Action Enforcer

Each day for a few weeks, I’ll give you a new tip on how to get more done with the same hours you already have. Here’s the next tip:

Listen To Music

Music has a way of altering your brain for action. Why do you think so many people use music during their workouts?

If you can find music that ‘pumps you up’, but isn’t distracting, it can be a powerful tool for juicing-up your productivity.

A great place to discover and listen to your favorite music for free is www.pandora.com.

Each day for a few weeks, I’ll give you a new tip on how to get more done with the same hours you already have. Here’s the next tip:

Write Things Down

Give up trying to keep ideas, to-do’s, goals, and plans all in your head!

Doing this causes unneeded stress because of a sense of being overwhelmed with ‘all the things weighing on your mind.’

When you get in the habit of moving things out of your head and onto paper (or your computer), it not only frees-up precious brain power for the sake of taking action, but it also gives you a clearer picture of all the things you need to to. Typically, this picture looks a lot more manageable when it’s on paper.

Each day for a few weeks, I’ll give you a new tip on how to get more done with the same hours you already have. Here’s the next tip:

Just Start!

It doesn’t matter if it’s for just 5 minutes, you NEED to start doing something toward your goals and dreams right now!

When you start with a goal in mind, it’s easy to become overwhelmed by the realization of all the steps you’re going to have to take to reach your final destination.

What you may not realize is that with each step you take, no matter how small, you move a little bit closer to your end-goal and as a result, it gets just a little clearer. In addition to that, the scope of things you need to do to accomplish it, narrows.

In other words, your ability to reach your goal faster and easier is compounded with each step, no matter how small.

Start your journey today!

Each day for a few weeks, I’ll give you a new tip on how to get more done with the same hours you already have. Here’s the next tip:

Increase Your Personal Speed

When you observe the way someone who takes a lot of action carries themselves, you begin to see one of the underlying reasons how they get so much done – their personal speed.

Seriously, action-takers seem to move faster, talk faster, make decisions faster – everything faster than everyone else!

You need to become consciously aware of your personal speed and determine whether it’s hindering you from getting things done. If it is, the fix is simple; 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.

Each day for a few weeks, I’ll give you a new tip on how to get more done with the same hours you already have.  Here’s the next tip:

De-clutter On A Regular Basis

A confused mind always says ‘no’.

This means that if your life is full of clutter, your brain is probably overwhelmed and confused (even at a level you may not realize) and it sees all the things you need to do and is constantly saying, ‘NO!’ – 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.

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.

Each day for a few weeks, I’ll give you a new tip on how to get more done with the same hours you already have.  Here’s the next tip:

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.

Each day for a few weeks, I’ll give you a new tip on how to get more done with the same hours you already have.  Here’s the next tip:

Do Plenty Of What You’re Supposed To Do

What this means is to make sure you spend a good part of your day, every day, doing what it is that you do, and less time on secondary, time-wasting tasks.

If you’re a consultant, then consult. If you’re a writer, then write.

Quit wasting your days on things that take away valuable time from your main purpose.

Delegate secondary tasks to someone else to take care of, or at least consider trimming down the time you allow for them.

Bottom-line: The majority of your day should be spent taking action related to your chosen profession or passion.