10 Tips to Work Smarter, Not Harder
Published on: December 2 2022 by Dylan Sigley
10 Tips to Work Smarter, Not Harder
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10 Tips to Work Smarter, Not Harder
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| 00:00:00 | 00:00:04 | Hey Drop services welcome back to |
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| 00:00:04 | 00:00:08 | toking about whether you should be |
| 00:00:05 | 00:00:09 | working harder or smarter and if you |
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| 00:00:30 | 00:00:35 | in this video we're going to try and |
| 00:00:33 | 00:00:37 | answer the question should I work harder |
| 00:00:35 | 00:00:38 | or smarter I'd be your thinking Lance |
| 00:00:37 | 00:00:41 | that seems like it should be a |
| 00:00:38 | 00:00:44 | no-brainer so let's take a look no |
| 00:00:41 | 00:00:46 | matter what job you have or the industry |
| 00:00:44 | 00:00:48 | you're in there will never be enough |
| 00:00:46 | 00:00:51 | hours in the day to get everything done |
| 00:00:48 | 00:00:53 | and as a result you might constantly |
| 00:00:51 | 00:00:54 | feel like you're always behind and |
| 00:00:53 | 00:00:56 | that's just not good for your |
| 00:00:54 | 00:00:59 | productivity or your health think of it |
| 00:00:56 | 00:01:01 | like this if you're not thriving neither |
| 00:00:59 | 00:01:03 | is your business most people think the |
| 00:01:01 | 00:01:06 | answer is to put in more and more hours |
| 00:01:03 | 00:01:07 | work more and make more right it sounds |
| 00:01:06 | 00:01:09 | like it should be some kind of simple |
| 00:01:07 | 00:01:12 | recipe but just because you're putting |
| 00:01:09 | 00:01:13 | 16 hours a day into your business |
| 00:01:12 | 00:01:16 | doesn't mean you're going to be |
| 00:01:13 | 00:01:18 | successful and it definitely doesn't |
| 00:01:16 | 00:01:21 | make you more profitable it's about what |
| 00:01:18 | 00:01:23 | you're actually doing with your time and |
| 00:01:21 | 00:01:25 | that's kind of obvious right it may seem |
| 00:01:23 | 00:01:29 | obvious but a lot of people including |
| 00:01:25 | 00:01:31 | myself focus on how much work are doing |
| 00:01:29 | 00:01:33 | rather than thinking about how they |
| 00:01:31 | 00:01:35 | could actually work more efficiently |
| 00:01:33 | 00:01:38 | there's a lot of smart people out there |
| 00:01:35 | 00:01:40 | researching this and it turns out that |
| 00:01:38 | 00:01:42 | increasing your work hours in a given |
| 00:01:40 | 00:01:44 | week can actually decrease your |
| 00:01:42 | 00:01:47 | productivity so when it comes to your |
| 00:01:44 | 00:01:50 | own business that work more make more |
| 00:01:47 | 00:01:52 | mantra isn't even true working smarter |
| 00:01:50 | 00:01:55 | involves asking yourself questions like |
| 00:01:52 | 00:01:57 | can this be done quicker or can this |
| 00:01:55 | 00:02:00 | task be automated to a virtual assistant |
| 00:01:57 | 00:02:01 | or even does it have to be perfect is |
| 00:02:00 | 00:02:03 | this a task where it could be good |
| 00:02:01 | 00:02:05 | enough just fine if you're working |
| 00:02:03 | 00:02:07 | smarter from the beginning you'll bake |
| 00:02:05 | 00:02:09 | this into your entrepreneurial mindset |
| 00:02:07 | 00:02:11 | and over time achieve far greater |
| 00:02:09 | 00:02:14 | results than your competitors here are |
| 00:02:11 | 00:02:16 | 10 simple tips to help you focus on what |
| 00:02:14 | 00:02:19 | really matters and work smarter number |
| 00:02:16 | 00:02:22 | one focus on the most important tasks |
| 00:02:19 | 00:02:23 | let's say you have a major new project |
| 00:02:22 | 00:02:25 | that you have to start working on like |
| 00:02:23 | 00:02:27 | most people you'll probably start |
| 00:02:25 | 00:02:29 | thinking about all the thousand |
| 00:02:27 | 00:02:31 | different things you're going to have to |
