Do you know it is 100% possible for ambitious women like you to feel successful on the daily by understanding your time habits?
That said, in order to create this success — to make progress everyday towards your goals — you need to stop doing certain things, PRONTO.
If there’s any part of you that craves better results, better attention, and a better life, I hope you commit to STOP taking part in these five common ways we give up our power.
#1: STOP THE NOTIFICATIONS
Seriously, it’s time. Turn off the notifications. All of them. They are stripping you of focus and clarity, not to mention draining you of energy.
You are an adult and it is in your control to stop this behavior now.
Don’t fool yourself into thinking you’ll leave your email, IG, or news notifications on…but you won’t look at them.
No one believes that.
Not even you.
The easiest thing to do is to not have the distractions in the first place.
So right now, go onto your Settings on your phone and on your laptop, and turn those brain and focus suckers off!
#2: STOP STARTING AND NOT FINISHING
You know how you can be busy all day long and still feel like you got nothing done? What gives?
A usual suspect is starting a task but not taking that last little step to finish it.
Which means at the end of the day you look around at your cluttered desk or at your overflowing email and you haven’t completed a thing.
Instead, spend the 10-60 seconds it takes to finish the job.
For example, if you respond to an email, take the few seconds to drag it into a folder or tag it with a label.
When you fill out a form or print out a document, take the extra 30 seconds to grab a folder, write the name of the doc or project on it and file the paper away.
Yup, half a minute is the difference between clutter pile up and feeling accomplished.
#3: STOP FALLING INTO EMAIL WHEN YOU HAVE A FEW MINUTES
You have twenty minutes in between meetings, so what do you do? Check your email.
Your 1:30 appointment cancelled last minute so what do you do? Fall into your email.
You have three high priority projects due next week but see some “white space” on your calendar, so what do you do? You get sucked into your email.
Stop that. Now please.
Every time you don’t have something scheduled does not give you permission to dive into email.
Things will be just fine, in fact a lot better, if you got your head out of email quicksand and instead focused attention on your other 729 tasks.
Instead, schedule specific times to check and respond to email. Like for 20 minutes after each one hour of work.
That way you know you’ll be in email soon enough, but you don’t need to check it every 47 seconds.
Remember, you are an adult. You can do this!
#4: STOP BEING STILL
If you’re sitting at your desk for four hours priding yourself on being super productive, think again.
You brain and body need a break.
If you’re not moving for hours I guarantee you’re finding ample ways to waste time or to not work as efficiently as you can.
Move your legs, stretch your back, shake your booty if you need to. Take at least five to ten minutes every 60-90 minutes to walk, fill up your water bottle, or do some jumping jacks.
Activity will help clear your mind, invite creativity and simply, make you happier.
Stop sitting still.
#5: STOP THINKING YOU’LL REMEMBER
Every now and then something falls through the cracks, doesn’t it?
- Sometimes it’s non consequential like forgetting to pick up batteries while you were at the store.
- Sometimes it’s embarrassing like showing up to an event without your tickets.
- Sometimes it makes you look real bad, like bringing one copy of a presentation to a meeting instead of three.
No matter what, it’s frustrating when you forget to do, add, make, buy, dispose, attach, create or simply think about what you’re supposed to do.
Stop relying on your memory.
Get as much out of your head and on paper (or a digital source) as possible.
Leave room in your brain for exploration, strategy, planning, and creativity, rather than mundane thoughts you can easily capture elsewhere.
Well there you have it.
Five things you should stop doing right now so you can get and stay focused, achieve your goals, and squash overwhelm.
Which one will you commit to doing right now? Ahora? Pronto? Stay accountable by hitting reply and letting me know.
You have so much brilliance to share in the world. Don’t let any of the above common distractions derail your happiness or success.
Here’s to getting the right things done!
If you’re thinking, I would love more control of my day and energy in ways I can truly rely on, sign up for a free consult with me here. Isn’t it time you made a change?
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