Slow down to hurry up and prosper.
You may wonder how some people have all the time in the world to do all the things in the world and still be exceptionally good at everything they do.
Part of the answer lies in slowing things down so you’re not mindlessly rushing through unproductive ‘tasks’. What feels slow may actually result in having faster and larger rewards
How do high-performance individuals increase productivity?
Slow Down And Take A Break
According to research, the longest you should work on a task without taking a break is 50 minutes to an hour.
A work break is not to be used for checking email, social media, or texting. It’s for the brain to reset. Really daydreaming brings benefits.
Instead, getting up from your seat and taking a short walk before resuming concentration on the task boosts productivity.
Why? Because you will actually achieve more (faster) overall by taking that break rather than pushing and slogging through.
In the long run, regular holidays and weekends completely away from work not only prevent burnouts, but increase creativity which actually brings about more prosperity.
What’s Unnecessary
Real work is producing quality output. You can work hard all day and have nothing to show for it if you spend your time on things that do not contribute to your professional progress.
Decide if a task is worth your time by the quality of its output to your main goals. If it’s not essential, just say, ‘no.’
If that doesn’t work then use this idea that I gave a client. Do, Delete or Defer, as that will give you a better head start.
Decide On Your Major Action Steps
If there were only 5 major moves to make your most ambitious dream a reality, what would they be?
Highly successful people can tell you what they’re working on and why that order, in exacting detail.
Their calendars reflect their priorities – they can show you the blocks of time allocated to their major goals. That calendar has time built in for slowing down. Steve Jobs was known for walking meetings but what few talked about was that he was known for walking to slow down so that he could find the faster path to the results, which always yielded something beneficial. Most who’ve been at it a bit and had a good mentor even allocate time for social activities, rest, and workouts. ‘Failing to plan, even time off, is planning to fail’ rings true for them.
It was my dad who taught me to go home at lunch, take a nap if you need, and just hang out because that’s where the most amazing prosperity is found.
Key Skills
To become more productive, you have to improve your competency. You need to get insanely good at building key skills.
Repetition does not build key skills. You can’t do the same thing over and over and expect the same result (some describe that as insanity).
Determine a skill you want to master and set specific goals for that skill that will stretch you.
Energy
As humans what seems fast is a blip to the universe. Just sit on the edge of the Grand Canyon and you’ll get a sense of this. It takes years for what nature is showing us today. Your energy actually quickens when you slow your mind, body fluids, heart rate and breath. Quantum energy is always flowing and usually fast in our world brings chaos that breaks things. Your energy that is calm will actually yield faster results, both good and less good. Prosperity works better when you slow things down…so long as you take action fast when you get the intuitive hit.
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