Be More Productive Starting Today
Do you ever stare at the clock, realize it is 6 o’clock and wonder what happened to the day? What did you actually accomplish today that moved your business ahead? Multiple days like this are a death sentance and a sign that you need to improve your personal productivity. Here are five tactics to help you raise your personal productivity starting today.
1. Make a List The Night Before
Before you go to sleep, make a list of exactly five items that MUST be accomplished the following day. This list is mainly focused on your important items, not the urgent stuff. Important items like strategic planning, thanking existing customers, ongoing professional education and industry research tend to get crowded out by the urgent unless you commit to working on them in writing.
2. Sleep
No matter how much work there is to do, you will be more productive and effcient when you are well-rested. Sleep seven to eight hours per night. Develop a calming bedtime ritual to help you get a solid, restorative sleep. One of the reasons I am so productive is that I am rarely ever tired.
3. Nourish Your Body
This goes hand-in-hand with sleep. You are not going to build a billion dollar business running your body on fruit loops and white bread. You need 9-13 servings per day (Yes you read that correctly) of fruits and vegetables. You will be amazed at how strong your body feels and how mentally alert you are if you do this. Two easy ways are 1) juicing at home or 2) buying a high-quality juice blend.
4. Leave Email for Last
If you can, do not read email until the end of your day. I seldom check email before 3 pm. If you cannot do this, check only every 90 minutes and then spend no more than twenty minutes replying before beginning another ninty minute “no-interruptions” period. Craft an email autoresponse message that tells people exactly where to go for common questions and exactly what to do if they need your urgent attention.
5. Give Specific Instructions on Your Voicemail
Record a fresh voicemail greeting daily and state when you’ll be returning telephone calls that day. Give specific instructions about where to find answers to FAQs and how to prepare for your return phone call.
Putting it all together…
Last night at eleven pm I was still working on my computer, but knew I needed rest for a full day today. I created a list of five things to do today including writing this article, return calls from my Online Network Marketing Leads, and complete the content of my MLM mentor landing page. This morning I made some coffee and a juice that I blended from fresh strawberries, a tangerine, frozen blueberries, MonaVie Mmun, fresh spinach, concentrated frozen OJ, and a high-quality whey protein. My email and phone are off as I write this, but the messages redirect people to helpful pages on my website and inform them when I’ll be replying to messages today.
Make these 5 simple changes yourself and watch your productivity soar.
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