Bill Zimmerman's Weekly Tip - Stopping "Productivus Interruptus"

Here we are again at the beginning of a new week. Even though it's hard sometimes to get mentally in gear and moving, I love Monday's! Why?? Because it's my chance to start fresh. To reach my goals. To do better than last week at mastering my time.

Today I'd like offer a few tips for stopping "Productivus Interuptus." Yes, it's time to stamp out this disease once and for all and experience the liberation that can come from becoming the master of your time while at work rather than letting circumstances master you.

Stopping "Productivus Interuptus"
(from the excellent read "No BS Time Management for Entrepreneurs," by Dan Kennedy)

· Get lost! Not them, you!
· Don't answer the phone
· Check the fax/email only twice a day
· Set the timer on the bomb - hold yourself to a time limit for each task
· Be busy and be obvious about it


Ten Time Management Techniques really worth using!

1. Tame the phone
2. Minimize meetings
3. Practice absolute punctuality
4. Make and use lists to categorize demands:
- Do it
- Delegate it
- Defer it
- Dump it
5. Fight and link everything to your goals
6. Tickle the memory with tickler files
7. Block your time
8. Minimize unplanned activity
9. Profit from "odd lot" time (i.e. listen to work-related CD's while driving, do work while waiting for a plane, etc.)
10. Live off-peak (i.e. avoid traffic by avoiding rush hour, do your grocery shopping at 9:00 at night, etc.)

"There cannot be a crisis next week, my schedule is already full."
– Henry Kissinger

I hope these tips help you become more productive this week. It's hard, I know, but focus every day on self-mastery of your time and the results will come!
Make it a great week.

Your Partner in Greater Success,

Bill Zimmerman