Since entrepreneurs have to wear multiple hats, we always make the mistake of wrestling with time. And we all know how that ends – fatigue, distraction, loss of focus and demotivation.
As entrepreneurs, we find ourselves trying to balance a hundred work related issues at once. At the end of the day, we are utterly exhausted and at times estranged from the people we love.
So how are we as busy entrepreneurs supposed to keep everything on track?
Well, you could start by organizing your life with these proven everyday hacks, and everything else will fall into place.
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Think of ways you can shrink down your intimidating
projects into manageable pieces.
4. Start The Day
With Your ‘MIT’
If you get your most important
task done in the morning, you
can enjoy serenity for the rest of
the day. You can use the
OneBigThing app or Momentum
on Chrome.
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5. Block Distracting Pages
Use GoFuckingWork to remind yourself in a ‘friendly’
way that you have better things to do.
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6. Track Your Time
Knowing that you’re on
one can make yourself
work more efficiently, and
recognize where the
distractions are. Use
Harvest or Toggl
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7. Use Noisli to get focused with
relaxing background noise.
Control The
Background
Noise
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8. Save Articles
And Videos
For Later
Don’t consume content
the moment it appears in
your inbox or social feed.
Save it in GetPocket.
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9. Work In 90
Min Sprints
If you work in 90 minutes
intervals, you will use more
brain power. But don’t forget to
relax. The BeFocused app helps
you with that.
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10. Use Google Reminders
Use Reminders in Google Calendar to get reminded
when you’re free to take action.
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12. Meditate Regularly
Studies have shown that a regular meditation practice reduces stress and
anxiety in the brain. Use the Headspace app to get started.
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13. Find Your Biological Prime Time
Manage your activities based on your energy level at different times
during the day. You can build a simple Google Sheet to get started.
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14. PrioritizingDelegate!
Who said you should do
everything yourself? Delegate
or outsource work to virtual
assistants and industry experts.
You can find some on Upwork,
99Design or Growmodo.
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15. Accelerate Your
Brain Power
Nootropics can help you to get in
the zone. I recently started using
Flow by Hapi and the impact on my
productivity is massive.
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17. Track
Wasted
Time
Sixty minutes on social
networks every day equals
45 working days every year.
Use Escape to avoid
distracting websites.
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18. Get
High-Quality
Sleep
Use the Sleep Cycle
alarm clock to track
your sleep patterns. It
wakes you up during
light sleep so that you
wake up naturally
rested.
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19. Skip The
To-Do List
Instead of writing a to-do list,
use your Google Calendar to
immediately find a time to get it
done.
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24. Silence Your
Phone
A study at the University
of California, Irvine, found
that knowledge workers
have focus periods of just
eleven minutes on
average, in-between
interruptions. Use IFTTT
to remind you.
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27. Skip Meeting Preparation
Use Charlie to make a killer first impression by sourcing your contacts
online activity before your meeting.
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28. Join The 5.00
AM Club
Getting up at 5.00 am creates
more time to do things during
the most productive and
energetic part of the day. Who
is in?
● Tim Cook (Apple)
● Robert Iger (Disney)
● Richard Branson (Virgin)
● Barack Obama and many
more...
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30. Sitting next to the office window
on a sunny day can help double
an individual's alertness
compared to those stuck in the
middle of a room under artificial
lights.
Sit Next To A Window
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31. Set The Right
Temperature
When the temperature at the
workplace becomes
uncomfortable, and lies outside
the comfort range of 20°-26°C
(68° - 78°F), this will have a
direct effect on productivity and
staff morale.
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32. Keep Your
Desk Clean
A messy desk can be
distracting and can pull
your mind off of what you
should be doing: working.
Keeping it clean will make
it easier to focus on
projects instead
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33. Remove Permanent Marker
From Whiteboard
Picked the wrong marker?
Use dry erase marker or
pencil rubber eraser to
clean it without
chemicals.
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34. Have Plants
In The Office
Studies show that just
one plant per work space
can provide a very large
lift to staff spirits, and so
promote wellbeing and
performance.
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36. Smell
Something
Pleasant
Odors do affect your
mood, work performance
and behavior in a variety
of ways but it isn’t
because odors work on
us like a drug, instead we
work on them through
our experiences with
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37. Look At
Pictures of
Baby Animals
Japanese research shows that
looking at pictures of cute
animals can help improve your
work performance and powers
of concentration.
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