How To Reach Yours Goals 10x Faster

Great tips. I like the first one a lot and it does help. I just did a minor email purge a few days ago and haven't been as distracted as I used to be. Some of those emails used to send me in different directions but I've chosen to stick to one system until I master it.

This is what you need to do. Get yourself out there. Make serivces and products.

The email thing is HUGE especially if you're new. There's only two reasons I'd stay on anyone's list: 1. They are someone that I seriously trust, 2. They're someone that I'm spying on in the niche.

A couple more things that I do:

Write down my goals for the day and check them off as I complete them.

Set deadlines and mini deadlines during the day.

Do something to celebrate when I complete a goal.

Invest in tools/resources that will save me time and get me to where I want to be quicker.

It all boils down to doing what you can to stay focused...there's so much distraction online, including the social media craze...which means you definitely need to set a timer when you're spending time in various communities.

I like to write down my daily goals and check each of them off as I work. It's a great way to keep right before me what I need to do next. Then, reward myself for accomplishing them. Rewards are great motivations...you work better with incentives.

Create mail folders so you can save all the followup messages from specific marketers....after a few weeks/months, you'll have a fantastic swipe file you can use.

Agreed on the pomodoro - I've used it in some situations and it can help (it's not for everyone, but no one technique or tool is!)

I'd agree on the email purge, but go farther to say set up defined times to deal with email, and ignore it the rest of the time. I'm not quite there yet, but taking steps to corral my email usage.

"Distraction-free desktops" has been a topic I've seen pop up from time to time - Zen Computing: Toward a Distraction-Free Desktop — Online Collaboration has more on it. Again, not for everyone, but you may find this helps you focus on one task at a time.

One other thing I'd suggest, as I'm doing it right now, is trying to alter your daily schedule. I was up at 4 this morning, and am getting more done in the morning than I normally do, because there's fewer distractions. Both distractions from people in the house (well, just my wife), but also the normal flow/routine of sites I might normally check, emails that come in at particular times, etc - none of that is happening at 'normal' times, so I've got less to distract me. The danger in this is I might adapt my distractions to my new times, but it's something to try. Working later in to the night works for some people too, but often you end up with diminishing returns as you're too tired to think straight

Have been reading 'The 4 Hour Work Week' and the best tip I've got so far, is to check your emails once a week. I know as Internet Marketers we have to keep a certain eye on email, but most emails you receive are never that urgent and can usually be dealt with at a later stage ... If you have an auto respond message that lets people know when you check your emails, this alone can give you a huge amount of time. If you can't go Weekly straight away, at least try every couple of days, rather than every couple of hours - You never know 'til you give it a go ! My productive time for creating products has rocketed

When I'm doing specific projects I very often pull out my Internet dongle from my PC and place it on a shelf across the room in my office.

If I do deviate from the task at hand, and try to check e-mail, Facebook or Twitter, I hit a "cannot connect" wall of no Internet.

This quickly refocus me on the project at hand and keeps me on keeping on.

I have specific times to check my e-mails making sure I have enough time to do the necessary replies, and I never do it before lunchtime (Unless I'm waiting for something) because I am more focused in the AM.

Great post Nathan, thanks

Another tip that I always apply. Use the Parkinson's law. Give yourself 30 minutes a day to check email, and you will use up all 30 minutes. Give yourself 1 hour to check emails, you will use 1 hour.

You are right, glad I read this forum and before commenting here i purged my email. Unsubscribed to many and feeling ok right now. I need to concentrate more for this technique I am in right now.

Great advice.
I used to receive about 150 emails a day. I reviewed my goals and unsubscribed from several email lists that no longer help me move forward. Now I get less than 30 a day.

So true! I always take action (which is unwritten motto of the warrior forum)
But that "action" can sometimes be in the wrong areas as i get side tracked! So i also did a quick email clean up. Only getting emails from relevant marketers

I made big mistake in begin of my way to succesfull im business which I have today.I was subscribed to 100 internet marketers and I receive about 50 emails daily.I was reading all of them and this was THE BIGGEST MISTAKE which I was making and I was overhelmed with informations and never master one method.After I unsubscribed from marketers which dont help me much and I receive emails only from 10 marketers.THAN I FOCUS only on 1 traffic method and master it and start receiving huge traffic.THE FOCUS ON ONE METHOD IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS.

Great post.

2 Easy to implement steps that will save you so much time.

It's easy to get an e-mail with a video link and get caught up for the next 30 minutes. It's been tough to hit the unsubscribe button in some cases, but well worth it...out of sight, out of mind, right?

I have been making more of an effort to produce rather than consume and let me attest to the fact that it does indeed put more $$$ in your pocket.

Thanks!

Thanks for this, got me inspired!