The Savvy Entrepreneur

When I asked What’s your productivity tip? on LinkedIn, I received an answer from Christopher Morrissette which intrigued me: Just Do It. Do the thing you don’t want to do and you will be doing it. Then it’s over. You can trick yourself… but in the end you will only be successful by doing the [...]

Today’s article will let you into the life of Sandra Martini. She quickly realized that working at home presented productivity challenges — challenges she didn’t experience in a corporate setting. Sandra took decisive action to beat procrastination and took back control of her schedule. Read how Sandra threw away the books on time management to [...]

As a coach, you knew I was going to bring this one up sooner or later! You guessed it, today’s anti-procrastination tip is all about accountability. The one thing I found to be the most effective Anti-Procrastination Weapon is ACCOUNTABILITY! Having a coach or accountability partner has been the master key for me and people [...]

It’s Monday. What’s your procrastination plan of attack for the week? Does it include doing the boring, unfun and icky tasks first? Today’s contributors think you should. I heard the term “Kiss the ugly frog first” from my brother, Lee Matson. Lee passed away in 2001 after complications from heart surgery. I heard him use [...]

Thanks to Chris over at Lifestyle Project for reminding me of this video from Lev Yilmaz. I don’t think I’m not the only one with days like these. Hope it brightens your day!

It’s Friday! Did you get everything you wanted to accomplish done this week? If so, how will you reward yourself? How will you celebrate your wins (as opposed to beating yourself up for things you didn’t get done)? Here are two “rewards experts” to tell us how they do it. … rewards, rewards and rewards… [...]

Today’s contributors share with us the procrastination-beating benefits of the almighty list. One simple rule for me: If it’s not a constrained task and it takes just a short time to complete it now, reduce your own stress level by completing it now in the white space you have between other big things. The fine [...]

Today’s post is an article contributed by Alex Fayle, founder of Someday Syndrome. Alex hates the word someday and that’s what makes him an invaluable addition to Anti-Procrastination Month 2008. Thank you, Alex, for writing this article especially for us! I personally suffer from multiple strains of Someday Syndrome. And you? Do You Suffer from [...]

I just wanted to check in with you and see how Anti-Procrastination Month 2008 is going for you thus far. Any breakthroughs? Epiphanies? ‘AHA’ moments? I know it’s making a difference in people’s lives. For example, here’s a snippet of an email I received over the weekend: Your anti-procrastination month and some other stuff has [...]

Today, we elaborate on yesterday’s point of working in short spurts to increase productivity. My anti-procrastination mantra is “I can do ANYTHING for 15 minutes”. I commit to plugging away for just 15 minutes – usually that is all it takes to get over the hump. — Ame Gargulak I set a timer and work [...]

How are your anti-procrastination efforts coming along so far? I’m sure you’ll find today’s productivity tip, submitted by my good friend Ricki Heller, very helpful. I’ve been using this tip for years, since I read it in an essay somewhere. You tell yourself, “I will just work on this for TEN MINUTES,” which seems so [...]

Diane Coville, owner at Alternative Office Assistance shares with us step-by-step instructions on how she uses Microsoft Outlook to stay productive. I believe the key is Organization and it is as easy as using the Outlook programme which so many individuals have in the Microsoft Office package. There is nothing more motivational than visually having [...]