Just 3 time-management mistakes are holding back many online marketers. All the time you’ve wasted will make you weep! Get your critical projects done 5 times faster by wiping out these goofs. Here are the 3 plagues along with their cures: 
- Eliminate AIMLESSNESS with PRIORITIZATION.
- Replace MULTITASKING with FOCUS.
- Defeat OVERWHELM with MICRO PRODUCTIVITY.
“Time isn’t the main thing. It’s the only thing.” – Miles Davis, jazz legend
Picture the heart of Paris, France, just past midnight. The streets are empty. The sound of running footsteps and angry grunts are heard. It’s a crazy American running through the streets!
That crazy American was me! How did I end up there? I was on a month-long trip to Egypt and Europe. Just four days before my trip began, my team made it to Super Bowl XL! The Steelers beat the odds and won three straight road games to get to the Super Bowl.
I had to find a way to watch them no matter what. I added an entry in my planner: “Super Bowl XL. Midnight. Paris, France.”
But I made three critical errors that caused my midnight run through Paris:
- I was aimless in failing to prioritize all my trip activities.
- I was multitasking everything in my life.
- Overwhelm increased as tasks piled up.
This led me to forget about the Super Bowl. The first sign of trouble was my little hotel room having no TV. There was a dining area with a tiny 17-inch TV where three other Americans were watching the pregame.
But:
- The TV commentary was in French.
- The screen was riddled with static.
- One watcher was a 10-year-old girl with her dad. I couldn’t curse at the TV for 4 hours!
I told myself, “I need to get out of here!”
The nearest, “open” sports bar was a 25-minute walk. I turned it into a 10-minute sprint across the Seine River…but the bar’s doors wouldn’t open. The lights were out! My phone found a Canadian sports bar nearby.
I sprinted for the bar. After 4 minutes I was wiped out. I bent over out of breath. But there were some bright lights way off. There were people outside. I found the energy for one last sprint. It was the Canadian sports bar! They WERE showing the Super Bowl! (The Steelers ended up winning!)
Secret #1: Set priorities. Failing to prioritize the Super Bowl was my first blunder. Put time into being honest about what is most vital.
Secret #2: Replace multitasking with focus. Pour 100% of your energy into your most important project.
Secret #3: Defeat overwhelm with “micro productivity.” Fix overwhelm by breaking down your #1 project into manageable chunks. They can’t take more than 60 minutes each. Split these tasks down further into smaller “microtasks.” By creating these tasks and microtasks, you become “micro productive.”
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This is a guest post written by Charles Polanski. If you wish to be considered for a guest post then please contact me.