| 00:02:29 | 00:02:33 | do and it starts to produce a huge to-do |
| 00:02:31 | 00:02:35 | list that's gonna make you feel |
| 00:02:33 | 00:02:38 | overwhelmed having a huge to-do list is |
| 00:02:35 | 00:02:39 | actually counterproductive and will make |
| 00:02:38 | 00:02:42 | you lose focus |
| 00:02:39 | 00:02:45 | why because you won't be prioritize |
| 00:02:42 | 00:02:48 | the tasks that are actually key to the |
| 00:02:45 | 00:02:51 | project success ideally what you should |
| 00:02:48 | 00:02:54 | do is keep your list to say three to |
| 00:02:51 | 00:02:56 | five key tasks each day and prioritize |
| 00:02:54 | 00:02:58 | them in order of importance don't |
| 00:02:56 | 00:03:01 | overthink the prioritization though |
| 00:02:58 | 00:03:03 | because that takes time and causes |
| 00:03:01 | 00:03:05 | stress if it's not in your face obvious |
| 00:03:03 | 00:03:07 | just randomly assign them one two three |
| 00:03:05 | 00:03:09 | four five and move on |
| 00:03:07 | 00:03:11 | awesome so now you've got your list for |
| 00:03:09 | 00:03:13 | your day to knock off the three to five |
| 00:03:11 | 00:03:15 | items so focus on one task then get it |
| 00:03:13 | 00:03:17 | done and move decisively to the next one |
| 00:03:15 | 00:03:19 | and you'll reduce your stress and become |
| 00:03:17 | 00:03:21 | much more productive and trust me on |
| 00:03:19 | 00:03:23 | this you'll be mind blown by how |
| 00:03:21 | 00:03:26 | productive you can be when you focus on |
| 00:03:23 | 00:03:28 | one specific task for third or fifth of |
| 00:03:26 | 00:03:30 | your day rather than being all over the |
| 00:03:28 | 00:03:33 | show trying to cover everything so |
| 00:03:30 | 00:03:36 | number two measure your results not your |
| 00:03:33 | 00:03:38 | time this means don't focus on how long |
| 00:03:36 | 00:03:40 | you spend doing something focus on what |
| 00:03:38 | 00:03:42 | you actually achieve in your time on it |
| 00:03:40 | 00:03:44 | one way to measure results instead of |
| 00:03:42 | 00:03:46 | time is to create lists of things you |
| 00:03:44 | 00:03:48 | have actually completed during the day |
| 00:03:46 | 00:03:50 | and across the week and you can say done |
| 00:03:48 | 00:03:52 | or completed and having that list is a |
| 00:03:50 | 00:03:54 | great way to keep track of what you're |
| 00:03:52 | 00:03:56 | actually achieving especially if this |
| 00:03:54 | 00:03:59 | involves physically moving tasks from |
| 00:03:56 | 00:04:01 | to-do list to a completed list with |
| 00:03:59 | 00:04:03 | poster notes or something like that by |
| 00:04:01 | 00:04:06 | keeping a completed list you'll feel |
| 00:04:03 | 00:04:07 | more motivated and focused since you can |
| 00:04:06 | 00:04:10 | actually see what you're accomplishing |
| 00:04:07 | 00:04:12 | each day each week and how this gets you |
| 00:04:10 | 00:04:14 | closer to your overall goals and |
| 00:04:12 | 00:04:16 | everyone has those times in the day we |
| 00:04:14 | 00:04:19 | are in the zone you feel super energized |
| 00:04:16 | 00:04:22 | keep track of that and prioritize your |
| 00:04:19 | 00:04:25 | tasks to get the main tasks done during |
| 00:04:22 | 00:04:26 | your daily peak times finally a Friday |
| 00:04:25 | 00:04:28 | beer to celebrate the week's |
| 00:04:26 | 00:04:31 | achievements is also a great opportunity |
| 00:04:28 | 00:04:32 | to give yourself a pat on the back for a |
| 00:04:31 | 00:04:34 | good job done during the week and |
| 00:04:32 | 00:04:37 | celebrating that right celebrate your |
| 00:04:34 | 00:04:39 | successes big and small so number three |
| 00:04:37 | 00:04:41 | your attitude is so important having a |
| 00:04:39 | 00:04:42 | positive attitude when it comes to |
| 00:04:41 | 00:04:44 | working on your business is cliche but |
| 00:04:42 | 00:04:47 | can have a big impact on your |
