Wile E. Coyote is My Productivity Coach. And I Feel Nifty About It

You know who really understands my work style? Not some billionaire CEO on a podcast. Not the “5 AM Club” crowd. Not even those perfect people on Instagram showing off their minimalist bullet journals.

🐺 It’s Wile E. Coyote.

That scruffy cartoon chaos agent is my productivity role model. And honestly… I feel downright nifty about it. 

🎯 The Acme School of Productivity

Look: Wile E. Coyote is always trying. He’s endlessly creative. The blueprints! The elaborate contraptions! The rocket skates and catapults! That dude throws himself literally off cliffs in pursuit of his goal.

If that’s not relatable, I don’t know what is.

Sure, his gadgets almost always backfire. The anvils fall on him. The tunnels he paints on walls lead nowhere.

But what does he do? He dusts himself off, orders another Acme kit, and sketches out another wild plan. Over and over again.

That’s persistence. That’s iteration. That’s the messy, resilient spirit behind every big success (and every great day at work that didn’t go as planned).

💥 “Failure” as proof you’re showing up

A lot of folks think failure means they did something wrong. But here’s a better way to look at it: If you’re failing, it means you’re trying.

You’re iterating. You’re learning. You’re refusing to quit. Just like Wile E.

Honestly, I’d rather be a joyful mess of experiments than someone who never risks looking silly.

🚀 Tools don’t solve everything

Ever buy a new planner and feel like this one will finally fix me? Ever download another productivity app because this will be the one? Ever research kitchen gadgets as if a new blender will make you a different person?

Same.

Wile E. Coyote tried all the tools, too: rocket skates, giant rubber bands, catapults… None of them worked perfectly.

The tool isn’t the solution. The fact that you’re sketching blueprints at all? That’s where your brilliance lives.

🎡 The permission slip you didn’t know you needed:

✅ Make the plan. 

✅ Try the plan. 

✅ Watch the plan implode spectacularly. 

✅ Laugh a little. 

✅ Order the next Acme kit anyway.

You are not failing—you are living.

💌 Final thought:

If you’re feeling a little like Wile E. Coyote today—battered, dusty, and somehow holding a half-crushed blueprint, just remember:

You’re out there. You’re trying. You’re learning.

And that’s worth celebrating.

Even if there’s an anvil falling from the sky.