This week we’re going to be talking about how we can motivate ourselves during these times to make sure we are still being as productive as we can. We are going to be focusing on personal development, and I am going to put together all the things I have learnt from various books (because I read A LOT!) and put them all together to give you all some tips on how you can manage your time better, and stay motivated!
KEY TAKEAWAYS COVERED IN THE PODCAST
- Write your goals down for this quarter – Be realistic considering the situation we are in, but do push yourself. Aim for 3-5 goals.
- Don’t use this situation as an excuse!
- We need to work smarter and harder during this time.
- What will you do each month for the next 3 months to help you achieve those goals? Be specific!
- Join my academy – Members are all benefitting right now from weekly coaching calls and the support we all give each other.
- Get out of bed – Set a time for every day.
- Get yourself ready every day as if you are going into the office or out to work.
- Have a structured morning routine that you stick to every day.
- Plan your day – What are you going to do? What 3 main things do you want to achieve in that day?
- Start on the hardest thing first – Once you’ve done it, it’s done!
- If you are not accountable, it is so hard to motivate yourself. Decide who is going to hold you accountable (Friend, Colleague, The Academy etc..)
- Think about who are you doing this for? When you lose motivation, think of them!
- Journaling can help get everything out of our head so you can get on with what you need to do.
- Imagine exactly what your day is going to look like before it has started.
- Time yourself – Set a timer for each task.
- Watch, listen or read something that motivates you.
- If something resonates with you, print it out or put it as your screensaver!
- Give yourself a reward. Have something to look forward to when you have finished your tasks! (A bath, a nice dinner, a film etc..)
THE ONE THING YOU NEED TO REMEMBER ABOVE ALL ELSE…
This is not going to go on forever. We have two choices, to either fall into it or try and make the best of a bad situation! Let’s use this time to the absolute fullest!
HIGHLIGHTS YOU SIMPLY CAN'T MISS
- Setting your goals – 04:01
- The Academy – 09:25
- Practical things you can do every day – 11:24
- Journaling – 20:01
- Meditation – 22:45
- Time yourself – 24:21
- Watch, Listen or Read – 25:11
- Have a reward – 26:46
Transcript below
Welcome to this week's episode of the podcast. How have you been? How's your past week been? And you know what, I'm always interested but I am really genuinely interested to see how you're getting on because I'm actually recording this a week before it's coming out to you guys. So today is Monday the 30th of March and this is due out next Monday. And honestly everybody I've spoken to today is really struggling and they're finding it really difficult to get the motivation to do the work, which is really I guess really is an unsurprising in one way. Obviously if you're listening to this out of time, we are right in the midst of a lockdown so we'd been told you've got to stay in our houses because obviously the coronaviruses is around and we having to be in our houses all the time, which actually for me is not that different because I work from home.
I spend a huge amount of my time here and I guess I thought it would feel no different at all, but I guess the problem is one, my daughter's not with me currently, she's at her dad's. We're going to do every two weeks to make sure that if there are any symptoms that we can see them before we hand her back over two, I like to...