| 00:04:44 | 00:04:49 | productivity health and well-being if |
| 00:04:47 | 00:04:51 | you have a positive attitude you're |
| 00:04:49 | 00:04:52 | going to be more likely to learn from |
| 00:04:51 | 00:04:55 | the opportunities and see opportunities |
| 00:04:52 | 00:04:57 | and grow and be successful in the future |
| 00:04:55 | 00:04:59 | and when mistakes and failure inevitably |
| 00:04:57 | 00:05:01 | occur right this is going to be way |
| 00:04:59 | 00:05:03 | better food than spending a precious |
| 00:05:01 | 00:05:06 | time and effort looking for someone else |
| 00:05:03 | 00:05:08 | to blame lastly having a positive |
| 00:05:06 | 00:05:10 | attitude will help you set high |
| 00:05:08 | 00:05:13 | standards for the work that you do and |
| 00:05:10 | 00:05:13 | all make you own your decisions and feel |
| 00:05:13 | 00:05:16 | great about it |
| 00:05:13 | 00:05:18 | so do it and number four communication |
| 00:05:16 | 00:05:21 | is key to working smarter when you can |
| 00:05:18 | 00:05:23 | communicate well with that on the phone |
| 00:05:21 | 00:05:25 | email or in person you'll eliminate all |
| 00:05:23 | 00:05:27 | sorts of problems it doesn't matter if |
| 00:05:25 | 00:05:29 | you're a freelancer entrepreneur or |
| 00:05:27 | 00:05:31 | employee this of course gonna be times |
| 00:05:29 | 00:05:33 | when you're gonna have to work with |
| 00:05:31 | 00:05:36 | other people from different professions |
| 00:05:33 | 00:05:38 | levels of education and language and |
| 00:05:36 | 00:05:40 | different backgrounds in general right |
| 00:05:38 | 00:05:42 | having excellent communication skills is |
| 00:05:40 | 00:05:44 | critikal to working smarter |
| 00:05:42 | 00:05:47 | misunderstandings and miscommunication |
| 00:05:44 | 00:05:49 | can lead to having to redo work and or |
| 00:05:47 | 00:05:51 | failing to meet obligations which can |
| 00:05:49 | 00:05:54 | waste huge amounts of time money and |
| 00:05:51 | 00:05:56 | pull your reputation so one good tip is |
| 00:05:54 | 00:05:59 | to learn to stay on point |
| 00:05:56 | 00:06:00 | especially when communicating via email |
| 00:05:59 | 00:06:03 | make it sure make it clear what you're |
| 00:06:00 | 00:06:05 | saying and super clear what you want |
| 00:06:03 | 00:06:07 | from the recipient this is a real |
| 00:06:05 | 00:06:09 | time-saver guys as you'll reduce the |
| 00:06:07 | 00:06:12 | number of back-and-forth emails going |
| 00:06:09 | 00:06:15 | around in circles so number five Cree |
| 00:06:12 | 00:06:16 | hate and stik to a routine you've heard |
| 00:06:15 | 00:06:19 | all of this before right but when we |
| 00:06:16 | 00:06:21 | create routines we form habits which |
| 00:06:19 | 00:06:23 | when fully formed allows us to work |
| 00:06:21 | 00:06:25 | faster and better as we don't have to |
| 00:06:23 | 00:06:28 | spend much time thinking about something |
| 00:06:25 | 00:06:30 | we just do it for example get in the |
| 00:06:28 | 00:06:31 | habit of always doing your sales calls |
| 00:06:30 | 00:06:34 | first thing in the morning at 9 a.m. |
| 00:06:31 | 00:06:36 | every day after you have done this for a |
| 00:06:34 | 00:06:38 | few weeks it will become a habit and |
| 00:06:36 | 00:06:39 | you'll just do it and not spend time |
| 00:06:38 | 00:06:40 | getting anxious about it thinking too |
| 00:06:39 | 00:06:42 | much about it |
| 00:06:40 | 00:06:45 | online calendars and Diaries are great |
| 00:06:42 | 00:06:47 | too to help you learn a new routine you |
| 00:06:45 | 00:06:49 | can block out time each party or day for |
| 00:06:47 | 00:06:51 | all of the tasks that you have to do and |
| 00:06:49 | 00:06:53 | on the topic of calendars a popular hack |
| 00:06:51 | 00:06:56 | is to use one calendar for everything |
| 00:06:53 | 00:06:59 | business personal health fitness you're |
| 00:06:56 | 00:07:01 | all one person so make sure your gym dog |
