25 Simple Tweet Size Tips on Focus and Productivity

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To help people become more focused so they can be more productive. 

1.        “Without great solitude no serious work is possible.” – Pablo Picasso

2.        Know when to delegate; know what you do well and what you don’t to help you stay focused and be more productive.

3.        Chew a stick of gum to help you stick to a task and become faster and more accurate doing it.

4.        Perform concentration exercises to improve your ability to focus.

5.        Write down your distracting thoughts on your “someday list” so you can forget them. 

6.        Reward yourself for sticking to a task until it’s completed.

7.        Nip procrastination in the bud. Set up a routine to follow for tasks that you often procrastinate on.

8.        “Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient what should not be done at all.” – Peter Drucker

9.        Don’t multitask by switching between one project and another. Multitasking can reduce productivity.

10.      Be present when you are with others. Don’t look at your cell phone, email or social media updates. 

11.      Take advantage of phone and computer apps to keep you organized and productive.

12.      Make time for fun and laughter to increase your memory. A good memory improves focus and concentration.

13.      Learn to give up what’s not really important to be more productive. Are you willing to outsource it?

14.      Combine low value tasks. Run all your short errands at the same time. Make all your phone calls in one sitting.

15.      Keep a single minded focus on what you are working on at the time. Don’t think about what is coming later.

16.      “The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.” ― Tom Peters

17.      Set up your daily tasks the day before. Set up your top 6 priorities and when you will work on them.

18.      Stick to your commitments. Don’t let others distract you when you are committed to working on something.

19.      Use your mornings to focus on you. Meditate, read the paper, eat a healthy breakfast.

20.      Take one day a week to recover, refuel and regenerate your mind and body.

21.      Learn to say no to distractions in order to increase your productivity.

22.      Turn off email, cell phones and any other distractions so you can focus on one task at a time.

23.      Set deadlines for important goals. Deadlines will force you to work harder and more effectively as you get closer to the deadline. 

24.      “Tell me to what you pay attention, and I will tell you who you are.” – Jose Ortega y Gasset 

25.      Make it a habit to touch paper only once. When you sort your mail, be sure to file it, trash it or pay it.

How To Become An Information Detective

Vital Information
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Start-up Investment

Low - $5000 ( a home office)

High - $20,000 (an office with one employee)
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Break - even time - Three month to one year
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Estimate of Annual Revenue and Profit

Revenue $25,000 - &10 million

Profit (Pre-tax - $20,000 - $2 million
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A Golden Needle in the Haystack?

It is said that the world's knowledge is doubling every eight years! That's a staggering and impressive figure, assuming all that knowledge is accessible to the people who need it.







Fortunately for the 300 to 500 "Information Detectives" operating in the U.S. today, the average corporation, writer, journalist, student, doesn't have ready access to the facts and figures they need and trying to unearth the appropriate information is a great deal like looking for a needle in a haystack.

And what a haystack! Thanks to today's overwhelming increase of computer usage, thousands of entrepreneurs, major corporations, government agencies, etc., are all able to compile libraries of information ranging from the effects of oil spills on inland lakes to the state with the greatest number of horse breeders.

And all this information is available on some data-base somewhere. But how does the average "Joe" access that information?

Information detectives are paid to find the needle their client needs. They primarily use computerized data bases, but it doesn't stop there.

They often need to leaf through reference books, publications and, on occasion, the view experts. The key to success in this service industry is knowing where the bodies are buried.

Don't Byte Off More than You Can Chew

You will need some basic equipment when you start your Information Detective operation: a computer, printer and modem. You can keep overhead down by starting operations in a spare bedroom in your home.

You will probably need some training; the vendor of your data-base system may offer one - or two-day courses to familiarize you with their system, but you will probably need a great deal of practice to become proficient in your searches.

When and if you decide to rent an office, and another researcher or  two market more heavily, your overhead can easily double or quadruple, so take it easy and slow. Keep a close eye on how you are "growing your business".

Although some corporations have in-house information services, most information detectives are home-based, one-person operations.

A few entrepreneurs in this industry have capitalized on their talent for unearthing information and expanded into large information gathering businesses.

These independents and entrepreneurs generally work on an hourly basis (usually in the $50 to $70/hour range).

