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Workflow Wonder: Lean Productivity for Lifestyle-First Entrepreneurs

4 Weeks

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Cohort-based Course

Reclaim 10+ hours a week with one lean system: time-block confidently, hit inbox zero everywhere, and execute priorities with ease.

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Shaping Wealth
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Maven
Billy Broas
HACC

Course overview

Reclaim 10+ hours weekly with a lean workflow you’ll actually stick to

Sick of reactive days, bloated inboxes, and scattered to-dos? In four live, hands-on workshops you’ll design a personal productivity system that gives you back time for deep work, family, and rest—without hiring help or adding more apps.


By the end you will:

- Design an Intentions Blueprint that clarifies every personal and professional commitment

- Time-block an entire week so your calendar shows exactly when work, self-care, and life happen

- Reach Inbox Zero everywhere using the RIZE checklist system and lightning-fast email workflows

- Consolidate tasks into one dashboard that surfaces high-leverage next actions in seconds

- Write a click-by-click SOP and prototype an automation that removes a recurring task from your plate

- Join a supportive cohort of lifestyle-first entrepreneurs who keep you accountable long after the course


What’s inside:

- 8 hours of live instruction, guided brainstorms, and breakout feedback

- Templates for calendars, checklists, dashboards, and SOPs—ready to copy and use today

- Lifetime access to recordings and resources so you can revisit the material whenever life shifts


Show up with your current chaos. Leave with a workflow that protects your focus and energy, week after week.

Who is this course for

01

Lifestyle-first founders and solo entrepreneurs who need a repeatable system to win back 10+ hours every week.

02

Consultants, fractional COOs, and creators juggling client work and inbox chaos who crave one streamlined workflow.

03

Self-driven pros ready to attend live workshops, apply templates, and trade wins with an accountability-minded cohort.

Prerequisites

  • Familiarity with basic digital productivity tools

    You already use Google or Outlook email + calendar and can duplicate a Google Sheet or Notion template without hand-holding.

  • Ready to build during class, not just watch

    Bring your real calendar, inbox, and tasks—we’ll work on them live, share screens in breakouts, and leave each session essentially done.

  • Commit to the live 2-hour Wednesday Workshop

    Block Wednesdays 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. ET. 90% of the workflow is built in-session; recordings exist, but live participation maximizes results.

What you’ll get out of this course

Design an Intentions Blueprint that catalogs every recurring personal and work commitment so priorities are crystal-clear.

Map 30-50 recurring activities across life and work into a living “Intentions Blueprint” spreadsheet you’ll revisit weekly so nothing important slips through the cracks.

Architect a fully time-blocked weekly calendar that visually allocates every minute for deep work, self-care, and life.

Drag-and-drop an entire 7-day calendar, color-coded by context, so you instantly see where deep work, rest, and relationships fit—and where they don’t.

Evaluate & refine that calendar in real time—spot patterns, troubleshoot disruptions, and iterate for true self-accountability.

Run a 5-minute end-of-day review loop to compare planned vs. actual, spot focus leaks, and fine-tune future blocks—building data-driven trust in your schedule.

Build Daily, Weekly, and Monthly RIZE checklists that batch-process every inbox and notification stream.

Draft Daily, Weekly, and Monthly RIZE checklists; load them into One-Tab or calendar invites; batch-clear up to 20 inboxes at once and silence surprise pings.

Configure an Inbox Zero workflow—filters, keyboard shortcuts, and one-touch rules—to clear email in minutes, not hours.

Turn on smart filters, auto-advance, and six core keyboard shortcuts to triage 50+ emails in under 10 minutes—finishing each day at true inbox zero.

Create a lightweight Follow-Up System: a personal CRM plus a User Manual that sets healthy relationship boundaries.

Build a lightweight Notion or Airtable CRM that logs last-contact dates and key preferences, plus craft a 1-page User Manual to set healthy boundaries.

Consolidate all tasks into a single, tag-driven dashboard that surfaces high-leverage next actions instantly.

Use Asana or copy our Notion Task Dashboard, tag tasks by context and start/due dates, then use quick filters so the day’s top three priorities rise to the surface.

Document a recurring task as a click-by-click SOP ready for delegation or fast self-execution.

Record a Loom walkthrough and translate it into a 15-step “click-by-click” SOP template—ready to delegate or follow yourself without mental load.

