You know that you’re going to make it big someday. You repeat this belief to your spouse, your parents, and your kids. But, there’s always something getting in your way. Why hasn’t it happened yet?

You think:

„If only I buy this product, my life is totally going to change.“

„If only I get ahold of this tool, it will all come together.“

„If only I could get rid of this problem in my life, I could have made it big already!“

„If only I had more money, I could really succeed in earning a good income.“

„If only I had more time, I could make more money.“

These are thoughts you repeat to yourself to mask what’s really going on. Do you, deep down, think things are going to change on their own? Can you really see yourself becoming one of the ones who make it big with your dream?

If you’ve been at this for a while and you’re still dreaming instead of doing, or if you’re doing and not getting anywhere, then you might have a scarcity mindset and it’s holding you back.

I like to use the visual of „treading water“ because that’s really what it’s like. Your feet are kicking away like crazy and you’re dead-tired from all the work and effort you’re putting in. But you’re not getting anywhere because you’re too scared and the current is working against you. The observers standing on shore can tell you’re not getting anywhere.

You mean well and you work hard, so why isn’t it coming together? You know you’d much rather be swimming through life with ease but something is holding you back.

That something is you… and believe me, I’ve been where you are.

You have a scarcity mindset that tells you that you can’t achieve your dreams– that you may not even deserve to achieve your dreams. This mindset mocks you and torments you but it does it in a silent way so you don’t even realize it’s invaded your brain.

It’s time to stare the scarcity monster in the face and take control. It’s time to develop a mindset of abundance so you can change your life in incredible and measurable ways.

The Backwards Power of a Scarcity Mindset

How is it that these subconscious thoughts can have so much control over your life? To understand that, it’s helpful to understand how I’m defining “scarcity mindset.”

A scarcity mindset boils down to the belief that wealth, achievement, and happiness are meant for other people. This mindset may be so encoded in your mind that it’s never even occurred to you that it’s there. You might have an ingrained belief that money is bad, that striving to earn more is bad, and that you’re bad if you don’t stick to what’s expected of you.

You may believe, deep down, that money is the root of all evil (the more accurate saying is that the love of money is the root of all evil, but many people believe the first version). You may believe that it’s impossible, immoral even, to earn money if it didn’t come from the result of blood, sweat, and tears.

In your heart, you may believe that your life is going to change in so many scary and unpredictable ways if you do achieve your goals that it’s definitely safer to stay in the situation you’re in right now, even if that means living a life of financial hardship and self-perceived failure.

There’s a social aspect to this as well. People love to complain about how hard life is and they take pleasure in finding similar misery in others. People at work love to gather around the water cooler and talk about how hard everything is and how much their job stinks. It’s expected in our society that we go to work, attempt to climb some arbitrary ladder of success, and hate every minute of it. It’s expected that a certain number of people will earn a ton of money but the rest of us will fight for the leftovers. That’s just how it is, and who are you to rock the boat?

You’re you, that’s who.

You’ve felt a calling to do something different and more. This calling might make you feel guilty, particularly if no one in your life really understands. Work for yourself? Strive to earn more? The concept seems completely nuts to a lot of people. Their perception can make you feel completely nuts.

But then, you start to meet people who are making it big. Or, you see their stories in the news. These people are earning a ton of money and they make it seem so easy. You know there are scams out there, but the people you’ve met seem to be completely legit. People spend an incredible amount of money, you reason, so there has to be someone at the other end of that.

You start digging into the various business models and see stars and dollar signs in your eyes. It’s a complete rush– the endorphins are going and you’re energized, happy, and sure your life is about to change in a major way.

You buy a ton of stuff, tell everyone you know about it, and try to get it to work. But it doesn’t work. The money doesn’t start rolling in, after all. You spend all this time in panic and desperation, you’ve spent all this time trying these different methods, you’ve spent bucket loads of money, but it’s not working.

And again, I can empathize with you. I’ve been there, done that, and survived to talk about it.

You know it’s possible to achieve your dreams. You know there are dozens of viable profit models within and you’ve tried so many of them. But you’re still stuck at your old job or with no job at all, except now you have credit card bills on top of it all. You’ve wasted time and you just feel completely crushed. You were dreaming and hoping so big and look at you now.

What if I told you this is one of the most common stories among those who are ready for more? What if I also told you that I have the cure?

