Ways to get more done in less time!

Ways to get more done in less time.

If you are anything like me, this list will help you.

1. Keep track of your time. It’s important to know what you are doing with your time. Take the next 2 to 4 weeks and write down everything you spend time doing. This log will shock most of us. It will become clear to you, how much time you are just “killing” and with whom.

2. Think on paper. I don’t care how smart you think you are. We all forget or overlook things. It’s good to have a list and rate them in their respective urgency.

3. Set up a voice box and ignore it. Urgent problem have a way of not existing if you don’t pay them any attention. Everyone will tell you everything is urgent. Live your life first and everything else will take care of them selves. Really… things do happen without you.

4. Clean! Clean your room and your desk! Cluttered room/desk is not a sign of intelligence nor does it mean you’re busier than others. It actually creates stress and fuels your laziness. Clean before and after everything!

5. Do not face the door. People are more likely to interrupt you if they are able to see your face. Set up your desk at work or at home so that you have your back to the door. Also, get rid of extra chairs and snacks.

6. It’s easier to leave someone else’s office, than trying to get them to leave. To keep meetings/ conversations short…stand. Be standing all through out your conversation.

7. Check emails and voice mail once a day. And remind people that you only check them once a day. People will not be leaving you as many messages if they know you may not reply will the next day.

8. When you do pick up your phone, and they ask if you have a moment to spare. Act busy. Make sure they know that your time is valuable and they shouldn’t waste it with small talk. “well, I gotta go in 5 min. so be quick, what’s this about?”

9. Use a headset or Bluetooth, even at home or at your desk. You will be amazed at how much work can be done with both hands free to take notes and search the web for answers.

10. Record yourself. Ideas will come to you at random times. If you cant write it down. Record it somehow. Most of us have this feature on our phones. Or go get evernote it’s free.

11. Keep a log of the time and hours you are sleeping and the time and hour of when you feel u need a cup of coffee. Identifying your personal optimum performance time is very important. People can get more done in 30 mins of their peak “awareness” time than in 4 hours of their down time. Note: not everyone is a morning person.

12. Incentive. Reward yourself when you have completed a task you have been putting off, or dislike. Have a system set up where this will happen every time you grind through something. This will condition you to look forward to the “reward” and get things done faster.

13. Eat a little earlier or a little later than most people. It will have you time on line and easier to get seats

14. Pay your bill online. Saves you time and prevent delayed and late payments.

15. Turn your TV off. Hide the remote. Or break it. If you have to manually use the TV…most likely you won’t. Or you will only watch programs your really want/need to watch. Surfing the channels is hard to do if you have to do it without a remote.

16. only visit Warrior Forum …..once a day…I break this everyday…but…really…we all spend too much time here.


please add your ways of saving time and getting things done.