Small Business Straight Talk | Time Management, Productivity & Business Strategy

I sit down with Erik Fisher, host of the Beyond The To Do List podcast, as he walks us through the importance of focus, the habits he’s implemented to keep his focus and energy up, and the solution that kept him from occasionally crashing.

We also talk about Erik's productivity philosophy, the lesson he learned from the most stressful period in his life, and the tool he uses to kill his fight or flight mechanism so he can maintain focus.

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In this episode, I share with you the power of affirmations and how they're essential to reprograming your mind for success.

I also share my own personal affirmations and elaborate more on why I have chosen those specific affirmations to reprogram my own negative self-talk. You will get to meet my son Erik as he shares with us his personal affirmations and how they have helped him in school and Jiu Jitsu.

I hope you'll enjoy my episode on affirmations and I encourage you to take action and create your own customized affirmations.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

• The Power Affirmations Have Over Your Success
• The Link Between Your Thoughts And Your Results
• How To Create Transformative Affirmations
• Why It's Necessary To Reprogram Your Negative Self-Talk
• So Much More!

Now let's jump right in and get to the straight talk!

I share with you the power of affirmations and how they’re essential to reprograming your mind for success.

I also share my own personal affirmations and elaborate more on why I have chosen those specific affirmations to reprogram my own negative self-talk. You will get to meet my son Erik as he shares with us his personal affirmations and how they have helped him in school and Jiu Jitsu.

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In this episode, I sit down with Denis Asamoah who is better known as Mr. Work Smarter. He is an international speaker on the topic of time management, a consultant, and a productivity coach who left the world of banking to embark on his entrepreneurial journey. Most recently, Mr. Work Smarter wrote his first book in only three weeks!

We discuss how he used a learning difficulty as a catalyst to work smarter instead of letting it hold him back, why winning a contest and Instagram gave him the confidence to build his career, and how being a fan of learning insightful and valuable information sabotages his productivity. We also talk about the well-known time management strategies of getting up early, working from to-do lists, and strategic planning and how those strategies can actually prevent you from being productive.

I know you'll enjoy our interview on productivity myths and hope you'll strive to only implement productivity tips, tools, and strategies that are true to your working style. To find out about the snowball effect that creates opportunities and more, let's get to the straight talk!

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

• Why 3 Common Productivity Tips Are Total Myths
• The Tasks That Will Give You The Biggest Return On Your Time
• How Self-Awareness Can Make You More Productive
• Which Red Lines Keep Mr. Work Smarter Motivated
• How Being A Night Owl Can Work To Your Advantage
• And So Much More!

Important Resources & Links From This Episode:

MrWorkSmarter.com

@MrWorkSmarter on Twitter

@MrWorkSmarter on Instagram

MrWorkSmarter on YouTube

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I sit down with Mr. Work Smarter, Denis Asamoah. We discuss how he used a learning difficulty as a catalyst to work smarter instead of letting it hold him back, why winning a contest and Instagram gave him the confidence to build his career, and how being a fan of learning information sabotages his productivity.

We also talk about how getting up early, to-do lists, and strategic planning can actually prevent you from being productive.

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In this episode, I introduce the relationship between strategic goals and tactical plans, discuss why you may be failing to reach your yearly goals, and instruct on how to create a bullet-proof plan for accomplishing your big goals so there is no way you can fail.

I also talked about identifying what you should be focusing on each quarter, one of the most useful keys I've found to using a tactical plan, how I dealt with my latest bad day and turned it around for the better, and what tends to happen when you really put yourself out there.

I hope you enjoy my episode on tactical plans and encourage you to take the initiative and create your own tactical plan. Now let's get to the straight talk!

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

• Why Tactical Precision Is Needed To Achieve Your BIG Goals
• How To Break Strategic Goals Down Into Action Items
• The Process of Simplifying Your Goals With A Plan Of Attack
• So Much More!

Important Resources & Links From This Episode:

• The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy
• The Art of War by Sun Tzu
• 002 | The Silent Profit Thief with Darren LaCroix
• 005 | Creating BIG Goals Worth Pursuing

I introduce the relationship between strategic goals and tactical plans, discuss why you may be failing to reach your yearly goals, and instruct on how to create a bullet-proof plan for accomplishing your big goals.

I also talk about identifying what you should be focusing on each quarter, a useful key to using a tactical plans, how I dealt with my latest bad day, and what tends to happen when you really put yourself out there.

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In this episode, keynote artist Mike Rayburn takes us on a walk through a day in his life and his entrepreneurial journey. We discuss how his performance and innovation-driven business turns a profit, how he utilizes a casita to increase his productivity, and the three things time management comes down to for Mike.

We also talk about how majoring in minor things affects your business, Mike's greatest personal challenge that he battles daily, and the tasks that give him the greatest payoff.

I hope you'll enjoy our interview on letting go and hope you'll make the effort to let go a little more in your business.

To find out the most important thing Mike ever learned and more, sit back, relax, and let's get to the straight talk!

You can't make $100,000 a year doing $10 an hour tasks. ~ Mike Rayburn

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

• How Letting Go Can Help You Quintuple Your Income
• What Happens As Your Business, Expertise, And Life Grows
• Whether You Should Hire For The Job You Need Done Now
• The Triggers That Can Help You Identify Which Tasks To Delegate
• How To Find Balance On The Road
• And So Much More!

Important Resources & Links From This Episode:

MikeRayburn.com

Virtuoso Community

[email protected]

Keynote artist Mike Rayburn and I discuss how his performance and innovation-driven business turns a profit, how he utilizes a casita to increase his productivity, and the three things time management comes down to for Mike.

We also talk about how majoring in minor things affects your business, Mike’s greatest personal challenge that he battles daily, and the tasks that give him the greatest payoff.

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In this episode, I expand upon the well-known SMART criteria for goal setting by introducing my SMART x2 method. It addresses some variances of the easy-to-remember acronym and incorporates my top 10 characteristics of great goals worth pursuing into the SMART acronym.

I also discuss how to not overthink or overcomplicate your goals and instead, how you can easily simplify the process of goal setting.

I hope you'll enjoy my episode on creating goals and encourage you take the initiative to create your own BIG goals worth pursuing. Now let's get to the straight talk!

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

• The SMART2 Criteria For Creating Goals
• Why The Process Of Creating Goals Is So Powerful
• How Good Goals Don't Have To Be Perfect Goals
• So Much More!

Important Resources & Links From This Episode:

• TheProductivitySpecialist.com/105download
• ProductivityCommunity.com