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How to Double Your Productivity
Make a Few Simple Changes and Everything Will Become Larger in Your Life
The concept of being able to double your productivity conjures up visions of someone who goes from walking to running marathons or a business going from having a kiosk in the mall to scaling up to becoming an international corporation. Here I’m not discussing anything quite as dramatic, but the changes can be powerful on a personal basis nonetheless.
Years ago I heard a saying that goes like this — “If you don’t have an assistant, you are one.” If you want to double your productivity in the next three days, hire a virtual assistant (if you work online) or a personal assistant if you need help in person.
I first want to introduce you to something you may or may not be familiar with. It’s called the Eisenhower Box, and is also referred to as the Eisenhower “Matrix” or simply as the “Decision Box.” The “Eisenhower Box” was derived from a quote attributed to former U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower (he was the President when I was born) who said “I have two kinds of problems, the urgent and the important. The urgent are not important, and the important are never urgent!” I wrote about this concept here in regards to time management.
Every task and activity we engage in, whether for our business or in our personal lives will fall into one of…