It doesn’t come in the form of a pill or a bottle or a push-button course that’s going to „put piles of money into your bank account.“ Everything you need is what you’re reading right in front of you. If you’re feeling lost and frustrated and terrified that you’ll never reach your goals, never earn enough money, and never feel good about your business or life again, stay tuned. The answers are here and I know these revelations are going to be very life changing for a lot of people…

… including, hopefully, you.

How to Develop an Abundance Mindset

Now that you recognize the possibility that you have a scarcity mindset, it’s time to figure out how to change things. I don’t write about having a scarcity mindset to make people feel bad or to feel like there’s no hope. There absolutely is hope that you can ditch that mindset and attract abundance in your life. This is true even if you think certain patterns in your childhood brought you to this point or you feel like you’re totally stuck.

Have you heard of „The Secret,“ a very popular book from several years ago? Don’t worry; I’m not going to get into too much of some of the more controversial airy-fairy content from that book and movie. But I am going to talk about the Law of Attraction.

Whether you believe in its more mystical qualities or not, it’s indisputable that, on average, people who are positive, seek positive opportunities, and have a mindset of success tend to find success. Those who are negative, turn down new opportunities, and have a mindset of scarcity do not tend to find success.

You can find a lot of material about The Law of Attraction if you’re curious about that more mystical side, but I’m going to distill it down to the above, for the purposes of this content. Think positively and actively seek positivity in your life, and you will find it. If you actively look for problems and why things can’t or won’t work, you’ll attract negativity in your life.

It’s sort of like when I was driving down the highway, and my wife said to me that most of the cars we were encountering were white. I hadn’t noticed that, but as soon as she said it, my senses were tuned into car colors, and sure enough, there were more white cars than silver or red or blue or black.

I’m not saying that the fact that I was noticing this made them suddenly turn white, but what I’m saying is that expecting positive things to happen to you in your life can easily tune you into opportunities that you’d otherwise miss.

If you think things won’t work, they won’t. If you come up with all the reasons why you won’t succeed, you won’t. If you think your customers won’t buy, they won’t, or at least they won’t in the numbers that you want.

Unfortunately, even if you become aware of these patterns and thoughts, your subconscious mind can sneak into the background and will make you revert back to old patterns. This is true even if you’ve made a decision to develop a new habit or make changes to reach a goal.

You’ll self-sabotage so you don’t reach your goals because your subconscious feels its job is to make you stick to what’s „true“ about you. If you don’t believe you deserve to have money, your subconscious will sabotage you. That’s why it’s time to change your internal beliefs and mindset. You need to have an abundance mindset so your subconscious will not sabotage you, rather it will aid you in ways you won’t even realize.

Think of This in a Whole New Way

We were born to be creative, smart thinkers. We are designed to use our minds to make our lives and the lives of others better. If you go through life with a scarcity mindset, you won’t just be holding yourself back; you’ll be preventing others from benefiting from the great things you’re going to do with your life.

When you think of it like that, it almost seems selfish to stick to your old patterns and have a scarcity mindset. There are wonderful things waiting for you, you just have to tap into them. Your outcomes and success can be anything you want them to be. Commit yourself to changing your life and the lives of others and you just might be more motivated to follow through.

Consider how you feel about yourself. Do you feel you’re worthy of finding success? You have to think of yourself in a positive way. You’re a good person who is going to do wonderful things. If you believe you’re bad or unworthy, you’re not going to get very far.

The classic and beloved Winnie The Pooh stories feature an Eyeore character that is always gloomy. He’s negative and expects that bad things will happen to him. So, bad things happen to him. He doesn’t live in a nice house like his friends, though they are always trying to help him build one.

Don’t be an Eyeore. Life really isn’t that serious or bad. The money is out there, you deserve it, you can help a lot of people, and you live in a fantastic time where you can create your success, and quickly. There is literally nothing standing in your way.

By the way, having an abundance mindset doesn’t mean everything will run smoothly all the time. You will make mistakes and bad things will happen in life and in business. But when you have an abundance mindset, you’ll be able to bounce back very quickly. Nothing will hold you down for very long. You’ll know that as long as you’re alive, you’re going to live life on your own terms and you are going to succeed.

Your Abundance Mindset Will Determine Your Outcomes

What do you believe success means? It’s important to define this for yourself so you can work toward that. You might find that your concept of „success“ changes when your mindset changes. In order to achieve your goals, they have to be measurable and realistic. But what you believe is realistic and achievable right now might be different after you’ve read this content and applied its concepts.

You have to believe that you are an intelligent, kind, creative, and quick-thinking individual. That will come across in everything you do in your business and in your life. If you think badly of yourself, you’re going to hold yourself back. You won’t take the bull by the horns and do what it takes, because you won’t believe you have what it takes.

