Good tips for staying focused on track and achieving your goals part 1
As an entrepreneur, there are things you must do in order to accomplish your goals so you can have the kind of business and life you have dreamed of having.
From managing a team to handling clients - and everything in between - it can be easy to lose complete control of your day.
We all have the same 24 hours available each day; it's how we chose to use those 24 hours that's makes the difference.
Meetings, client services, and a To Do List a mile long are frequent daily tasks in the world of running a business.
The key is find an effective way to handle our daily routine to stay focused and on track to achieve your goals in the shortest amount of time and the least amount of effort.
Tip #1:
Break Goals Down Into Daily Action Steps - and Track Them
Somewhere between running a business and having a personal life, it's not uncommon for our goals to fall by the wayside.
Sure, we write out a Goal List, but it ends up at the bottom of a large stack of papers on our desk or filed away in a drawer.
If you are not paying attention to your goals on a daily basis, you're probably taking the long way around.
Break goals down into daily action steps and put them into your daily calendar/diary/planner.
Those action steps should be labeled high priority and handled as early on in the day as possible, or at the best time that leads to the best result.
No excuses.
Somewhere between running a business and having a personal life, it's not uncommon for our goals to fall by the wayside.
Sure, we write out a Goal List, but it ends up at the bottom of a large stack of papers on our desk or filed away in a drawer.
If you are not paying attention to your goals on a daily basis, you're probably taking the long way around.
Break goals down into daily action steps and put them into your daily calendar/diary/planner.
Those action steps should be labeled high priority and handled as early on in the day as possible, or at the best time that leads to the best result.
No excuses.
Tip #2:
Remove Distractions and Interruptions From Your Life
Wasting time on low priority tasks is one of the most common sources of interrupting your success.
Email , texting , social media , internet surfing , personal phone calls , chatting etc , are time wasters for many of us.
Work hours should be reserved for work.
Distractions need to be a thing of the past and not the present, if you want to achieve your goals in the timeframe you have set.
(Close email and internet outside specific time blocks.)
Turn off the ringer on your phone or filter calls through a team member.
Remove paperwork that you are not currently working on from your sight.)
Create a system that works best for you , and stick to it.
Consistent execution of new habits that put you in the highest probability position to make better progress so you can create the business and life you want is key.
Wasting time on low priority tasks is one of the most common sources of interrupting your success.
Email , texting , social media , internet surfing , personal phone calls , chatting etc , are time wasters for many of us.
Work hours should be reserved for work.
Distractions need to be a thing of the past and not the present, if you want to achieve your goals in the timeframe you have set.
(Close email and internet outside specific time blocks.)
Turn off the ringer on your phone or filter calls through a team member.
Remove paperwork that you are not currently working on from your sight.)
Create a system that works best for you , and stick to it.
Consistent execution of new habits that put you in the highest probability position to make better progress so you can create the business and life you want is key.
Tip #3:
Be Aware of Sabotaging Habits
No one is ever completely free of self-sabotaging habits, which is why it's important to be aware of your tendencies.
When you are aware of your sabotaging habits, you can easily spot them - and stop them - from distracting you from your success.
Whether you create procrastination, overwhelm, emotional crisis, physical exhaustion, relationship drama - or a host of other common habits - you're creating self-sabotage.
Achieving your goals becomes a lot easier when you can spot troublesome habits, and consciously and quickly get yourself back on track.
No one is ever completely free of self-sabotaging habits, which is why it's important to be aware of your tendencies.
When you are aware of your sabotaging habits, you can easily spot them - and stop them - from distracting you from your success.
Whether you create procrastination, overwhelm, emotional crisis, physical exhaustion, relationship drama - or a host of other common habits - you're creating self-sabotage.
Achieving your goals becomes a lot easier when you can spot troublesome habits, and consciously and quickly get yourself back on track.
Tip #4:
Get Clear on the Why
When you get clear on why you're working on any particular task, you can intellectually grasp whether you really need to be doing it at all or having someone else do it.
When you get clear on why you're working on any particular task, you can intellectually grasp whether you really need to be doing it at all or having someone else do it.
Tip #5:
Chunk Like-Tasks Together
Prep time and pre-task setup can eat up huge amounts of your time, so chunk like-tasks together. Another benefit to chunking?
Multi-tasking and jumping between tasks reduces your brain’s ability to maintain focus, effectiveness and efficiency.
Examples of chunking your time include:
Along this same line of thinking, consider scheduling time to really prepare for the meeting on your calendar (5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes).
This helps to ensure you have the right way of being to get the result you want and make sure you aren't thinking of something you just finished or anything else.
Also, schedule time after your meeting to complete any actions you need to so you don't have to try and remember them later in the day, two days later, or at the end of the week.
Get things done and the move on to the next meeting with a clear head for that meeting.
Prep time and pre-task setup can eat up huge amounts of your time, so chunk like-tasks together. Another benefit to chunking?
Multi-tasking and jumping between tasks reduces your brain’s ability to maintain focus, effectiveness and efficiency.
Examples of chunking your time include:
Along this same line of thinking, consider scheduling time to really prepare for the meeting on your calendar (5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes).
This helps to ensure you have the right way of being to get the result you want and make sure you aren't thinking of something you just finished or anything else.
Also, schedule time after your meeting to complete any actions you need to so you don't have to try and remember them later in the day, two days later, or at the end of the week.
Get things done and the move on to the next meeting with a clear head for that meeting.
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