If you are surrounded by stacks of paper, unanswered emails, and half finished projects than what I’m about to tell you will not come as a shock. All of that STUFF is weighing you down. It is amping up your stress level and pulling down your personal productivity. There is no better time then the present to take stock of what you need to improve in your business life to increase your personal productivity and there by increase your success! Start here:
Take our personal productivity quiz to rate your level of satisfaction
On a scale of 1-10 how satisfied are you in these areas of productivity and effectiveness (1 being not satisfied and 10 very satisfied):
- Retrieving your computer files
- Managing your email files
- Retrieving information from your paper-based files
- Staying on top of follow-up
- Using your electronic or paper calendar
- Managing your project files
- Organization on the top of your desk
- Retrieving information from archives boxes or storage room
- Juggling multiple roles and responsibilities
- Regular exercise or recreational activities
- Dealing with stress & overwhelm
Now it is time to focus in. Choose 3 areas to improve and be realistic about your goals. You won’t raise a score of 3 to a 10 overnight, but you can bring a 3 up to a 5 or 6. Then set another set of objectives to get you from 6 to 10!
Write down your objectives based on those 3 areas most affecting your personal productivity. This is where you will begin. Once you have written it down you may see opportunities to reach personal productivity goals you hadn’t seen before.
Share your goals for increasing your personal productivity!
Sharing goals makes you much more llikely to meet them. Want to learn more about personal productivity? Check it out here.