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Simple way to work less, achieve more in 2010
| Guest post by: Marie-Piere Belisle-Kennedy |
Article Overview: Are you part of the masses that get up at dawn adhering to a 9 to 5 mentality where barely 12.5 minutes are left as true personal time at the end of each day? Most entrepreneurs have not yet made a complete shift of time management and feel the need to "be at their post" and look productive. By applying simple approaches to doing less, we are actually freeing crucial hours to actually accomplish what really matters in our lives, including finally following a proven action plan for our resolutions.
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Simple way to work less, achieve more in 2010
If only we had more time, our resolutions
would materialize sooner…right? If results are based on actions and resolutions
are mere words with hopes and a prayer, then we all need to find efficient ways
to put more actions in our days…and communicate a little less - (I love Elvis’
A little less conversation, a little more action please song when I work out
for this exact reason).
Aim to accomplish 1 thing per day. Pick your top project, closest deadline, task that has been
staring at you in the face and just complete it. No interruptions, no email
notifications, no meetings. Ask yourself constantly – it what I’m doing just
busy work or am I getting closer to my goal? Then reward yourself for a job
well–done and enjoy a guiltless hour of relaxation or exercise. It makes it
easier if you work for yourself but even the most conservative of bosses value
results over attendance these days. You are also worth more healthy and well rested than overtired and sick any day.
Learn to love leftovers, for lunch and dinner. We discovered this simple tip has profound
benefits such as time-saving, money-saving and calorie-saving… what’s
not to love? When preparing a meal, cook double the recipe and cut back on your
meat portions for that evening. You will instantly have delicious food to pack
for next day’s lunch and tomorrow’s dinner will take a few minutes to prepare
with some fresh veggies and salad. My husband who is in sales and on the road
most of the time realized packing his lunch saved him at least 30 minutes a day
of not running around and waiting in line, and over $300 a month. Plus, his
pants are now a size smaller and he never complains about how tasty his lunches
are! He chooses to use that found time doing things he loves and funding them
with his extra cash. No need for special diet foods!
Apply the 80∕20 rule. The Pareto efficiency model was a prominent part of the bestseller
The 4 hour workweek by Tim Ferriss. Much of our work days are wasted on the
token few customers who represents the least profitable part of our business.
His book recommended focusing one's attention on the 20% that contribute to 80%
of the income and none of the headaches to save considerable time, going as far
as firing the rest to create more quality time for yourself and get better
results (read profits). Similarly, Parkinson Law states that Work expands so
as to fill the time available for its completion. In other words, it’s good
to create a feeling of shorter deadlines in order to free up time for the
things that matter. Accomplish more in less time and you will relax more!
Cut back your sources of information. Do you really need to be aware of all your acquaintances status on
Facebook? Have you ever really felt out of the loop if you skipped a few days
away for these networks? This "social not-working" habit needs
to be drastically cut to the bare minimum, assuming you are in your prime working
years of course. Same goes for surfing the Net and television; how many ways can you hear
the same story, when most reporters and networks access the exact same source?
Pick 30-minute information and entertainment time slots in your day and stick
to them with a timer if you have to.
Of course, this website being the
exception.
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Re: Did you reach your goal this year?
- So what can we do to help each other to achieve our goal in year 2010?
Re: What Are Your 2010 Income Goals?
- [quote="Trent Brownrigg":1lyeuf41]My income goal for this year is to average $500 per day, every day. Therefore, my total income goal for this year is $182,500 and I am positive I will achieve it with the plan I have already set in place and the ideas I have for more sites!
[quote:1lyeuf41]My goal this year is to make $200.000. Who would like to share their 2010 income goals in this thread?[/quote:1lyeuf41]
Looks like our goals are very close. I know we can both do it. Good luck to you my friend![/quote:1lyeuf41]
Hi Trent,
Thanks for believing that I can achieve this and I also believe you can achieve the your own goal. It will be a good thing if we can show each other our progress reports every quarter.
Re: What works for you?
- I need both. I have to pressure myself to achieve goals.
I write down what I need to achieve and then reward myself at the end of the day or week as I achieve milestones.
Re: Planning and Expecting to Win
- This is all great advice Zig Zigler is a great personal trainer and what it really all boils down to is deciding what you want to achieve, believing that you can achieve it and then work out the steps to get there and follow through with concentrated focus.
MichelleJ
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If you are time poor and do not want the responsibility of trying to find advertisers this may be the option. Is the percentage take a small price to pay in return for receiving quality advertisers and the extra amount of revenue you could be receiving? If so, this would be the preferable option.
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