Between juggling multiple clients, managing a business and oh yeah that whole personal life thing, my to-do is never ending. Often I used to get overwhelmed looking at it, then would spend the rest of the day multitasking and bouncing around from task to task. It was not very efficient.
Here are three tricks I’ve been using this year that have really helped. Like everything in business and in life, there are lots of opinions and advice on how to be productive. Find what works for you, and share with me your productivity tricks!
Top 3
Each day I write down the three most important projects or tasks for the day. I try not to work on any other items on my to do list including going through my inbox until those are complete.
Income
I prioritize tasks that bring in income. What more can I say? A business isn’t a business without income.
Inbox
We spend soooo much time reading emails, and I’ll admit I subscribe to a ridiculous amount of industry newsletters. I was finding myself with 200+ unopened email on my phone as a constant reminder that I was behind.
First, I’ve taken all work emails off on my phone. You might think this is crazy. I know. To be fair, I have all my email accounts connect on my phone so I can turn them on to check in if I need to, but I don’t have them constantly turned on on my phone. Just making this one adjustment has been amazing because I’m not being constantly interrupted or distracted with new emails.
Additionally, I have a billion folders… okay more like 100… in my inbox and file every email that comes in. I only leave those that are unopened, need to be followed up on, or high priority in my inbox.
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