october 2019

3 Tips for Focus & Productivity

As a photographer and woman on the go, these tools keep me organized and focused and help me manage time.  These apps “cross-pollinate” to all 4 of my Apple devices, so I can pick up any one and make things happen!  That’s huge for my productivity!

Here are a few tools I use in my business every day to keep me focused and productive:

ToDoist:  

• Rolling list of tasks where I can enter all of my to dos and organize them by project, due date, priority, etc, so I don’t forget anything
• Keeps me from wasting time re-writing tasks I can’t get to
• Enables me to enter daily/weekly/monthly tasks to keep me on top of repetitive routines

Logging Goals and Details in my Calendar App:
(This habit started from participating in Evolve’s Excel accountability program)

• Daily, in recurring Calendar Event, I log:
  • Excel accountability entries
  • What I accomplish: Business, Personal, Evolve Team Lead, etc.

• Each week, in recurring Calendar Event, based on Excel accountability, I summarize:
  • What I did that week and if I met my goals
  • Also report this at my weekly Excel accountability group

• GREATLY increases my awareness of and focus on:
  • Goals for day, week and month
  • Accomplishments each day and week
  • What’s stopping me from attaining them

BeFocused app

• Keeps me aware of how much time is passing [I tend to go into time warp during my task at hand]
• Keeps me focused on the end goal, instead of getting pulled away with distractions.

These tools help me every day run a successful business, stay focused, and to be able to fully help my clients see the best versions of themselves!

Marcia Gaebel
Zebrastripes Productions LLC
Website link:  www.zebrastripespro.com
Email:  marcia@zebrastripespro.com