Some Tips To Boost Your Work From Home Productivity
How is your Internet home business productivity ? The Internet is one of the easiest places to get distracted. You may log on with good intentions, but if you do not have a clear idea about what you want to achieve while you are online you may easily find yourself getting distracted by the latest buzz and see your Internet productivity take a dive.
For example, you may want to check your e-mail as soon as you log on, but if you click on one enticing link in one e-mail you can easily be lead away from your objectives and spend the rest of the session reading and clicking, without getting any of your tasks done.
Yet, just as much as the Internet can be a source of distraction, if used properly it can also be a great productivity booster. For example, whereas in the old days of snail mail, if you wanted to contact 100 people you had to stuff 100 envelopes or make 100 phone calls, now, one message can quickly be sent to 100 people via e-mail.
But to help you boost your productivity when on the Internet, it is important that you prioritise and plan before logging on, and that you make use of certain productivity enhancers when doing your work online.
Here is a routine you can go through before you log on to help you to increase your Internet productivity:
1. At the very least you should draw up a list of things you want to accomplish during your session on the Internet. Don’t make it too long, and prioritise the tasks. A short, prioritized list is better than a long rambling list that includes every little task you can think of.
2. Set yourself a schedule for each task, and allow yourself a few breaks as well if you have time. By setting a time schedule you will be able to monitor your progress and keep yourself on task more easily.
3. Write down a quick list of all the things that you will NOT do until your task are completed. This might include things like not checking your e-mail, social networking sites and news sites until after you have completed your jobs.
4. Now, take your top priority and make yourself a promise such as:
“I will get …. done by …am/pm today. To do that I will NOT …. and I will/won’t …. until the job is done.”
Write this down and post it by your computer where you can see it.
In addition to these four basic techniques, which are designed to help you focus on the tasks immediately in front of you, it is important that you remind yourself about the “big why” that causes you to do the tasks in the first place. If you can place your immediate tasks in the context of your “big why”, the big reason why you are doing all this in the first place, it will serve to motivate you to get your tasks done.
For example, you may want to write a chapter of an e-book that you are planning to publish on your website. But why are you planning to publish an e-book on your website? Isn’t it because you want to develop a range of unique products to offer your visitors? And why do you want to do that? Isn’t it because you want to build a successful Internet business so that you can give up your job and work at home full time? And why do you want to do that? Isn’t it because… Well, you get the idea by now!
The point is that if each task that you do can seen as a stepping stone towards your ultimate goal, then you will be much more focused on getting the job in hand done and dusted.
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September 26, 2009
Tags: business productivity, internet home business, internet productivity Posted in: business resources
6 Responses
Hi John
Some great tips here for remaining focused on what you need to accomplish as the internet has a way of enticing you away from what you need to do. Your advice will certainly help me to achieve more and not be so easily distracted.
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