Not a good idea to start the day with e-mails, Twitter and Facebook

How do I know? Because I do it all the time :-) , using the following reasoning:

“If I get rid of the little things like dealing with e-mails and writing Tweets and checking out Facebook, I’ll clear the decks and my mind will be freer to concentrate on the longer, harder projects. Besides, it should take me no more than 30 minutes.”

Over an hour later, I still haven’t started on the big rock, fiddling with sand instead (see previous post about how to put large rocks in a full jar, i.e. how to fit in new important projects in an overflowing day).

Yes, Social Media and being reachable are very important to the business, but we shouldn’t put them first because our mind will find it easy to deal with those things. It likes little projects; it’s the big ones it will resist, so put them first before you run out of steam.

Your productivity and performance level will greatly improve.

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