Day 15: Be productive, right now
Productivity Action Day 15. Bright Shiny Object Syndrome.
Congratulations, it’s Productivity Action Day 15. You are more productive. I know you are. If you have been following along, taking the actions, there is no way you haven’t improved your productivity.
Meaning, you have improved your results! Yay you!
Today is a fun day. Your Mission Possible for Productivity Action Day 15, if you so choose to accept it is to:
Ignore the BSOs
Bright Shiny Objects that is. They are all over the place. They show up when you least expect it.
For instance, they come in the form of a free download you came across while surfing the web. An email that came directly to your inbox. Or a text messaging from a colleague claiming “you just have to hear this new deal, right now.”
In addition, Bright Shiny Objects show up when you are in the middle of your goal. You have been working away. Doing your ONE thing and bam.
There it is. Calling for your attention. Did you ever notice they don’t show up when you are just sitting there doing nothing?
What you focus on you get
Do you want to get your result or do you want to go down a rabbit hole?
We both know the answer to that.
So then, what do you do with these wonderful opportunities (well, some are wonderful)?
You put them in a “parking lot”. Yes, you get out a sheet of paper, open a new document, or make an electronic note on your devise and write it down whatever came to you or whatever someone gave you and look at it later.
Do you remember on Productivity Action Day 9 you were to give yourself time to think.
This is the time you can pull out your information and think about it. Ask yourself some questions such as:
- How does this fit into where I am right now?
- Will this bring me closer to or further from my goal?
- Is this something I want to put on my next to do list?
Ultimately, you want to be proactive with ideas, opportunities and the like. You want to be the driver of them not them driving you.
How to be the driver of your success
You want to not get caught up taking action on something that was not on your radar while you are already working on what is on your radar.
Bright Shiny Objects can be great, just not at that exact moment. Go back to what you have already discovered about your 3 TOP Productivity Steps for your success. Time, Organization of your already laid out actions and Prioritization of what you are doing here and now.
Seeing those will help with what just showed up and then you can use the 3 TOP Productivity Steps to incorporate new projects, tasks and actions into your plan.
I’d love for you to share your thoughts, your results or ask any questions you have. Feel free to post in the comment box or reach out directly to me at kim@kimravida.com
Additional References for you
IGTV: Kim Ravida IGTV
Article: The Shiny Object Syndrome: How to Stay Focused and Stop Getting Distracted
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