Proven Strategy for Getting More Done Every Day

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Today, we’re going to talk about how to get things done.

As a leader or aspiring leader, what you can produce matters. Whether working for a business, leading your team, or managing your household—output matters.

Production is part of human nature. Everyone wants to feel they are contributing somehow - even if they deny it on the surface. When you are contributing, you create a sense of connection with others. That connection is what we all crave.

Learning to be a highly productive person can take many forms. Some people will tell you it’s all about time management. Others will tell you it’s all about energy management. In certain situations, they’re not wrong. They’re necessary.

However, you need to get something right at the beginning before diving into the world of time management or energy management.

Priority.

Unfortunately, most people get this wrong. Have you had a time in your life when you had 10 top priorities? These 10 top priorities compete for your attention and time. Or does your company have 4 top priorities they’re working on simultaneously? People within the company fight with one another because the priorities compete.

Why do people do this?

People are afraid to make tough decisions.

Additionally, here are other reasons.

• Fear of failure

• Lack of time - ironically enough

• They don’t realize they're not productive

• Overwhelmed by all the productivity advice and tools

All hope is not lost, though. You can get things done and then have the rest of the day to do whatever you want.

Here's how step by step:

Step 1: Decide the priority

Picking a singular priority introduces constraints to your time and energy.

For example, let’s say you have the following list of things to get done:

• Call a supplier to negotiate better terms

• Decide which candidate, out of three, you’ll extend an offer to

• Discuss an operations bottleneck with your Operations Director

It’s impossible to do all three of these things simultaneously. So, you have to decide which is the most important to get done first. Which will have the most impact? That’s up to you. But you must pick one and get moving on it.

Most people mess this up because they have a list of 10 priorities. Companies do this as well. You must pick one to focus on. Nothing else matters until that one thing is done.

Step 2: Schedule your priority

Scheduling your priority means that nothing else can take that time. Nothing.

For me, it’s best if I do this early in the morning. I’m awake before the rest of the house, and my team are up. This gives me time to complete the most important thing - or at least prepare for it. I don’t think the supplier would be in a good mood if I called him while he was still sleeping.

No matter. I get the most important thing done early in the day. There are a few reasons why.

• It is the most important thing that will make the biggest impact

• It is something unique to my skillset that only I can do

• I feel great the rest of the day, knowing I got it done

Most people will start their day by picking up their phone and checking what others are doing - email and social media.

They are wasting their early hours when their brain processes all the information from the day before and has clarity and insights they didn’t have yesterday.

When I know my priority for the next day, my brain will go to work while I’m sleeping on the priority. When I awake, I have clarity and creativity that I didn’t have before. For me, it’s much easier to get things done.

Step 3: Learn to delegate

As much as we all think we’re superheroes, we cannot get everything done every day. Nor should we want to.

Too much needs attention - cleaning the home, cooking healthy meals, growing a business.

To ensure all these areas are taken care of, you must ask for help. That’s what delegation is.

If someone can do something better than you, let them do it. If someone is ambitious and wants more responsibility, give it to them.

Your goal is not to live a life where you do everything yourself.

Your goal is options.

When you allow others the opportunity to shine, you free your time.

This, in turn, allows you to focus on what you do best.

In summary, you must pick the priority - whether in your personal life or business - schedule time to work on that priority and nothing else. As things continue to pile up, you must learn to delegate.

When you combine those three things, you’ll begin to move mountains. It’s simple. But it can be too simple for people to stick with long term.

Don’t be one of those people.

Stick with it.

Get things done.

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