Today I am
writing part 4 of a 5-week blog series providing an overview to the principles
covered in The 5 Choices to Extraordinary Productivity. Have you been so swamped in emails you missed
the first 3 posts? If so, today’s post
should be helpful, but before you begin, make sure follow these links to read Choice1, Choice2 and Choice3.
When
participants attend our 5 Choices Program, they get exposed to a video in the beginning of their training on
Choice 4. Edward M. Hallowell, M.D. (author of Crazy Busy and Shine), points
out that many of us have an addition… to technology. He states it might not be a full blown
addiction, but it is certainly a habituation.
When your
phone rings, your texts whistle at you or your computers ding, do you jump to
see what it is? When you see messages in
your inbox that you haven’t read, does it stress you out? It reminds me of a game I played when I was a
teen. We used to go up to our male
friends and act like we were going to punch them in the arm. When they flinched, we yelled, “Two for
flinching!” and then we punched them in the arm twice. If your technology could punch you for
flinching, would you be sore?
We want the
paradigm that “We Rule our Technology”, not the other way around. The principle is of ALIGNMENT. Our program teaches participants to Design a
System that works best for them, to make the 3 Master Moves and how to use
Productivity Accelerators.
This is by
far one of the most popular parts of the program. Participants find sanity in the process of
setting up rules and alerts and learning new ways to look at information. For example, almost every email you have can
provide you information with one of the following: Appointment, Task, Contact
or Notes/Document. We teach participants
to “turn it in to what it is.” It’s one
of the 3 Master Moves.
When you
apply this content, you will have an effective system for appointment, task,
contact or notes and you will no longer have to “live in your inbox.” Your email will be organized so you can act
on your most important work quickly.
This is a key step to achieving productivity!
Well, next week we’ll dive into Choice 5: Fuel
Your Fire; Don’t Burn Out. Be sure to
check back. I have a surprise for you!
Until next
week,
John Vakidis
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