As your business increases, you will more than likely want to try to establish a base of clients who employ you on a monthly retainer basis (you will guarantee them a minimum number of hours per month) and of course bill additional amounts for larger projects.

Watch Out for "Tunnel Vision"

Especially in the early stages of your business, it may be necessary to keep more than one egg in your basket.

Many small independents don't have enough demand for their services to fill the whole day, five days a week, so they beef up their income by providing other services which compliment their major activity, i.e., conducting seminars, writing articles on information on information retrieval, and/or teaching computer courses.

In addition to providing income, these activities can be a good "networking" technique to get your name out there and garner valuable contacts -- people who may later hire you detect for.

How Many And How Often Should You Send Autoresponder Messages

The next thing you need to decide is how often you’re going to send your messages
to your prospects.

 This is an important decision.

You don’t want to send your messages too often or your prospects will remove themselves from your autoresponder sequence because it starts to look like spam.




On the other hand, you don’t want your prospects to forget about you because they haven’t heard from you in a long time.

So how often should you be sending your messages?

The frequency of your messages depends on the subject.

If you’re sending out an ezine, you could send a message daily, bi-weekly, weekly, or monthly.

Thank you messages, on the other hand, would be sent less frequently.

Here’s a generic guide to sending your sales messages.

First message : Arrives within seconds of the prospect requesting information. The first message presents your offer and gets the prospect’s attention.

Some people will make a purchase from the first message.

Second message : Arrives 24 hours later. This message will be longer than the first and should detail the major benefits of your product or service.

Link the benefits to the features of the product and show your target market how it will make their life easier, save them money, save them time, or whatever the major benefits of your products are.

Third message : Arrives 3 – 5 days later. Show the secondary benefits and features of your products and give alternative ways to use them.

Fourth message : Arrives 8-10 days after your third message.

Sum up the key points that you’ve presented in the first three messages, but come at it from a different angle so your prospects don’t feel they’re reading regurgitated information.

Fifth message : Arrives 30 days after your fourth message.

Now you can start introducing complimentary products and showing how they work in conjunction with your main product.

These back end sales are limited only by your imagination.

Subsequent messages can be sent every 30 days to keep in touch with your target market until it’s the right time for them to make a purchase.

By staying fresh in their mind with regular contact, there’s a greater chance that they’ll make a
purchase from you instead of your competition.

Some Ideas Of Creativity With Fun

Oscar winner, Anthony Hopkins, would just get in his car and drive across country alone with no destination in particular. 

It helped him experience different people in different parts of the country, away from the unreality of Hollywood. 

These little trips helped him to become a better actor.

Try something new every day and let your experiences broaden your view of the world and people around you. 

Explore a new neighborhood in your town. 




Spend an afternoon in a museum to which you've never been before. 

Chat up someone in the checkout line at the store. You need to open up to the people around you. 

You need to step out of your comfort zone more and more each day. 

This will heighten your sense of adventure and your zest for life.

Think about it. When was the last time you did something out of your comfort zone? 

When you stay in your comfort zone, you miss out on a whole lot of experiences that could add to your growth - emotionally, mentally, physically, or spiritually.

I would love to try bungee jumping and skydiving but I'm a coward when it comes to risking life and limb. If you have the courage, go for it! 

At the very least, you will have plenty of exciting stories to share, enabling you to develop your storytelling skills, making you the life of any gathering. 

People will love to hear you tell about doing the things they only dream of doing.

This next thing will seem nutty. It is. You need to embrace insanity. 

I'm not talking about the kind that will land you in a rubber room. 

As John Russell once said, "Sanity calms, but madness (insanity) is more interesting."

History shows that nearly every creative thinker was once deemed insane by "normal" people. 

Lucky for us, the critics couldn't stop the creative geniuses from changing the world. 

Being "normal" confines’ people to think - normally, that is, to think within limits society has deemed to be normal. 

Creativity is essentially ignoring those limits, within the Law, of course. 

Your creativity may seem bizarre and downright strange to the "normals.” Ignore them and seek out others who also ignore the "normals" of this world. 

They will know how to help you to cultivate your new sense of creativity.

Now, a word of caution as you step out in your search for creativity. 

Don't strive to develop a creative "personality." 

There is a difference between a creative personality and creative thinking. 
 
