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Eliminate, Automate, Delegate (or outsource), Defer, and Do
1. Eliminate the things that you do not need to be doing. Remove anything from your life that detracts from focus. This could be a job, a negative person, a bad habit, etc.
2. Automate whatever you can, which won't be much beyond bills and certain parts of your business like if you use Wordpress, Hootsuite, etc.
3. Delegate/Outsource: If you are long on time and short on money, probably not wise to do much of this. You also don't want to outsource something extremely important to your business.
4. Defer: Is this something that needs to be done later? If so, put it on the back burner
5. Do: Something that needs to be done now or very soon.
--Batch Tasks: All errands, phone calls, emails, appointments etc. should be all done at one time, not stretched throughout the day, and not stretched all over town.
--Project Monogamy: Obviously only one business, but also only work on one project at a time. If you are writing a book, put all of your focus into finishing it. The winners in life are the ones who finish many things and do it in an excellent manner. Focus is important, and if you're working on too many things, your focus will be spread too thin.
--Work Scheduling: Things that require creative focus should be done during the part of the day when you have maximum focus. For me, this is the afternoon. For things that are more mechanical, save those for the portion of the day when you aren't at maximum focus.
--Errand Scheduling: Always best to not run errands when the herd is there at it's peak. Stay out of rush hour traffic, don't go to the grocery store on Sunday, don't go eat lunch at noon, etc.
--Minimize Interruptions: Once you start something, zero in on it and don't jump to something else. 4 straight, solid hours of work without interruption is better than 8 hours filled with interruptions.
1. Eliminate the things that you do not need to be doing. Remove anything from your life that detracts from focus. This could be a job, a negative person, a bad habit, etc.
2. Automate whatever you can, which won't be much beyond bills and certain parts of your business like if you use Wordpress, Hootsuite, etc.
3. Delegate/Outsource: If you are long on time and short on money, probably not wise to do much of this. You also don't want to outsource something extremely important to your business.
4. Defer: Is this something that needs to be done later? If so, put it on the back burner
5. Do: Something that needs to be done now or very soon.
--Batch Tasks: All errands, phone calls, emails, appointments etc. should be all done at one time, not stretched throughout the day, and not stretched all over town.
--Project Monogamy: Obviously only one business, but also only work on one project at a time. If you are writing a book, put all of your focus into finishing it. The winners in life are the ones who finish many things and do it in an excellent manner. Focus is important, and if you're working on too many things, your focus will be spread too thin.
--Work Scheduling: Things that require creative focus should be done during the part of the day when you have maximum focus. For me, this is the afternoon. For things that are more mechanical, save those for the portion of the day when you aren't at maximum focus.
--Errand Scheduling: Always best to not run errands when the herd is there at it's peak. Stay out of rush hour traffic, don't go to the grocery store on Sunday, don't go eat lunch at noon, etc.
--Minimize Interruptions: Once you start something, zero in on it and don't jump to something else. 4 straight, solid hours of work without interruption is better than 8 hours filled with interruptions.
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(starting to sound like a sales person for Hal, LOL)
