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”,…

The Academy Business System – A Graphical Illustration Of An Information Marketing Business

The Academy Business System – A Graphical Illustration Of An Information Marketing Business

  The subject of online business often seems like a bunch of separate topics which somehow are supposed to all get meshed together into something which makes sense. You’ve got social media, blogging, email marketing, copywriting, video production, webinars, Facebook ads, Pinterest – and whatever topic and flavor of the month you’d like to add…

Theory of Constraints

Introduction To The Theory Of Constraints (And Applying It To Growing An Online Business)

  Ever got that feeling as if you’re working your ass off, but not much is changing? Let’s equate this to the world of online marketing and blogging: You’re sending emails to your subscribers about some offer you have, but sales are low and you can’t figure it out. You’re writing your face off for…

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.

List

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.