By John Spender

How good does it feel to get everything done on a to-do list?

It feels like you have accomplished accomplished something good weather you’re at work or at home. You’re getting stuff done & you’re making progress. The question is, how important are the things on the to-do list.

Siimon Reynolds, one of Australia’s top entrepreneurs believes in keeping things simple. He starts his day focusing on an area of importance & writes down a top 10 list of things that need to be done. Focusing on the top three, Siimon will delegate the rest. For me personally, I will start my day with a top five & focus on three, starting with the most important & only moving onto the next one when the first task has been completed. This helps you to stay focused & gets you into the habit of finishing things that you start.

Delegating minor tasks is another way to get things done. A client of mine has a successful internet business & is a sole parent of two children 9 & 11 years old. Every thrusday afternoon is their washing day. They hang out the washing together, chat about their day, what homework they might have & whether they will need any help. It’s a good way to get the necessities done & why not two at once!

Another way of maintaining your discipline so you can focus on the things you do want & not what you don’t want is to make sure you complete the small tasks. The half finished little things can all add up & can become over whelming. Complete tasks in order of priority for work & home as they come your way. This creates positive habits that just become a way of life.

Look at it this way, when you leave things incomplete, it doesn’t matter how small, every time you see them they will irritate you. Even just a little bit at a time, but not enough for you to consciously express it. Irritated just below the surface & it all adds up. Like the half read book, the e-mail you read & haven’t replied to, the dishes in the sink, the phone call you haven’t returned & the unmade bed. Before you know it, you’re in a bad mood & you don’t even know why. These are habits that need to be broken! Agreed???

Stephen Covey the author of Seven Habits of highly Successful People, found that it only takes 21 days to form a habit so complete stuff that you start & begin with the small things & work from there.

This will eliminate all the excuses why you can’t do the things that you really enjoy doing & you won’t feel guilty when you’re doing them either. True or True?

So give it a go – what have you got to lose??

John’s Mini Bio:

John Spender is a personal coach/ Presenter/ Mentor

He has been personally trained by some of the best in the business of personal development, people like Chris Howard, Blair Singer, Larry Gilman, Craig Jervis, T Harv Ecker & many more to enable him to formulate his unique coaching program that challenges you to be you & not your system of illuison that doesn’t protect you, but holds you back from expressing yourself from your true nature.

John’s Links:

For more information visit www.Motioncoachingnow.com

A Message from Jaki ~ Thank you

That feeling you get when you have done everything on your To-Do list is amazing. Creating a strategy that works for you can create positive change in your life. One of the things that John shows in his words is that we are all individuals, we can listen to, read amazing strategies yet they are not set in stone, we can ‘tweak’ them so that they have the most impact within our lives.

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