There are lots of planners, systems, seminars, and books to help achieve goals, get organized, and plan. But Meaningful Productivity is the first comprehensive approach for one’s LIFE – not just work or home. It is based on an integrative philosophy of living that has evolved and been acid-tested in the real world by its originator. It is designed to be specifically tailored to your needs, goals, and ambitions. Meaningful Productivity is designed to be simple and unencumbered. It is basically a hybrid of a scheduling system/planner with a to-do list. Its simplicity is its power. It is my goal to get Meaningful Productivity out to the masses, via amazon so it is as affordable as it is easy to use. I am not too concerned with my copyright, other than you recognize my authorship and perhaps may wish to use my consultative services or purchase other materials, via DrChrisStout.com. My focus is on life significance. This significance is defined via achievement with satisfaction. Significance wins out over success. Meaning and individualized importance are drivers. Sure, sometimes these result in outward reward of status, celebrity, or wealth, but these are side-effects, not ends. This philosophy is best stated in one of my mottos: “Do important things.” I feel the accomplished life is ongoing, not an endpoint. Accomplishment should occur across the life span. Life thus needs a design. Certainly randomness has its place, and entropy can make for an enjoyable calamity, but a life left to be “designed” by chance is too much at risk of being wasted. Some choose to simplify their lives. And this has become quite popular as of late. I support this philosophy with clarification: to simplify is to be unencumbered from the unnecessary, not to sacrifice needs and self-defined reasonable wants. It is my philosophy to support high-achievement over over-achievement. Over-achievers tend to be more driven by obtaining external trappings resultant from achievement rather than inherent drive by the work itself. These are the individuals who risk burn out they are those who feel heavy work involvement is expected by a superior (not the result of an “internal” motivation); or feel a need to perform for others; or feel pride in external/material attainment over intrinsic satisfaction in the work itself; and then they reach a point in mid- to late-career that results in the “is this all there is?” phenomenon.

2. Acknowledgments
Design and Mission
Philosophy
How?
Ongoing Task List
Methodologies
Vision Quest
Tools
Working Backwards/Multitasking
Scenario Planning
Life Skills
Future-Scape
Idea/Project Filters
Drivers
Deadlines
Carrots
Sticks
Tell Others…

3. Financial Tracking
Annual Tax Logs
Agenda
Import
Network
Celebration
Crusade
Chrono-File
Workout Regimen
Sample
Your Turn
Routines
Sparks/Inspirations
The Idea Behind “The List”
The Ultimate To do List Life Goals, so Far…
Sample List
Escapes/Meditation/Reflection
Tough Questions
52-Week Meaningful Productivity Calendar
Author’s Biography

4. DESIGN AND MISSION
There are lots of planners, systems,
seminars, and books to help achieve goals, get
organized, and plan. But Meaningful
Productivity is the first comprehensive approach
for one’s LIFE – not just work or home. It is
based on an integrative philosophy of living that
has evolved and been acid-tested in the real
world by its originator. It is designed to be
specifically tailored to your needs, goals, and
ambitions.

5. Meaningful Productivity is designed to be
simple and unencumbered. It is basically a
hybrid of a scheduling system/planner with a to-
do list. Its simplicity is its power. It is my goal to
get Meaningful Productivity out to the masses,
via amazon so it is as affordable as it is easy to
use. I am not too concerned with my copyright,
other than you recognize my authorship and
perhaps may wish to use my consultative
services or purchase other materials, via
DrChrisStout.Com.

6. PHILOSOPHY
My focus is on life significance. This significance
is defined via achievement with satisfaction. Significance
wins out over success. Meaning and individualized
importance are drivers. Sure, sometimes these result in
outward reward of status, celebrity, or wealth, but these
are side-effects, not ends. This philosophy is best stated
in one of my mottos: “Do important things.”
I feel the accomplished life is ongoing, not an
endpoint. Accomplishment should occur across the life
span. Life thus needs a design. Certainly randomness has
its place, and entropy can make for an enjoyable
calamity, but a life left to be “designed” by chance is too
much at risk of being wasted.

7. Some choose to simplify their lives. And this has
become quite popular as of late. I support this philosophy
with clarification: to simplify is to be unencumbered from
the unnecessary, not to sacrifice needs and self-defined
reasonable wants.
It is my philosophy to support high-achievement
over over-achievement. Over-achievers tend to be more
driven by obtaining external trappings resultant from
achievement rather than inherent drive by the work itself.
These are the individuals who risk burn out they are those
who feel heavy work involvement is expected by a superior
(not the result of an “internal” motivation); or feel a need to
perform for others; or feel pride in external/material
attainment over intrinsic satisfaction in the work itself; and
then they reach a point in mid- to late-career that results in
the “is this all there is?” phenomenon.

8. Current Content, For Pretty Close To Forever
The reason for this “reverse engineering” is twofold. First,
the amount of content and links on the center’s website may not
always be apparent to the novel user. This book allows for near
complete exposure to the functional tools and content that await the
online user. Second, this book will never be out-of-date, in that
when new content becomes available via uploads to the DropBox
account, you’ll be able to read that as well. All you have to do is
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