It doesn’t matter what you’re going through right now, or how much money you do or don’t have right now. You can change. It doesn’t matter how old or young you are, you’ll see the positive changes you want to see in your life if you develop an abundance mindset.

If you think abundantly, you’ll find abundance. If you believe you can do amazing things, you will do amazing things. If you believe that you can live life on your own terms, find success, and help people along the way, you will.

The Power of Opportunity

Think back to the past year or so. Did you take every great opportunity that came your way? Or, were you too scared or worried or totally ignored the opportunity? Reflect on this and really be honest with yourself as you consider whether you’ve truly taken every opportunity that was presented to you.

Successful people with a mindset of abundance are always on the lookout for new opportunities. They want to try new things (that are in line with their goals), work with new people, and take risks others aren’t willing to take.

If you want to be more successful, and develop a mindset of abundance, it’s time to seize the opportunities that present themselves to you. Take some risks– it’s scary, but it’s how success stories are made.

Right now, the opportunities might not be very clear. It might feel like every door is closed to you. Reflect on why this is and start to brainstorm where these opportunities might be lurking. They will quickly come out of the shadows so you can seize them to work in your life.

One story I love to tell is about when I owned a retail store. We sold collectibles, and mostly to boys and their fathers. At one point I sensed an opportunity to get into a new line of merchandise, whose main customer base was girls and mothers. I’m talking about Beanie Babies (back in the 1990’s).

So when I proposed this new product line to my wife, she was against the idea, but I convinced her that the initial inventory cost would be modest, and we should just try it for a while.

Long story short, that decision totally changed my life. Because of that, I got into an entirely different line of merchandise that I could sell not only in my store, but on the Internet. I first sold on eBay, and then set up my own web site, and things just exploded from there.

I saw possibilities rather than problems, and that path has led me to where I am today.

Creating a New View of Yourself and Living a Life of Abundance

You want to develop a mindset of abundance, so you have to change the way you view yourself. Let’s do an exercise that can help you see an instant new view. Create a list of 10 things you believe to be true about yourself as a person and a businessperson.

Now, create a list of 10 things you think others believe to be true about you.

Then, ask close friends and family members to list the top 10 things they think of when they think of you.

This is an interesting exercise. The three lists might be fairly closely aligned, or you might find some major surprises in your answers and in the answers of others. Either way, the way you feel and present yourself to the world will be made clear. That can be eye opening in a way that can help you get unstuck and come closer to the person you want to be with the mindset you want to have.

Awareness is the first step. Then, it’s changing your views and patterns. You can become conscious of some of your more negative thoughts so you can take steps to change them. Studies show that it takes around 21 to 30 days to create a new habit. I recommend working on just one thing at a time.

For instance, do you tend to complain that you don’t have enough time to work on your business? That’s a scarcity mindset. You have 15 minutes, 20 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour a day. You can get a lot done in that time. Every little bit helps, and someone with an abundance mindset would see that right away and would chip away at their larger projects until the success started rolling in more quickly than they expected. Focus on changing your view and habit that you don’t have enough time.

Or, maybe you’re not willing to invest anything into your business. You hate the idea of spending any money at all, even if you know you’re likely to turn that money into huge profits, very soon. You think something will happen, or that the money will disappear, or something else terrible will happen. Turn that pessimism into optimism. You don’t have to spend money you don’t have, but giving up a few bucks for a method or tool or advertising strategy that can give you major returns is just smart business. If this is an issue for you, focus on changing this habit and this mindset issue this month.

As you can see, habits help form our beliefs about ourselves. We have well worn patterns in our lives. We do the same things and think the same things and always will, even if we set lofty goals, until we break down the habits, thoughts, and beliefs that are causing the problems and take steps to change them to form a life and business of abundance.

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Many people think it’s impossible to get past that hard part and get motivated, especially if you’ve been in a particularly difficult slump for a long time. Maybe you’re drained of energy, not sure which direction you should take your business in, and just generally feeling out of sorts and not on top of things.

The good news is that it’s easier than you think to get motivated and feel refreshed in your business. You can completely revamp your mindset. It can happen today, in fact. And once you do this one simple thing, everything will suddenly become so much clearer. Your path to more money and greater business success will suddenly seem so much smoother.

It doesn’t matter who you are and how much experience you have in business; this is going to help you in major ways. Revisit this section every once in a while and you’ll be able to count yourself among those who know the true secrets to success.

