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Mel Feller Establishes Time Management Practices You Can Use Today Time management is defined as the way we use our time. Note the word management that means the way we manage our time. Therefore, in order to get more things done and produce the results that we want, we must learn and use time management skills. However, the basic truth is that we cannot really manage time, we can only manage ourselves and how we use time. It is a given that we all have 24 hours in a day. Moreover, it is what we do during those hours that determines if we have managed our time well or not. In addition, regardless of whether you like it or not, time will pass whether we are productive or not. Thus the bottom line is that you can’t manage it, you can only manage yourself and choose what to do in those hours.
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- 1. Mel FellerEstablishesTime ManagementPractices YouCan Use Today Time managementisdefined asthe waywe use our time. Note the wordmanagementthatmeansthe waywe manage ourtime. Therefore,inordertogetmore thingsdone andproduce the resultsthatwe want,we must learnanduse time managementskills.However,the basictruthisthat we cannot really manage time,we can onlymanage ourselvesandhow we use time. It isa giventhatwe all have 24 hours ina day. Moreover,itiswhat we doduringthose hoursthat determinesif we have managedourtime well ornot.Inaddition,regardlessof whetheryoulike itor not,time will passwhetherwe are productive ornot.Thusthe bottomline isthat youcan’t manage it, youcan onlymanage yourself andchoose whattodo inthose hours. Time managementisreallyaboutgettingthe rightthings done inthe shortestamountof time.Youwant to be efficientandeffective. Youwantto get the mostresultsinthe shortestperiodanditall starts with your habits. In otherwords,we knowthat fromthe time youwake up to the time youeat yourmealsandthe time youwork,a large part of what youdo are habits. Therefore,if youwanttomanage yourtime,youmust learnto manage yourself,andif youwantto manage yourself,youneedtolearntomanage your habits. By changinghabits,we change the use of the waywe manage time. In thisarticle,Iwant togive you some time managementhabitsyoushouldconsider implementingin your life. Clear purpose One of the bestpersonal productivitytipsthatIhave learnedwasfromBrianTracy, the author of the best-sellingtime managementbook,EatThat Frog. That tipwas that if youwant to be productive,you mustunderstandyourpurpose. Therefore,the bottomline isthatyourpurpose mustbe clearinorder to be productive. Here is whatBrian Tracy says inhisbook: “The numberone reasonwhysome people getmore work done fasteristhat theyare absolutelyclearabouttheirgoalsandobjectives,andtheydon’tdeviate fromthem.
- 2. The greaterclarityyou have regardingwhatyouwant andthe stepsyouwill have totake to achieve it, the easieritwill be foryouto overcome procrastination,eatyourfrog,andcomplete the taskbefore you.” Tracy is correct. There isabsolutelynopointtotalkaboutshootingthe arrowsuntil firstidentifyingyour target. Youmust be clear andunderstandyourobjective.Whatdoyou wantto accomplishandwhat kindof resultsyouare lookingfor? Whenyouare clearwithyourpurpose andgoals,youcan then create a planinorderto get there. Thisis the fundamental principle of personal productivity.If youwanttomanage time,youmustfirst identifyyourobjectives. Therefore,the bigquestionforall of usis withoutknowingyourdestination, howcan yougetthere? I rememberclearlythatTonyRobbinssaysin one of hisspeeches,“Clarity ispower”. Therefore,if you wantto get more the most resultoutof your day,first,be clear. Mel Feller’sTip: Productive people alwayskeeptheirtargetsintheirmind andwritten.Theyknow exactlywhatkindof result they desire andthentheysetoutto achieve them.Youmustdothe same. Make ityour habit,as well,toalwayskeepyourgoalsandobjectivesinyourmindandwrittendown somewhere. Thenconstantlyremindyourself of whatyouwantto accomplishsothat youwill never deviate fromthatcourse.By doingthatyou will thenflylikeanarrow,straightto the bull’seye and meetyourobjectives. Remove all possible distractions Anotherissue thatinterfereswithouruse of time managementisthatmustneverunderestimate the powerof distractions.Manypeople thoughtthatdistractions were smallissuesand assuch, they do not reallylearntohandle these therebyallowingthemtobecome large distractions. Accordingto thisarticle onThe WashingtonPost,Irvine, aresearcherfromthe Universityof California foundthat a typical office worker becomesdistracted orswitchedtasks every3minutesand5 seconds on average. The more astonishingdiscoverywasthatit couldtake up to 23 minutesof those 15 seconds indistractions justtoget back to where they hadleftoff.
