Creating a Productive Lifestyle
Been working on my ppc campaigns lately, to try and get some campaigns up and running before I start really taking this blog seriously.
I really need to be more productive throughout the day. I will be taking notes and listing sites that I visited which had articles or tips on being more productive with my time.
I’d like to get a lot more things done, which I currently am not getting done.
You want your 1 year of time, to count for 2-3 years for an average persons effort into their own life.
To accomplish, this you must and always be productive throughout the whole year.
Being self-employed, this can be a challenge. Since their is no Boss telling you, what to do.
Although, being human. It is very easy to be lazy. (at least for myself)
KEY: Productive - Attention is put towards, area where the biggest returns are gained.
Tips for Learning To Become Productive.
*Do NOTHING but WHAT is on your TO-DO LIST!
- Get Up from the Computer for Breaks (Do Chores, Laundry, Errands.)
- Take 5 Minutes Start of the Day to Evaluate Tasks.
- Prioritize. List Most Critical Tasks in a 8-12 Hour Work Day. List Estimated Times.
- Categorize Tasks up to 4 Categories:
- high profit/urgent
- high profit/not urgent
- low profit/urgent and
- low profit/not urgent - 100% Focused. In The Zone, Flow State, Concentration
- Action: Do one thing and get it finished. 1 Task at a Time.
- Action: 60 Min Time Zones, Old 60min Kitchen Timer.
- Weekly Reviews
- Set Weekly Milestones
- Evening Debrief, Shut Down Computer.
- Delegate as much as you can.
*Know Your Best Working Time
*No Excuses
*Never Let Yourself Procrastinate
Links & Articles
- The Secret To Being Productive at Instigatorblog.com
- 14 Tips to Get More Done in Less Time at internetducttape.com
- My contribution to The Ultimate Guide to Productivity Group Writing Project at finandom.com
- My Productivity Secret - The Joy of Flow State at chrisg.com
- How To Stay Focused For Greater Productivity at dmiracle.com
- Ultimate Guide to Productivity at demystifyingtechnologoy.blogspot.com
- Zugunruhe Ultimate Guide to Productivity: Time Budgets at zugenruhecoaching.typepad.com
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August 3rd, 2008 at 11:47 am
A truly organized/productive person should never be more than 56 minutes away from vacationing in Paris - in other words, your life should be so automated, with all tasks captured/processed/delegated (where needed), that you can up and leave the country on less than an hour’s notice.
A lot of your tips are strong ones, particularly being productive during your computer breaks (which are important) - instead of watching TV, do a load of wash or get the mail.
I’d say the key is making sure you have EVERYTHING captured that you have to do (from changing the lightbulb, to catching up with your best friend Bob, to research more about PPC), so you never have to pause when you’re done with one productive task to start the next one.
Writing down time estimates is not going to help, because a productive person does a task as quickly as they can, not because it says “two hours” next to it. There’s also a “law” that we underestimate the amount of time it takes for a task, EVEN if we incorporate this law into our estimate.
Good luck!