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December 9, 2018 - January 13, 2019
Before I decide to take on a new project, I analyze it…How much of my time will this take, and what is my financial upside potential.
it all comes down to understanding what is most important to you and what activity right now will provide the greatest leverage to getting there.
I always start with the most important thing on my priority list. If you didn't spend your week working on the most important thing, it was a week wasted. –Randy Gage
Regardless of your focus areas, conventional wisdom dictates that your goal be specific and measurable. Instead of writing a goal to “save money,” it should be something like “Save $5,000 by the end of the year.” Instead of “lose weight,” you would specify, “Lose ten pounds in ten weeks.” After identifying your most important goal, you need to identify which activities will lead to goal achievement and which activity is most important right now.
I simply put everything on my schedule. That's it. Everything I do on a day-to-day basis gets put on my schedule. Thirty minutes of social media–on the schedule. Forty-five minutes of email management–on the schedule. Catching up with my virtual team–on the schedule. Quiet time to contemplate and plan–on the schedule. Bottom line, if it doesn't get scheduled, it doesn't get done.
My future self is going to sabotage my workout by saying it’s too busy of a day to fit it in. My present self will defeat him by time blocking exercise first thing in the morning, and I will immediately put workout clothes on as soon as I get out of bed, and I will refuse to look at email until after I work out.
You are never too busy to make time for what you love. It’s just a matter of prioritizing—evaluating how you spend your days and dedicating time for what you value. If something is really important to you, you will find a way to fit it into your life.
When you hear something interesting, write it down. Writing it down will make you act upon it. If you don’t write it down you will forget it. THAT is a million dollar lesson they don’t teach you in business school!
Keep emails short—really short. Realize that being brief isn’t rude; it’s a sign of respect for the other person’s time (in addition to your own).
This is important and more people should take it into consideration. Short email is easier to read and process.
Why use 100 words when 10 words will do. Whether that is in an email, a report, a presentation, or a pitch. Brevity can be powerful.
Keep emails short and sweet. Over the years, I’ve trained myself to write three-sentence emails, leaving out the fluff and keeping only the most essential points. It saves my time and it saves the reader’s time.
Time is money!
If you have to have a meeting, highly successful people know that effective meetings begin with effective agendas, which are circulated in advance.
Organizing a meeting with an agenda helps you and all participants to take advantage of the time allotted. No agenda leads to a waste of time.
Schedule and attend meetings as a last resort, when all other forms of communication won’t work.
Agree; meetings should only be scheduled when strictly necessary.
“The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say 'no' to almost everything.”—Warren Buffett
You have to be more selective about the things you say YES to.
If something is not a "hell, YEAH!" then it's a "no!"
Saying no to friends: Think of the consequences and what the best decision is for you; don't try to please others. Think of yourself first. Be careful of who you surround yourself with; if they're your friend, no will not be an issue.
I like the fact this topic is also being addressed from a personal perspective...surprisingly enough, this comment came from a HS student.
A second home is just one example to show the truth that all objects come with a cost, like collectible knickknacks that need to be dusted every week. The bigger the house, the more rooms that need to be cleaned. Electronic gadgets need to be learned, set up, stored, Bluetooth-paired, and ultimately fixed! Pools need to be cleaned. Pets need to get walked, groomed, and taken to the vet. Boats put in and taken out of the water.
This reminds me not to anchor myself to more stuff than what I actually need.
And so my view is I don't do anything that someone else can do better, and I don't do anything that isn’t the highest and best use of my time.
The art of delegation!
A very powerful tactic is if you can’t take immediate action on an email, just calendar it for future action. Remember, we want to use a calendar, not a to-do list.
I'm not against to do lists but I like the calendar approach as well.
If a task can be completed in less than five minutes, do it immediately.
Rule of thumb!
The premise of The Miracle Morning is to wake up and start each day with the discipline of dedicating time to personal development, so that you can become the person you need to be to create the most extraordinary life you can imagine, and do so faster than you may currently believe is possible. While most people focus on "doing" more to achieve more, The Miracle Morning is about focusing on "becoming" more so that you can start doing less, to achieve more.
Invest the first 60 minutes of each day in rituals that strengthen your mind, body, and spirit.
When people talk about “time management,” what they really want is to get more stuff done with less stress. And the real secret behind this is that you need to maximize your energy.
