There are so many elements that distract you while you are
working online. It can be quite challenging to try and juggle so many
things all at once. One great tip that I learned from one of my mentors
was the idea of using a timer. With a timer tracking your day, you will
quickly notice where you are spending your time and learn not to
allocate your time to non-critical activities such as reading email or
finding new products.
How many times have you discovered you are in a situation that requires you to do something very important...only to discover you have convinced yourself to put it off?
Truth be told, we all procrastinate to some degree or another. But when procrastination is becoming part of your daily routine that's when procrastination becomes more than a minor issue in your business. It becomes an obstacle to success.
The good news is that you already have more control over these forces than you may realize, but you need to work and learn a few simple but very powerful techniques to boost your drive and lower your resistance.
One exercise is to realize that procrastination happens in your mind. You need to replace these thoughts of putting things off into empowered thinking habits instead. Keep a task journal to keep yourself accountable for the unfinished work, and find an accountability partner! A partner is someone who will hold you responsible for tasks and for meeting your goals.
Time Management Analysis
Questions:
1. How do you keep track of your goals?
2. Do you have list of daily goals?
3. Do you plan your week, month or year?
4. At the end of the day...Do you feel you have accomplished your goals?
5. Do you take any breaks during your workday...? If so how many?
6. Are you a victim of trying to multitask too much?
7. How much do you check your email?
8. How often do you meet your deadlines?
9. What is the first thing you do in the morning?
10. How do you decide what's important?
Solution:
1. Write things down (Carry a journal)
2. Prioritize your list make yourself accountable for reaching/not reaching goals (find an accountability partner)
3. Learn to say no to time wasting tasks (negative people included)
4. Check email once a day or once a week
5. Set weekly, monthly& yearly goals (Target Monthly/Yearly Income)
6. Implement a time management system (break tasks down into manageable daily/weekly or monthly tasks)
7. Identify your bad habits and try to illuminate them
8. Know what works and move ahead ...magnify your strengths
9. Reward yourself for completing goals(take mini-vacations)
10. Outsource as much as possible
11. Automate Everything
12. Know your financial limits (keep track of everything coming in and going out)
Productivity Tools:
1. Journal/ Planner
2. Calendar
3. Robo Form for Password Management
4. Reminders and Alarms/Timers
5. Outsourcing Services/ Virtual Assistants
6. Organizational Tools (helpful websites next page)
Make a list of all the key elements needed for your online success, which we've discussed throughout this article and which is outlined in the list above. This list above illustrates some very important ways to detect the urgency of your tasks.
Once you have your list, make adjustments according to your schedule. Organize all your ideas and be open to coming up with some new ones as well. Now, instead of a list you have a road map of sorts, which is simply a way of putting structure down on paper.
Take your list and segment it by time so you have daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, etc. goals (and stick to them).
How many times have you discovered you are in a situation that requires you to do something very important...only to discover you have convinced yourself to put it off?
Truth be told, we all procrastinate to some degree or another. But when procrastination is becoming part of your daily routine that's when procrastination becomes more than a minor issue in your business. It becomes an obstacle to success.
The good news is that you already have more control over these forces than you may realize, but you need to work and learn a few simple but very powerful techniques to boost your drive and lower your resistance.
One exercise is to realize that procrastination happens in your mind. You need to replace these thoughts of putting things off into empowered thinking habits instead. Keep a task journal to keep yourself accountable for the unfinished work, and find an accountability partner! A partner is someone who will hold you responsible for tasks and for meeting your goals.
Time Management Analysis
Questions:
1. How do you keep track of your goals?
2. Do you have list of daily goals?
3. Do you plan your week, month or year?
4. At the end of the day...Do you feel you have accomplished your goals?
5. Do you take any breaks during your workday...? If so how many?
6. Are you a victim of trying to multitask too much?
7. How much do you check your email?
8. How often do you meet your deadlines?
9. What is the first thing you do in the morning?
10. How do you decide what's important?
Solution:
1. Write things down (Carry a journal)
2. Prioritize your list make yourself accountable for reaching/not reaching goals (find an accountability partner)
3. Learn to say no to time wasting tasks (negative people included)
4. Check email once a day or once a week
5. Set weekly, monthly& yearly goals (Target Monthly/Yearly Income)
6. Implement a time management system (break tasks down into manageable daily/weekly or monthly tasks)
7. Identify your bad habits and try to illuminate them
8. Know what works and move ahead ...magnify your strengths
9. Reward yourself for completing goals(take mini-vacations)
10. Outsource as much as possible
11. Automate Everything
12. Know your financial limits (keep track of everything coming in and going out)
Productivity Tools:
1. Journal/ Planner
2. Calendar
3. Robo Form for Password Management
4. Reminders and Alarms/Timers
5. Outsourcing Services/ Virtual Assistants
6. Organizational Tools (helpful websites next page)
Make a list of all the key elements needed for your online success, which we've discussed throughout this article and which is outlined in the list above. This list above illustrates some very important ways to detect the urgency of your tasks.
Once you have your list, make adjustments according to your schedule. Organize all your ideas and be open to coming up with some new ones as well. Now, instead of a list you have a road map of sorts, which is simply a way of putting structure down on paper.
Take your list and segment it by time so you have daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, etc. goals (and stick to them).
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