As a Fastlaner in training we're all bombarded with content, videos and posts about working hard from various people we no doubt follow on YouTube & Facebook etc. Doing what others won't so we can live like others don't etc.
We work all day, and all evening, sometimes into the early hours. We work on various days and times over Christmas.
So this week, I'm leaving my laptop at the office each night. I'm not going to sit until Midnight doing things. Saturday just gone I pretty much burnt myself out and am still recovering today. I lost my Sunday (family day) because I was exhausted.
And at 1am I was sat there, with constant back and neck pain, wondering what I was actually achieving. I just thought, the things on my mind are all things that can be done individually in a day or two. Why are these things still in my mind and not a reality?
Which got me thinking, how effective are we when we work lots of hours? Especially if those hours are all sat at a computer. Could the same be achieved with a laser focus and clear targets during the day? Does working evenings and weekends make you run at 60% during the day?
Instead.
I'm going to strictly use my Trello board daily to do list. Each evening I am going to set my days tasks and targets on my iPad, then I'm going to try and work harder and more focused in the office during the day. I've had this list set up for months now and it works extremely well provided you pre-plan it and stick to it. However I've not really been sticking to it!
Today though I set my day out before starting and I've achieved 90% of it (A proper daily to do list should never be 100% achievable in one day!) including something I'd been putting off for months (but should lead to increased sales and engagement). It doesn't feel like I've worked that hard either.
Here's the thread.
GOLD - Achieve Laser FOCUS + PRODUCTIVITY With The System Legendary Fastlaners Use...
Why?
The aim is to see if working evenings, weekends and holidays truly gets results, or if working on very specific pre-planned targets can achieve the same result.
Does working too much lead to procrastination, lack of vision and a scatter gun approach to getting things done slowly over more time, with more effort exerted?
Can those gained hours of potential relaxation or less intense things like reading, learning, preparing and earlier nights lead to more laser focus and a higher level of achievement during the day?
Or can switching up what you do make you overall more effective? For example - Work on the computer all day, make content and videos in the evening?
How can your time be more effective?
This only really applies to full-time fastlaners (in training). I fully support working evenings and weekends, especially if you work a slowlane job. But we're human and can only handle so much computer time. If you work slowlane then keep working hard and smart in those evenings and weekends!!
This isn't about working less.
It's about the importance of effectiveness. No one cares how many hours you work, all they'll see is how effective those hours have been.
We work all day, and all evening, sometimes into the early hours. We work on various days and times over Christmas.
So this week, I'm leaving my laptop at the office each night. I'm not going to sit until Midnight doing things. Saturday just gone I pretty much burnt myself out and am still recovering today. I lost my Sunday (family day) because I was exhausted.
And at 1am I was sat there, with constant back and neck pain, wondering what I was actually achieving. I just thought, the things on my mind are all things that can be done individually in a day or two. Why are these things still in my mind and not a reality?
Which got me thinking, how effective are we when we work lots of hours? Especially if those hours are all sat at a computer. Could the same be achieved with a laser focus and clear targets during the day? Does working evenings and weekends make you run at 60% during the day?
Instead.
I'm going to strictly use my Trello board daily to do list. Each evening I am going to set my days tasks and targets on my iPad, then I'm going to try and work harder and more focused in the office during the day. I've had this list set up for months now and it works extremely well provided you pre-plan it and stick to it. However I've not really been sticking to it!
Today though I set my day out before starting and I've achieved 90% of it (A proper daily to do list should never be 100% achievable in one day!) including something I'd been putting off for months (but should lead to increased sales and engagement). It doesn't feel like I've worked that hard either.
Here's the thread.
GOLD - Achieve Laser FOCUS + PRODUCTIVITY With The System Legendary Fastlaners Use...
Why?
The aim is to see if working evenings, weekends and holidays truly gets results, or if working on very specific pre-planned targets can achieve the same result.
Does working too much lead to procrastination, lack of vision and a scatter gun approach to getting things done slowly over more time, with more effort exerted?
Can those gained hours of potential relaxation or less intense things like reading, learning, preparing and earlier nights lead to more laser focus and a higher level of achievement during the day?
Or can switching up what you do make you overall more effective? For example - Work on the computer all day, make content and videos in the evening?
How can your time be more effective?
This only really applies to full-time fastlaners (in training). I fully support working evenings and weekends, especially if you work a slowlane job. But we're human and can only handle so much computer time. If you work slowlane then keep working hard and smart in those evenings and weekends!!
This isn't about working less.
It's about the importance of effectiveness. No one cares how many hours you work, all they'll see is how effective those hours have been.
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