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This isn’t really an issue of attention span as much as it is an issue of a poorly designed environment that’s not conducive to creativity, productivity or focus. Most things we have to get done really do come with a hard deadline, if they don’t then there’s an argument as to whether they are important and really need doing at all? Right now for me it would be agreeing to go ‘wild swimming’, something my wife’s got into her head would be wonderful. I spend around 10–15 minutes every night before going to bed to plan out what I need to do the following day. Sometimes we can get so caught up in our heads, over analyzing why we’re not taking action that we inadvertently keep ourselves stuck.

If I’m dating a girl and she insists that we talk on the phone daily, I know that it’s a recipe for disaster. Whether it’s writing down things like “Take a walk” or “Stretch” in my daily to-do list and blocking off time for those tasks, or making the most of those 5-minute Pomodoro breathers, I do what I can to stop myself from staying hunched over my laptop for hours (which I undoubtedly would do otherwise! There are two core methods for success and if you want to make the most progress possible combining the two is what’s gonna do it. Part of why I’ve had to develop repeatable systems for my creative work is because of my short attention span. It might be starting to watch TED talks, listen to more podcasts or finding ways to virtually surround yourself if you haven’t found your tribe yet, or it might be going to meetup.That just leaves the potential roadblocks of ‘how to do it’, or ‘what to do next’, or ‘is this the right way to do it?

If you mistrust yourself to follow through on your reward or forfeit, “I only missed the deadline by a day .I think accountability is the key to your major success this year, not just in one task or two, but in everything you do. The powerful force for making changes, leveling up and simply getting stuff done that is ACCOUNTABILITY. When we have team meetings for Unmistakable Creative, my team members know that they’ll lose me after about 20 minutes. Give me three months to complete a three day project, and it will almost certainly get done in the last few days. Now, before you start judging yourself, and beating yourself up, know that you’re not alone: we all struggle.

This is a huge one, and one I have borrowed from the fantastic work of Scott Dinsmore and Live Your Legend. LET’S GROW, TOGETHER… We are a powerful COMMUNITY of women entrepreneurs and growth allies scaling impact, daily. A place for receipts (I keep 3 folders – one for tax-deductible receipts, one for business expenses, and one for everything else. Gretchen Rubin’s Four Tendencies framework looks at the ways we respond to inner and outer expectations (i. When I talk to people who plan events, I encourage them to think of themselves less as meeting planners and more as experience designers.Things 3 has an excellent way of grouping tasks in the day and tasks for the evening, like this: Things 3 shows up tasks scheduled for the day vs for the evening. The nice thing about running a company is you can say yes to that question, not get fired and ask them to hurry up. This might start by examining the people you have in your life and looking out for the people who inspire you and spending more time with them. Set your intention next to any plan you make, and you’ll have a reminder why you started to pick you up along the way. Sometimes it’s just too overwhelm to look at the whole project - we wonder how on earth we’ll ever get it done and end up talking ourselves out of it.