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My name is Cindy Makita Dodd.
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Today, I'm gonna be sharing productivity hacks and tips that I use on a daily and weekly
basis as a full-time entrepreneur, running two businesses takes up a lot of time, but
I'm very intentional about my routine, my schedules, and some of the productivity hacks
that I use on a daily and weekly basis.
I love the quote by John Maxwell that says the secret of your success is found in your
daily agenda.
So not only am I gonna give you productivity hacks and tips, I'm also gonna show you what
my daily and weekly routine looks like.
So you can get some tips that you can use to be hyper productive in your day-to-day
and go for your goals.
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Let's get straight to it.
There are three main things that I do when determining how to best be productive, where
to put my time, attention and focus.
And these are the three steps that I take that lead to my daily and weekly routines.
So, first I get clear on what my 90-day sprint goals are.
These are my quarterly goals.
So on a company side and with my businesses, we determine what our quarterly goals are
every quarter.
So these are, what are the things that we are working towards within the next 90 days?
What do we want to achieve and attain?
On a personal level, I'm also determining what are my 90-day goals?
What can I achieve and what do I want to achieve over the next 90 days?
So I'm starting with the bigger picture and then I'm working down.
Step two, I then focus on weekly targets.
These weekly targets are, what do I need to get done this week to be on track for my 90-day
sprint goal?
I find it very easy to have this one-week sprint so that by the end of the week, I know
that I hit and accomplished exactly what I needed to.
And then step three, I narrow down on my daily MV3 tasks.
MV3 simply stands for your most valuable three tasks that are going to move the needle for
you towards getting to that weekly target.
So every day at the start of my day, I'm writing out what my MV3s are.
These are my top three daily tasks that are gonna move the needle so that I can hit that
weekly target.
So starting off with my quarterly goals, focusing on my weekly targets and then narrowing those
down to daily three tasks helps me keep hyper productive and very clear on what I need to
do today in order to move the needle toward my goals.
And just that in itself helps keep me hyper productive.
Sometimes, being productive is not as easy as it sounds, because for me, I'm managing
two businesses.
I have team members that need my time and attention and focus while serving my clients.
It can sometimes feel like there's so much to get done in such a short amount of time.
So one of the things that I have been implementing recently that has been a game changer for
my productivity is time blocking.
And I know you've probably heard about time blocking before, but I wanna share with you
how I time-block and how it's helped me actually move the needle towards getting my every three
tasks done every single day and hitting my weekly targets without fail.
Let's have a look at what my weekly calendar looks like.
Okay.
So here is my weekly agenda slash calendar.
So as you can see, I have time blocked everything.
And what this enables me to do is to stay hyper-focused throughout the day on the main
things that need to get done to move the needle on my MV3s, my weekly targets and of course
my 90-day sprint goals.
So in the morning I wake up at 5:00 AM, between five and six, I am getting prayer meditation,
just that time for myself and every now and then I'll do a 15-minute workout just to get
my body moving right in the morning.
But my agenda technically starts at 6:00 AM where I'm getting hyper-focus, work, and reading
done.
So I schedule that time-out on my calendar for focus work, and you can see that also
comes up again at 1:30 PM everyday, where I'm getting focus, work done.
So what am I doing during this time?
I am pretty much getting my MV3s done.
Those are the most valuable three tasks that I determined I need to get done in order to
hit my weekly targets.
This has helped me so much just time-blocking these focus work hours into my day, because
what it allows me to do is to get hyper-focused work done undistracted by slack or email or
notifications, because the truth is multitasking is a myth.
And if I am going to move the needle on my goals, I know that I need to set boundaries
around my time.
So this has helped me immensely.
Another thing you can see on my calendar is my office hours.
Office hours are time for my team to get in touch with me.
During these office hours, I'm available on slack or via email, um, or any other messenger,
where my team can contact me with any questions that they have during these designated times.
That means I'm not on slack all day.
I'm not in my email all day.
I have these time blocks in place so that when I am in slack or in my email, it has
my hyper-focus attention as well.
These office hours have also allowed my team to be extremely productive because they know,
Hey, Cindy's only gonna be on slack between 1230 and 1:00 PM.
Let's ask any questions that we have during these hours so that we can go off and get
our hyper-focus, work done as well.
So setting these boundaries around my time through this time, blocking has allowed not
only me, but also the people that I lead my teammates, um, to also get a lot of hyper-focus
work done, enabling us to better serve our clients on all levels.
And it just helps us to move the needle on our quarterly goals, weekly targets and our
MV3s.
You can also see I've set aside time for reading, which is so important for me, a workout in
the afternoon between, uh, 11 and 12:00 PM.
I am in the gym getting my workout in what I love about having an afternoon or early
afternoon workout.
It kind of breaks up my day.
So if I'm really focused on getting work done between 6:00 AM to about 11, that's my day
one.
I like sprinting to get as much done because by 11:00 AM, I'm gonna take a break.
I'm gonna go work out.
I'm gonna refuel my energy, and then I'm gonna come back for day two and I'm gonna crush
it.
So these time blocks enable me again to move the needle on my goals.
It enables me to better serve my team and allows my team to get hyper-focus work done
as well.
So we're not all spending all day like, or an email doing busy work, but not actually
getting stuff done.
So that's my schedule.
It might look a little bit crazy for some and a little bit overwhelming, but if I just
have a look at the day-view, it's really, really effective, and it's simple, just shows
what I have to do every hour, every moment of the day.
And it just helps keep me hyper-focused on the main things that need to get done.
So time blocking really gives me those boundaries where I can set aside time for myself, set
aside time for the move, the needle tasks that I need to do to move the needle for my
businesses, for my team and their goals as well.
Um, and it's been a complete game-changer for me.
So this is what is working for me right now.
The time blocking has been a game-changer on the weekends, I'm getting content done.
Um, but this is what works for me right now.
And I hope that you found it useful.
Well, there you have it.
Those are my productivity hacks and tips that I use in my day-to-day.
That helps me not only keep hyper-focused, but move the needle toward my goals.
If you found this video useful, please give it a, like, it helps so much.
And because you stayed right until the end, ladies I have a free download for you that
is going to help with your productivity to move the needle toward your goals and ultimately
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And I cannot wait to see you very soon.
Bye for now.