How Can You Push Yourself To Do Things You Dream About?

“Don’t say you don’t have enough time or enough money to change the world. You have the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Gandhi, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci and Jesus Christ.”― Shannon L. Alder

If it comes to achievement in almost any area of your daily life, constant improvement is a part of this job. And goals are fantastic, but it is the action you choose that determines your results. Want a few ideas on ways that you can enhance? Here are the customs 19 successful leaders and founders say they exercise to drive themselves into another level.

You are bent on completing the job accessible, and suddenly something pops up. You do not consider the way pressing any diversion is you give attention. Five minutes, ten minutes., and even one hour occasionally… When you return to work — boom — you have no clue where you left off, or you could not get your head and soul to it…

Get in the “flow.”

Before you blame it on others, take a minute to evaluate your productivity. Are you really in the “flow” when working on your tasks?

“Flow” is a state of mind where we feel in total pursuit, execute tasks effortlessly, and achieve the peak of our performance. It was discovered by researchers at the University of Chicago and can be improved by strengthening our ability to concentrate. To get in the flow, try to get more excited about the task at hand and focus all your energy on working on this single thing. One more tactic that’s worked for me is to wait until you’re close to the deadline. The sense of urgency will put your mind to work more efficiently.

Plan ahead

Use tools lite Trello, Jira to plan and make a to-do list.

Daily before beginning to focus on most of your jobs, write down the most important things you want to achieve at the end of the day. Locate a preparation method that works the right for you, be it prioritized to-do listings, hourly workout program, or even a different preparation technique.

Don’t forget to plan your breaks as well. Your brain isn’t capable of working 8 hours straight; it needs some time to recover.

Create an hourly work plan

Use tools like timeTracko, Desktime to track your time and productivity at a task

Try scheduling all your today’s tasks hour by hour. There are multiple benefits to this kind of enhanced planning:

• You know exactly what needs to be done by the end of the day
• You set realistic expectations to your day as you predict how much time it takes to complete each task
• You know what to do next after finishing one task
• You can prioritize your tasks and plan the ones requiring higher energy levels for the morning hours

Write down all your ideas

We all get many new ideas while working on a task. Some days, we might become so overwhelmed with new thoughts that we’re unable to continue to focus.

The best way to deal with your spontaneous ideas is to keep a pen and notebook close. Whenever an idea crosses your mind, please write it down, let it go for now, and return to it later.

Here’s a great article by Jeff Goins, author of the bestseller The Art of Work, explaining how he stays focused while writing. He suggests that writers don’t edit their text while writing, but return to it later. By letting go and focusing on a single thing at a time, you’ll be able to do it much more efficiently.

Keep your to-do list organized

Use tool like todoist, wunderlist

Having an unorganized to-do list with tens of unfinished tasks can harm your productivity. That’s because you haven’t planned which tasks need to be tackled first.

When reviewing your huge to-do list, break it into three structured lists: daily, weekly, and monthly work. Next, organize these lists according to priorities to know what needs to be done first. Each time you complete a task, cross it out on your list to see how much you’ve accomplished at the end of the day.

Set deadlines

If you feel no pressure to complete a task, you’ll likely procrastinate on it twice as much. Set clear deadlines for all the tasks in your to-do list. Doing so creates a sense of urgency, making it easier to achieve a state of flow and truly focus on an important task.

Moreover, having set deadlines helps to battle your inner perfectionist. It’s good to work on a task until it’s great but avoid getting stuck on details.

Organize your work environment

To organize your thoughts and concentrate your focus on a single task, you need a work environment that supports this kind of clarity. Clean up your desk, organize your computer’s desktop, and remove posters from the wall (if you feel this might help).

You can also place a large monitor between your sight and the rest of the office to keep people flickering by your sight all the time.

Split time-consuming tasks

Follow the Eat that Frog technique(do the hardest work first).

Instead of tackling one huge task, break into smaller doable tasks that you can complete in less than one day. This way, you’ll feel more rewarded each time a part of the task gets finished. Moreover, you’ll have a better understanding of what needs to be done next.

Follow the Pomodoro Technique

Tools to use the Pomodoro technique are timeTracko and focus list.

Produced by Francesco Cirillo from the late ’80s and called for its tomato-shaped kitchen timer that he used as a pupil (“Pomodoro” is Italian for tomato), the Pomodoro Technique entails placing a timer for about 25 minutes and focusing on a single job before the alarm clock goes off. Afterward, 5 minutes will be accepted as a fracturing interval before committing 25 minutes into another undertaking. The Pomodoro method is excellent if you have problems focusing, rebuilding your own time, or in case you would like to be certain that you’re devoting a specific quantity of time into one job (say “pomodoros” a week on advertising ).

Identify your distraction and remove it

Tools to use unwanted block website:

Cold Turkey Blockers
Freedom
FocusMe (Chrome & Mozilla)

We’re all prone to getting side-tracked from our goals, and thanks to the digital distractions of modern life, staying focused is more challenging than ever.

Notice what that claims your focus most often. It may be having too many fascinating browser tabs on your screen so that you drift off-task and begin reading a blog or news story.

Or it might be that your phone is taking your mind off work by vibrating or flashing whenever you receive a message in a group chat.

As soon as you’ve seen the things which are repeatedly boosting your focus, it is possible to take action to get rid of them till you reach your job.

Block each unwanted website from the above tools, throw your cell phone into a drawer. If you don’t need a mobile phone or device, you can also block the whole device from the above website or set on headphones if you are tempted to spend some time conversing with workmates. With time, excellent habits such as these will eventually become automatic.

Block out the noise

Everybody in the office can’t work in complete silence. It’s only natural that people need to discuss some important matters with each other. But all this babble can become tiresome pretty quickly.

The easiest way to block out distracting sounds is to listen to background sounds, video game sound, and classical sound. You can also try listening to music, but it might become just another distraction.

Use noise-canceling headphones

If you find it hard to work with any background noise, invest in noise-canceling headphones. Earplugs will also do the job, but there’s an additional benefit to wearing headphones. It delivers the message that you wish to be undistracted, making others give you more personal space.

Check email once a day.

Set your time to check the email. The New York Times conducted research finding that checking email less often is healthy for us. The article suggests that making an effort to close the gap between necessity and compulsion is well worth the effort.

Keep your phone out of sight.

You’re twice less likely to check your phone when it’s out of your sight. If you prefer keeping it on the table, place it behind your computer or under a notebook to reach it when needed.

Use productivity tools

See this list of helpful productivity tools(medium) that help you stay focused throughout the day. Some of our favorites include time tracking and cold turkey blocker, Trello.

There’s a thin line between using productivity tools to your favor and being distracted by the constant need to deal with them.

Use a good device and internet connection

Follow inspiring people

Talk less and Do more

Ignore Social Media completely

Never think about Multitasking

Work Exercise at break

Follow these methods to keep yourself to do things you dream about. Always remember consistency is king.

“When you push yourself beyond limits, you discover inner reserves, which you never thought existed earlier.” ― Manoj Arora.

Keep doing
Never quit

Regards
Bhuwan Dahal