You really didn’t think that my first five tips on improving your productivity were going to be enough, did you? Here are five more…
1. Set yourself some goals. This is critical…especially when you’re in charge. Whether you’re at the top of the ladder for your company or just starting out, you won’t always have somebody giving you that push you might need to improvement areas you’ve identified. Goals act as your roadmap 
and help keep you on-course for getting more done. Goals also keep you focused on the future, which helps me decide what things on today’s to-do list are more important than the rest.
2. Be willing to be challenged. You don’t need a boss or coworkers to be challenged. All you need is the desire to be better. Whether you’re challenging yourself to write four blog posts a week instead of three, or making $100,000 a year instead of $50,000 – none of it will ever happen if you are open to the challenge. Being open to a challenge is a mindset – not something you write down on a piece of paper. Challenge yourself with realistic goals, too. Don’t go easy on yourself – since nobody else will.
3. Live for today, and see for tomorrow. What I mean by this is that there are things that MUST be done today…it can be easy to get stuck in the sea of work without being able to see far enough over the waves to know what direction to head. Long-term plans help you make short-term decisions so that you’re constantly heading toward your goals (see #1).
4. If you’re going to surf, do it all at high tide. Checking your Facebook profile here and there for five minutes at a time and responding to a few Tweets here and there throughout the day can really add up. Do it all at once. Give yourself enough time to respond to a certain number of Tweets, catch up with Facebook or whatever else you do online. But just be sure to stick to the amount of time you give yourself. Set a timer if you have to.
5. Look back on every day. Before you turn the lights out in the office, take a look back and see what you did, what you didn’t to and what you should have or could have done better. Don’t let a day pass without doing this. Sometimes self-reflection is difficult, but we all see ourselves in hindsight – it’s how we look at things. If you look back and it’s painful because you slacked off on Facebook all day, then good. That pain is a signal to change something. Incorporate your reflections into your daily goals and long-term goals, too.
Until next time?€¦
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