Productivity Hack #1: Set A Game Plan

Written by Kevin Tyler Smith. You can follow me on Twitter or Facebook

For the next few months, I will be dedicated to productivity on a weekly basis here on Promethean Life.  It’s inherently human as our lives get more and more hectic a certain mindset of having more things to do than there is time available develops.

Because of this, there is no better time to chart a pragmatic course to being more productive than today.

The impetus is to give you something to think about while on your quest to cultivating a mindset to getting more done. Keep in mind, becoming more productive is simple but yet it will not happen overnight.  It’s a learned process.

Set a Game Plan

One factor which all successful people have in common is effective time-management.  You may prefer to call it structure, setting yourself to the task, or a game plan.  Whichever word or term works for you is fine.  As long as you take it seriously, and put it into practice, you are creating one of the basic principles of productivity.

It might be a good idea to think about this and why this factor is so essential to success.  Perhaps you can begin by thinking of the opposite – ways which do not work. Even if you have one very small task to complete, if you do not manage your time appropriately it may get done too late, or not at all.  You may be working on a deadline or have a task which does not have a specific time to be completed.  If you do not have a game plan for getting it done, the results will not be satisfying.  While procrastination and wasting time impede productivity, lack of effective time-management can be as destructive.

But….what’s a good game plan?

Increasing your productivity and getting things done means having a good game plan.

• First, you need to know exactly what must be done.
• Second, even if you do not have a specific deadline, decide when it must be completed.
• The third step is putting yourself to the task of doing it.

You want to accomplish your goals, whether they are short-term or long-term.  You also want to be proud of and satisfied with the results.  When you are not content to simply “go with the flow,” and instead take your game plan seriously every step of the way, you are nearly guaranteed of success, contentment and satisfaction.

Structure and time-management may come easy for you, if they have been a regular part of your life.  If you are not used to these concepts, now is the time to implement them into your everyday life.  Whether you are setting up a business of your own, working for someone else, or whether your work is taking care of your family, you will reap many benefits from setting up a good game plan.

Having been on a personal productivity quest of my own, I have found the ebook Zen To Done quite refreshing with powerful actionable steps to making productivity a real reality.  This ebook is the perfect game plan that gets right to the point with key habits for you to implement to simplify your life and to finally get organized.

Here is what you will learn in Zen To Done:

1. The key habits needed to be productive, organized, and simplified plus more
2. How to implement these key habits and tips on forming a habit
3. How to organize these habits into a very simple system which will keep everything in your life in place
4. How to simplify what you need to do

If you have ever felt that there are not enough hours in a day to do everything you need to do, developing a mindset of being productive will be a very positive step for you.  You will be pleasantly surprised with how much you can accomplish.  With a game plan, you will find yourself getting more done each day than you usually accomplish in a week. Not only will you be more productive, but achieving each goal will come much easier.  You will soon appreciate this all-important factor in your personal growth.

Editor’s note: Zen To Done is one of the best resources I’ve ever seen in regards to cultivating productivity.

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