Imagine how your work-life would transform if you were significantly more productive and how that would affect your bank account and your overall lifestyle.
Everyone is limited to 24 hours each day. You can only make the most of the time you have each day. Time is the one factor that no one can beat and no one can create time. How well do you use your time? How much do you accomplish each day?
The power to be more productive is within your grasp. The article will show you seven simple ways to become more productive – save time and get more done daily:
- Know your specific goals
It’s hard to be productive if you’re not 100% clear on your objective. That means knowing what you’re trying to accomplish over the next hour, day, week, month, year, or even several years out.
Each time you decide how you’re going to spend your time, you’re either making progress toward something important or you’re not. Even if you’re making progress, are you sure you’re making progress toward the right thing?
- Have a plan
Try a little experiment. For the next week, avoid going to bed until you’ve made a fairly detailed plan of what you’re going to do the next day. Plan out your day instead of waking up in the morning and trying to figure it out on the fly. Notice how much more you get done. You’ll be hooked on living your life this way.
- Stop wasting time – Avoid distractions
When you sit down to work for an hour, how much time do you actually spend working? Sometimes we don’t believe how much time we’ve misspent until we give our daily activities thorough scrutiny.
Some of the time-wasters to avoid at all cost if you want your one hour of work to be an actual one hour of productive time: daydreaming, checking your phone, reading an email, using the restroom, getting a drink, staring out the window, and having a quick chat.
When it’s work time, make it work time. Set a timer for an hour and decide to spend the entire time working. You’ll be stunned by how much more productive you are.
- Get help – Delegate to a virtual assistant
You don’t have to do it all alone. Delegate. Ask for help. You can get a lot more accomplished with another set of hands. Avoid being embarrassed to ask for assistance when you need it.
All accomplished organizational leaders and entrepreneurs across all industries have one thing in common, they have learned how to delegate their non-core tasks so that they can focus more on the most important 20%.
It’s time to get a virtual assistant if you never get enough hours to tick all tasks on your to-do-list and you’re looking to complete your projects faster and more efficiently.
- Get an early start
Most productive people tend to get up early and get busy with their most important tasks in the morning, some call it eating the frog. You should consider getting out of bed early to accomplish something worthwhile while the rest of the world is still asleep.
The momentum this creates is hard to believe. It’s not easy to get out of bed earlier, but it’s a powerful tactic to be more productive.
- Improve your ability to focus
Staying on task is an important skill. A lack of focus leads to wasting time. You can only become good at focus if you practice. Set a timer and focus 100% for 10 minutes. Once you can do that consistently, shoot for 15 minutes. See how much you can improve over time.
- Identify the most important tasks
You can be working on the right thing but fail to make significant progress. There are plenty of things you can do to get in shape or to market your business. However, some of those tasks are much more effective than others! Spend your time on the most relevant tasks.
Overall, increased productivity is about using your time as wisely as possible. This requires knowing your goals, creating a plan, identifying the most important tasks, and delegating non-core tasks.
By leveraging technology, you can have a team of virtual assistants to handle your administrative work or other non-core tasks like your social media management. Identify the most important tasks based on your goals and spend most of your time doing those things each day.