- 3. Whenyoudevelopthe habitof eliminatingdistraction,itis reallyadouble-win.Thisisbecause when youare not distracted,youare able to focusbetter. Itis like the push-and-pull effectinthatyou cannot focuswhenyouare distracted. However, whenyouare able to eliminate distractions,notonly will you be able to work industriously,butyouare alsoable to focuson the task. Hence,neverallowyourself togetdistractedwhenyouwork,especiallyontasksthat have been deemedimportant. Mel Feller’sTip: Developthe habitof workingwithoutdistractionsorinterruptions.Builda distraction free roomfor yourself if needbe.Lockyourself inyourroomor weara pairof headphonesinorderto stay awayfrom the noise. Neverletpeopledistractyouwhile youare working.I certainlydonot like tobe distractedwhen Iam writing. Infact, bothof my phone linesare placedondonot disturbandmy cell phone issilenced. One task at a time How doyou eatan elephant?One bite ata time. We all have heardthis one before. Thisis a sayingthat easy to understand,butwe oftentendtooverlook thisprinciple of focusingonlyonone taskat a time. I readthe book,The One Thing, and learned thatmulti-taskingisone of the mostcommonkillersof productivity. Whenwe try to get a fewthingsdone at the same time,whatreallyhappens isthatourmindis switchingfromone taskto another,backand forth. In otherwords,our brainsare notwiredto be multitasking.Ourbrainsare wiredto concentrate on one thingat a time. If you findthisdifficult tobelieve,justtryto reada book andtalk to someone atthe same time.Youwill findthatyou cannotdo both tasks,readingandtalking, atthe same time. When youtalkto someone, youwill putdownthe bookand stop reading. Moreover, whenyouread,youwill stoptalkingtothat person. Thisisbecause our brainscan onlyfocusand processone informationatatime. The keyword here isfocus.Whenyoufullyfocusonone thing,youwill needtoletgoof otherthings.
- 4. Thisis whatan article fromHarvard BusinessReview said: “Basedonovera half-centuryof cognitive science andmore recentstudiesonmultitasking,we know thatmultitaskersdolessandmiss information.Ittakestime (anaverage of 15 minutes) tore-orienttoaprimarytask aftera distraction such as an email. Efficiencycandropby as muchas 40%. Long-termmemorysuffersandcreativity — a skill associatedwithkeepinginmindmultiple,less common,associations — isreduced.” So, doyou now thinkyoushouldstopmulti-taskingandstartdoingjustone thingat a time now? I know for me.After readingthis,Ihave thoughttwice andstoppedtryingto multitask. Mel Feller’sTip: The nexttime youfinditdifficulttofocusor that, youwantto be more productive and performbetter, donotmulti-task.Choosetosingle-task.Doone thingata time. Avoid Procrastination Anotherpowerful timemanagementhabitthatIbelieve everyone of usshouldadoptisthe abilityto avoidprocrastination. Procrastinationisone of the biggestkillersof ourdreamsandgoals.People have an ideaof what theywantto achieve intheirlives,buttheyjust donot doit. Many people saythattheywant to buildasuccessful onlinebusiness,butall theydoistalkabout it. They do not doanythingaboutit. If that was notenough,after theygetback home fromwork,all they do iswatch TV andsurf the internetforfunandentertainment.Theydonothingtostart or grow their business. Youhave tounderstandthatsuccessisnot about saying,itisaboutdoing and takingaction. The same goesfortime management. Donotjustsay that youwant to getthingsdone.Youneedtodo it inorderto get the resultsyouwant. There are manyreasonsthat cause people toprocrastinate.Some people donotwanttotake action because theyare overwhelmedwithinformationandthey justdonotknow where tostart. Other people procrastinate because theyare afraidof failure. Therefore, if youwanttoovercome procrastination,youmustidentifythe rootcausesof it. Mel Feller’sTip: Make ita habitto start andto begin youractionitems.Do notprocrastinate andput thingsoff until alatertime.Once youhave decidedtodo it, youneedto justdo it. Schedulingand deadlines
