How To Master Your Time To Create More Success
We’re more motivated to tackle our to-do lists when they contain projects or things that excite us.
The problem is that most people put the small, easy tasks at the top of their list to be completed.
These items can be simply ticked off.
The question to ask yourself is whether the completion of these small items will really move your business forward.
Is working on these small items really the best use of your time?
Are you maximizing your creativity and working on a small number of big projects?
In reality, having a long list of To-Do’s simply doesn’t work. You can feel overwhelmed with the amount of them.
If you get to the end of the day and you’ve only crossed off half of them, chances are you won’t feel you’ve had a successful day.
So, let’s change that. How would it feel if you focused on just a few big projects every day and completed them?
Your time would be spent achieving something important every day, rather than just doing.
You would be moving towards your bigger goals and success every day.
Here’s a few tips to do just that every single day.
Maximising Your Time Frees Up More Time
If you focus your time only on the most important areas of your business and life, chances are you will free up some more time.
You will have cut out some of the smaller tasks and removed many distractions.
You will have more energy and time to spend on yourself, with your family and on growing your business.
You will have more time to think. To spend with your most important clients.
Simply, by having more time you draw more energy and opportunity into your world.
Prioritise And Spend Focused Time
If you have the mindset of a commitment to working only on bigger projects that motivate and fascinate you then you will move forward quicker.
This could be three or five projects or tasks per day.
Start with the biggest one first and then spend focused time on this one thing until completion.
Rather than lots of little things than cause you to be overwhelmed with the sheer volume, stay focused on where you can add the biggest value.
Become More Disciplined With Your Time
Once you’ve got into the groove and mindset of focusing on a smaller number of projects discipline is the key to stay on course.
It’s so easy to be distracted with a shiny new opportunity or reverting to spending time on smaller tasks, because they’re easy.
Lay out clearly each day where you’ll be spending your time.
Create your day and focus on those bigger projects.
Discipline yourself to stay away from distractions and focus on the matter at hand.
At the end of the day think about what you’ve achieved. This discipline will turn into a habit.
Improve Every Day
So, let me ask you. Are you doing what you’re doing right now better than you have done it before?
Or are you on an even keel and is it just “as good as” or “good enough” as it has been before?
If that’s the case, would you like it to be better?
Take a step back and think about how you could improve one thing or a couple of things.
A simple 1% upwards improvement could make a massive difference both now and for the future.
Sometimes the answer to greater success is often found in the process of the work itself.
Simply by doing and creating.
So, let’s slow down for a minute.
Could that article be better? Could that sales promotion be improved? Could that sales letter be tweaked further?
You gain mastery by slowing down and focusing on a small number of things. And getting better at those things or skills every day.
Master The Present Moment
Sometimes we live too much in our own future. Always jumping ahead to what could be.
But when you slow down to master this present moment, life gets fearless.
Rather than constantly thinking about getting in front of new prospects and getting new clients look at the clients you already have.
The clients you have in the present moment. Why not take the time to slow down and look at what you already have?
If you actually gave yourself the time to think there could be many other ways you could help or serve your clients.
Try this. Get a piece of paper. Write out what you’re currently doing for that client and what you’d love to help them with.
Think about all the other people in the company you’d like to meet. Then gather research on the problems and challenges you could help them with.
You may have other clients you could follow a similar process with.
Slow down and have laser like focus on what you have in the present and focus on how you can get more. Spend your time on a small number of bigger projects and opportunities.
Slowing down is often the quickest path to a bigger future and success.
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