- How to be productive.
That's what I'm gonna share with you guys in this video
because a lot of people, they want to feel energized.
They want to feel charged in life.
They want to feel like they're producing
and contributing to the world.
But I don't know about you, but sometimes
you go through your day and you're like,
"I didn't get anything done today!"
And then you got to work nights,
you got to schedule your weekends.
Or you just feel like you're actually not making
forward movement in your business, right?
Where you're just kind of going sideways.
And I totally get that feeling because when I was building
my company, Sphere, I had about a dozen employees,
and we were growing, but we kind of plateaued.
And everyday just felt like this crazy,
putting out fire days that at the end of the day,
I would look at my task list and I was like,
"I didn't get anything done."
Right?
You'd start off with this optimistic feeling like,
"Oh, here's all these grand projects
"I'm going to move forward."
And at the end of the day, you're like,
"Crap!
Again, another one.
A loss."
So what I want to share with you you guys is my strategy.
These four key areas to just be more productive,
because to me it's not about To Do Lists and Tasks.
A lot of people think it's about,
"How do I prioritize and write down all of my To Do's?"
Yes, that's important, but that actually's not how
you're going to generate true productivity.
You know, what I want to start off--
The number one thing you need to nail
is have a mission for your life! Right?
Most people can't be productive because
they don't know where they're going.
What is the focus?
Why do you get up everyday?
And not just for the business, for your friggin' life?
Why? Right?
Have that mission for your life because that will give
you the energy, the focus, the permission
to actually say, "No" to things,
to stay on track, to complete a project,
to really focus on the right things.
So having a mission for your life is number one.
Two is planning.
So, once you know kind of what you want to get done,
actually sit down and say, "Okay,
"what am I going to get done this month?
"This quarter?
"This year?"
Have a plan.
You know, if I ask you to show me your plan,
and you don't have a plan or you had a plan
that you wrote six months ago but you haven't revised it,
that's a problem!
That's essentially when you work a day and you feel
like you didn't get anything done,
it's because there was no plan.
You didn't plan the day.
Because if you planned the day and you say,
"This is what I need to get done,"
then when people come to interrupt you,
you can say, "No!"
So that's the second thing.
Have a plan.
The third, and this is the most critical,
it will change your life, is if you have a project,
schedule it!
Schedule your day.
Look at your day and your week and design the perfect day.
Design the perfect week.
Incorporate the different pillars of life like friendship,
and family, and health, and spirituality,
or whatever it is for you.
Just make sure that it's part of the design.
When you have it part of the design,
then it's not a hard thing to actually follow
because you know that it's on purpose
for what you're trying to get done.
So, schedule it.
If you're working on a project,
it needs to be in your calendar. You know?
Show me your calendar and I'll show you your success.
I just know that for a fact.
If you were sitting here, I'd ask you for your phone.
I'd look at it.
I'd go, "I don't see the plan.
"I don't see the schedule.
"I know what you're trying to get in your business.
"It's not here."
Do yourself a favor and put it in your calendar.
The fourth most important step in all this
on how to be productive, is share your mission for your life
with people, with anybody.
If you have a plan, if you have a mission, if you have
a vision for the five year strategy for your company,
share it!
Share it with your employees.
Share it with your spouse.
Share it with your brother.
Share it with your family.
The more you talk about it, the more it becomes top of mind.
The more every time you sit down to actually plan,
it's just part of that ingredient.
And to me, that is probably the biggest game-changer
from a productivity point.
You're like, "Dan, this has nothing to do with
like prioritization, and A, B, and C priorities."
No, this is not.
This is not big rock, little rock stuff.
This is just pure mindset to get productive,
to produce, to contribute to the world
because that is your responsibility.
You're here to produce and contribute,
so be sure to share your story.
I want to hear it.
I want to ask you guys, if you have a mission for your life,
leave a comment below and tell me what it is.
I want to hear from you.
Practice sharing that story
even if it's a three word sentence,
just leave it below.
Leave me a comment.
If you know somebody who needs to see this video,
feel free to share it with them.
I'm going to ask you to subscribe to my channel,
and as per usual, I want to challenge you
to live a bigger life and a bigger business,
and I'll see you next Monday.