- 5. Didyou knowthat schedulingyourwork couldgreatlyincrease the chancesof yougettingitdone? The reasonbeingthat people procrastinatebecause theyare unclearof whenandwhere theirwork shouldtake place. Inotherwords,whenyouspecificallyscheduleyourtask,suchas, “I’mgoingto run for an hourfrom 7AMto 8AM, everyMondayand Thursday”,youare givingyour minda clearmissionof whatyou needtodo, where,andbywhen itmustbe completed. Inaddition, whenthe time comes to getit done,youwill followthroughanddoit. People oftenfailtobe productive whentheyleave theirworkto“whenever”.Theywaitforthe right time to act and theywaitfora time whentheyfeel righttowork onthings. Believeme;this isnotgoing to work.Instead,youmustbe specificand determineaschedule forwhatyouwantto be done and by whenitneedstobe completed. In herbest-sellingbook,BetterThanBefore,GretchenRubinwrites,“Schedulingmakesusfarmore likelytoconvertan activityintoa habit.” Whenyouschedule atask, first,yougive aclear orderto your mindof whenand where youshoulddothe task. Second,ithelpsremindyouof the taskwhenthe time comesto complete yourtask. Havinga schedule islike creatinga remindertodo the workyou have planned. Mel Feller’sTip: A good time managementhabitistoschedule the workyouwantto complete.Be specificandwrite downwhen,where,andwhatyouwantto do. Thisis whyplanningworks. Planningturnseveryone of yourimportanttasksintoschedules.Make appointmentswithyourtaskssothatyou will nevermissthem.Ilike thisquotefromLarryWingetin regardsto scheduling: “Nobodyeverwrote downaplanto be broke,fat,lazy,or stupid.Those things are whathappenwhenyoudon’thave a plan.” Complete highimpact tasks first Do youwant to be effective and togetthe mostresults? Well,sticktothe principle of gettingthe high- impactwork done first. Whenitcomesto time management,manypeople thoughtthatbeing productive isaboutgettingmore thingsdone,butitreallyisnot. It isaboutdoingthe high-impactwork to getthe more results.
- 6. Do not mistake beingbusyforbeingproductive.Youcanbe busythe whole day,butat the endof the day,you do notproduce results. Inotherwords,what you wantis to workon the mostimportantwork that will give youthe mostresults. Notjustanywork,butthe high-impactwork. Thisis where youhave tounderstandthatnot all worksare createdequal. Inaddition, youhave to underthe Pareto’s80/20 Rule. The rule statesthat out of all the thingsthatyou do,20% of the work will accountfor80% of yourresults.Thus,the keytobecomingmore productive istofocusyourtime and act on the 20% work. Remember,we all have 24hours a day. There isjustso much time we can use ina day. However, the key isto get the most result-producingworkdone and thatdoes not meanjustany work. Beingbusy does not meanthat youare beingproductive.Youwanttobe busygettingthe RIGHT thingsdone. Mel Feller’sTip: Make the Pareto’sPrincipleyourwayof life.Identifythe high-impactworkthatyou can do and getit done firstthinginthe morningbefore youswitchtootherlessimportanttasks. Write it down RichardBranson creditedhissuccesstohisto-dolist.He isknownfor hishabitof writingthingsdown in hisdiary or businessjournal.He carrieshisbusinessjournal everywhere he goes. One of the waysto not lettime slipsusbyisto remindourselvesof whatwe needto do. You can accomplish thisbywritingdownyourtasks,yourideas,orwhateverthatcomesto you,as Branson does. Here is whatRichardBranson wrote inhisblogpost: “I’ve oftenwrittenaboutmylove of writinglists – and thisone showsI’ve beenatitsince the verybeginning.Listsnotonlyprovide agreatstructure for gettingthingsdone,buttheyalsohelpustoset goalsandachieve ourdreams.” He iscorrect. I write downeverythingthatIwant to be done inmy businessjournal aswell.Iuse my journal formy to-dolistas well asmythoughts. I reallystartedthisinfull force asI was goingthrougha verybitterandNASTY divorce beginningin2017 lastingalmostayear. Since thattime, Idiscoveredthat whenI putthingsdown on paperand takingthemwithme everywhere,Igo my chancesof gettingthem done wouldbe higher.
