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DEFINE YOUR GOALS

DEFINE YOUR GOALS

THE GARDEN OF SUCCES

▶ The law of weeds: what are you planting exactly?

▶ A half-grown garden: you are going to have to prep

the soil, get your hands dirty, etc. Put results

before comfort!

▶ Don’t keep digging up your seeds: when you plant a

flower, you believe and trust that it will grow. You

don’t dig it up every day.

▶ Every flower is different: you cannot separate who

you are from the success you achieve and you need

to give yourself permission to do it ‘your way’.

DEFINE YOUR GOALS

…AND ACCOMPLISH THEM (1)

1. Utilize the SMART Goal Approach

2. Write your goals down and display them!

3. Break big goals into smaller ones!

4. Make an action plan and follow it!

DEFINE YOUR GOALS

…AND ACCOMPLISH THEM (2)

5. Do your goals as early in the day as possible!

6. Tell others your goals to keep you accountable!

7. Make sure your goals excite you!

8. Use positive language in your goals!

Read the source http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/how-set-goals-10-steps-stay-focused.html

and see that I skipped the last two of the original 10.

PRODUCTIVITY TIPS

PRODUCTIVITY TIPS

DAY TO DAY (1)

▶ Delegation doesn’t equal laziness

▶ Share the load with your team

▶ Share the load with freelancers

▶ Lists are your best friend, paper or:

▶ http://www.6wunderkinder.com/wunderlist

▶ http://www.do.com

▶ http://www.rememberthemilk.com/

▶ Try and keep using the one you prefer

PRODUCTIVITY TIPS

DAY TO DAY (2)

▶ Manage your emails, don’t let them manage you

▶ Organise your mail with folders

▶ Flag things that can wait: use this technique

with important emails rather than urgent ones,

because there is a distinction between

‘important’ and ‘urgent’

▶ Process your emails in 20 – 40 minute bursts

around 2 – 3 times per day, and keep your email

client closed the rest of the time

PRODUCTIVITY TIPS

PRODUCTIVITY TIPS

CREATE TIME TO DO MORE

1. Know what you want and do everything possible at

any moment to get there.

2. Make a clear plan and start working consciously.

3. Learn smart working techniques (next sheet).

4. Avoid multitasking.

5. Analyze your working day and remove all that is

not helping you (outsource, eliminate, etc.).

PRODUCTIVITY TIPS

SMART TECHNIQUES

▶ Plan your own time: many people let others dictate

their schedule; find out your own productive times

and do what you do best during those hours.

▶ Interruptions: make sure you don’t just outline your

day with the things you can plan, also schedule

time for interruptions.

PRODUCTIVITY TIPS

SMART TECHNIQUES

▶ Educate people: be the change, live the change,

and change will occur!

▶ Meetings: don’t take part if it is not really needed

to be there, or change the agenda in such a way

that your sections are at the beginning.

PRODUCTIVITY TIPS

PLAN YOUR DISTRACTIONS

And see http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/recognising-distractions-and-how-prevent-them.html

to prevent all type of distractions.

PRODUCTIVITY TIPS

TOP 8

▶ Focus on your top 3 daily priorities.

▶ Stop checking your email.

▶ Set limits for everything.

▶ Apply the 80/20 rule.

▶ Stop multitasking.

▶ Attend fewer meetings.

▶ Start an information diet.

▶ Create thinking time.

ORGANIZE YOUR LIFE

ORGANIZE YOUR LIFE

SIMPLIFY YOUR LIFE

▶ Give up material items: having so many items not

only clogs up space in your home, it creates more

distractions for you.

▶ Minimize responsibilities: you’ll need to clear out

the responsibilities that are causing your life to be

complicated.

▶ Sleep: sacrifice is necessary sometimes, but when

it comes to sleep, never sacrifice what’s needed.

▶ Organize your life: cleaning that desk can get rid of

many distractions.

WHAT’S NEXT?

DO, APPLY, TRY, IMPROVE, KEEP DOING

Benno Groosman

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SOURCES

http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/4-things-that-hold-you-back-from-success.html

http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/5-ways-simplify-your-life-right-now.html

http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/actionable-productivity-tips-streamline-your-working-day-

and-lower-stress.html

http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/saving-2-hours-per-work-day-easy.html

http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/stop-working-long-hours-10-simple-ways-to-maximize-your-

productivity/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+pickthebrain%2FLYVv+%

28PickTheBrain%29

http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/how-get-more-done-day-7-ideas-that-really-work.html

http://www.hrdaily.com.au/nl06_news_selected.php?selkey=2625

http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/how-set-goals-10-steps-stay-focused.html

And the sources named in the sheets. I modified some content.

All pictures are taken from www.lifehack.org.