Part 1: Keep your promises
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Successful people value consistency and structure
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Unproductive people don’t keep to the promises they make to themselves, they tell themselves they will do something and don’t do it. This creates a HUGE sub-conscious toll on your mind, makes your mind think you’re not trustworthy
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Small wins over time create a huge momentum
Part 2 : Simplify your to-do list
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It’s ironic how to-do lists have made us so overwhelmed instead of helping us
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They have become ‘Should do, Would do lists’
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How to structure your To-Do?
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Your to do list has to be your must-do list of the day
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How do you know what needs to be done?
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#1 What needs to be done this week?
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^ What are my projects/goals?
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What deliverables do I have this week
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These deliverables are something you can show to someone
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Next you consider your current reality in-terms of what time you need to dedicate to other commitments
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Meetings, Coaching Calls, Family-Time etc.
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Create the list for the day (Allocate specific time for each task)
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Give tasks the attention, focus & respect they deserve
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Most important task is the first thing in the day
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Adding a time helps you in two ways
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Helps you figure out whether the plan for the day is realistic
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Task duration should match your concentration capacity
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New To-Do List
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Short
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Specific
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Realistic
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Manageable
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Part 3 : Improve your mornings
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Setting up the day for success if very important
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Core elements for morning routine
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Hydration
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Meditation / Gratitude
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Exercise/Stretching
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At the end of the routine, look at your to-do list from last night & visualize yourself going through that day *VERY POWERFUL
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See yourself effortlessly doing these things and accomplishing your to-do list
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Will help you increase the odds of success by anticipating obstacles & finding synergies
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Part 4: Decide how you will show up
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When people create to do’s, they forget their to be’s
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Habits/Behavior (Example: During this day, I want to be calm to storms. During this day, I want to be sociable. During this day, I want to spread positivity)
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Replace impulse with intention
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Physicality
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Emotional Level
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How you want to be before a task
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Make a separate list of how you want to show up on a particular day
Part 5: Execute like a champion
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Quick Summary of what you need to do
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Creating short, specific, realistic and manageable to-do list
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Visualization of the to-do list
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Set intentions for how you will show up for that day
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#1 Rule: Execution Mode
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No more doubting or judging that list
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EXECUTE THAT LIST THAT DAY, THERE IS NO OPTION. Keep your promise to yourself.
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New way of thinking
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Old Thinking: Pick task and define how much time it will take to complete
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New Thinking: Set a time and define how much of your task you can accomplish
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#2 Rule: This or nothing
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If you get distracted, you remind yourself this or nothing & go back to that list
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You do what you said you would do
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Pro Tip: If you have doubt/trouble with starting a task, clarify what the outcome or deliverable of doing that task will be
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In the beginning of the task, spend 1-5 minutes in setting intention
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At the end of the hour take a 10 minute break
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It doesn’t matter how far you come, what matters is that you spend the entire time on a task
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Best way to beat procrastination is deciding what the next step is
Part 6 : Manage your energy
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4 dimensions of energy
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Physical
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Nutrition, Hydration, Exercise, Sleep
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Make sure that these 4 are covered well to ensure high energy
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Emotional
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Emotional state has a huge impact on you & others
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Check in with yourself during the day
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What emotional state am I in?
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What triggered it?
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How do I get out of it?
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Music
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Walk in nature
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Socializing
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Mental
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Low energy = lack of mental energy
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Multitasking is not good. Should work on one task at a time
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Negative self-talk is bad
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What are the stories you tell yourself?
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Spiritual
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All about purpose
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Will feel drained & lost without the bigger picture
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Allign everything you do with where you ant to go
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Part 7: Resist the urge
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Sources of distraction
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Ourselves
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Other people
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If someone pulls your attention, for a few minutes think where you left off and make a little note where you can pick up the task
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When working on a focused task and something comes up resist the urgency of responding to it
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Resist that urge and write the thing down somewhere
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Pro Tip: Putting notifications to put yourself back on track
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Make a reminder when you know you feel less energetic/productive “Am I doing what I am supposed to do?” Or “How is my energy right now”
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Part 8 : Call it a day
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If you struggle with ending your day well, tell yourself to get everything done by a specific time when you will stop working & commit to that time.
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Pro Tip: Set a routine to run every time at the end of your work-period to end it
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Review the day (15-20 minutes) & Catch up on these tiny things that need to be done
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Look at the things that didn’t get done/ people you had to reach out to/ email you had to send out
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See if these things can be completely removed
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Part 9 : 4 simple-improvement questions
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Ask these questions at the end of the day
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Did I do what I promised myself to do?
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Did I get work done that was relevant or did I just do busy work?
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What helped me get stuff done? (Behavior, Habits, Thoughts)?
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What do I need to do to improve?
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Put the things that you didn’t actually plan but ended up doing intuitively doing in your to-do list so that you can look back to them
Part 10 : Summary
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Keep to your promises
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Upgrade your ‘To-do List’ (Only the stuff you must do)
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Visualize your day in the morning
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Define how you will show up during the day
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If you are feeling low energy, figure out what’s draining you and work on it
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Resist urgency by writing down impulses and anchoring where you left off to get back
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Track yourself at the end of the day