Category Archives: Productivity and Time Management

Accountability Partner

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Who do you have to support you and hold you accountable in your business?

I might already know the answer to that question. If you’re an online marketer or you have your own business, then you might not have anyone by your side—no one to support you or hold you accountable.

It’s easy to feel like you’re all alone in your business. From your current perspective, that might even seem preferable. You like being alone—you like being able to make your own choices and do your own thing.

However, that comes at a cost. Sure, you don’t have a boss breathing down your neck and that’s a great thing. You get to do what you want to do. You get to build wealth in your business in the way you see fit

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Why You Procrastinate

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A huge part of managing your time better is understanding that you procrastinate and why you procrastinate.

In surveying many of the professionals and entrepreneurs I work with on a daily basis, I hear time and time again that procrastination is the biggest issue when it comes to time management. People get frustrated with themselves because they have a bad habit of procrastinating. They don’t want to procrastinate, yet it’s their default.

Consider whether these statements are true for you:

Do you put projects off, even though you know you should be working on them right away?

Do you find that you get nervous about starting a project because it seems way too difficult to finish?

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Beating Procrastination

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Make a To-Do List

This might seem like a very obvious time management trick. Maybe you already successfully make to-do lists all the time. But, many people do not. If they do, then they often do so inefficiently.

If you don’t tend to make a to-do list every day, think about your reason why. How do you know what you should do each day? Maybe you just have all your tasks swirling around in your head. If that’s the case, then you’re setting yourself up for failure right off the bat.

You need to get your to-do list action items out of your head and down on paper. If you have too much swirling around in your head, then you won’t know what to do first, and you’ll constantly be worrying that you’ve forgotten something (and maybe you will have). It’s exhausting to have everything you need to do taking up your brain-space every second of the day. Get it down on paper instead, and you’ll probably feel instant relief.

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Perfectionism: Good Enough is Good Enough

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How long should you work on a project? Well, I guess that really depends on the project at hand. There are some that will take just a day, others a week, others months, and others years.

But haven’t you ever watched with wonder as another marketer launched product after product? Haven’t you been amazed at the fast rise of a company that seemed to come from nowhere, doing great things and making a true splash in the marketplace?

Why are some people able to do so much more, so much more quickly than you are?

I know why, and the truth might be a little uncomfortable for you.

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Clear the Clutter (in your head and elsewhere)

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It’s next to impossible to do the things you need and want to do in your business if your mind and environment are cluttered. Humans can only handle so much at once. It’s distracting to have a cluttered environment. And it’s truly a poor environment for productivity if your mind is cluttered.

It’s time to make some big changes.

This might not be something you ever thought about before. After all, your focus is on your business. But time and time again, you don’t feel anywhere near as productive as you want to be. What’s the problem?

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