Have you ever found yourself staring at your to-do list, desperately wanting to work, but somehow—-NOT working? You’re scrolling through social media, reorganizing your desk, making another coffee—-doing anything but the thing you actually need to do. You are not lazy or broken, and according to today’s guest, your problem isn’t willpower; it’s neuroscience. Are you ready to achieve more with brain-based strategies? Join us for a conversation that will change how you think about productivity.

Robin J. Emdon, known as “the procrastination slayer,” shares his personal journey from chronic procrastination to accountability coach. After realizing that he took 10 years to complete a 6-year degree due to procrastination, Robin researched the neuroscience behind productivity and wrote Get Resultsology®: The Science of Getting Stuff Done. He explains procrastination through brain science, describing the conflict between threat modality and reward modality. He introduces his “inner productivity team,” the Conductor, the Fun-Sized Warrior, and the Scholar. His work emphasizes that accountability is the critical missing link for sustained productivity, citing research that shows a 33% improvement in goal achievement with the proper accountability structure. Robin’s signature momentum formula, “Do it today–Profit tomorrow–Repeat,” helps clients worldwide turn daily action into meaningful progress and attainable success. He does this from his quiet corner on England’s southwest coast.

Show Highlights:

• Robin’s journey: a 2019 face-palm moment that changed everything
• The prevalence of procrastination
• The COVID-19 shutdown—and an opportunity to do meaningful research
• Robin’s embarrassment about his procrastination problem
• The structure of Robin’s book, GetResultsology®: The Science of Getting Stuff Done, divided into three specific sections
• “Money is infinite; you can always make more. Your time and life are finite. Procrastination greatly impacts your ‘time account’.”
• Momentum is the missing link to productivity—and this creates lifestyle freedom.
• To get into “the productivity groove,” you need an inner productivity team: the Conductor (dopamine), the Fun-Sized Warrior (noradrenaline), and the Scholar (acetylcholine).
• Assessing your threat modality vs. your reward modality
• Understanding accountability–and how it drives results

Resources:

Connect with Robin J. Emdon

Website, LinkedIn, and Goalbusters Podcast

Get your FREE PDF copy of Robin’s book, GetResultsology®. Click here.

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It’s time to celebrate! This week marks 9 years of the STaR Coach Show, so I’m doing something special in today’s episode. I’m pulling back the curtain on the entire journey, sharing the lessons that built this show, the mistakes I’ve made along the way, and the unexpected gifts that come from showing up every week for 9 years.

What matters most is that I’m sharing the most impactful strategy from each phase of the journey, and these are steps you can implement right away. Whether you are considering starting a podcast, offering a course or program, or trying to figure out the consistency element in your own vision, this episode is for you. Join me now, and stick around until the end for a special gift offer!

Show Highlights:

• The beginning, October 16, 2016: My fears about this new endeavor
• Act I:
• Then vs. Now (The podcasting world was a much different place in 2016!)
• No regrets, only resilience and a commitment to my vision

My “one thing” from Act I:

“Stop waiting for the perfect timing.”

Act II:

• Lessons learned:
• Starting is better than perfect.
• I need to partner with genius.
• Know your audience deeply.
• Create systems for a smoother workflow.
• My “one thing” from Act II: “Identify one thing that could derail your biggest business initiative, and figure out how to partner with someone whose genius can remove that obstacle.”

Act III:

• The beautiful benefits and wins over the years are many.
• Your creations allow your work to be in front of more people as they get to know who you are and what you do.
• Meaningful feedback is heartwarming and encouraging.
• My “one thing” from Act III: “When you commit to serving your audience consistently with genuine generosity, the benefits will compound in ways you can never predict.”

Act IV:

• My honest regrets: What I wish I had done differently
• Overcoming hesitancy in letting your audience know what you need from them
• My invitation to join our Know Your People FREE 5-Day Challenge (Find out more at STaR Coach Show.)
• My “one thing” from Act IV:
• “Don’t wait years to ask for what you need. Invite your audience to engage NOW.”

3 questions to ask about doing something new in your business:

• How does it serve my audience?
• How does it align with my passion?
• Will it hold my interest?

Resources:

Connect with Meg

Get Meg’s FREE download, Finding Your Perfect Match: A Coach's Self-Reflection Guide.

Explore past episodes and other resources at www.STaRcoachshow.com.

Explore the STaR Coach Community and see what’s available there for you!

Visit the STaR Coach Show YouTube Channel! Subscribe today! Join our live show taping on the 3rd Thursday of every month at 1 pm CT.

Leadership is both a skill and a science. Today’s focus is on what happens the day AFTER a promotion. The problem with promotions is that being good at your job and being good at leading people can be two distinctly different skill sets. This episode will change the way you think about leadership development. Ready to learn more? Join us!

Noel Massie, former VP of Operations at UPS, discusses intentional leadership and value-based development. In his role at UPS, Massie supported and guided package delivery and logistics services in the US, and he continues to mentor young leaders and supervisors even after his retirement in 2019. Drawing from his 40-year career overseeing 200,000 employees, Massie emphasizes that leadership is about influencing behavior without coercion, and that newly promoted supervisors need structured training rather than being thrown into roles unprepared. His book, Congrats! You've Been Promoted, provides practical frameworks like the “four by five method” for feedback and conflict resolution, targeting frontline leaders who are promoted based on technical skills but lack leadership training. You’ll learn how conflict can be handled without raising your voice, why feedback needs a 4:1 ratio to actually work, and the real reason newly promoted supervisors derail within their first year.

Show Highlights:

• Defining leadership: “the ability to influence a group or individual in their behaviors without coercion”
• Understanding leadership development as a science
• The problem with the promotion gap
• Tips for helping new leaders succeed:
• Care about them.
• Act with some level of daily development.
• Navigating fairness, ethics, and integrity on your team
• Tips for effective feedback (motivational and formative in a 4:1 ratio)
• The “four by five method,” with four perspectives and five levels of intensity
• Using metaphors to disarm the circumstances of a conflict
• Using mentorship and “sticky development” to train leaders
• Noel’s #1 takeaway: “Invest in your development personally. If you make no investment, why would you expect a return?”

Resources:

Connect with Noel Massie: Website, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, and Congrats! You've Been Promoted

Connect with Meg:

Get Meg’s FREE download, Finding Your Perfect Match: A Coach's Self-Reflection Guide.

Explore past episodes and other resources at www.STaRcoachshow.com.

Explore the STaR Coach Community and see what’s available there for you!

Visit the STaR Coach Show YouTube Channel! Subscribe today! Join our live show taping on the 3rd Thursday of every month at 1 pm CT.