Productivity Planner

At dinner this week with a corporate client, she talked about the fine line between ‘overwhelm’ and ‘upset.’ When she’s upset about something, she’s churning and distracted and unable to focus or concentrate on things she needs to get done. When she sorts out what has her upset, overwhelm simply melts away. An instant boost in productivity!

You know when you’re upset and you sure can see it in others. Your mind is yammering away at you endlessly, steam’s coming out of your ears, and your neck is so tense your shoulders are up around your ears. Everything around you becomes annoying.

Sometimes the event that triggered the upset is right there, in your line of sight. And that sure makes it easy to stay focused on it and deal with it - then and there. But we so seldom know what has us upset in the moment it occurs.

Most often, the source of our upset is vague and the drain on our productivity drags on and on and on.

I teach my Inner Circle Program members how to identify what motivates them to hang on to the upset. For some, it’s a great procrastination technique. They conveniently distract themselves from tackling uninteresting or unpleasant tasks. For others it’s stubborn habit and their ego demanding they hold their attitude to prove themselves right.

At some point they decide they’ve had enough of being “stalled” and they use the following 3 -step technique I teach them to dissect and eliminate The Upset and get back on track.

It’s another of the 7 Essential Techniques I use with my clients to recover their ‘brain power’ and increase their productivity. You need to learn this technique! It’ll help you focus so you can identify the real issues buried behind the upset, and get your attention back on what it takes to Achieve Your Vision.

THE HIGH PAYOFF TECHNIQUE TO CLEAR OUT ‘THE UPSET’ Are you finding no one [Read more →]

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Procrastination is hardly considered a positive trait. Most people do it despite their best efforts not to, and many of us set New Years resolutions to stop doing it-which we’ll get around to doing eventually, we swear. But is it really that bad to procrastinate? Here’s an alternative view-times when it might be just fine for freelancers, business owners, and creative people of all types to leave an important project for later.

When you’re frustrated. Have you ever had one of those projects where you feel like you’re banging your head against a brick wall? When this happens, it’s not always best to push it. Instead, walk away for an hour, a day, or even a week-depending on how much time you have. Sometimes the added perspective you get on a break will help you see the project in a new light when you come back to it.

When you’ve been working too hard. Nobody concentrates well without sleep. If you’ve been working hard all day and are still facing a big project, consider putting it off til morning unless you have a close deadline. Sometimes stress and exhaustion can impede our thought process and creativity. After a good night’s sleep, you’ll be better prepared to finish in the morning.

When you’re out of ideas. Not everyone can force creativity. If you’re working on a creative project and you’re just plain out of ideas, you may not be able to proceed when you want to. Instead, sit on the idea for a while and let the right answer come to you while you’re doing other things. If you have enough time, this can be the best way to get a project done.

When the project is in flux. It can be frustrating to get a project half-done, only to find out that there have been major changes to the spec. If you sense that some part of this project is up in the air, it may be best to leave it until the exp [Read more →]

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Good news for folks waiting patiently for some suggestions that allow them to change their life specifically on how improving their business or working life.

I have never been so happy on how my working life is organized. I’ve made my share of mistakes in my life. However, there are a few things I wish say you that allow to be more organized and efficient. Maybe these tips can also help to organized your life, in my opinion.

You probably want to start immediately to apply this simple three steps, so I’m going tell you exactly what I did to get this my radical change.

No Distractions

In this year I organized my office. It’s my first. As you do when you get your first office, you have a lot of stuff to buy. Shelves, books, desk, TV, cordless phone, etc. So, I went in the nearest shopping mall and I started to buy a new lg flat-screen television - not a super big one, but a 26.

Unfortunately, now I think that was not a great idea buy a television. I admit that while I’m working simultaneously I watch TV, especially video clips, but also the news and entertainment programs.

All this distracts from what most important to me - my work. You don’t need to know all, and a lot of things you find in TV fall into this.

You can get the 1% you need to know in a much better format by going online, or reading a book or magazine or talking to other humans.

Office Well Organized And Clear

I’ve three room in my office. It’s not great. My place is enough clean, but after a week the mess starts to build up. So, I decided to devote an hour a day to put in order.

How I said, I need one hour a day to clean my office, the rest of time spend to write my articles or respond to email or work on a new video or podcast or do something to distract me from my work. This really is a no-brainer to me, so I can [Read more →]

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