Monday, January 24, 2011

How To Be Productive

Are you staying productive or do you feel like you’re drifting through each day? How do the people who accomplish so much stay productive while others seem to do nothing at all? Sometimes we become overwhelmed with the daily tasks of life or we have to set our writing goals aside because we have to make a living. Be sure you are setting aside time to write and the best way to do this is to stay productive. Below are a few tips to help you be productive:

1 – Change Your Mindset. It can be overwhelming to think of all the things you need to do for the day. Productive people break their tasks up into smaller steps so they are not so overwhelmed.

2 – Write down a list of projects or tasks that need to be accomplished. Put a date next to it so you can organize your time

3 – Organize the list in order of due dates. Categorize each task and put them together by category.

4 - Write down 2 to 3 sub-task for each project on your list. This will show you the amount of work that is required to complete each item. Put a due date next to each sub-task.

5 - Your new way of thinking will be to complete one sub-task at a time. When the sub-task is complete, move on to the next. When all sub-tasks are complete then move on to the next project. When a project is complete then move on to the next project.

Read full article: How to Be More Productive in Life | eHow.com

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