How To Get Stuff Done — In Less Time & Effort

Learning how to get stuff done with ease and efficiency can help eliminate much stress and overwhelm in our daily routine. Wouldn’t it be nice to know how to get stuff done in a more relaxed, efficient, and enjoyable way? 

Personally, I think so. There’s only so much time in the day, and it is not only how we choose to use it, but also our attitude and state of mind while using it.

 

How To Get Stuff Done — It Starts With A Plan

There’re many sayings about failing to plan, so then we are planning to fail, but I want to make this far more practical for us. This is not complicated at all, and not a hassle to do. In fact, it becomes quite enjoyable after a while, as we see ourselves getting things done more effortlessly and easily.

It’s very helpful to have overall goals and plans as we approach our main objectives in life. But at the same time, all the action takes place on a daily and weekly basis, so this is where I suggest we focus our planning efforts.

“Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.” — Paul J. Meyer — 

At the end of each week, or over the weekend, we can plan out roughly what we need to get done the following week. Obviously, this can change minute-to-minute, which is fine. But having an outline set out makes it much easier and less stressful to make adjustments along the way.

Next, it’s important to review our daily plan first thing in the morning before we get started. This gets things organized for us, and also allows us to review possible scenarios in our minds when necessary. This increases confidence, and we are less likely to rush, as we now know that we have plenty of time to get things done.

 

How To Get Stuff Done — Setting Priorities

By no means do we have to enjoy every task or every aspect of every job. As we increase our understanding of how to get stuff done, we learn the importance of setting priorities.

What is on our priority list becomes a Must Do. The other items can wait.

Must-Dos as well as Must Not Dos take priority over all other items on our list. These are the things that when completed, bring us a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment and move us toward our goals.

There are things that we just need to get done whether we enjoy them or not. When we have a strategic plan in place, we are most concerned about following through on the objectives that will create the desired results.

For us to get things done, it has to make sense to us as to “Why” we need to do it, and then we know the importance of the End Result. At that point, it will be very hard for us not to do it. The harder we try not to do it, the more we will want to do it.

 

Breaking Down The Steps To Getting Stuff Done

There are only a few basic steps on how to get stuff done effectively and efficiently. Dependent on the complexity of the job, it can have many sub-steps that need to be completed along the way. These sub-steps are the individual, specific actions we need to take to complete the overall step.

Here are some basic guidelines to keep us on track:

1) Know exactly where we are Now.  What is our “exact starting point”?

2) Determine where we want to go or what we want to have.

3) Work backward from our End Result and create a series of Sub-Steps ending with the first action we can conceive as being possible.

4) Determine Who we would Be if we had already arrived at our destination.

At this point, we assume the role of the person who has already achieved the objective, because we really already have, simply because we know what we truly desire.  Even if we can’t conceive the Big Picture completely yet, we can definitely conceive one or two initial steps to get us going in the right direction.

5) Acknowledge and celebrate our wins (so very important as this solidifies our progress and makes it real to us).

There’s nothing mysterious about this. Possibly, we will change, add to, or eliminate some of the steps along the way, but if and when we do, it will make sense, and be the obvious thing to do. We will discover many ways to increase productivity in all areas of our lives.

 

Right Thinking Rather Than Positive Thinking

We can think positively all day long, and still not take the appropriate action needed to get the results that we want. That’s definitely not how to get stuff done.

Right thinking leads to Right Action. Then each additional action builds on our prior effort, and then suddenly we know that we are on the Right Path.

That’s why it’s so important for us to have a plan of action and well-defined goals before starting out on our adventure.  Our Plan of Action consists of some of the steps we need to take, but more will be added and some eliminated as we adjust our plan along the way.

We can also benefit by asking good questions so that we can get an answer to a question any time that we need it.

What we think about and Focus on the majority of the time has our Attention. And it is the very things to which we pay attention that end up coming into our lives.

 

One Last Suggestion:  When we are going about our day, and suddenly have a flash of insight about getting something done (no matter the size of the issue or task), either we do it right away or make a note to ensure it gets done.

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Here’s to Getting All the Right Stuff Done with the Least Possible Effort,

 

Joseph William

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