Focused Action And Time Management Skills

If people want success and wealth in their lives, then they have to cause it to happen. 

People have all the resources and intelligence that is required to succeed online already.

What people don’t have, is focused action and time management skills. Some of the basic building blocks to a successful online business are basic skills that can be learned.

Is there really much difference between offline business and online business? Aside from technology and fads, many of the same business principles apply.

When it comes to being successful at anything, doesn’t the same “success principles” apply?

Nothing happens until action is taken. Action sets everything in motion. It is “cause and effect”. There are certain actions people can take that will cause an effect. Remember: focused action!

If I kick someone in the knee, there will be a reaction. If I continue to speed in my car daily, my chances of getting a ticket or a wreck increase. If I continue to work on myself, my wealth, my success and do this for a long time – through the years, I stand a better chance of becoming successful and wealthy.

In fact, my rule of thumb is that the only way to not be successful is to not even try and/or to quit. I mean, if I never quit – I am bound to succeed.

Doesn’t that make sense?

What I find is that many people have a lack of focus and a lack of basic business or “success” skills. And these skills really are the foundation that is lacking for many people to succeed – at anything they desire.

I believe there are a group of skills that people should master if they seek success. These skills should be practiced and mastered.

Keep in mind, these are skills and skills can be learned. I am not referring to talent, but skills. Once mastered, these skills can be the foundation on which to build anything you desire.

Recently, I watched a show on a famous business man who owns an NFL football team. He talked about why he has been so successful. It was amazing because everything he said is information I’ve learned. It was all basic information and basic skills.

We all know time management is important. However, would you agree that some people are better at it than others? Would you agree that some people focus on their time management skills more than the rest do?

It’s a better foundation then. The skill is more effective. It’s common for people to get distracted. In today’s day and age, we are constantly bombarded with all sorts of distractions.

I actually tried to learn how to meditate. I figured it would help with crystallizing my thoughts and increase my level of focus. I found it difficult to meditate simply because of all the constant distractions.

And, I’d distract myself. It really is a skill that must be practiced. I must practice meditation, or focus, or time management for the foundation to be rock solid.

The 80/20 rule (Pareto’s Principle) is such an important rule. It really puts things into perspective if you learn about it.

I believe these basic skills can have a deep impact on people’s results. If people would simply take one task, or one action step, or one duty for the day and focus all their effort on completing that one task, they would march forward quickly in the direction of their goals.

I may want to set up an entire website system. I may want to set up a business model in which to operate. I need all sorts of stuff to get done.

I may need web design, product creation, back end products, a blog, articles, content, a logo, an ebook design, and on and on. It can be quite a daunting project.

It may be such a daunting project, I simply decide to distract myself instead of complete these things. It may be so overwhelming that I never really get anything done.

And then, I get so distracted that I pick up something else to apply my attention towards.

However, if I take one thing at a time and focus on each task at hand, I’ll march forward towards completing the entire business model.

So, I may decide to start on product creation. My focus will be entirely on creating the product. I’ll be relentless and dedicated, or somewhat stubborn to focus only at the task at hand.

I’ll have blinders on and push through until the duty is done. In fact, I will try to do well at the duty, but completing the duty is more important than actually doing it well.

As an example, I may not be great on the treadmill, but getting on that thing is better than not getting on it at all, right?

I may lift weights and not use proper technique. I’m still lifting weights right? I’m going to get some sort of results.

I can focus on improving my techniques over time. But, I’m starting right now and taking action.

With all these duties, I focus on one thing at a time and complete each thing needed to get done.

I can set up mile marketers and deadlines. On one group project I worked on recently, the project leader kept setting these crazy deadlines. I knew we would not complete in time for deadlines, so I asked him why he was setting them on such a small time frame.

His answer was that it creates urgency – and people will wait until the last minute anyway. So, why not make the last minute quicker than later.

Well, that makes sense…

People will be much more productive if they focus on time management and taking smart action. The more productive people are, the more results they will get.

If people took an “account” of everything they did each day, then each thing they did should move them closer to achieving their goals. Each thing they do that does not move them closer to achieving their goals… actually moves them further away.

I mean, if I have duties to complete tonight, then each thing I do not do towards completing those duties delays everything and moves me further away. Once I decide to get to it and complete some things, I’m back on track.

But I lost some time there while I was distracted. Therefore, I was further away from achieving my goals.

Distraction can ruin a goal quicker than just about anything. Consistent, focused action can help achieve a goal better than anything I know of.

One of the best things people can do to stay focused is write down their duties for the day prior to attempting to complete the duties.

By writing them down, the focused mind becomes more “locked-on” to what needs to be done. I like to write them on a dry eraser board so they are in plain site.

I know that I will not want to see those same duties on the board tomorrow. I will feel bad about that. Therefore, I try to complete them so once I’m done; I can erase them off the board.

Erasing them off the board is a sort of celebration for me. I find joy erasing duties off the board. I don’t want to be overwhelmed, so I don’t write my entire business plan on the board… just the duties for the day.

If I think of something that needs to be done later on, not today, I’ll write those in my planner for the next day or further out in the week, or month.

My focus is on completing the tasks at hand. Anything new would be a distraction. So, if something pops into my head, it gets jotted down for the future.

I find planning my day, and working my plan is crucial to my success!

If people want to cause wealth and success in their lives, then they must take focused action and manage their time effectively. And, these skills can be learned. If people seek success and are determined, then learning and mastering these skills should be paramount!

These skills are the foundation on which to build a giant skyscraper of a business. In my opinion, these types of skills are much more important than products, marketing strategies, secrets of the gurus, the latest and greatest, etc.

These skills are what it takes to succeed in life. And, at anything one ventures to achieve. These skills are so important, that I believe without them, chances of success are narrowed down to almost pure luck.

What happens for people who succeed without these skills is that they rely on talent, luck and scattered success. I recommend that these skills be mastered as the foundation for anything a person seeks to achieve.

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