Get Back On Track And Keep Your Focus

One of the great challenge you have as an entrepreneur
is keeping your focus.

Every morning there's dozens of things that goes through
your mind about what you have to do today.

Then you open your email and all hell breaks loose
...Nothing you had planned to do today gets done.

Let me give you my little system to really accomplish something.

I already told you about making a list of things to do
each night before leaving my desk.

The next morning I check my list and start with the first item.
If at some point I need to check my email, I do it but I only
check for the email I am waiting for.
Like confirming a subscription to a new forum for example.

I don't look at all the rest in my inbox. I check those around
11:30. I do a scan and make sure I don't spend an hour answering
emails and skipping lunch. Being real hungry helps making sure I
don't get sidetracked too long.

One real good strategy for keeping your focus, is announcing a
deadline.

For example let's say you have this great idea for an ebook.
You have done your research, you know all the titles of your
chapters and you have a feel for how long it's gonna take.

Let's say three weeks. So, if today is july 10th, your ebook
should be ready on august 1st right? Awesome!

Now what you do is you make a big announcement to your list that
on august 1st you are going to release your new ebook.
Not only that, you are going to tell your wife, your mother,
everybody in your family that you are going to launch your ebook
and you are going to throw a launch party.

Now you have no choice but to write it.

So break it down step by step and write them all on a piece
of paper. Cross out every step you accomplish and feel it, feel
that sense of accomplishment as your ebook materialize and
celebrate!