Maximizing Efficiency
In my effort to become ever more productive throughout the day, I've done several more things:
For starters, if I need to concentrate for a prolonged period of time and start to drift, I've found these things work pretty well:
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When I work out now, I bring a checklist of exercises to do. I wish I had started this years ago!
There's a quote I like by Brian Tracy that says: "At the age of 24 I began setting clear, written goals for each area of my life. I accomplished more in the following year than I had in the previous 24."
Setting goals and creating plans helps accomplish more in any field, so I don't know why it took me so long to apply it in the gym. Instead of simply stopping when I get tired or unmotivated, I now finish long workouts, and I can see my progress in visual form on the checklist.
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My latest motivational addition to my room comes in the form of a large poster I had printed out at Kinkos on foam board. It's a quote I stole from Stephen Stephanian's website.
For starters, if I need to concentrate for a prolonged period of time and start to drift, I've found these things work pretty well:
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When I work out now, I bring a checklist of exercises to do. I wish I had started this years ago!
There's a quote I like by Brian Tracy that says: "At the age of 24 I began setting clear, written goals for each area of my life. I accomplished more in the following year than I had in the previous 24."
Setting goals and creating plans helps accomplish more in any field, so I don't know why it took me so long to apply it in the gym. Instead of simply stopping when I get tired or unmotivated, I now finish long workouts, and I can see my progress in visual form on the checklist.
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My latest motivational addition to my room comes in the form of a large poster I had printed out at Kinkos on foam board. It's a quote I stole from Stephen Stephanian's website.
Labels: Productivity
posted by Neville @ 1:03 AM
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10 Comments:
What a great site. It's just as good as Forbes.com.
A person on the midnight shift at work kept forgetting to do two simple tasks. I made an audio recording of one of the girls reminding about those two tasks in a nice "smooth operator" voice. Around midnight when the tasks should be completed, Task Scheduler plays the audio files on the loud speaker. It worked.
I think it would be neat to have these reminders go off during the day about some important daily tasks you have to achieve. I don't like paper schedules, that's all.
less time, and more efficient
my 2 cents
I always wondered who they sold all those silly posters to....
Great tip!
Your financial site is loosing it's core and becoming a productivity blog or an observation blog.
Might I suggest a long break to allow you time to get yourself back to the theme of your blog or... change the name
BTW: May I suggest working as an Administrative Assistant? You have excellent qualifications!
It's very inspiring to see what you have done. You've taken a lot of risks, worked hard, and have been successful so far. And you're a college student! It's usually hard to be believe that people can be doing that much while still being a full-time student. Keep it up!
And the ideas on this post are good. I'm planning to turn my dorm room into an inspirational mecca.
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