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Now the most valuable key trait that you can learn to master in life is the ability
to implement.
And one powerful strategy you can use and learn to master is how you manage your time.
Now let me tell you, if you're not ensuring that you use your time wisely there's very
little chance that you'd achieve your desired goals.
Sure, you're make a little progress towards achieving your goals.
However, you'll make a much more significant impact in a lot less time if you incorporate
effective time management skills and organize your life around achieving your goals.
Now here's a truth bomb for you.
Regardless of who you are, how much or how little you have, we've all being given 24
hours in a day.
So what sets us apart is how to use and manage your time effectively.
There's so much research out there that suggests that only 8% of people achieve
their goals.
So what this says is that 92% of people who set goals in particular new year's resolutions
fail to complete them.
That's crazy.
As this is the reality for so many of us, in my opinion, if you're enjoying the journey,
the process between where you are today, keeping the end in mind of where you'd prefer to be
with consistent daily action, no doubt you'll get there, whether that's in 90 days or three
years.
But do not beat yourself up for not achieving.
Instead rest reflect and refine and always be trying.
Keeping that in mind, here are my top 10 steps on how to be more focused.
I like to work smarter and not harder.
And there's a right and wrong way to go about goal setting.
If you do not set goals the right way, then you'll most likely miss something which will
force you to go back and re-do things or worse, push you off track with loss of motivation.
So to help stay grounded, set S.M.A.R.T goals, which is a goal get specific, measurable,
achievable, it's real to you and time bound.
So to set yourself up for success, make sure you're writing your goals down and get those
goals down onto paper.
You'll be much more likely to remember them and plan the activities that are aligned to
achieving them.
It's imperative to know where your time is being spent when you're seeking to improve
how you currently manage your time.
So my advice, spend seven days assessing how you spend your time on a daily basis.
You can use the key planner as the time blocks and the weekly or the daily view to help you
track this.
By keeping a time spent journal and start looking for patterns in your habits and making
notes of distractions.
For example, spending unproductive time on social media or constant notifications on
your smartphone.
What do you want to track?
At the end of the seven days, reflect and refine by observing where you are now.
So this will give you a strong foundation to work on moving forward.
So choose to get the most important and quite often less fun and most energy draining task
done first.
So a strategy I find useful is really have a goal is using the key map or any mind mapping
tool to break down each task and activities that you'll need to do.
Then prioritize in a list from what's most important to least important.
And when you're able to split up your activities based on urgency and importance, things that
are either urgent or essential, it will help you identify the top three things that you
need to do that day.
So you're progressing towards your goals and it's all about progression over perfection.
I like to start with a rating system.
Now these tasks you would want to complete right away.
And these are tasks that are important but do not require immediate attention to be effective
in your time management.
So you'll want to spend most of your time crossing off your A's and your B's on your
to do this.
And these tasks are possibly tasks that you could delegate.
So now that you've got an idea of where your priorities are and next step is to plan ahead.
Now the time that you spend planing your activities ahead of time, will it be time well spent.
It takes time to prepare to achieving your goals.
But by making to do lists, you are effectively setting goals for the day.
So often we could get caught in a jumble of activities we know we have to complete.
But by keeping a daily focus on your goals and the top three things that you'll need
to do that day is a great way to understand what you'll need to get done on that particular
day.
You're not sure how to start?
Here's a technique I recommend using.
So start the night before by taking 10 minutes to clear your mind, review your goals and
list your most important task that must be done that following day.
And when you wake up, you'll have a fresh list of things to do and you won't have to
worry about organizing your to dos.
Then first thing in the morning, give yourself 10 minutes to wake up and prioritize a list
of the top three things that you need to do that day.
And this will start your morning off in the right direction with focus and a clear mindset.
So browsing social media, checking and answering your emails can quickly consume your day if
you let it.
Trust me, I know the feeling.
Responding to everyone's demands and to your distractions can add up.
So I like to use time blocking to set a time limit each day for these tasks and really
try to stick to it.
So, for example, allocate 30 minutes in the morning and at night to a social networking
or responding and reading emails.
If you assign a block of time, say for answering emails or social networking, instead of responding
on demand, your schedule will stay more intact and organized throughout the day.
You're the boss of your life.
So yes, it's okay to say no.
If something doesn't bring more joy into your life, adds value or gives you more time or
freedom, just say no.
And learn how to decline with elegance.
If you're tired of being over committed and overwhelmed, learn to say no as I do understand
this as something that's hard for many of us.
So here's a quick exercise.
As you've kicked your seven day time spent journal, revise your daily habits
and activities to list activities and tasks that sucks your time and easily distracts
you and make a decision of when and how you're going to say no.
So you can win back more time and freedom to focus on the things that really matter
to you.
Drop a comment below as I would love to know
So your non-negotiables put merely, are the things that you will not negotiate on.
So they are your values and principles.
So only you can define what you will and won't accept from others as well as what she will
and won't accept from yourself.
As they are unique to you and your situation only you can determine what they are and only
you can manage them.
Here are a few examples.
Being in bed by 11:00 PM and wake up at 5:00 AM.
Meditate in the mornings.
Not working on the weekends because it's family time.
Scheduling and exercise daily.
Having dinner every night with your family.
Now I just love watching Marie Kondo's show on Netflix as it's a prime example of how
unnecessary clutter in our environments can force us to lose focus.
Become unhappy, which leads to stress that will eventually derail us from important tasks
that we need to complete.
So for this reason, if you're seeking to prioritize your time effectively, then take time out
to keep a tidy home and workspace.
Go in the spring clean hall to clear out any unnecessary clutter and create daily habits
to clean up as you go.
Take a few minutes each day to make your bed upon waking and tidy up your workspace and
prepare the night before everything you need for the next day.
This will allow your mind to focus on the task at hand.
So along the journey, you may run into obstacles or taken an unforeseen detour.
There will likely be moments when life throws you a curve ball and you'll suddenly happen
to be knocked off track from our bad habits to the tendency to lean on distractions and
allowing our minds to wonder, these up old huge time wasters.
However, if you plan for problems ahead of time and plan out exactly how you're going
to overcome them, you're far more likely stay on track.
So once you've set your goals, identify problems and distractions and write out how will you
handle these moving forward?
Use Your time wisely by eliminating some of these distractions if you're serious about
achieving your overall goals.
Now, the importance of balance is crucial to avoid burnout in your every day life.
If you're feeling stress now, notice that you've had more bad habits or probably even
a bad attitude.
It is likely your stressed out or something in your life isn't adding up to how you'd
prefer it to be.
Stress leads to bad habits and bad habits will derail us from achieving our goals.
So some studies suggest that people maintain optimum focus when they block their time of
focus.
An example of this would be to focus on professional activities for 60 minutes.
Then take a break for 15 stretch, grab a glass of water and work for another 60 minutes.
Have you noticed that if you don't take regular breaks, your mind starts to wonder?
It's easier to get distracted.
So to avoid losing focus, learn to love balance.
Balance is key and will make a significant impact in the long run.
Now that you know exactly what to do to have more focus, well what about
when you've run out of the willpower to stay on track?
Because no doubt they will happen.
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And I'll catch you next week on how to eliminate bad habits and replace them with positive
ones.