Motivational Monday: How to Be Productive Even When You are Busy

1. Single Point Focus: People who are successful are able to rate what is most important and they attack that task first. Pick the most important task you have and go for that first!

2. Block Out Distractions: In this tech savy world, we are surrounded by distractions. You must focus, ignore the distractions and get to work. How to do this??? Log out of all social media and focus on the task at hand. Turn off the electronics from TVs to phones and spend the necessary time on your task until completion.

3. Block out time for tasks: Think about that most important task and be realistic with how much time you need. Block out that time in your day so that you do not feel rushed. Being able to calmly dedicate your time to your task will enable you to achieve success faster.

4. Get Up Earlier- YES I mean it! For me to get a good workout in while still working and accomplishing my daily tasks I started training my body to wake up earlier. This enabled me to have enough time in my day to achieve everything I needed to while starting my day off in a positive way. You can train your body do to anything you just have to want to.

5. Set Up Rules: If you know you have to check your emails or you have to go to a meeting set rules. Define how much time you are going to spend looking at thos emails. Set up rules for your meetings so that they are organized and take less time. To help alleviate time with coworker communication make sure you tell them to define what their needs are from the start in the subject line of the email or in personal communication.

We all have the same 24 hours in a day, what you make of it is your choice!

Happy Monday!