THE PRODUCTIVITY REVOLUTION
Control your time and get things done!
Marc Reklau
THE PRODUCTIVITY REVOLUTION.
Copyright 2016 by Marc Reklau
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
First of all thanks to my familywho still cant believe what is actually happening since the breakthrough of 30 Days and to my friends who have been there always.
Thank you to the fabulous new people that have entered my life in the last 12 months since starting this adventure and also to those who have left and are on different paths now.
And last but not least thank you to YOU, dear reader. Thank you for picking up a copy of this book or for downloading it on Amazon and thank you for taking your valuable time to read it.
Hopefully when you are finished you will have found more time in your life that you could ever imagine.
CONTENTS
Introduction
We say that time is the most precious thing we have and yet we waste it as if we were going to live forever. When you ask people why they dont go after their dreams or why they dont do more of what they love to do the usual answers are: I dont have enough money or I dont have enough time. Rich people usually answer with I dont have enough time.
With my friends and coaching clients, the most common excuse I hear almost all the time is I dont have time, and even people that obviously have all the time in the world insist that they still never have enough.
I heard this so often in the last year after finishing my first two books that here I am, finally writing about Time Management and Productivitywith the hope and desire that you can finally find the time for yourself that you need and want to get things done and have more time to do the things you love. You can be a successful business person, entrepreneur, or employee AND have enough time to spend with your family. The time is out there. So lets go and find it.
Ok Marc. Thats nicebut whats the revolution here? you might ask.
The revolution is that we will not only have a look at the usual time management tools as listed in countless Time Management books over the years, but also at the Inner Game of Productivity which examines you, your attitude, your beliefs etc. andand heres the real revolutionwe will look at exercises that make you happier!
It has been proven that happier brains are more productive brains. So if you are happy you will perform another 20 to 30 percent better with the same tools, than a person in a neutral or pessimistic state. Now thats news, isnt it?
Im still using the term Time Management, because weve been using it forever, although by now we know that time cant be managed. We can only manage how we spend the time we have, which isunless you can bend time24 hours a day like every other person on this planet. And of course we are not managing time, but our priorities. Im still going to use the term Time Management, because I like it.
Some concepts might repeat during the book. I didnt do that to be obnoxious or to stuff the book with unnecessary words. It happens because many concepts are interconnected andokay, I admitI also hope that by repetition the most important concepts stick better.
I also used less exclamation marks. A couple of readers complained about the huge numbers of exclamation marks in 30 Days See, Im taking your feedback seriously.
So why productivity? Easy. The more productive you are the more time you will have. Sounds boring? What aboutthe more productive you are the more money you will earneither in your job, or starting a business on the side, or even earning money through a hobby of yours.
Do I have your attention now? I do hope so!
As always I only write about habits that I adopt in MY life to get things done and move ahead. Those habits helped me to write two more books, design various online programs and workshops in the last 12 months, to survive in my former job in a book printing Company (probably the most efficient one in Europewith only eight people taking care of over 1200 book projects a year), cutting my working hours in half, and never have to work a weekend or spend extra time at work.
Its funny. My friends say Oh Marc, now that you are a Bestselling author we probably have to ask for an appointment to see you. And yet Im the one who always has time to see them and ends up asking them for an appointment
Heck Im so productive I dont even have an assistant and still answer every single email myselfwhich by the way is a joy.
I know its IN to have a virtual assistant and play the Im-so-busy-and-have-so-many-clients-I-cant-even-answer-my-own-mails card, but when I read that Personal Development Guru Brendon Burchard did everything himself until he had his first million in his bank account, I decided that I can also get my stuff done myself. I also noticed that the most successful people answer their own emails because they are mostly also the most productive.
Back to productivity
Productivity at work is a process that we usually ignore. We dont actually analyze our personal work processes andat bestjust try to get things done and have the least possible fires to put out along the way. And that exactly is the mistake.
When we become aware of our work processes we can start analyzing them and seeing where we lose this precious time, make corrections, and finally have all the time we need to get things done and more.
Another problem is that people often dont see that there is a huge difference between being busy and being productive. We grew up in a culture where it was encouraged to be busy and work overtime and where being productive and organized was oftentimes seen as not having a lot of work to do. And Im not even talking about leaving work early or on time. You can be incredibly busy the whole day and not get any important work done.