| 00:06:59 | 00:07:04 | walks grocery shopping and sales calls |
| 00:07:01 | 00:07:06 | are all scheduled in and visible so you |
| 00:07:04 | 00:07:07 | can keep a balanced life and avoid over |
| 00:07:06 | 00:07:09 | committing |
| 00:07:07 | 00:07:11 | so okay so number six automate more |
| 00:07:09 | 00:07:14 | tasks it probably goes without saying |
| 00:07:11 | 00:07:16 | but automation of low value tasks frees |
| 00:07:14 | 00:07:17 | up your time and sometimes hours in a |
| 00:07:16 | 00:07:19 | day so you can focus on the more |
| 00:07:17 | 00:07:21 | important tasks that are actually going |
| 00:07:19 | 00:07:22 | to help you grow your business like |
| 00:07:21 | 00:07:25 | personal follow-ups with clients and |
| 00:07:22 | 00:07:29 | hiring the right kind of people famously |
| 00:07:25 | 00:07:31 | Steve Jobs wore the same outfit every |
| 00:07:29 | 00:07:33 | day and that wasn't a fashion statement |
| 00:07:31 | 00:07:35 | guys obviously the reason wants to |
| 00:07:33 | 00:07:37 | reduce the number of decisions he had to |
| 00:07:35 | 00:07:40 | make it takes energy to make decisions |
| 00:07:37 | 00:07:42 | so wearing the same outfit every day |
| 00:07:40 | 00:07:44 | mean one less decision he had to make |
| 00:07:42 | 00:07:47 | you don't have to copy Steve Jobs of |
| 00:07:44 | 00:07:49 | course the listen here team is that if |
| 00:07:47 | 00:07:51 | there are tasks and decisions that you |
| 00:07:49 | 00:07:53 | can automate there acquire a list of |
| 00:07:51 | 00:07:55 | your input or thinking time you can |
| 00:07:53 | 00:07:58 | focus on the more important things that |
| 00:07:55 | 00:08:01 | add value to your business and to your |
| 00:07:58 | 00:08:04 | clients okay so number seven stop |
| 00:08:01 | 00:08:06 | multitasking multitasking is for clowns |
| 00:08:04 | 00:08:08 | it's true the rest of us just aren't |
| 00:08:06 | 00:08:10 | designed to ride a bike and juggle a |
| 00:08:08 | 00:08:12 | million things at once researchers have |
| 00:08:10 | 00:08:14 | even looked at people's brain activity |
| 00:08:12 | 00:08:16 | when they try to multitask and found |
| 00:08:14 | 00:08:19 | that people simply couldn't execute on |
| 00:08:16 | 00:08:21 | more than one thing at a time well all |
| 00:08:19 | 00:08:23 | you end up doing is splitting your |
| 00:08:21 | 00:08:25 | attention really quickly between a bunch |
| 00:08:23 | 00:08:28 | of different things so basically doing |
| 00:08:25 | 00:08:30 | one task at once but only for one minute |
| 00:08:28 | 00:08:32 | when was the last time you wrote a |
| 00:08:30 | 00:08:36 | winning proposal in a minute right never |
| 00:08:32 | 00:08:38 | so focus all your attention on one task |
| 00:08:36 | 00:08:41 | at a time and nail it before moving on |
| 00:08:38 | 00:08:43 | to the next task so number eight take |
| 00:08:41 | 00:08:46 | advantage of your procrastination humans |
| 00:08:43 | 00:08:47 | love procrastination right we tend to |
| 00:08:46 | 00:08:49 | fill the time we have available with |
| 00:08:47 | 00:08:51 | something given the opportunity ever |
| 00:08:49 | 00:08:53 | been in those our meetings when it could |
| 00:08:51 | 00:08:56 | be in fifteen minutes but you can make |
| 00:08:53 | 00:08:58 | it work to your advantage by fiddling |
| 00:08:56 | 00:09:00 | tasks with much shorter deadlines for |
| 00:08:58 | 00:09:02 | example tell a client you'll finish the |
| 00:09:00 | 00:09:04 | project 24 hours earlier than you would |
| 00:09:02 | 00:09:06 | normally and you'll probably find that |
| 00:09:04 | 00:09:09 | it's exactly what you do so number nine |
| 00:09:06 | 00:09:11 | you need to relieve stress stress can |
| 00:09:09 | 00:09:15 | cause physical and emotional problems |
| 00:09:11 | 00:09:17 | you can impact energy health and mental |
| 00:09:15 | 00:09:18 | well-being and it adversely affects your |
