Being busy is practically a disease and to some, a badge of honour. Think about when you ask people how their work is, the most common answer is \u2018busy\u2019 rather than \u2018productive\u2019.<\/p>\n
Yet being busy isn\u2019t the same as getting things done.<\/strong><\/p>\n Have you had a day where you felt like you didn\u2019t have a minute to spare, yet you still felt like you didn\u2019t accomplish anything? It is a common feeling.<\/p>\n There are many reasons for this, but the most important is a failure to prioritise and focus on the tasks that will really make a difference.<\/p>\n Here are some symptoms of being busy without being productive:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0If that sounds like you, try these ideas to free up time and get things done:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Prioritise.\u00a0<\/strong>Decide what the most important tasks are to accomplish today. If you don\u2019t choose what you\u2019re going to do today, you\u2019re choosing to let the world decide your priorities for you.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Dictate the direction of your day by deciding before the day even starts.<\/p>\n 2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Notice how you\u2019re wasting time.\u00a0<\/strong>Many times, we intentionally avoid doing what we know we should be doing. We don\u2019t want to make that difficult phone call or work on that report we\u2019ve been dreading for weeks.<\/p>\n \u00a03.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Keep you to do list short.\u00a0<\/strong>A good idea is to make a list of everything the really needs to get done, and then just focus on getting the top 3 or 4 things done today. That might not seem like enough yet imagine what your to do list would look like today if you had been doing this exercise for the last 2 weeks.<\/p>\n 4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Eliminate the excess \u2013 learn to say \u2018no\u2019.\u00a0<\/strong>Life is about trading. You trade time for effort. That means you shouldn\u2019t spend your time on activities that don\u2019t deliver on your goals. Strive to eliminate as many of the non-meaningful activities as possible to leave room for the meaningful things.<\/p>\n 5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Limit yourself<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/strong>If you only allow yourself a limited amount of time to work on something, you\u2019ll be forced to do the most important tasks first. The fear of not getting done in time will increase your efficiency.<\/p>\n 6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Measure yourself.\u00a0<\/strong>At the end of the day, ask yourself how busy you were. Ideally, you should have a full day, but you shouldn\u2019t have an endless list of tasks to complete.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re too busy, it\u2019s likely that you\u2019re either spending too much time on things that don\u2019t really matter or you\u2019re spending too much time on tasks that aren\u2019t productive. Prioritise your day and your activities, stick to it, and you\u2019ll enjoy getting more done in less time.<\/p>\n To improve your productivity use \u2018The 90 Day Business Goal Tracker\u2019, available on Amazon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Being busy is practically a disease and to some, a badge of honour. Think about when you ask people how their work is, the most common answer is \u2018busy\u2019 rather than \u2018produc…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":458,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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