Personal Productivity: How to Achieve Your Creative Goals
A course by Jeff FajansCreative Performance and Leadership Coach
A course by Jeff Fajans, Creative Performance and Leadership Coach
Learn to create a momentum system to help you stay motivated by prioritizing your goals and overcoming creative blocks with confidence
Reaching a creative goal, whether a personal or professional one, comes with inevitable challenges. Jeff Fajans is a creative leadership coach that has helped clients, across a multitude of industries around the globe, reach their creative goals with confidence and momentum.
In this course, Jeff teaches you how to overcome the roadblocks that lead to feeling stuck, distracted, or overwhelmed. Discover his strategies to tap into and amplify your creativity, and build productive habits. Are you ready to bring your creative ideas to life?
What will you learn in this online course?
17 lessons & 24 downloads
What Is a Creative Goal?
10 minutes, 10 seconds
Factors of Influence
6 minutes, 27 seconds
Pressing Pause
5 minutes, 22 seconds
Asking Powerful Questions
12 minutes, 23 seconds
Prioritizing Your Creative Goal
14 minutes, 21 seconds
Breaking It Down
7 minutes, 58 seconds
What's included in this course?
Begin the course by getting to know Jeff. He talks you through his creative journey that has taken him around the world to work with clients across all industries, from music and film to software development and technology. Hear about his latest projects and his biggest influences.
Start your creative venture by first defining and setting your goal. Explore the different factors of influence when achieving a creative goal before discussing when to press pause to avoid “idea overwhelm”. Jeff shares some strategies to overcome roadblocks by asking yourself the right questions. Then, learn how to prioritize your creative goal to keep you focused.
Now it’s time to design your momentum system. First, learn how to break down your creative goal into smaller, actionable pieces. Next, see how to design effective habits to stay consistent. Jeff then teaches you his strategy to make the first steps, the most difficult ones, easier. Learn some time management techniques before creating a visual representation of your creative momentum system. Jeff also covers how to find external support to keep you accountable.
Delve into the final part of the course by exploring how to develop an unstoppable mindset. Learn how to eliminate distractions and “derailers”, as well as how to develop creative confidence. Hear Jeff’s techniques on how to overcome impostor syndrome and other fears when pursuing your goals. Wrap up the course by hearing strategies to eliminate perfectionism, procrastination, and lack of confidence.
What is this course's project?
Design a creative goal achievement workbook by buidling a personalized momentum system.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
This course is for anyone with a creative goal they want to achieve, whether it be a personal or professional one.
Requirements and materials
All you need to take this course is curiosity, creativity, courage, and self-compassion.
Reviews
- 6 months ago
muy interesante, me gusto mucho
- 10 months ago
O curso é muito bom e didático, vale muito a pena.
- 11 months ago
Very informative great information! Very helpful in narrowing down my goals and getting organized!
- 1 year ago
Very comprehensive and helpful course. It was explained very well. Thanks!
- 2 years ago
One of the best courses on productivity and goal achievement! I enjoyed the blend of psychology and efficiency, and the course provided the missing piece to refocus and move in the right direction. I highly recommend it to anyone looking to choose the right creative goal and achieve it.
Throughout his career, he has helped clients like marketing executives, CEOs, startup founders, filmmakers, and artists reach their creative goals. He has worked as Head of Talent and Organization Development for agencies like Midnight Oil, IMAGINE, and QuiteOften. Jeff is also a passionate musician, and has been a guitar player and music creator for the past 25 years.
Content
- U1
Introduction
- About Me
- Influences
- U2
Identifying and Amplifying Your Creative Goal
- What Is a Creative Goal?
- Factors of Influence
- Pressing Pause
- Asking Powerful Questions
- Prioritizing Your Creative Goal
- U3
Designing Your Creative Momentum System
- Breaking It Down
- Designing Effective Habits
- Making “Getting Started” Easy
- Optimizing Your Time
- Visualizing Your System
- Finding External Support
- U4
Developing an Unstoppable Mindset
- Distractions and Derailers
- Creative Confidence
- Impostor Syndrome and Fear
- Perfectionism and Procrastination
- FP
Final project
- Personal Productivity: How to Achieve Your Creative Goals
What to expect from a Domestika course
Learn at your own pace
Enjoy learning from home without a set schedule and with an easy-to-follow method. You set your own pace.
Learn from the best professionals
Learn valuable methods and techniques explained by top experts in the creative sector.
Meet expert teachers
Each expert teaches what they do best, with clear guidelines, true passion, and professional insight in every lesson.
Certificates
PLUSIf you're a Plus member, get a custom certificate signed by your teacher for every course. Share it on your portfolio, social media, or wherever you like.
Get front-row seats
Videos of the highest quality, so you don't miss a single detail. With unlimited access, you can watch them as many times as you need to perfect your technique.
Share knowledge and ideas
Ask questions, request feedback, or offer solutions. Share your learning experience with other students in the community who are as passionate about creativity as you are.
Connect with a global creative community
The community is home to millions of people from around the world who are curious and passionate about exploring and expressing their creativity.
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FAQs
Yes, this course is designed for beginners and anyone seeking a step-by-step system to set, prioritize, and achieve their creative goals with confidence.
You’ll learn how to prioritize creative goals, break projects into actionable steps, overcome idea overwhelm, build effective habits, and use frameworks to sustain creative momentum and achieve your ambitions.
No special skills or equipment are required. The course is suitable for all creative backgrounds and provides practical tools that can be applied with what you already have.
The course teaches proven strategies to manage distractions, address imposter syndrome, and break down overwhelming ideas, helping you stay focused and productive in your creative work.
Yes, you’ll learn how to build, evaluate, and refine habits that fuel creativity, maintain momentum, and support long-term creative success.
A creative momentum system is a structured framework for setting goals, tracking progress, and overcoming common creative obstacles, so you can consistently move forward on your projects.
You’ll discover techniques for selecting and prioritizing ideas, pressing pause on less urgent projects, and using workbooks to organize and clarify your creative focus.