The Agency Accelerator

How To Stop Juggling So Many Tasks And Become Laser-Focused

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Episode notes

We can all be ‘busy fools’ by not planning effectively and instead reacting to whatever is presented to us or ‘he who shouts loudest’! So today I am going to help you juggle fewer balls and become laser-focused.

Time Stamp

[01:38] How to break your year plan into daily calendar entries

[02:45] When planning your day put times by each task rather than just work through your list from A-Z

[03:37] Prioritise your day by doing the hardest things first (not last!)

[04:30] Plan your day in 30-minute chunks and don't underestimate how long tasks will take!

[05:19] Overestimate how long tasks will take (to cope with the unknowns that will invariably happen)

[06:20] Block out time in your diary that is uninterruptible

[08:30] Physically cross out tasks as you complete them

[08:55] Your daily goal should be to cross off all tasks

[09:40] Aim to start and end your day in the same way every day - your morning and evening rituals

[10:50] Set your big goals for the week (by looking at your monthly plan)

Quotations

“When planning your day, always strive to do the hardest things first” - name

Your daily goal should be to cross off all tasks rather than carry any over.” - name

“We overestimate what we can do in the short term and underestimate what we can do in the long term” - Bill Gates

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