We could all use a few
more minutes in each day, a few more hours in each week, and a few more days in
each month. I haven’t discovered a way to add time to the calendar, but I
have discovered some great apps that free up many hours per month for me by
automating things I don’t have time for.
Here are my top 10 time
saving ideas this year. I hope you find some extra time in 2015 to spend
with friends and family and to do the things you love most.
- Moleskine
notebook - Back to paper. Much easier to take quick notes.
- 10 min daily focus - I take a page from my notebook every
day and create 6 boxes. I label the boxes based on my primary life focus.
Then I fill in one thing I need to do today in each area of my life.
- Fill the calendar - After the step above I make
sure each of those items is scheduled into my day.
- Udemy
- On-line classes. Great way to learn or enhance your skills in different
areas.
- Audiobooks
- I was late to the game on this but it's a great way to fill your time on
long car rides.
- Speed reading - I have tried to learn many times in the
past and this class
finally worked for me. I am now reading almost 3 times faster than I was
and with a higher rate of comprehension.
- Meditation - 20 minutes every morning makes me
substantially more focused and energetic. Check out Ziva Meditation
for an awesome teacher.
- Scalability
- Think 10x and you will find ways to grow faster and do things quicker. I
recently hired a young guy outside the industry and told him that within 6
months he needs to be doing what he does in 5 days in 1 day. He automated
everything and it's working.
- IFTTT
and Workflow
for iPhone - Automate common tasks.
- 30
day goals - I do this with my kids with great results. Use 30 days to make
something happen and anticipate a big reward at the finish line. Many
things that seem impossible on the first of the month are easy by the
30th.
