Feb 07
~ K o l o r ~General, Guest Post, Marketing, Motivation, Procrastination, Productivity, Re-Post Leo
Positive Productivity – Focus
- Start small. You only need to focus for one minute at first. Clear everything away, pick your one important task, and just do it for one minute without switching. This is hard to do in the beginning but if you consciously focus on focusing, you can do it. It’s just a minute.
- Reward yourself. The reward for focusing for one minute can be one minute (or 30 seconds) of checking whatever you want. Email, Facebook, whatever. Or get up and take a one-minute walk. Stretch, drink some water, massage your neck, and enjoy your small victory. Empires are created with small victories.
- Repeat. Keep doing one minute focus, one minute reward (or 1 minute to 30 seconds if you like) for about half an hour (15 of each). You’re done. Repeat that later in the day. Rejoice in how much work you got done! And notice how you’ve set up a positive feedback cycle for focusing. More
Jan 03
~ K o l o r ~General, Guest Post, Procrastination, Productivity, Re-Post
1. Start Your Day Early
Getting an earlier start to your day can be helpful for numerous reasons. If you work in an office, chances are the atmosphere will be quieter and calm before all of your co-workers arrive. Just having an extra 30 – 60 minutes without interruptions can make a big difference and can help you to get through your work quicker.
If you work from home you may be able to avoid some of the classic distractions by getting up and starting your work before others in your house are around. You may find that starting your workday earlier will have some benefits in terms of your stress level and how you observe your day. When you start work later you may face the stress of feeling like you should have more done by a specific time in the day, but starting early can help to feel like you’re ahead of the game.
2. Making a Short To-Do List
A to-do list is a serious aspect of time management for most of us. However, one of the downfalls of having a to-do list is that it can get quite full and overwhelming. When this happens, the to-do list can actually become more of a interruption than a help because you may find yourself focusing on how you will never be able to accomplish everything instead of concentrating on the tasks at hand.
To simplify things keep your to-do list as short as possible. For example, focus on just completing two or three specific things in a given day instead of working off of a to-do list with 15 or 20 items. You’ll find that with fewer things on your list you’re able to do a better job with each, and you should still be able to accomplish them efficiently as well.
Having just two or three things on your to-do list isn’t always practical, and in that case you can divide your list into major and minor tasks, and keep the major tasks as limited as possible. This will help to keep your focus on a small number of important tasks, and you’ll probably find that you do a better job with them. More
Sep 29
~ K o l o r ~bpk, General, Guest Post, Procrastination, Productivity, Sales
“If only I had more time”/ “There aren’t enough hours in the day”/ “Where does time go?” Complaints about lack of time are common in the workplace. Do you suffer from lack of time? Answer honestly the following questions “yes” or “no” to find out:
- Do you feel generally in control of your time at work?
- Do you know what you want to achieve in the next five years?
- Do you have clear goals at work? Can you describe them?
- Do you know what tasks are necessary to achieve your goals?
- Do you know how to prioritize your activities at work without being told?
- Can you describe at least three time-wasting activities at work?
- Do you have enough time in the day to focus on important tasks?
- Are you able to say “no” to requests at work
- Do you finish one task before taking on another? More
Sep 21
~ K o l o r ~bpk, General, Guest Post, Procrastination, Productivity, Re-Post
Getting Things Started is more important than Getting Things Done, if you do not start you cannot get it done.
If you’re not getting something done, it’s probably due to one or more of the following reasons:
- Wanting to over-deliver and give clients a 210% effort and not knowing where to start.
- Feeling constrained from too much structured planning.
- Feeling dazed from lack of any planning.
- Overstretching on client projects. More
Sep 21
~ K o l o r ~bpk, General, Procrastination, Productivity, Re-Post
Identify the most important thing you have to do today.
Decide to do just the first little part of it — just the first minute, or even 30 seconds of it. Getting started is the only thing in the world that matters.
Clear away distractions. Turn everything off. Close all programs. There should just be you, and your task.
Sit there, and focus on getting started. Not doing the whole task, just starting.
Pay attention to your mind, as it starts to have urges to switch to another task. You will have urges to check email or Facebook or Twitter or your favorite website. You will want to play a game or make a call or do another task. Notice these urges. More
Sep 12
~ K o l o r ~bpk, General, Guest Post, Marketing, Motivation, Procrastination, Productivity, Re-Post
1. Formulate everything on your desk before you leave work the previous night so your desk is ready for your work first thing the next morning. Have all the materials you need set and ready to go.
2. Avoid the break room. This might mean you need to bring your coffee with you in a thermos, but sitting down and getting started working right away will set the whole tone for the day. You can be collegial at lunch or in the afternoon when your energy levels are naturally waning. More
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