Welcome to 2020! If you’re like me, you may find yourself doing some introspection, seeking ways to improve your life and your business. One topic that frequently arises in a new year is productivity. I see three aspects to defining productivity.
Knowing which activities are the highest value in terms of your dreams and goals and acting on those rather than the lower-value activities.
Determining which activities you’ll tackle yourself. For example, you might take on the activities that are the most energizing to you and delegate those that aren’t.
Knowing when to say no.
Launching my book, The Modern Seller, taught me a lot about productivity. If you’ve written a book or taken on a complex project, you can probably relate to this. There were so many moving parts to the book, from content, to publication, to marketing.
I learned several valuable productivity lessons throughout the process. For example, I had to make tradeoffs