3 Easy Ways to Increase Your Productivity

1.    Eliminate Menial Tasks

There are so many small tasks that in themselves serve little purpose. Many people use these as an excuse to procrastinate putting off the important  things.

For example, your e-mail box. I remember receiving a couple of hundred e-mails a day. A good spam filter got rid of a good chunk, but I was still left  with 40 e-mails needing my manual attention.

I used Gmail to automatically sort and archive my e-mails so I didn’t even have to look at them. Keeping records such as PayPal receipts is important to  me, but it’s not something I need to see.

This is such a small process, but saves me considerable time each day. It’s not something I need to pay my PA to do, when it costs me nothing to set up  a simple automated process.

2.    Refine Your Processes

Look at your current processes or systems for getting anything done. This may be building a product, dealing with a refund or creating a new site.

If you don’t have a process, chances are you are being financially, time or energy inefficient.

Look for ways to speed communication, automate manual repetitive tasks or eliminate unnecessary stages.

3.    Delegate, Delegate, Delegate!

You may not think you can afford it. But you can’t really afford to be doing tasks you’re not qualified to do.

Yes it may save you money, but it may cost you a lot in time and quality.