Here’s the Answer—Goals and Whys

The answer? It’s knowing WHY you’re in business in the first place and setting solid, specific goals that will help you get to where you want and need to be. It might sound simple and obvious– maybe you’re even rolling your eyes right now because of course you need to know what you’re doing and why you’re doing it. Of course you need to have goals… silly, right?

Do yourself a favor– don’t dismiss what I’m telling you outright. Instead, be honest with yourself. Have you really figured out your honest and true Reason Why that you’re in business? Do you have solid and extremely specific long and short-term goals that you revisit on a very regular basis?

Don’t worry if you don’t. You’re definitely not the only one. It’s easy to think you have all your ducks in a row until you really start taking a deep look into your business. Now’s the time to start. And the beautiful thing is that it will help you gain instant focus. It will help you do better and be better. Having a reason why and setting specific goals in your business can motivate you to more and better action, starting right away.

Doing this today can completely transform your business and help you earn more than ever before, and that’s the honest truth. Whether you’re completely stuck in your business and you don’t know what to do or you’re just looking to grow, expand, and achieve even bigger dreams, this is the way to do it.

How to Figure Out Your Reason Why

You might think that your reason why you’re in business is to earn money. That seems pretty logical, right? Sure, you want to earn more money, but that’s often not enough. That’s not a big enough motivator- not by a long shot.

There’s something else that can drive you to success beyond your wildest dreams as soon as you’re able to identify what that is. There’s something else that’s your life’s purpose. For me, it’s helping to change the lives of others. It means a lot to me to help others find success. It gets me up in the morning. It keeps me active and motivated. Yes, money’s important to me, but this is so, so much more important.

My reason why at the start of this century was to get out of the crushing load of debt I was under, to eliminate a very specific amount of financial worry, and to improve my health and happiness for myself and for my family. It took a while but I accomplished those goals, and that why went away, replaced with something else.

What’s your reason why? What’s going to motivate you and drive you to work hard even when you don’t really feel like it at all? Figure out what that is for you. Brainstorm and take notes until you can pinpoint what’s truly important to you– usually above and beyond money. Why are you in business? What’s going to be your legacy?

Finding Your Goals

Once you know the reason why you’re working so hard and want to be so successful, you can start to investigate your goals. Again, this can’t just be something vague like „earn more money.“ Consider your reason why. Knowing that alone should be very highly motivating for you.

Now, think about how you’re going to fulfill or achieve that reason why. What are your goals for life and business? What are your goals for your wealth, health, happiness, freedom and lifestyle?

Don’t be vague. It’s time to get really specific. What are your specific short-term financial goals? Write them down—the exact numbers and deadlines. What are your exact long-term financial goals? Write them down—exact numbers and figures.

Brainstorm your goals at first and then narrow things down from there. You might surprise yourself with what you come up with. You’ll likely find clarity you’ve never found before and that will be very exciting for you. It reinvigorates you and gives you purpose.

Your Goals and Reason Why Work Hand In Hand

Your goals and reason why work together. When you know what you’re doing and why and where you want to go, you can achieve amazing things. You finally know what you’re aiming for instead of fighting your way through, aiming in the dark. That’s what this is all about—finding clarity, purpose, and direction in your business.

Writing It Down Helps

It’s one thing to have these very specific facts and goals figured out in your mind. It’s another thing to write them down. There’s something about connecting the pen to paper that gives goals life. It’s almost like magic—your brain can start moving you toward the actions you need to take to achieve your goals… simply because they’re now solid and real.

They aren’t swimming around in your mind, unclear and uncertain. They’re on paper, they’re in front of you, and they’re what you’re determined and excited to achieve, no matter what.

Revisit This Often

I recommend you write your very specific long and short term goals down right now. This is an exercise you’ll want to do on a regular basis. In fact, you might want to revisit your goals every day. Many successful people review their goals in the morning and/or before they go to bed at night.

They’re adding new goals and either adjusting or achieving the old goals. What seemed like a huge, impossible goal just a short time ago becomes so much more achievable and they move their goals up, up, up.

It’s like a GPS device, in that you keep on track and don’t wander down rabbit holes or take a wrong turn halfway to your destination.

Don’t just set your goals and get excited for today… allow yourself to get excited for a lifetime because your business can be whatever you want it to be. Set very specific goals and revisit your reason why you’re running your own business and working so hard on a very regular basis.

