I thought about ways to improve productivity and increase your success. Here is my list of ten tips for improved productivity and success.
- Keep hesitation to a minimum.
- Take your big idea and try it on a smaller scale.
- Make failure a stepping stone to success.
- Define the scope and goals of your projects.
- Have weekly and daily reviews.
- Break your projects into specific steps.
- Work on your projects every week.
- Do one thing at a time.
- Do not keep broken habits, routines, and systems.
- Schedule Distractions.
Hesitation
Hesitation can be keep us from making some bad choices. It can keep us safe. Listen to your inner voice. It will give you guidance.
Sometimes your fears will hold you back from reaching forward and taking that step into success. Examine the source of your hesitation. If it is coming from your inner voice, or intuition then listen. If it is fear, uncertainty, or doubt then squash it. Do not let good plans fall apart because of fear. Sometimes you need to take that step into the unknown.
Take your big idea and try it on a smaller scale.
We dream big dreams and make big plans. Sometimes the best plan is to take the big dream and to try it out on a small scale.
Make failure a stepping stone to success.
Thomas Edison took thousands of attempts to make an incandescent light-bulb. Imagine if he had given up, just because he had failed. Failure will lead to success if you do not give up.
Define the scope and goals of your projects.
One of the biggest problems with new years resolutions is that they are goals with no clear expectations. If you do not give yourself a scope then you have no way to measure success or hold yourself accountable.
Have weekly and daily reviews.
At the start of your week look at your values and goals and projects. Decide what you want to accomplish in the week. At the start of each day prioritize your tasks from your weekly task list.
Break your projects into specific steps.
When you create projects that are big break them into smaller steps. This way you do not get overwhelmed with a huge project.
Work on your projects every week.
Take the steps for your projects and accomplish them every week. This keeps you progressing.
Do one thing at a time.
Multitasking has become a favorite ability companies are looking for. I believe that most people when they try to multitask do things not so well. It is possible to get more done if you group tasks by some type of context. Process through all of your activities in order.
Do not keep broken habits, routines, and systems.
Sometimes when lives change habits, routines, and systems need to change. Your planning system may need a tweak to meet new schedules, or your morning routine.
Schedule Distractions
There are several distraction in our lives; some are television, internet, email, Facebook the list could go on. You do not need to eliminate them from your life, unless you want to, but schedule time for them. Scheduling them will allow you to enjoy these things.