- 7. I alsoleave mybusinessjournal onmydeskandI leave itopen.Now everytime Ilookatit,it reminds me of whatI needto get accomplished.Italsoremindsme of mygoalsanddreams;and what I am doing to accomplishthem. Time managementisaboutdoingthe rightthingsandproducingthe rightresults.Thus, writingdown whatyou needto accomplishreally helps inboththe shortandlongterm. Mel FellerTip: Make ityour habitto write thingsdown.AlbertEinsteinonce said,“Paperistowrite thingsdownthat we needtoremember.Ourbrainsare usedto think.”Somake it a habitto jotthings done.Itcan boostyourproductivity. Bottomline isthat if youwant to developgoodtime managementhabits,youshouldseriouslyconsider the tipsthat I have sharedwithyouabove. Remember,time managementisreallyabouthow you manage yourself. Beingproductive meansgettingthe mostresult-yieldingtasksdone inthe shortest periodpossible. Mel Feller– Personal Development,Business,Executive,InternetandReal Estate Investments Coach/Mentor and BusinessOwner Mel Fellerwasaseniorstafferforover5 yearswithbothUnitedStatesSenatorJake Garn and The Senate BankingandFinance Committee. Mel Fellerisaspeakeratentrepreneurial forumstrainingbusinessprofessionalsonmarketingstrategies and the “Secretsof Online Marketing”.He providesconsultingservicesonall aspectsof business includingorganizational performance,salesandmarketingstrategies,employee productivityand retention,successful solutionimplementation,technologyleverage andcustomerserviceinall business and fields. Mel Feller'sareasof technologyexpertise include emailsandsocial media,solutiondevelopment disciplineandmethodology,businessprocessleadsandprojectmanagement. Mel Fellerhastwenty-fiveyears’experience withcompanies,nonprofitsandindividualsinthe research and writingof bothgovernmentandprivate grants.
- 8. In additiontohisregularconsultingandmanagementresponsibilities,Mel Fellerwaspublishedinthe Top 100 Mentors;he has publishedtwobookson"CreativeReal Estate Financing"and“MultipleSecrets to Success”,andpresentednumerousexecutive lecturesforFortune 500 corporationson“leadership and businesspractices”. Visithimatwww.melfeller.comandwww.melfellersuccessstories.com Mel Feller’sdynamicpresence,instinctive strategicvision,andcreative thinkingproduce effective, sustainable bottom-lineresultsforhisclients.His“CanDo” attitude generatesconfidence inhis executivecoachingclientsandstrategicconsultingcorporate clients.ThroughoutMel Feller’scareer,he has increasedthe profitabilityof nearlyeveryorganizationwithwhichhe hasworked. Mel Fellerhasaunique abilitytorelate tohisclientsbecausehe came fromThe UnitedStatesSenate, where Mel wasthe Chief of Staff fora UnitedStatesSenatorandwas alwaysmeetingwithprominent businesspeople orpoliticians. Hismainlove wasdealingwithconstituentsthatwere the grassroot voters! Since foundingCoachingForSuccess360 In 1989, he has effectivelytranslatedthatexperience intoresultsforhisclients.He focusesonseparatingdailydistractionsfromthe real issuesinordertoput the executive and/orbusinessonthe rightpathto grow and prosper.Resultsare immediate,growth sustainable,andprofitabilitylong-term. Dozensof Mel Feller’sclientshave beenonInc.’s500/5000 listandmany have beennamedasa “Best PlacesTo Work. UsingMel Feller’sintuitive,systematicapproach,andourprovenstrategicandtactical tools,we help youplan forprofit. Mel Fellerbelievesthatwhatgetsmeasuredisimproved.Therefore,he iscontinuallydeveloping processesandsystemsthatallowyoutoeasilymeasure,manage andmaintainahighlyprofitable business. Mel Felleris readytohelpyouincrease yoursales,trimandmanage youroperatingcostsand see your profitssoarand/or leverage yourtime forBusinessorReal Estate! “Truth telling, honesty,andcandor:IlovedyouMel Feller!Youhave somuch energyandknowledge!I trulyhope I getanotheropportunitytobe coachedby you.I see myself alittle clearernow,andit’snot so bad.”
- 9. Lisa Mathews “Mel Felleryouaddedmore value thanwe canpossiblysee rightnow.Mel Feller,youare warm, inviting,andaccommodating.Thankyouforcomingalongside usinthistransition!” VanessaCavanaugh “Mel Fellerthe besteducationsessionthatwe have attendedinmanyyears!Thankyousomuch — I am veryexcitedtoputeverythingyouhave taughtusintopractice!” Michael Randolph “Mr. Mel Feller,Thankyou,thankyou,thankyoufor givinga marvelouskeynote atourSymposium! While we have notyetcollectedthe official feedback,the unofficialfeedbackwasthatYou Were a Hit! I heardnothingbutcomplimentsregardingyourpresentations.Thankyouformakingsucha positive impacton our attendees!” Lyle CunninghamVP "Mel Felleruseshishumor,compassion,anddirectnature tohelpbringoutthe bestinme.Mel Felleris committedtohelpingme live...Imean,reallylive,life toitsfullest." Jose Rodriguez Mel FellerLinks https://www.instagram.com/mel.feller https://ourmrmel.tumblr.com/ https://www.pinterest.com/cfs360/ https://twitter.com/melfeller https://wordpress.com/page/melfellerinternetbusinessinnovations.wordpress.com