I am a member of the second class of David Risley’s Blog Masters Club. I decided to take the plunge and jump into the class to understand how to use this blog most effectively. The first module was an introduction to the club and there was a section about goal setting and actually getting the goals accomplished. I thought I would talk a little more about productivity, to piggy back on my last post about personal productivity.
I am making sure that I work through everything that is provided in the Blog Master’s Club. What is the point in signing up and paying my money if I am not going to actually do the suggested exercises. So, I used a large chunk of my weekend to set goals, break the goals into plans, the plans into sub-plans, and the sub-plans into task lists. The task lists will then become my weekly to do lists.
This method of goal setting was especially interesting to me because I love lists. I don’t do much of anything without making a list. So I went through the entire process and I came up with 21 tasks that I should be completing this week. I don’t think that is too bad a number for a 6 day work week.
In the process I set some rules for myself, business policies as David would call them. I am glad I did though. I am working on changing some of my less productive habits, i.e sleep, and setting a set of rules for how I will run my business gives me the structure that I thrive off of.
I invite you, this afternoon, to make some rules for you and your business. It is easy to do and it will really help you to achieve the goals you have set for yourself.
- First you should consider all of the things that distract you from completing your to-do list on a regular basis. We all already know that I was on a backwards schedule, but the internet is a distracter for me, sometimes the telephone, and of course, my kiddies. So you will want to make policies that keep the things that distract you to a minimum.
- Consider the things that you really want to get done every day. Make a policy that those things will get done first. Don’t put out fires most of the day and leave just an hour or two to focus on things that are most important. Start your day by completing your most important and meaningful tasks and leave the busy work for later.
- Keep the Show on the Road. David says that the point of these policies is to make sure that we keep our businesses moving forward. If there are things that MUST be done every day to ensure that your business remains successful, add those to the policy list too.
Once you have your policies down on paper, actually use them. I am putting mine into play as we speak.
Do you already have a similar plan in place? How do you keep ditractions at bay while you are working?
