If you only had 30 minutes per day to spend on your blog and online business, what things can you spend your time on which would actually move the needle?
How do you balance out working from home and your family life? How do you keep distractions down? Here’s what I have found REALLY helps…
What if we could make every day as productive as the day before we leave on a vacation?
How do you decide which project or idea to work on first? What should you be spending your time on right now, given all that you have to do? This post gives a simple, numerical system to rank your to-do’s and determine what to do next.
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.
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.
There are 3 things that are absolutely the most common constraints to people working on building their online business. Here’s how to avoid them.
Starting an online business can seem pretty hard… especially if you have one of these 6 common dangerous habits. The first step is to know what they are…
In this episode, I share my thoughts on expanding your “sphere of influence”. It is the idea of being able to spend time on those other things…. AND your business at the same time.
This is the “secret” to making all the progress you want… and it is especially important if you’re short on time.
A collection of 101 specific productivity hacks that I have learned over my 23 years as an online entrepreneur working from home.
Many bloggers are trying to grow their blogs effectively while holding down a full-time job. In this episode, David talks about 7 tips to leverage your time effectively so you can make the most of your available time. Put these 7 tips to use – some of them are looking forward into things we will discuss in upcoming episodes – and get started on the right footing.
Are you confused and overwhelmed about getting your blog or online business off the ground? No idea what to do next? Here is a 4-step formula to bust up that confusion and get the ball rolling.
This is a walk-through for the simple daily template I use to structure how I spend my day, keep my focus, and get more done.
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.
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…
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.
Have you ever put something off? Something that you think would be a good idea, but you decide not to do it right now. And, you justify it to yourself by telling yourself that you’re waiting until the right time.
You’ll wait until you have more time. Until you retire. Until you have more money. Until… until… until…
Then what?
Often, nothing. That’s what.
One of the absolute most important help mechanisms available today is the mastermind group. If you’re not a member of one, then I want you to drop everything right now and read this post. OK, everything dropped? Do I have your attention? OK, then. Let’s move forward… The idea of a mastermind group was…
If there is ONE issue that I hear from folks all the time about what’s getting in their way in business, it would be… OVERWHELM. And, going along with that is the idea of losing focus, not being certain what to do next, and generally just being flustered. When there are seemingly so many things…
Systems. It is on my mind. One of my big pushes in 2013 is to systematize things in my business as much as possible so as to automate them and/or make them take as little time as possible. It starts like this… I take some kind of task that I find needs to be done on a…
Do you spend your time tweeting, sharing, liking and pinning? All the “social media gurus” will tell you how important it is. But, then you’re sitting there looking at your old dusty blog and see that not much is happening. Traffic isn’t much to speak of. You have no time to create offers or products. You don’t have anything to build your list with. In fact, your email list building remains on your “Things I know I should do but don’t have the time” list.
Oh, but TWEETING… that shit is important!
Or so they’ll tell you.
Let’s call a spade a spade…
There are a ton of internet marketing products out there to buy. A “shit ton” of them (that’s an official number, as of now). Some of them are good. Some of them suck. Many of them contain the same information as another.
The day is young and you have big plans.
Today, you’re going to be productive. You’re going to make the world your biatch.
By lunch, you realize that things have been a little delayed. But, you’ve still got a shot. So, after lunch, you’re really going to buckle down. This time you mean it.
Except, by the end of the day, you’re feeling a little disappointed in yourself. Because, once again…
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