Examples of wacky creative personalities would be George Washington, who often rode into battle naked, or James Joyce, who wrote "Dubliners" with beetle juice because he had an intense fear of ink, or Albert Einstein, who thought his cat was a spy sent by his rival. 

They were all great men, for sure, but a little wacky at times because they lost touch with reality.

It's important that your creativity doesn't blind you to the real world. 

Keep your feet on the ground and your head in the clouds! (Look familiar?)

Starting today, begin thinking beyond your "limits." Follow these steps and you'll soon be living a life full of interesting and exciting adventures. 

Your new level creative thinking will bring about a new zest for living life.

Top 5 Ways To Stay Safe Online

The ways you can get compromised on the internet have gotten more numerous and more sophisticated. 










Now, more than ever, it's important to follow the best practices to give yourself the best chance of getting through life on the net safely.

Here are five ways to stay safe online:

TIPS #1:

Keep your software current, especially your security software. If automatic updates are an option, turn them on. 

Companies already take long enough to patch software so you don't want to go any more time patchless than you need to.

TIPS #2:

Passwords. Make them strong and long. Use special characters where allowed and mix in capital letters.  

And turn on two-factor authentication where available. 

Remember to use a unique password for each account and either write them down in a safe place or use a secure password manager.

TIPS#3:

Be very wary of what you click on. Delete suspicious emails. Don't open attachments unless you're absolutely sure they're safe. 

Be careful visiting unfamiliar websites. And don't click OK or Yes blindly!

TIPS4#:

Limit your business on open Wi-Fi! At the coffee shop, hotel or on the airplane, people can sniff out your traffic. 

Use a trusted virtual private network if you need to do sensitive stuff like financial operations.

TIPS5#:

Customize privacy settings on the services you use. Don't just go with the defaults. 

Even then, only share the information you must to make a service work. 

Be wary of entering personal or sensitive info online anywhere.

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6 Ways To Prod And Motivate Yourself Very Effectively

It happens to the best of us. Sometimes, the drive, energy, enthusiasm, interest and passion just drain out.

The problem is, most of the times we are not calling the shots.

We have to move with the rhythm of our environment which always asks us to stay ready and up and moving.

So what do you do in times when you just don’t feel like doing anything? Or when too much needs to be done and all you ever want is to quit? Try the following.

1. Imagine the consequences.

Worst comes to worst, you will lose the opportunities you are trying to pursue or lose your sense of enjoyment in life.



When lacking in motivation, think of the worst case scenario that may happen because of it.

Then, maybe, just maybe, you'll be in the mood to get off your butt. Just begin.

2. Quit the mental chatter.

 Quit the debate in your head. Quit the whiff-whaff of dialogues that push and pull you from doing whatever it is that you need to do.

Realize that hesitation doesn’t do you any good, it wastes your time at best. So why do it?

3. Stick with the plan.

Given that you have already started going for your goal, the next problem you'll be encountering is sticking with it.

It is never easy to stick with the plan because the temptation to give up or give in to the lures of rest, relaxation or slacking is too strong.

No matter what happens though, just stick with it. Never, for one second, turn your back on your goals. Keep your eyes on them

4. Crave for it.

Be passionate about what you are doing, even if it's the most boring, tedious job in the world.

Do it for compelling reasons.

This is actually pretty much like the tip above, but it's worth repeating.

Do it for a compelling cause. Do it because you are burning with passion for it.

Do it because it really excites you. If it doesn’t, then make it interesting.

Motivation jumps out the nearest window if you don’t have an iota of interest in what you are doing.

Be careful when listening to that tiny voice.

The worst battles often happen inside the head, not during the act.

What limits us in most cases is the self talk that convinces us of the negative sides of goal, of our self, or of our dreams.

Shut this voice out and you will find it is easier to be motivated.

5. Skip the five-minute habit. 

The five minutes leading to doing the task is said to be the least comfortable of all.

This is when hesitation kicks in. If you really want to be motivated, forget about this part and get on with doing the job.

6. Don’t get overly excited.

This is an absolute motivation killer. Many people commit the mistake of jumping right into the task.

This is good save for the fact that excitement drains away with motivation.

Manage your motivational level by trying to build up anticipation.

Set a date, moderate your expectations, construct realizable goals, and sustain your energy.

It is easier to get and stay motivated this way.

Have a Good Day.