Making a Start - Be a Ninja With Time

Making a Start - Be a Ninja With Time

When you find time in your week for your business, you need to be a ninja with it. Before I sit down to work, I have already thought about and made a plan for exactly what I will be doing so I can get straight into it. I turn off all distractions so that I can be super focused. I don't have any banners popping up on my screen for new emails; I have my phone on silent (I could still hear the vibration if it were urgent) and remove my Apple watch. I don't check email during my designated work time and try to avoid social media.  

You need to be intentional about what you are working on and not just be busy. What is essential for moving the needle forward on your business? Are you getting lost on business social media accounts vs creating offers you can sell and funnels to promote and automate your marketing? I loved hearing one day about Parkinson's Law, which states that work expands to fill the amount of time you give it. Knowing this forces you to create filters and make decisions in a way that brings out your best productive self. I can write a blog post in one hour if I give it laser focus and sit and write without distractions until finished. I don't need to let it blow out to an entire morning, putting me under pressure to work at night and in other time blocks to get my essential revenue-producing work done.  

Working with any time that pops up ‘on the margins’ of your day also needs to become a priority. For example, if fifteen minutes is available during a child’s nap or when the kids are playing happily together, be ready with a quick task that you can get done. Or use a small block of time when the kids are asleep at night to get something else done, especially if it is a task that doesn’t require much brainpower at the end of a long day. It all helps and keeps moving you and your goals forward.   

Do you have any further productivity tips for me? I'd love to hear them.