Procrastination is the thief of time.

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Procrastination is the Thief of Time

Fri, 08 May 2020 04:55:46 GMT

How to overcome procrastination.

The definition of procrastination is “the act or habit of procrastinating, or putting off or delaying, especially something requiring immediate attention” It’s thinking too much and not acting, which results in you not moving forward.

What can be done to overcome procrastination?

Firstly, be willing to make decisions. “Be willing to make decisions … Don’t fall victim to what I call the “ready - aim - aim - aim” syndrome. You must be willing to fire” - T. Boone Pickins

You may not think of yourself as a leader, but you are. You are leading your life. As a leader, you need to be making decisions. Good or bad. Right or wrong. Make that decision; if it is wrong, fix it later. Be bold. Be brave.

Choose to start. Don’t let your ideas just be ideas and your dreams just be dreams. Start, and see what happens.
“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing” - Walt Disney

Take action. Any action. And keep taking action. Choose and act. Choose and act.

One school of thought says “take massive action”. Can you ramp things up? Can you increase your output? You never know how much you can get done. You never know the impact of the actions you take until you take them. Action is the foundational key to all success - Pablo Picasso  

Now is the watchword of the wise - Charles Spurgeon Never leave till tomorrow that which you can do today - Benjamin Franklin
Ask yourself “Did I do what I said I was going to do? Am I keeping my word to myself? Do I have integrity … with myself?”

Keeping your word to yourself has a significant role in increasing self-esteem and self-belief. “I said I was going to do it, and I did it. What’s next?”

Finally, your problem may simply be that you lack the knowledge or resources to move forward.

To think too long about doing a thing often becomes it’s undoing - Eva Young

Tackling the Barriers to Peak Productivity

Thu, 30 May 2019 05:15:27 GMT

Radio interview with Mitchell Dye 27 May 2019

Les Watson, Founder of Get More Time, appeared on Mitchell’s Front Page talking about ‘Tackling the Barriers to Peak Productivity’ . Listen to the full interview here https://bit.ly/2WusGqd

Procrastination

Lack of planning

Relying on your memory

Lack of boundaries

Distractions

Incompletions

Clutter and paperwork

'Tackling the Barriers to Peak Productivity' Worship - Friday 28 June 12-2, 2019

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‘Time to Write a Book’ Worship - Wednesday 12 June 12-2, 2019

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Time To Write A Book

Thu, 25 Apr 2019 10:18:25 GMT

Conversation with Mitchell Dye on 94.7FM The Pulse

Great conversation with Mitchell Dye from 94.7 The Pulse FM, talking about 'time' to write a book.
Click here to listen to the interview.
Main points:

You don’t write a book you build it.
Everyone has a book inside them.
What book would you write?
Write the book to become the authority on your subject/topic.
How?… just start.
Get up early.
What if you think you can’t write? You can speak and then have it transcribed.
Get support from those around you.
Accountability.
Where do you start?
Turn off the TV… and write instead.
Get out of bed earlier.
Self motivation / self starter.
Get a partner, someone to support you and be accountable to someone.
What do you want? Clarity is power - get clear on what you want the book to be.
Get it out of your head.
Write in the gaps in your day.
Try something new or different.
Minimise social media.
What can you do daily.
Start with a plan and start with the current thought.
Get rid of distraction.
Better to write, pen to paper than use a keyboard, initially.

‘Time to Write a Book’ Worship - Friday 24 May 2019, 12 noon to 2pm

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Important Versus Urgent

Tue, 26 Mar 2019 06:04:03 GMT

The Eisenhower Matrix explained

Great conversation with Mitchell Dye from 94.7 The Pulse FM about Important Versus Urgent in handling your productivity.
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Incompletions

Thu, 28 Feb 2019 00:59:19 GMT

How completing your cycles of productivity can save you time.

Great conversation with Mitchell Dye from 94.7 The Pulse FM about incompletions and how to get rid of them.

Listen to the interview here http://mitchellsfrontpage.com/february-25-les-watson-on-incompletions/

Dealing with Email

Thu, 21 Feb 2019 22:00:57 GMT

Is Inbox Zero a real thing?

Dealing with Email - Is Inbox Zero a real thing ?

‘Ping’. You’ve got mail it used to say.

But now it’s either a distraction from the important task at hand or more work.

Email can get out of hand and it seems like a mountain of a task to get it back under control.

Enter Inbox Zero.

Firstly, what is it?

Inbox Zero is a rigorous approach to email management aimed at keeping the inbox empty -- or almost empty -- at all times. Inbox Zero was developed by Merlin Mann.

Why do you want to have your inbox empty or almost empty?

It eliminates distractions, those emails that shout at you when you are attempting to concentrate on the important tasks at hand.

How?

My method to achieve Inbox Zero comes from using the 4D’s

As an email comes into your inbox, you choose on of the following.

Do – if you can action it under 2 minutes, do it immediately

Dump – how much of what we get is spam!? Get rid of it immediately

Delegate – if it doesn’t fit into your area of responsibility, delegate it immediately

Decide When (or diarise) – if the task from the email will take longer that 2 minutes, diarise it to be done later (I’ll schedule that [place it as an appointment in your calendar] for 4pm this afternoon for 30 minutes). And set an alarm as a part of the schedule in your calendar or set one on your phone.

Merlin Mann has a different approach. His are:

To Do

Awaiting Response

Delegated

Read Later

Done/Archive

When?

Some people love to get to Inbox Zero daily. Others find it a little daunting and settle for weekly – Friday 5pm = Inbox Zero.

Some tips to help you to be an email ninja:

Only check your email 3 or 4 times a day, or once an hour, on the hour.

Add a line under your email signature that says something like “I only check my emails 3 or 4 times a day. If it’s urgent, please call me or walk around to my desk and see me”.

Naturally, this won’t work if you are on a help-desk but for the rest of us, it will give you back control around email rather than it controlling you.

Close your email client down when you want to focus on other tasks.

Down tools at the end of the day. Choose a time to finish and set an alarm so that you do finish. Then, don’t check your emails whilst you are away from work.

If that is not possible, choose a time, and timeframe, to check them away from work and stick to it eg 8pm for 15 minutes.