In the last post, I developed my plan for what I need to do. The most important thing I can do now, everyday, is to work on that and move all of those things forward.
So to that end, I think it’s time that I dedicate predetermined chunks of time to only doing those things.
Again, this is something he says to do in The One Thing, but I think it’s a great idea. If I’m only spending 10 minutes per day on the most important things, how can I ever move forward?
In the book he recommends 4 uninterrupted hours of this. Now, I’m not saying that 4 hours is too much. However, I don’t know that I can transition into doing that all at once. So instead, I’m going to try to commit to 2 hours every day.
During this time, I think it’s important that I:
- Put my phone on silent and face-down
- Exit any email tabs
- Exit any text messaging tabs and WhatsApp windows
- Commit to only working on my “Own Thing” for the day
It won’t be easy, but hopefully it will be quite effective.
So how do I schedule this?
I’m thinking that I should have a set schedule throughout the week. Obviously my week varies a bit but I can definitely schedule 2 hours that are always the same on a given day of the week.
So right now, I’m physically adding them to my calendar. I’ll try out the time slots that I’ve created for a while and see if they work for me!
I think I can still be flexible with this arrangement, but if I have to move the time slot, the point is that it needs to be rescheduled! I can slide it later but I can’t avoid it entirely.
Realistically, this is an entirely new way of thinking and of spending my time, so I don’t think it’s going to be easy to implement.
But it’s so important. I think it could be absolutely crucial to advancing in my business.
Whereas in the past I feel like I’ve just reacted to things and improved marginally over time, this has the potential to help me take control and achieve rapid growth in very little time.
Here we go!