuts, Tabs & Bookmarks15
- Email Inbox Zero6
- Search Tips5
Overwhelm, Boundaries & Rest
- When You Feel Not Cut Out For This4
- Unwinding & Quick Breaks6
- Managing Overwhelm5
- More on Overwhelm (optional)1
- Creating Healthy Boundaries4
- End-of-Day Process3
- Daily Practice: You’re Doing Enough5
- The EADA Method3
- Quantity vs. Quality (optional)2
The number beside each module shows how many lessons it contains.
What You Get
Everything included
Lifetime access
to the full course — 40 modules and 197 lessons (videos, templates & guided discussions). Yours to revisit forever.
A practicing community
Discussions under every lesson — learn alongside fellow soulpreneurs, not alone in a video library. 1,400+ conversations and counting.
2 months of live Q&A calls
Bring any productivity (or marketing) question to my live group Q&A calls — with recordings, so you never miss one.
Templates & worksheets
Practical templates and worksheets for the key practices — so you can put each idea to work right away, not just watch.
Learn at your own pace
Works on any device. Begin anywhere, go gently, and use ‘spiral learning’ to return and deepen anytime.
A gentle self-assessment
Start by seeing where you are now — so you can notice how far you’ve grown by year’s end.
In Their Own Words
What students say
From soulpreneurs who were — often — deeply structure-resistant before they began.
Joyful Productivity has been a profound experience for me. What if you could have an assistant you fully trust to schedule your life in a way that felt aligned with your heart and soul’s purpose — flexible, adaptable, always making sure you were taking care of yourself first? Joyful Productivity helped me get in touch with this assistant inside me.
Dr. Steve CheeIntegrative Medicine Having been structure-resistant my entire life, I am starting to soften in my approach to my calendar. George allows for all degrees of flexibility, which makes it possible for me to experiment and play. Instead of being haphazard and impulse-driven, I feel more intentional and in harmony with my actions — relaxed, happier, and more productive.
Tomar LevineSpiritual Mentor I was very reluctant before joining — I thought I had enough on my plate. Yet deep down I knew I wasn’t spending my time in the way that served me best. Joyful Productivity gave me a gentle approach to make small changes, with room to play and experiment. This program has been a game changer, and I know I’m just getting started!
Tara WhitneyIntuitive Eating Counselor Out of the 20-plus courses I’ve taken from George, this one has facilitated the most shift in my world. It addresses time, and our relationship with our agreements — especially agreements to our self. As someone healing trauma in my brain and body, this program is helping me rewire how I navigate productivity, efficiency, AND self-care.
Tia MaHolistic Resilience Coach This program is imbued with George’s signature gentleness and self-care as cornerstones to joyful productivity. Applying the principles and practices has up-levelled both the quality of my self-care and my time-blocking and wholehearted productivity.
Gregory VahanianLife Coach Is This For You?
A gentle fit if…
This is for heart-centered people who want a calmer, kinder relationship with their time — and real, sustainable progress in their business.
- ✓You’re a soulpreneur, coach, healer, or creator growing a heart-centered business — and time keeps slipping away.
- ✓You’re ‘structure-resistant’ and every rigid productivity system has left you feeling worse. This one is different.
- ✓You’re tired of hustle and overwhelm and want a calmer, kinder way to make real progress.
- ✓You want your calendar to feel like a friend — aligned with your values, your energy, and your actual life.
- ✓You’d love to practice alongside others in a supportive community of kindred spirits, with gentle encouragement.
Your Guide
George Kao
For over a decade, I’ve coached entrepreneurs and self-employed people — and noticed that goals and plans so often fall apart for one reason: a lack of joyful productivity. Without a wise, kind mastery of time and energy, everything else feels overwhelming.
So I created this course to share the essential skills most of us were never taught. It carries my signature gentleness: strict with showing up, lenient with the results, and gentle with refocusing.
Enroll Today
One simple price, lifetime access
The Joyful Productivity Course
One-time payment · no subscription
- ✓All 40 modules & 197 lessons (videos, templates & discussions)
- ✓Discussions under every lesson, with a practicing community
- ✓2 months of live group Q&A calls (with recordings)
- ✓Practical templates & worksheets for the key practices
- ✓Lifetime access — learn at your own gentle pace
Instant access · works on any device
Hiring a skilled coach can cost $100+ per session. This is a light touch of that guidance — plus a whole community of fellow practitioners — for one simple, one-time price.
Good Questions
Frequently asked
QIs this the self-paced course, or the membership Club?
This is the self-paced Joyful Productivity Course — lifetime access, go at your own pace, plus 2 months of live group Q&A calls. (It’s distinct from the Joyful Productivity Club, which is currently on pause.)
QI’m ‘structure-resistant.’ Will this even work for me?
Especially for you. Perhaps it’s not structure or discipline you’re resisting, but your past relationship with them. This whole course is designed to gently transform that — with room to experiment and play, and no pressure to do it ‘right.’
QHow much time does it take?
Go at whatever pace feels kind. Even if you implemented just one-third of the program — or one-tenth! — your use of time and energy would be far more effective by year’s end. Spiral learning means you can begin anywhere and return anytime.
QWhat if I fall behind?
There’s no ‘behind’ here. You have lifetime access, and the course is built for ‘spiral learning’ — begin again whenever you like, revisit any lesson, and deepen over time.
QDo I need to be techy or already organized?
Not at all. The lessons are simple, practical, and gentle. Many students arrive feeling anything but organized — that’s exactly who this is for.
QWhat’s included for the price?
Lifetime access to all 40 modules and 197 lessons, discussions under every lesson, and 2 months of live group Q&A calls with recordings. Hiring a skilled coach can cost $100+ per session — this is a light touch of that guidance, plus a community, for one simple price.
A Gentle Invitation
Make this the year productivity felt joyful
Your calendar can become a supportive friend — and you can grow your business in a way that’s sustainable, kind, and truly yours. I’d love to practice alongside you. 🌱
Lifetime access · 2 months of live Q&A · go at your own pace.
Questions? Chat with my AI or ask at a free Q&A call.