Time Management Mastery: Insights from Leading Achievers

Whether you're a high achiever or have a demanding work schedule, trying to manage everything alone can quickly lead to stress. However, highly efficient professionals are experts in time management. If you want to learn from top athletes, straight-A students, and over 200 entrepreneurs and billionaires about their distinctive strategies, here are some secrets you can adopt:

1. Focus on Minutes: of the 1440 minutes in a day, use them wisely and with intention.

2. Set Daily priorities: The task that is the most important or hardest is the one you should work on every morning for 2 hours.

3. Do away with your TO DO LIST: place ALL activities, including your workout time, in your calendar.

4. Beat Procrastination: Imagine your future self has already done the task, and get it done NOW, so your future self will have time to do the things she really wants to do.

5. Eat Dinner: Being home for dinner by time- blocking your priorities throughout the day, will have you home and feeling guilt free.

6. Use a Notebook: Record all your ideas in a notebook to keep your mind uncluttered. By clearing your brain, you naturally organize your thoughts, which supports achieving your goals.

7. Only check email 2x a day, 3 at most: Look at emails once in the morning, respond, then afternoon emails and social media in the afternoon. This way your flow is not interrupted.

8. Avoid Meetings: try to have short meetings at all costs, if at all.

9. Say NO: Instead of automatically agreeing, begin saying NO to things unless they align with your objectives.

10. Adhere to the 80/20 Principle: Dedicate 80% of your time to the crucial 20% that yields results. Identify that 20%.

11. Delegate or Outsource: Focus the majority of your time on your strengths. Delegate or outsource the rest. For instance, as a boss or CEO, concentrate more on your business rather than being involved in its day-to-day operations. Systems and processes can be managed by those whose time is devoted to these tasks.

12. Work Theme Days: designate specific days of the week for key focus areas and organize work tasks accordingly.

13.Touch Things only Once: if something will take less than 10 minutes, do it immediately, so it is complete.

14. A Morning Ritual: Influential figures like Tony Robbins and Oprah emphasize that a morning ritual establishes the day's tone. Dedicate an hour every morning to nurture your mental, physical, and spiritual well-being. Incorporating journaling and gratitude can also enhance your happiness.

15. Focus on energy, not time: Maximize your energy throughout the day and take breaks in between. Get lots of sleep, eat well and exercise, this improves sharpness and productivity.

I highly recommend a gratitude, happiness and goal setting journal. Most successful people spend 15 minutes a day journaling, it is the number one method to overcoming obstacles.

Pro Tip: To prevent burnout and stress while building wealth, consider the 60/30/10 rule—a framework followed by many billionaires.

60% of your day is focused on creating wealth. This is not just the day to day, but also on strategizing to make things easier and effective.

Dedicate 30% of your time to love and relationships by engaging in conversations with friends, colleagues, family, and business partners.

Your health accounts for 10%—the better you feel, the better you perform. Success, in whatever way you define it, is fundamentally about energy.

What do you do that keeps you focused, productive and performing? Share your thoughts in the comments section and thanks for stopping by!

XO,

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