| 00:09:17 | 00:09:20 | work performance overall and life |
| 00:09:18 | 00:09:21 | performance so some of the best things |
| 00:09:20 | 00:09:24 | you can do |
| 00:09:21 | 00:09:26 | reduce stress as exercise regularly read |
| 00:09:24 | 00:09:28 | listen to music or podcasts meditation |
| 00:09:26 | 00:09:30 | yoga spending time with friends and |
| 00:09:28 | 00:09:32 | family basically anything that makes you |
| 00:09:30 | 00:09:34 | happy and another tip is to plan |
| 00:09:32 | 00:09:36 | difficult things that you have to do in |
| 00:09:34 | 00:09:37 | advance so if you have a sales call |
| 00:09:36 | 00:09:39 | first thing in the morning and it's |
| 00:09:37 | 00:09:41 | causing you worry plan for it |
| 00:09:39 | 00:09:43 | write it down all of your key points and |
| 00:09:41 | 00:09:44 | practike what you're going to say it |
| 00:09:43 | 00:09:47 | will make you feel much more in control |
| 00:09:44 | 00:09:49 | writing things down which will help to |
| 00:09:47 | 00:09:51 | relieve your stress so it's really |
| 00:09:49 | 00:09:52 | important to carve out time in your day |
| 00:09:51 | 00:09:55 | for this it will help your business |
| 00:09:52 | 00:09:57 | bottom line in the long run and it |
| 00:09:55 | 00:09:59 | really helps overall in your life so |
| 00:09:57 | 00:10:02 | number 10 do more work that you actually |
| 00:09:59 | 00:10:04 | enjoy so in my last tip number 10 is |
| 00:10:02 | 00:10:06 | when you're chasing your entrepreneurial |
| 00:10:04 | 00:10:08 | dreams and following your passion they |
| 00:10:06 | 00:10:11 | will still be tasks you're not keen on |
| 00:10:08 | 00:10:13 | doing this is unavoidable but you can |
| 00:10:11 | 00:10:15 | work around it for example if you love |
| 00:10:13 | 00:10:18 | the sales side of the business focus on |
| 00:10:15 | 00:10:20 | that key your sales process in pipeline |
| 00:10:18 | 00:10:23 | coming and outsource the marketing tasks |
| 00:10:20 | 00:10:26 | or admin sites somebody else automate it |
| 00:10:23 | 00:10:28 | right so focusing on what you love doing |
| 00:10:26 | 00:10:30 | will make you more productive and you'll |
| 00:10:28 | 00:10:33 | get more results both personally and |
| 00:10:30 | 00:10:36 | professionally so what's the key |
| 00:10:33 | 00:10:37 | takeaway from this video sometimes less |
| 00:10:36 | 00:10:39 | is more |
| 00:10:37 | 00:10:41 | right the overwhelming evidence from |
| 00:10:39 | 00:10:44 | people who look into this topic deeply |
| 00:10:41 | 00:10:47 | for a living says work smarter not |
| 00:10:44 | 00:10:48 | harder that's the answer to personal |
| 00:10:47 | 00:10:51 | productivity and business success so |
| 00:10:48 | 00:10:53 | guys just to recap before I go to level |
| 00:10:51 | 00:10:55 | up your personal and business |
| 00:10:53 | 00:10:58 | productivity you need to focus on the |
| 00:10:55 | 00:11:01 | important tasks first always measure |
| 00:10:58 | 00:11:02 | results celebrate your wins practike and |
| 00:11:01 | 00:11:05 | level up your communication skills |
| 00:11:02 | 00:11:07 | create routines around your habits all |
| 00:11:05 | 00:11:10 | that make anything and everything you |
| 00:11:07 | 00:11:12 | can and take care of yourself do what |
| 00:11:10 | 00:11:14 | you enjoy and your productivity will |
| 00:11:12 | 00:11:16 | soar so I look forward to toking to you |
| 00:11:14 | 00:11:18 | in the next video that's the video for |
| 00:11:16 | 00:11:20 | today hopefully today you actually learn |
| 00:11:18 | 00:11:23 | something you can implement in your |
| 00:11:20 | 00:11:25 | business and your life and once again |
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| 00:11:25 | 00:11:29 | comment below any questions you have and |
| 00:11:27 | 00:11:32 | I'll answer them an upcoming video |
| 00:11:29 | 00:11:36 | personally and until next time |
