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February 16, 2015
Steal This Trick: How To Pinpoint Your Highest Leverage Activities
How do you figure out your highest leverage activities, the ones that bring you fast results, for the least amount of effort?
This has been the single goal of this 3-part series.
In part #1, you learned about the practical VPH method and how to use it to get started in separating the important from the trivial.
In part #2, you used some creative thinking and put yourself in two hypothetical scenarios to verify and expand the results.
Now, it’s time for the final piece of the puzzle – the “Extreme...
February 15, 2015
How To Figure Out Your Highest Leverage Activities (Part 2)
Not all tasks are created equal.
Finding the ones that can give you fast results for the least amount of effort is one of the easiest and surest ways to increase your productivity… dramatically.
This is exactly the goal for this 3-part series: discovering your highest leverage activities so you can use them to get to your success much faster.
In part #1, you learned about the VPH method. In part #2 (this one), you’ll learn another method that will help you either verify your results, extend your...
February 14, 2015
The 3 Most Important Words In Productivity: Highest Leverage Activities
Not all tasks and activities are created equal.
Some are a waste of your time and efforts. Some do provide results, but a lot is left on the table. And some simply knock it out of the park and give you the best bang for the buck, the fastest and biggest results, for the least amount of effort.
These are your highest leverage activities.
Is it magic?
No, simply the 80/20 rule at play.
But knowing that some tasks are worth more than others is simply not enough. Finding which ones is the key to your...
February 13, 2015
The #1 Email Secret Of Super Productive People
When and how often should one check their email for maximum productivity?
This is the question that people keep asking me when the topic of inbox zero and email management comes up.
While that answer might be important to your overall productivity (and success), is not as important as the one to the following question:
When should you NOT check your email?
Knowing when not to do something is oftentimes more useful and practical than knowing when to do it.
Email is the perfect example!
In this video...
February 12, 2015
Email Management Trick: How To Clean Up Your Inbox For Good
How many emails do you get per day is the question most people ask when the topic of inbox zero comes up.
The real question though is, how many emails do you get that you should not be getting at all?
Aha!
That is the question that you should be asking yourself constantly if you ever want to see past the never-ending stream of emails. The more time-wasting emails you get, the more time you need to spend dealing with them. A time that you could’ve used for something more productive (or at least m...
February 11, 2015
How To Plug The Holes Of Your Time Management Strategy
The power of 10 minutes.
Most people don’t realize how much can be done in only 5 or 10 minutes. Even if you don’t do something productive, you can do something healthy, relaxing or even social that will make your life better.
But where do you get those 10 minutes from?
Have you ever finished something a few minutes earlier? Or have you went to a meeting where the other party was a few minutes late? A gap between your appointments? A long line at the oil change?
5 – 10 minute gaps of time are all...
February 10, 2015
How To Turn A Bland Morning Routine Into A Productivity Powerhouse
The quality of your day is directly proportionate to the quality of your mornings.
You know what already.
Chances are you experience it quite regularly. Sometimes you wake up and the sun is shining outside and you are happy and energetic for no reason (or just because you got a good sleep) and your day is so much more productive because of your awesome mornings. Other times, you wake up irritated and on the “wrong side of the bed” and your day is unproductive and moody as a result.
Your success...
February 9, 2015
Time Blocking: The Immortal Time Management Strategy
Time blocking has been around for many years and has accumulated quite the portfolio of names – block time, flight mode, no phone days, etc. But no matter what it’s called, it remains one of the best, yet most underutilized, time management strategies.
People know about it, know it works, but never use it. It’s an interesting (and quite ironic) paradox.
The main reason – it is believed to be complicated.
This cannot be further from the truth and you’ll learn why in the video training below. You’...
February 8, 2015
Inbox Zero: How To Get To It Using This Amazingly Simple Trick
Inbox zero.
Some enjoy it on a daily basis, others believe it does not exist and it can never be achieved.
I’ve been on both sides.
There was a time (not that long ago) when I couldn’t even look past the huge pile and never-ending flow of emails. But, I’ve “seen the light” and I now get to inbox zero on a consistent basis.
In this training you’ll learn about one of the most important tactics that I use that helps me get to inbox zero regularly. I call it the “OTR” and it has literally revolutioni...
February 7, 2015
Trade Offs: How To Increase Productivity Significantly (And Fast)
Choices.
Abundant, never-ending choices are everywhere and are here to stay. You make them every day, at home, at work, even at the store (especially at the store with 47 different kinds of toothpaste on a single shelf!).
You make them with your time and with what you choose to concentrate on. And every time you say “yes” to something, by default, you say “no” or “later” to something else. Something else that can potentially be better. You make a trade-off. You cannot have it or do it all and t...
