Posts tagged Productivity

Gone In 60 Seconds

Nov 2nd

Posted by John in General

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I was up this morning looking over the things to do for the day, and I became overwhelmed for a moment. The large to-do list loomed over me, threatening to drag me down into the icy depths (still on the Halloween dramatical kick, yes).

Have you ever been in a similar situation… All of the things in your life are screaming out for your attention and the stress just gets to be too much and what usually happens is you just don’t do anything, or you spend all your time thinking about what you need to do, instead of actually doing it.

I was trying to decide what to write about today, when I remembered a great piece of advice from Steve Pavlina — Give yourself 60 seconds to think about a decision… Any decision in your life, and then decide, and immediately begin doing whatever it is you have decided.

Practicing this will greatly improve your decision making skills, productivity, time management, and a whole host of other things that will add to your success.

Try it out.

I’ve been practicing this way of making decisions for about three weeks now, and I can tell you that I’ve been crossing things off my list, left and right. In fact, I usually find that I’m so productive, that I run out of things to do for the day, and I’m left trying to figure out how to spend all my extra time.

But as they said on Reading Rainbow… don’t take my word for it. Try it for yourself.

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Resting The Right Way

Oct 27th

Posted by John in Creativity

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Perhaps, if you’re like me in anyway, you find yourself working at something all the time. From writing, to reading, to working around the house, to going into work, things in my life can be pretty hectic.

I was just about at my limit of how much work I could take yesterday when I realized that I just needed a break. I put down my laptop and decided I was just going to take it easy and relax. Not two minutes had passed before I began to think about all the work I had to do or could be doing.

I had to remind myself that if I’m going to rest, than I need to rest whole-heartedly, if I’m going to work, than I’m going to give all of my focus to that task. It’s good advice that no man can serve two masters… After giving my all to not doing much of anything yesterday (besides having fun and hanging out with friends) I woke up today, fully rested, and ready to begin working. Fresh ideas came easily this morning, whereas yesterday this was not the case.

If you find yourself at a fork in the road, or maybe you’re mind just keeps wandering, and you can’t focus on whatever it is you’re trying to complete, than maybe you just need to take a break. Whatever you do though, don’t take a half break… fully walk away from what you’re doing, even if it’s just for 30 minutes. Take a walk, or a nap, or read a book, maybe spend a few minutes meditating and deep breathing. Try it out, and see if you can’t easily tackle whatever the problem was now.

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