Your Mindset, Goals, and Reason Why Will Absolutely Help You

This isn’t just one of those exercises that’s just there to prevent you from getting to the good stuff. This is the good stuff. Work on your mindset and you’ll suddenly start to see the success you’ve always dreamed you’d see.

Solidify your goals and grab hold of your Reason Why and there’s nothing you can’t achieve if you set your mind to it. Doing this will motivate you and excite you. You’ll start to see solutions to problems and new angles that will help you achieve so much more. This is exciting—do this today. Figure it out, write it down, and get motivated.

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Productivity is a huge stumbling block for many people. It seems so simple on paper—work hard every day, get a lot done, and succeed in business.

More often than not, it just doesn’t happen that way. You wake up, start working with great intentions (“I’m REALLY going to get a lot done today!”), get distracted, get discouraged, and ‘punch out’ at the end of the day with very little to show for it.

Rinse and repeat the next day.

It’s not only discouraging; it’s costing you a huge amount of money. Every day that you work at less than optimal levels is a day you’re tossing money out the window.

Don’t feel bad, it’s really hard to work optimally, though. And you’re certainly not alone. Productivity is a huge struggle. It’s especially true in today’s times.

It’s hard to really turn the work off because there’s always one more email you can check, there’s always the thought that you should probably crack your laptop open and do just a little more work. There’s always that notification that a colleague or partner has sent you a text message or a post on Facebook.

The fact that you can never really get away from it all also means you’re probably constantly feeling guilty. That creates a never-ending cycle—you feel like you should be working all the time, so the time you do spend working never feels like it’s enough. That’s depressing and it gets you down. Or you feel like you’ll be able to do it later anyway, so what’s the point?

We haven’t even touched yet on the fact that your to-do list is a mile long. There are so many different things you’re supposed to do for your business but don’t have time to do. There are those projects that seem to drag on forever and prevent you from really getting anything else done.

There are the distractions from Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. There’s always something else to pay attention to and that bleeds into your work time. Emails are waiting to be answered and they never stop coming.

Basically, you feel like every workday is a challenge in staying afloat with survival mode activated. Can you make it through? Can you do just enough to make it work?

It’s hard not to be jealous of those people who seem to have it all together. There are some business owners who wake up with a clear idea of what they’re doing every day and they easily get it done.

While you’re stuck working on project #1, they’re finished (and already profiting from) project #10.

What’s the deal? We all get the same 24 hours in a day, so why are some people able to get so much more done than the average person? That’s something we’re going to work on today.

The fact is, no matter how much you feel like your productivity is suffering right now, there are things you can do to fix things. You can get as much done in 24 hours as those super-productive people you admire.

The first thing you should know is that those super-productive people aren’t better, smarter, or more talented than you. They have a productive mindset, a clear idea of their Reason Why, goals, and the steps it will take to achieve their goals. Clarity is a key word here—they know what they’re doing, how they’re doing it, and why they’re doing it.

They don’t allow the distractions to take over their life. They probably don’t work all the time, either—they just maximize the time they do spend working.

That’s something you want and that’s something you can achieve, starting today.

What’s Your Current Work Style?

First, take stock of where you are with this right now. What’s your current work style? Are you fairly productive and you’re just looking to improve? Or, does it seem like it’s been forever since you’ve actually completed a project?

Do you tend to get distracted while you work? Are your distractions mostly internal (racing thoughts) or external (dings and notifications from your cell phone and social media)?

Do you have a clear idea of what you’re supposed to be doing and working on every day?

Are you organized and well planned? Do you know why you’re doing the work in the first place?

These are all important questions to answer for yourself. Figure out where your biggest stumbling blocks are in a really honest way and you’ll know what you should focus on to become much more productive.

Developing A Productive Mindset

One thing that sets very productive people apart is that they have a mindset of productivity. It’s their armor against the distractions of the world. They know exactly what they’re doing. They have a solid set of plans and goals and it’s inevitable to them that they’ll achieve those goals.

Do you feel like you’re in control of your own productivity right now? If you don’t, then it’s time to reclaim your power. You’re in control. There’s nothing standing in your way.

The great thing is that you’ll naturally start to develop a better, more productive mindset as you start to apply the things we’re talking about today. That’s because the more productive you are, the more productive you’ll become.

Success is catching—start getting more done and it becomes easier to get even more done.

Mindset is a huge part of this process. Work hard to develop a mindset of success and a mindset of achievement.

Finding Your Reason Why

Here’s a question you really need to answer right up front…

Why are you in business in the first place? I don’t mean the superficial answers people often give like, “I want to earn more money,” or “I want freedom from my job.”

