Productivity
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How High Performers Manage Their Time
High performers always looking to take themselves to the next level. And they’re always wanting to make the most of their time. The key to how to make the most of your time, if you’re a high performer, is finding high-impact ways to leverage your limited time. Let’s take a look at some key ideas here. Our Time is Limited I find it important to reflect on death, on a regular basis. Just the simple fact that we will die someday … and we don’t know when. This helps us to remember that life is short and precious, and to resolve to make the most of this gift. As a…
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8 Time Management Tips
At the end of the day, it’s all about time management. When it comes to time management, we don’t want to admit we don’t have it all together. It’s one of the hardest issues to face and can be a challenge. However, the good news is it’s very doable. What’s the hardest task? Do that one first. For some people, filing is the worst administrative task there is and for others, it’s filling out paperwork and making phone calls. Whatever you identify, as being your hardest task, is the one you should do first. You will find this practice to be difficult at first; however, as time goes by…
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Stay Focused on Meaningful Tasks
If you’re in a situation (job, life, family, etc) where you could be doing a thousand things on any given day, finding a way to stay focused on meaningful tasks can become a big problem. We want to do too much. Today I’d like to talk about this hard problem faced by anyone doing meaningful work. If you don’t tackle this challenge, you’ll be left feeling scattered and unfocused, overwhelmed and disconnected. If you can take it on … you can create an experience of getting meaningful things done. How does that sound? Let’s dive in. Staying Focused on Meaningful Tasks I don’t think I need to go too much…
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The Keys to Essential Meaningful Productivity
How do you make sure that you are not being busy just for the sake of busyness? How do you insure the work you are doing has a greater purpose than just another item to cross off of your to-do list? Read on to see how Leo Babauta from ZenHabits answers those questions. You can actually do this in an infinite number of ways, but here are some elements I’ve found to be important in my own exploration: Work on what matters. Do you know your most important tasks for today? For the week? For the month? For your mission or life? This is something to get clear on. We…
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15 Tips to Increase Productivity
Success in any aspect of your life is a result of planning out your goals and utilizing your creativity. Gaining the right kind of knowledge and putting that knowledge into practice will set you up for a happy and productive life. Read the following tips and advice with a determined mind that will see each idea as an opportunity to try new activities and open the door to a clearer picture of how you can increase your productivity, learn to use your time wisely, and set yourself up to successfully reach your goals. 1. Set short-term and long-term goals Goal setting is effective in every area of your life. Giving…
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4 Simple Productivity Habits
If you often find yourself wishing you could get more done, you’re not alone. We all have the same 24 hours in a day. How do some people manage to get so much done? They adopt simple productivity habits to keep them on track and moving forward. Whether you want to do more in the same amount of time, need more motivation for getting stuff done, or are looking to reduce the amount of time you waste in a day, these simple productivity habits can help you improve your time management so that you can get more done each day. Habit #1: Keep Your Desk Decluttered While creativity can arise…
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Is Multitasking Sabotaging Your Productivity?
If you’re like many people you spend most days multitasking. You’re probably so used to multitasking that you don’t even realize when you’re doing it. After all, it’s a skill many employers look for in their employees. Many people believe multitasking saves them time. However, there are many reasons why multitasking is bad. It’s time to stop feeling feeling like you need to constantly be working on 10 different things at once so that you can focus and increase your productivity instead. Focusing lets you concentrate on one task or thought at a time, helping you create a better result for each task. Why is multitasking bad? Many people like…
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How To Be Accountable To Yourself
Using an accountability buddy to help you consistently stick with a habit or work on a goal is fine as a temporary measure to get yourself into the flow of action, but it’s also a crutch. Ultimately you want to be accountable to yourself first and foremost, not to a buddy, team, company, organization, app, or external entity. That may sound counter-intuitive, especially if you’re accustomed to external accountability. External factors can increase your sense of accountability because you don’t want to let other people down. You want to do your part to pitch in. That’s understandable. But externals don’t last. At some point you’ll move on from the school,…
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6 Tips to Increase Productivity
When you’re ready to increase productivity, these 6 tips can get you started down the right path toward success. Everybody would like to be able to accomplish more throughout their day, but increasing your productivity can often seem impossible. The following strategies, if followed, can double and even triple your productivity. Here are the best strategies to develop if you want to increase your productivity substantially. 1. Set Goals and Productivity Targets When you set goals, you end up focusing your energy on the things that you want to achieve. These are things that you wouldn’t be able to accomplish by default. This will automatically make you more productive. It…
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How to Beat Overwhelm While Parenting During The Pandemic
Ask any parent out there and they’ll echo the same sentiment – parenting during the pandemic is hard work! From helping our kids with online schooling to making sure they stay in touch with friends and family to keeping boredom at bay, we’re experiencing a whole new level of parenting. Yet we parents are battling our own pandemic realities and all of the fears and frustrations that go along with that. Honestly, it can be a recipe for overwhelm if we don’t stay out in front of everything. Here are a few tips to help you plan and organize life with your kids’ at home so that you can beat…
