Productivity Tools - 6 Tips
Your greatest internet marketing tool sits right between your ears
. Every one of us has the ability to use our minds to overcome each and every challenge we are faced with.
Most of us struggle to get the most from our own minds, so it helps to stop and sharpen that tool now and again with reminders as to how we can raise our productivity and effectiveness as marketers.
Here is a short list of 6 Tips that will help you get the most from your screentime, and your life as well:
* Create And Use Checklists - Anytime you can shift things you need to remember from your head onto paper (or your computer) your are setting yourself up to be more effective by taking action.
Your brain hates stress, and having to remember all the details related to every single thing you need to schedule, reserve, and accomplish just weighs you down.
Checklists help you get rid of a lot of this stress and worry by acting like a 'mini-blueprint' you can easily follow anytime you need it, without the concern that you're forgetting something important.
For any process or sequence of actions you perform on a regular basis, take a little time to create a checklist for it and use it as needed. It may take a while to create initially, but it will save you a huge amount of time and energy in the long-run.
If you need a bit of inspiration when creating your checklists, just search Google for some ideas. For example, to create a website creation checklist, begin by searching Google for Website Creation Checklist. You'll find plenty of ideas for things to add to your own.
* Keep Your To-Do List In Front Of You - Don't make a to-do list on an old dog-eared notepad and then throw it in a drawer you might look in every couple of months.
Post it somewhere you can look at it daily - on your desk, the fridge, the ceiling in your bedroom, it doesn't matter.
The clearer you are about what needs done in your life, the more likely you are to take care of it. Keeping your to-do list in front of you is a great way to maintain your clarity of what you need to take care of.
* De-Clutter On A Regular Basis - A confused mind always says 'no'. What does that mean?
This means that if your life is full of clutter, your brain is probably overwhelmed and confused (even at an unconscious level) and it sees all that needs to be done and is constantly saying, 'NO!' in rebellion - slowing you down BIG TIME!
On a regular basis, clean your work environment, and clear out the junk in your life you no longer need or use - give it away. This includes books, magazines, DVD's, clothes, stuff in your garage, junk under your bed, and so on. Let it all go. Think of your home or apartment as if you were living on a boat. When you live aboard a boat, you must constantly evaluate if an item is still essential and therefore worth the valuable space it takes up.
In addition, keep your cyber-life de-cluttered as well by clearing out old emails and rarely visited bookmarks occasionally.
Schedule a time once a month to de-clutter and you'll find your brain saying, 'YES!' a lot more often.
* Increase Your Personal Speed - When you observe the way someone that takes a lot of action carries themselves, you begin to realize one of the primary reasons they get so much done - their personal speed. And yet they never seem hurried!
Seriously, action-takers seem to move faster, talk faster, make decisions faster - everything faster than everyone else! With self assurance and energy behind it all, and yet not frantic in the least.
You need to become consciously aware of your personal speed and determine whether it's preventing you from getting things done. This was one I had to really work on. If it is for you as well, the fix is the same one I implemented; start doing things faster and with more energy behind them.
This doesn't mean you become an overworked, stressed-out, hyped-up, caffeine-guzzling maniac!
It means that every day you focus on adding a little more energy into everything you do, until your mind and body gets into the habit of being in a state of action.
* Set Aside A Specific Amount Of Time For Consuming Information Online - It's time to end the wasting of hours upon hours of your valuable time mindlessly going over things that could easily be quite thoroughly covered in half an hours time.
I'm talking about everything on the Web that you do to consume information - reading emails, checking Facebook, Twitter and digg, reading blogs, the news - everything!
Give yourself 30 minutes to an hour each day to do nothing but interact with these activities. But once you've used up your time, don't go back to it at all until later in the day or evening, once you've accomplished a number of other tasks.
Keep these things in their place and quit letting them control your life.
Remember how shocked everyone acts when they hear how long the average user is on Facebook everyday? You must stop that from including you!
* Simplify Your Life - When you simplify your life, you eliminate a lot of time and resource-sucking stuff that does nothing but drag you down. One of the best ways of simplifying is to trim down on all the things you can potentially bring into your life that will require your time to use or maintain.
The problem with trying to 'have it all' is that once you own it, you almost feel obligated to use it all regularly in order to justify your purchases. This mindset takes a lot out of you, and it's really unnecessary.
When you really think about it, do you really need 4 magazines a month about the same topic, or could you get more out of digging deeper into your favorite magazine and dumping the rest?
Do you really need that shiny new gadget that will require time to learn how to use, or is the similar gadget you bought just 6 months ago still good enough?
Identify the things in your life that are complicating it (especially material stuff), and eliminate them!
Applying these simple tips in your life can and will make you more productive and effective. Not just in your internet marketing efforts, but in all aspects of your life.
by: Jim Patterson
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