Those answers are fine; I’m not saying that. But I am saying that there’s something deeper that drives you.

There’s something about your life that you want to change or improve. It might be achieving some sort of better, specific future for your family, your children, etc.

It might be a cause you’re passionate about—the reason you feel you’re on this earth in the first place.

There’s no right answer to what your Reason Why is, by the way. It just might take some digging before you come to the answer that’s already in your heart and then you’ll say, “BINGO!”

It’s a lot easier to be more productive when you have a solid Reason Why guiding you. It gives you direction, meaning, and power—all of which can help you become more productive.

Setting Your Goals

Along those same lines, it’s very important to set your goals. What do you want in the short term? What do you want in the long term?

You might have goals for your life and for your business. The things you do each day are moving you toward the goals, and the achievement of those goals will move you positively in the direction of your Reason Why.

The trouble is that many people are unclear on their goals. They want ‘more money’ or something unspecific like that.

It’s time to get specific. How much more money do you want to earn in your business and by when? And again… why?

Give yourself real numbers and real deadlines to achieve.

Write these goals down—that’s another secret of what more productive people do every day.

Breaking It Down

It’s also helpful to break your tasks down. What do you complete in a day? What should you be completing in a day?

Of the things you work on the most, what brings in the most money? What’s worth your time and what’s not worth your time?

Break down your most important and common tasks and try to streamline them. Are there tools that can help you work more quickly? Can you create systems to work more quickly? If so, get them and create them.

The 80/20 Principle

This is one of my favorite secrets of productivity. The 80/20 principle is life changing in the right hands. It can be applied universally. Let’s look at how it affects your business.

As you break things down in your business, you’ll likely find that just 20% of your efforts are leading to 80% of your results.

Put another way, 20% of the things you work on each day in your business are the most profitable and important things, so you should be focusing on those first and foremost.

The other 80% of your tasks and efforts are either much less important and much less profitable or totally unprofitable and completely unimportant.

We’ve talked already about the fact that there’s so much on your plate. It’s no wonder you feel so drained and can’t get anywhere near as much done as you need and want to.

Well, one of the secrets of highly productive people is that they aren’t necessarily working harder and doing more. It’s that they are extremely choosy as to what they work on.

They put their focus on their most important, highest producing tasks.

Start to apply the 80/20 principle for your business. What’s worth working on and what isn’t?

Put your efforts on your more important tasks and you should start to see some results. There will be less on your plate and you’ll be getting more important and profitable things done.

Now, I’m not saying that the less important 80% of the things on your to-do list don’t need to get done, but… I’m saying they shouldn’t be the first things you do every day, and I’m saying that maybe you can delegate them to someone else whose time is perhaps less valuable than yours.

Organizing and Prioritizing

As you start to sift through your most common tasks, start to organize yourself.

What should you work on and when?

Write a business plan for yourself.

Revisit those short and long term goals and focus on an organized plan you’ll follow through with to achieve those goals.

Prioritize activities that earn you money and produce for your business.

Planning Every Day

Highly productive people don’t wake up and start working in a fog of confusion. They know what they’re going to work on every day. Not only that, but they know why and how they’re going to work on those tasks.

Plan your days out ahead of time. It’s so important to make every day count.

Have a to-do list that makes sense and that you can complete in a day.

No matter what, complete your most important and profitable tasks every day, and do them at a time when you have the most energy and enthusiasm.

Your list might have just a few things on it, but you’ll be making incremental progress that adds up to huge things over time.

Focus, simplify, and plan ahead.

Eliminating Distractions

Make sure you eliminate all the distractions you can. The human attention span can only handle so much—especially these days.

Turn your phone off when you’re working on big projects. People can wait, I promise.

Turn social media and email notifications off also. Those things can wait, too.

Get your most important task done first thing in the morning. That way, you’ll have made progress no matter what else happens that day, and at the end of the day, when you ask yourself about what you’ve accomplished, you’ll have an answer that makes you happy and proud.

If you work from home, make sure you have set work hours and that everyone in the household knows not to disturb you during those hours.

Make your work environment conducive to real productivity.

Following Through

Follow through with important projects. Don’t start and stop new projects along the way.

One difference between highly productive, successful people and those who aren’t is that productive people follow through. They complete projects.

It sounds so simple, but it’s so common (especially in online marketing) for people to start and stop projects without finishing a thing. It’s time to stop that sort of activity.

Finish your most profitable activities and projects. Only then should you move on to the next thing.

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