Category Archives: Productivity and Time Management

The Secret Word That Saves Time

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What if there was some kind of magical word that automatically saved time?  That would be a word worth knowing, right?!

Truly, there is such a word.  In fact, it’s a very short word with only two letters.  It can be a tremendously freeing word when used appropriately and timely.  That word is…

No!

One of the reasons that people get overwhelmed with too much to do is they have an inability to say “No”.  None of us have more than twenty-four hours in our day, so we simply cannot say “Yes” to everything!  And we don’t even need to say “Yes” to things that will overcrowd our schedule.

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How to Get More Done in Less Time

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As a business owner, you’re probably always looking for ways to get more done in less time. After all, if you work less while making even more money, then you’ve given yourself a nice pay raise.

But it turns out that cloning yourself is not an option, right? And that means that you’ll need to employ other methods to get more done in less time, starting with these tips…

  1. Create To Do Lists

Keep these tips in mind:

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A Foolproof Plan to Beat Procrastination

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A few days ago I ran for seven hours and eleven minutes without a break.  Let that sink in for just a moment to realize the magnitude of it.  That’s not a typo. I ran all day.  In extreme conditions.

When I woke up that morning, that’s what I intended to do.  I drove to the ultra race start zone.  Waited around with the other runners.  And then took off.  It was fully planned.

Here’s how I did it:  I took a step.  Then another step.  And then another step.

If I had gotten up that morning and said out loud, “I’m gonna run for over seven hours today”, I probably wouldn’t have done it.  That’s insanely daunting.

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Creating the Perfect Checklist for Project Productivity

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One of the tools that I use which really enables meet to be productive is a set of checklists that I have developed.

I think every important project should have a highly-detailed checklist.  This helps in a variety of ways ranging from helping you to stay on track, preventing overlooked details, energizing you as things are checked off, etc.

The question is:  how do you create the “perfect” checklist? Or any checklist at all for that matter?  I routinely use three stages of development for mine…

Stage One: Objectivize.  It begins very simply with stating the primary object of the project.  In other words, what is it that I want to achieve?

Objective:  Qualify for the Boston Marathon
Objective:  Earn an extra $100,000 this year
Objective:  Teach my daughter to play piano by spring recital

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