Marissa Brassfield

Marissa Brassfield

Los Angeles
Trusted advisor, simplifier, and loving catalyst of your biggest and best initiatives. Discovering how to stretch time, maximize ease, and optimize work-life alignment.
Mar 11

πŸš€ Coefficient Catalyzer Pro, Issue #22: What Happens When You Change Your Relationship With Time

Hey there, Coefficients!Our family is still riding an emotional high from our road trip last week.It’s amazing how a shift in scenery and a break from chores, routines, and the everyday environment can rejuvenate your spirit.In today’s newsletter, I’m sharing two important realizations I had in this
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Mar 05

Ridiculously Efficient Coefficient Catalyzer, Issue #22: Workcations and the Joy of Breaking Routines

In this issue, I share how short travels can help you unlock focus, flow, and even better nervous system regulation.
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Feb 28

πŸš€ Coefficient Catalyzer Pro, Issue #21: Overcoming Internal Resistance

Hey there, Coefficients!I've previously shared how I look at procrastination as a signal to troubleshoot because something's out of alignment.And I do, most of the time. But sometimes I forget to listen to my own advice, and it comes back to bite me. In this issue, I share the backstory -- along wit
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Feb 19

Ridiculously Efficient Coefficient Catalyzer, Issue #21: Tech & Tools I’m Using Now

The top question I’m asked in interviews is: what is your productivity tech stack? Sharing the full list of what I’m testing, trying, and loving.
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Feb 10

πŸš€ Coefficient Catalyzer Pro, Issue #20: Effortlessly On Time

Hey there, Coefficients!In our last issue, I wrote about the principle of least effort, and how we tend to choose the most convenient option available. My favorite routines are the ones that are so natural, they don't even feel like a routine. It's just flowing through the day.Here's how I bring thi
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Feb 06

Ridiculously Efficient Coefficient Catalyzer, Issue #20: Counteracting the Myth of Time Management

One of the most freeing lessons I’ve ever learned is: stress management is a myth. I believe the same is true of time management.
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Feb 02

πŸš€ Coefficient Catalyzer Pro, Issue #19: IRL Recovery After a Brutal Workday

Hey there, Coefficients!If you look back at the worst workdays you’ve ever experienced β€” how did you bounce back?Today, I’m going into the memory palace to retrieve and retell a story of one of my most brutal workdays, how I navigated my recovery then, and my insights as I reflect on this experience
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Jan 29

Ridiculously Efficient Coefficient Catalyzer, Issue #19: How to Recover From Brutal Workdays

No matter who you are, what you do for work, and how well-compensated you are for your time… we all have terrible, no-good, very bad workdays.
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Jan 27

πŸš€ Coefficient Catalyzer Pro, Issue #18: My Most Important Routines for Containing Chaos

Hey there, Coefficients!In our last issue, I wrote about how I think about creating routines.Below, I outline the real-deal routines I use personally, professionally, and in our household to reduce "unforced errors" and mitigate the chaos of everyday life.Consider documenting your own go-to routines
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Jan 21

Ridiculously Efficient Coefficient Catalyzer, Issue #18: Building Unbreakable Routines

Confession: One of my life's great joys is building and optimizing everyday routines.
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Jan 18

πŸš€ Coefficient Catalyzer Pro, Issue #17: How I Make Procrastination Work for Me

Hey there, Coefficients!Did you grow up believing that procrastinating was a negative habit?I did.And if you did too, today's issue is a bit of validation.What other "bad habits" of yours have actually created a secret superpower?Marissa πŸ’ƒπŸ½P.S. THANK YOU for subscribing to the Pro edition of
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Jan 15

Ridiculously Efficient Coefficient Catalyzer, Issue #17: Beating Procrastination

Procrastination is a wildly inconvenient obstacle in a high-performance life. Or is it a hidden advantage?
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