What percent are you in?

admin — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 13:34:06 +0000

It’s that time of year again. New Years Resolution time. Most people treat it like a do over. I didn’t do it last year, but I can do it this year. Sadly the cycle tends to repeat itself. The statistics are pretty depressing.
According to the Opinion Corporation of Princeton NJ:

* 62% of people make New Years resolutions
* 8% are always successful
* 19% of people achieve resolutions every other year
* 49% have infrequent success
* 24% NEVER succeed

So what is 2011 going to look like for you this year?

If you want to improve your chances of success, here are 10 tips to improve your chances.

Write down your goals for the year
Create goals that are short term and long term. Group goals into 1 week, 1 month, 1 year (or whatever makes sense for you)
Put your list of goals somewhere that you can see them every day
If you are trying to lose weight, take a before picture of yourself and post it somewhere that you can see it daily
Do something on your goals list first thing every morning
Exercise at least 20 minutes 3 times a week
Read at least one of the following – The Four Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss or Getting Things Done by David Allen
Use a service like http://www.habitforge.com to input your goals (it’s a free service that sends you reminders for 3 weeks and forces you to respond to each email reminder. It definitely forces you to think about your goals.)
If you have a smart phone, find a reminder tool that tracks your todo list both on your phone and on the web. I personally prefer Remember The Milk (often referred to as RTM) - http://www.rememberthemilk.com
Identify those things that you have been putting off, that you could delegate to someone else. It could be your kids, a student, someone on http://www.fiverr.com , a full time VA or a service such as http://www.fancyhands.com.

Happy New Year!

Rob

Productivity

admin — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 20:10:16 +0000

If you are planning on building any sort of information products or simply outlining your business, one of the must have tools is Mind Meister. It’s a mind mapping tool of which there are many. I have tried several others and they just weren’t as clean in how Mind Meister worked. I also happen to have a couple specific needs that Mind Meister works especially well with. The fact that is a hosted app gives you extra flexibility in sharing and access. I started using the free version about a year and a half ago and I had been putting off upgrading even though I maxed out the number of maps I could have. It’s only about $5/month but I’ve been trying to clean up some of the many things on my plate. Don’t want to end up with “Bright Shiny Object Syndrome”.

I actually ended up getting a year subscription the other day through a surprising source. There is a new site called App Sumo which is offering bundles of productively software. The combined bundle of 6 packages was actually less than Mind Meister itself so I couldn’t resist. Much to my surprise the app that I am using religiously out of the bundle is “Remember the Milk” This todo list software does everything but hunt you down and stuff your todo list in your face. It emails me reminders, it syncs between my computer and my Iphone. As someone who is used to a myriad of paper scraps all over my desk, this is a much better approach. I don’t know that I need all the apps in the bundle, but that’s sort of the purpose. Find the ones that work for you, and hopefully you will renew at the end of the trial period.

If I do nothing else than use the two apps I like I’ve gotten my money’s worth. Take a look at the bundle and see if these will help your business. I’m pretty sure I get credit towards something (not sure what) if you click the following link (in case you were curious and to make the FTC happy). If you have thought of buying any of these applications, I think you will see that this bundle is a good deal. Check it out - http://appsumo.com/?r=830

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What percent are you in?

Productivity