Comments on: How to Get a Lot Accomplished Even If You Don't Have Time http://www.robertplank.com/get-a-lot-accomplished/ "Simplify and Automate Your Life With Email Autoresponder Mailing Lists" Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:55:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robert Plank http://www.robertplank.com/get-a-lot-accomplished/#comment-2805 Robert Plank Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:10:44 +0000 http://www.robertplank.com/?p=379#comment-2805 I know Peggy, it's amazing how many times I used the word "work." It's a crappy mindstate to be in and it was because of writing articles like these that I noticed how many times I used the word without realizing it. 18 times in a 446 word article! That can't be good... 4% keyword density. Luckily I am not afraid to admit I was wrong and change my attitude hence I have come a long way since I created this article and video and began to root out the word "work." I know Peggy, it's amazing how many times I used the word "work." It's a crappy mindstate to be in and it was because of writing articles like these that I noticed how many times I used the word without realizing it. 18 times in a 446 word article! That can't be good... 4% keyword density.

Luckily I am not afraid to admit I was wrong and change my attitude hence I have come a long way since I created this article and video and began to root out the word "work."

]]> By: Peggy http://www.robertplank.com/get-a-lot-accomplished/#comment-2771 Peggy Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:55:21 +0000 http://www.robertplank.com/?p=379#comment-2771 I couldn't help but notice how often the word WORK came up in this positive and challenging post. Wordsmithing is a challenge, so here goes: If you are [WORKING on] ENJOYING a hobby or trying to sustain a business while you still have a day job or go to school, you can do it if you budget your time. The best thing you can do is take your lack of time and turn it into a positive thing: tell yourself, I only have an hour to [WORK on] INVEST IN my business before I have to do this assignment. I only have an hour for my lunch break. You can also turn this around and say: I need to finish my [homeWORK] ASSIGNMENT (assigned research, report, reading, math problems) in the next 30 minutes so I can start [WORKing] USING MY TIME on my business. As soon as you learn how to [work] USE YOUR ENERGY smarter instead of (JUST) longer or harder, you will experience a big productivity boost. Can you go to sleep a couple hours early, so that you can wake up a couple hours early and [work]CONCENTRATE ON YOUR BUSINESS free from distraction? Are you willing to give up television, at least during the week? Can you limit your social life to one night a week? I began [WORKing on] my internet business when I was 15, began doing a lot of [freelance work] FREELANCING at 16 and made my first product at 17. I finished high school and college while [working] EMPLOYED full time, so it is possible. .. I [worked on homework]WAS BUSY on the bus, during lunch, and after school, because I knew it meant more time to [WORK for myself] DO WHAT I WANTED. I noticed a big boost when I [left my WORK at school... meaning I OMIT] would finish all my [WORK]ASSIGNMENTS in the school library and not even think about school after I got home. ...before and after WORK [drawing a blank here) ..You might want "more time" [to get your WORK done], for your business or hobbies ... I couldn't help but notice how often the word WORK came up in this positive and challenging post. Wordsmithing is a challenge, so here goes:
If you are [WORKING on] ENJOYING a hobby or trying to sustain a business while you still have a day job or go to school, you can do it if you budget your time. The best thing you can do is take your lack of time and turn it into a positive thing: tell yourself, I only have an hour to [WORK on] INVEST IN my business before I have to do this assignment. I only have an hour for my lunch break.

You can also turn this around and say: I need to finish my [homeWORK] ASSIGNMENT (assigned research, report, reading, math problems) in the next 30 minutes so I can start [WORKing] USING MY TIME on my business.

As soon as you learn how to [work] USE YOUR ENERGY smarter instead of (JUST) longer or harder, you will experience a big productivity boost. Can you go to sleep a couple hours early, so that you can wake up a couple hours early and [work]CONCENTRATE ON YOUR BUSINESS free from distraction? Are you willing to give up television, at least during the week? Can you limit your social life to one night a week?

