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Do more in less time - Productivity tips
The document outlines strategies for defining and accomplishing goals, enhancing productivity, and organizing life effectively. It emphasizes the importance of clear planning, delegating tasks, managing emails, and prioritizing daily activities. Additionally, it suggests simplifying one's life by reducing material possessions and responsibilities to minimize distractions.
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- 3. DEFINE YOUR GOALS THEGARDEN OF SUCCES ▶ The law of weeds: what are you planting exactly? ▶ A half-grown garden: you are going to have to prep the soil, get your hands dirty, etc. Put results before comfort! ▶ Don’t keep digging up your seeds: when you plant a flower, you believe and trust that it will grow. You don’t dig it up every day. ▶ Every flower is different: you cannot separate who you are from the success you achieve and you need to give yourself permission to do it ‘your way’.
- 4. DEFINE YOUR GOALS …ANDACCOMPLISH THEM (1) 1. Utilize the SMART Goal Approach 2. Write your goals down and display them! 3. Break big goals into smaller ones! 4. Make an action plan and follow it!
- 5. DEFINE YOUR GOALS …ANDACCOMPLISH THEM (2) 5. Do your goals as early in the day as possible! 6. Tell others your goals to keep you accountable! 7. Make sure your goals excite you! 8. Use positive language in your goals! Read the source http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/how-set-goals-10-steps-stay-focused.html and see that I skipped the last two of the original 10.
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- 7. PRODUCTIVITY TIPS DAY TODAY (1) ▶ Delegation doesn’t equal laziness ▶ Share the load with your team ▶ Share the load with freelancers ▶ Lists are your best friend, paper or: ▶ http://www.6wunderkinder.com/wunderlist ▶ http://www.do.com ▶ http://www.rememberthemilk.com/ ▶ Try and keep using the one you prefer
- 8. PRODUCTIVITY TIPS DAY TODAY (2) ▶ Manage your emails, don’t let them manage you ▶ Organise your mail with folders ▶ Flag things that can wait: use this technique with important emails rather than urgent ones, because there is a distinction between ‘important’ and ‘urgent’ ▶ Process your emails in 20 – 40 minute bursts around 2 – 3 times per day, and keep your email client closed the rest of the time
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- 10. PRODUCTIVITY TIPS CREATE TIMETO DO MORE 1. Know what you want and do everything possible at any moment to get there. 2. Make a clear plan and start working consciously. 3. Learn smart working techniques (next sheet). 4. Avoid multitasking. 5. Analyze your working day and remove all that is not helping you (outsource, eliminate, etc.).
- 11. PRODUCTIVITY TIPS SMART TECHNIQUES ▶Plan your own time: many people let others dictate their schedule; find out your own productive times and do what you do best during those hours. ▶ Interruptions: make sure you don’t just outline your day with the things you can plan, also schedule time for interruptions.
- 12. PRODUCTIVITY TIPS SMART TECHNIQUES ▶Educate people: be the change, live the change, and change will occur! ▶ Meetings: don’t take part if it is not really needed to be there, or change the agenda in such a way that your sections are at the beginning.
- 13. PRODUCTIVITY TIPS PLAN YOURDISTRACTIONS And see http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/recognising-distractions-and-how-prevent-them.html to prevent all type of distractions.
- 14. PRODUCTIVITY TIPS TOP 8 ▶Focus on your top 3 daily priorities. ▶ Stop checking your email. ▶ Set limits for everything. ▶ Apply the 80/20 rule. ▶ Stop multitasking. ▶ Attend fewer meetings. ▶ Start an information diet. ▶ Create thinking time.
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- 16. ORGANIZE YOUR LIFE SIMPLIFYYOUR LIFE ▶ Give up material items: having so many items not only clogs up space in your home, it creates more distractions for you. ▶ Minimize responsibilities: you’ll need to clear out the responsibilities that are causing your life to be complicated. ▶ Sleep: sacrifice is necessary sometimes, but when it comes to sleep, never sacrifice what’s needed. ▶ Organize your life: cleaning that desk can get rid of many distractions.
- 18. WHAT’S NEXT? DO, APPLY,TRY, IMPROVE, KEEP DOING
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