Productivity

Focus Mapping: An Exercise I Perform Every Morning Before I Get To Work

Focus Mapping: An Exercise I Perform Every Morning Before I Get To Work

In this video, I continue on the subject of my last video. In this one, I talk about focus mapping. This is a simple exercise that I do every single morning before getting to work. It guides me on the tasks I do that day, and most importantly… it helps me weed out the ones which are a waste of my time (or that I shouldn’t be doing). In this video, we go right to my screen and I’ll show you exactly how it works.

A Productivity Tool That Has Transformed My Work Day (HINT: It Isn’t Software)

A Productivity Tool That Has Transformed My Work Day (HINT: It Isn’t Software)

At the beginning of the year, I implemented a new productivity tool into my daily workflow. This isn’t a software based tool. And, as you can probably tell from the screenshot, it is actually just a simple black notebook. What do I do with this notebook which has provided a HUGE sense of focus to my daily schedule? Watch and find out.

How To Be A Total Newbie To Online Marketing And Not Screw It Up [CASE STUDY]

How To Be A Total Newbie To Online Marketing And Not Screw It Up [CASE STUDY]

  Being a complete newbie to the world of blogging and online marketing is typically pretty freakin’ confusing. Am I right? There’s the technical confusions, the LOADS of conflicting advice, the tons of tool recommendations which often seem like they do the same thing… and the gurus all pulling you in different directions. Meet “Frank”,…

5 Tricks To Get More Done In Less Time

5 Tricks To Get More Done In Less Time

In order to succeed as you build your online business, one of those skills you have to get good at (and will always be improving) is productivity. Getting more done in less time. In this episode, David shares 5 strategies he uses to get more done. He talks about how he structures his own day, and he also talks about some points of attitude that are successful to put yourself in the driver’s seat on how your most valuable resource is spent.

16 Years Is A Good Run… But I Quit

16 Years Is A Good Run… But I Quit

In this episode, David talks about why he has made the decision to walk away from the tech site (PCMECH.COM) which got him started in this business, and he has been operating for the last 16 years. It is a time to move forward. David gives the background and the thought process leading up to this… in his own words.

10 Ways To Fail With Your Online Business

10 Ways To Fail With Your Online Business

In my years of helping bloggers monetize and build businesses, David has seen a host of common pitfalls. Unfortunately, too, I know that MOST people who embark on this journey won’t make it. Why is that? In this episode, David talks about 10 of the most common pitfalls that will ultimately lead to failure to build a business. Are you doing any of them? Listen and find out.

6 Strategies To Avoid Overwhelm And Actually Grow Your Business

6 Strategies To Avoid Overwhelm And Actually Grow Your Business

  Chances are, the honest truth is that you probably shouldn’t be reading this blog post right now. You probably have more important things to do. There’s no doubt there are certain actions you could be doing right now which would grow your blog and your business. But, instead, you are here and reading this…

55 Lessons About Online Business I’ve Learned Over 15 Years

55 Lessons About Online Business I’ve Learned Over 15 Years

  In “internet years”, I am an old goon when it comes to blogging and online business. I’ve been at it now for 15 years. I got started as a technology blogger, built that into a six-figure business, then started this site about 10 years later. In doing it myself, by helping other people do…

The 3 Reasons People Fail In Business

The 3 Reasons People Fail In Business

Why do people fail? Why is it that people who come into online business are engaging in all this random motion and not getting anywhere? Why are they left confused on what to do next, with everything looking the same? The answer lies squarely in an understanding of systems.

A Sad State Of Affairs

It has been estimated (depending on where the stats come from) that between 50% and 70% of businesses started will fail within the first 18 months. While I don’t have numbers to back it up, I can almost guarantee you that once we go online, the failure rate is higher than that. And, 18 months? Pfft. It happens a lot sooner than that, usually. Most never get off the ground in the first place.

How To Execute Your To-Do List MUCH Faster

How To Execute Your To-Do List MUCH Faster

Sometimes, to-do lists freakin’ suck. They seem awesome going in, but seem more like a source of disappointment on the way out. For some, this gets so bad they stop making to-do lists altogether. I guess they figure the no-goals “zen” approach works for them. Thing is, its not usually the fact that the list was bad. Usually, it is because the approach was wrong. Here’s something that I’ve found works quite well for me to get my to-do lists done much faster…

It comes down to the simple act of separating decision-making from execution.