I began [WORKing on] my internet business when I was 15, began doing a lot of [freelance work] FREELANCING at 16 and made my first product at 17. I finished high school and college while [working] EMPLOYED full time, so it is possible.

.. I [worked on homework]WAS BUSY on the bus, during lunch, and after school, because I knew it meant more time to [WORK for myself] DO WHAT I WANTED. I noticed a big boost when I [left my WORK at school... meaning I OMIT] would finish all my [WORK]ASSIGNMENTS in the school library and not even think about school after I got home.
...before and after WORK [drawing a blank here)
..You might want "more time" [to get your WORK done],
for your business or hobbies ...

]]> By: Terrance Charles http://www.robertplank.com/get-a-lot-accomplished/#comment-2693 Terrance Charles Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:40:55 +0000 http://www.robertplank.com/?p=379#comment-2693 Hey Robert, great post. Taking action isn't enough, making that action productive is what brings results. Terrance Charles www.terrancecharles.com/blog Hey Robert, great post. Taking action isn't enough, making that action productive is what brings results.

Terrance Charles
http://www.terrancecharles.com/blog

]]> By: Hazwan http://www.robertplank.com/get-a-lot-accomplished/#comment-2524 Hazwan Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:21:36 +0000 http://www.robertplank.com/?p=379#comment-2524 I agree with you Robert. Another useful technique is Time-Boxing, where u budget/block/allocated a period of time to DO your task. It can boost your productivity by allowing your conscious to aware of the time. Naturally you will tend to focus more on your task, kind of hard to explain. It sort of like tricking your brain into a time-pressured mode. Nice post about time management :) I agree with you Robert.

Another useful technique is Time-Boxing, where u budget/block/allocated a period of time to DO your task.

It can boost your productivity by allowing your conscious to aware of the time. Naturally you will tend to focus more on your task, kind of hard to explain.

It sort of like tricking your brain into a time-pressured mode.

Nice post about time management :)

]]> By: Coaching http://www.robertplank.com/get-a-lot-accomplished/#comment-2496 Coaching Sun, 08 Mar 2009 06:55:26 +0000 http://www.robertplank.com/?p=379#comment-2496 Robert, Great Post, as usual! tell me... why don't you ask for a nice raise at your job.... and put the ball in their court to see if they value you at double your salary? makes the decision to possibly quit much easier if you see what they think you are worth to them.... your thoughts? Izzy Robert,

Great Post, as usual!

tell me... why don't you ask for a nice raise at your job.... and put the ball in their court to see if they value you at double your salary?

makes the decision to possibly quit much easier if you see what they think you are worth to them....

your thoughts?

Izzy

]]> By: Mike CJ http://www.robertplank.com/get-a-lot-accomplished/#comment-2490 Mike CJ Sat, 07 Mar 2009 11:27:03 +0000 http://www.robertplank.com/?p=379#comment-2490 Hi Robert. Good post with lots of excellent points. As someone who has also blogged whilst working full time, I would add a couple of things. You need to schedule leisure and exercise time. It sounds sad, but actually plan it and put it in a diary or calendar. If you don't, you will spend your entire life working, and whilst that may sound good, you'll lose effectiveness. The second thing is to stay focussed on one thing at a time. It's so easy to get distracted by Twitter, incoming feeds and emails etc. And each time you move from one thing to another, it may only cost you 5 seconds to remember where you were, but those seconds add up to hours during the course of the day. Hi Robert. Good post with lots of excellent points. As someone who has also blogged whilst working full time, I would add a couple of things. You need to schedule leisure and exercise time. It sounds sad, but actually plan it and put it in a diary or calendar. If you don't, you will spend your entire life working, and whilst that may sound good, you'll lose effectiveness. The second thing is to stay focussed on one thing at a time. It's so easy to get distracted by Twitter, incoming feeds and emails etc. And each time you move from one thing to another, it may only cost you 5 seconds to remember where you were, but those seconds add up to hours during the course of the day.

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