How You Can Cut Through Your Tasks Like a Laser

Some days are overwhelming.

Some days come at us with a vengeance.

Too many tasks, too many emergencies.

How do you cut through the chaos to get to what is important?

Some days it seems that you need a laser to blast through all your tasks.

It’s All About Focus

Lasers are powerful because they focus an extreme amount of energy down to a small focal point.

This is good analogy for our productivity.

“To maximize your effectiveness, you must bring your productivity into focus on what is most important.”

If you bring your efforts to bear on the things that matter most, you will quickly find yourself cutting thought the chaff and getting things done.

Laser-Guide Your Work

If you don’t focus your productivity, you will not accomplish much. You’ll end up with 57 things started, and nothing done.

Instead, direct your efforts on to what’s most important.

Here’s “How to Blast Through Your Day Like a Laser:”

• Find Your Focus - Just like a laser needs to focus its energy, you must do the same with your efforts. Focusing on the smallest number of tasks will often product the greatest results.
• Blast Through Obstacles - Don’t let obstacles shut down your productivity. Most productivity-stoppers can be overcome with a little extra effort or strategy. Don’t let the walls keep you from your goals.
• Cut Though the Clutter - Some people may need a laser to clean up their desk. Take the extra time to clean up your work area. A clean workspace is key to getting important tasks done and letting you see your work.
• Destroy Fire Drills and Other Urgencies - Don’t let fire drills take you off task unless absolutely necessary. Sometimes a few minutes of laser attention can extinguish what appears to be an urgency, and you can return to the task at hand.
• Melt Through Resistance – People are attracted to those that are getting things done. Instead of creating friction with co-workers, melt through their resistance by getting things done. Soon you will see others wanting to participate in your accomplishments.
• Shine a Laser On What’s Important - A recent Harvard Business article suggested that using todo lists was a bad idea. I disagree. If you don’t know what you are supposed to be doing you, how are you going to do it? Inevitably, you will forget things. It is also difficult to prioritize when you cannot see all your tasks.
• Heat up Your Productivity - Action leads to more action. Heat up your productivity by building momentum. Completing a small, but important, task early can lead to increased success throughout your day.
• Laser-Guide Your Efforts - Don’t just flit from task-to-task or place-to place. Otherwise, you will suddenly find that the workday is over and you haven’t even gotten to what you intended to do that day. Go to your calendar and schedule time with your most important work.

Focus Your Productivity

Don’t let your productivity spread itself out to any and all tasks.

Instead, focus your productivity like a laser.

Concentrate on the few important tasks.

Stay on target.

Cut through the chaos.

And soon you’ll be blasting through those tasks.

Question: What do you need to focus your productivity on today?

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