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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.