When I coach entrepreneurs I focus on two primary things to make them more money.
- Better marketing.
- Greater productivity.
Let’s talk about number two for a minute.
Most business owners are performing at well under 50% of the level they should be. They waste enormous amounts of time, almost every day.
But if you get superb at productivity, you can make a phenomenal difference in how much wealth you create for yourself.
To help you do that here’s a productivity technique I recently invented- and it’s really helping me get things done.
I call it 20/20 Vision.
It’s a little extreme, but here’s how it works.
Firstly, you try to do every task in 20 minutes. Yes I know that sounds crazy, but hear me out.
It will truly amaze you how many tasks that would normally take an hour or more can actually be done in 20 minutes when you really push yourself.
And if you can’t complete the job in 20 minutes, at least you’ve made fast progress. Instead of it sitting on your To Do list for weeks, you at least move it forward.
This quick progress gives you an enormous amount of momentum and massively boosts your confidence and self-esteem.
The second part of the method is all-around Vision.
In my experience as a coach to business owners, many of us get caught up in doing endless jobs in our company and often forget our overall vision or big picture aims.
What are we actually trying to create? Who are we trying to become? If all you do is work on the next thing, you will get pulled down by your never-ending To Do List and could be in danger of not achieving your dreams.
With the 20/20 Vision technique, we take a different approach. You think about your life Vision numerous times during the day.
This does several valuable things:
- It keeps you motivated- we stay inspired by our beautiful vision of our future.
- It makes you focus much more on what is truly important your “to do’s” actually are. You do less of the urgent and more of the important. Less of the minutiae and more of the impactful activities.
So there you have it, the 20/20 Vision productivity technique.
It speeds up your rate of achievement, increases your morale and confidence (because you are making fast progress in many areas) and keeps you focused on your true work and life vision, rather than getting caught up in the trivial.
I hope you find it as valuable as I have.
And yes, I did do this blog in 20 minutes 😃.