Prototype at least one tech automation (text expander, calendar trigger, or Zapier flow) that removes manual steps from your workflow.

Connect one simple automation—text expander, calendar trigger, or Zapier flow—so a repetitive task now runs hands-free, saving 5–10 minutes every day.

What’s included

Marian Noble

Live sessions

Learn directly from Marian Noble in a real-time, interactive format.

Lifetime access

Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.

Community of peers

Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.

Certificate of completion

Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.

Maven Guarantee

This course is backed by the Maven Guarantee. Students are eligible for a full refund up until the halfway point of the course.

Course syllabus

Week 1

Jul 7—Jul 13
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Week 2

Jul 14—Jul 20
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Week 3

Jul 21—Jul 27
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Week 4

Jul 28—Jul 30
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Testimonials

        My productivity has changed drastically! This program has far exceeded my expectations. Using intentional time blocking has given my day structure. In combination with my task management dashboard, it has made it so much easier to know what task or project to tackle next...
Daniel Monsalve

Daniel Monsalve

Holistic Health Coach
        The concept of time-blocking was a game-changer for me. I had always assumed that this approach was too restrictive and unrealistic for a dynamic work environment. But actually, with Marian's help, I came to see time-blocking as a way to provide freedom and flexibility while intentionally deciding how I spend my time.
David Gerber

David Gerber

Chief Operating Officer
        My inbox is completely empty every day. It is a game changer! When I check my email (only twice a day) I know that I'll quickly go through my daily emails without worry. I have more time each day to pursue the things I enjoy that in the past were put at the bottom of the to do list (reading) and were therefore never done.
Marla Mogul

Marla Mogul

Founder
        You will learn a lot from Marian's advice on time keeping and management, as well as automation and setting on documentation / standard operating procedures.
Yina Huang

Yina Huang

Founder

Meet your instructor

Marian Noble

Marian Noble

Your guide to kind, high-impact productivity

I’m Marian Noble, a fractional COO and operations strategist who rebuilt my life after an adrenal-fatigue wake-up call in 2018. Instead of hustling harder, I engineered a kinder workflow—time-blocking every intention, taming inboxes to zero, and turning recurring tasks into click-by-click SOPs and simple automations. The result? I reclaimed 10+ hours every week, scaled my own business, and helped dozens of entrepreneurs do the same.


For 15 years I’ve streamlined ops for founders, solo consultants, and small-team CEOs who value deep work, family dinners, and genuine rest. In Workflow Wonder, I distill that reality-tested system into four live, hands-on workshops. You’ll leave with a clear calendar, clean inboxes, one unified task dashboard, and the confidence to keep iterating—so your business grows without burning you out.

Shaping Wealth
Maven
Billy Broas
HACC
YCP

Career highlights

  • 15-year ops strategist, known for helping founders reclaim 10+ hrs a week with lean workflows.

  • Creator of the Workflow Wonder method, adopted by entrepreneurs and solo CEOs.

  • Fractional COO for multiple six- and seven-figure online businesses, streamlining launches and ops.

  • Authored 300+ click-by-click SOPs and automations that slash admin time by an average of 40%.

  • Host of Productivity Tip of the Day® podcast & YouTube series, sharing 100+ actionable episodes.

  • Transformed personal burnout into the Intentional Workflow now taught to students worldwide.

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Course schedule

2-3 hours per week

  • Wednesday Workshops

    10:00am - 12:00pm EST

    Our core 2-hour live sessions. 80-90% is hands-on build time—calendars, RIZE lists, dashboards—so you leave with a finished deliverable and almost zero follow-up homework. Recordings posted same day.

  • Light polish between sessions

    ~1 hr/week, your choice

    Because most work happens in-session, expect only 30-60 min to tweak your blueprint or test an automation before the next workshop.

The Ultimate Productivity Workflow

The Ultimate Productivity Workflow

Intention-Led Time Blocking

Map every priority to your calendar to stay focused, flexible, and on time.

Reach Inbox Zero Everywhere (RIZE)

Use scheduled checklists to empty email, DMs, and notifications—no more constant pings.

Effortless Execution Systems

Document tasks and add simple automations to save hours, cut errors, and reclaim energy.

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Learning is better with cohorts

Learning is better with cohorts

Active hands-on learning

This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects

Interactive and project-based

You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams

Learn with a cohort of peers

Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you

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