subject: Be A Star Internet Marketer - Finish Your To-do List Every Day [print this page] As an Internet marketer, you'll have to deal with a number of tasks to reach your main goal or objective. Organizing these tasks in a single place is very important because otherwise you won't have enough direction to continue moving forward. Keep reading to learn the correct way to build your own to-do list--a to-do list that you can use to help yourself get more done every day.
Get the Worst Done First: One of the largest hurdles you are going to have to deal with when you make your to-do list is actually acting on your items.
It's easy to get distracted if you're not focused on taking consistent action, and you might just end up with a huge list of unfinished task at the end of the day. Combating this problem is dependent upon your ability to keep your motivation high as well as a zeal for success. Finding the motivation is easier if you take care of the hardest tasks on your list before the simple stuff. That's right: list them at the top of your list and then tackle them as soon as you start your day. Because you will have lots of energy and your productivity is at it's peak during this time the difficult task won't seem so difficult. And knowing that you're already done with the tasks you're dreading helps you feel better and makes it even easier to finish everything else on your list. Add Tasks to Your List, Not Goals: Perhaps the reason that most Internet Marketers fail to finish their to-do lists is because they start to feel overwhelmed. What happens is that they've added tasks to the lists that feel big enough to be goals on their own. A to-do list has to contain a bunch of actually doable tasks that you can use to reach your main goals. These tasks should be small enough for you to achieve them in a short amount of time, so that you know for sure that you're moving ahead towards your objective. The included tasks need to be clear and not vague. For example, "Get More Leads" is vague and overwhelming but "Call 5 Prospects" is clearly defined and something that can easily be done.
Start Your Day With Your To-Do List: A great way to increase the efficacy of your list is to make sure that your day starts with it. Here's an odd truth: If you get into the habit of writing out your to-do list as soon as you sit down to work each morning you will find a lot more enthusiasm, energy and motivation for actually keeping on task and finishing it off. Because your productivity is typically best when your day is just starting out so that is the best time to organize your list as best as you can. Ultimately what matters most is how well you can create your daily to-do list and how well you can actually accomplish the tasks on it each day. Building a to-do list is just a fancy way of planning out your day and increasing your productivity while you do so so it makes sense that you create the list at the beginning of your day.
After you've started putting these tips to use, you will realize that composing a to-do list is not just about taking regular action but it is also about organizing yourself well.
