The secret to hard and smart work is to be in a position where you are passionate about what you are doing. Passion makes work fun. You can achieve a lot and get more done in a day when you are passionate and enjoy dong what you do. This passion also impacts discipline. You are driven to apply a continuous cycle of analysis, goal setting, organization, planning, execution, measurement and optimization when you are moved by passion. The new way to get things done is to be passionate.
- To defeat procrastination learn to tackle your most unpleasant task first thing in the morning instead of delaying it until later in the day.
- Do self evaluation of your task in frequent intervals
- Make sure you know how you want your day to go in advance, even before you start.
- Take each day as a new opportunity of doing something great!
- Maintain a steady diet of positive influences–people, ideas, and your own thoughts
- Know your peak cycles of productivity, and schedule your most important tasks for those times.
- Figure out what needs to be done first and then decide what can be done next.
- Increase the pace at which you work and achieve and maintain that momentum until you get things done
- Don’t reinvent. Look for available sources
- Reward yourself when you achieve your task as scheduled.
- Prioritize and do the most important tasks first especially when you begin work
- Identify when you are most productive and work on the most crucial tasks at those times
