7 Steps to Powerful Success In Your Life

1. EAT THAT FROG!!!

I've read the Brian Tracy book, Eat That Frog and the concept applies even more today. The metaphor states: when you eat a live frog the first thing in the morning, you'll have the satisfaction knowing that it’s probably the worst thing you’ll do all day.

The lesson is Do your most difficult tasks first. The one that requires more of your creativity, focus and problem solving and make sure the task is the one with the biggest benefit. In addition know your best time to work. Find out whether you work better in the morning, day or night. I find I am more productive from 6 AM to 2 PM, so I make sure I eat the ugliest frog at my peak so I can do leave less creative work after 2.

2. APPLY PARKINSON'S LAW

“Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion”.

What this law simply means in a practical sense is that if you give yourself 3 hours to complete a task, most of the time you'll get it done within that time. If you give yourself a week, then you'll do it in a week. You can reduce your work hours from 80 hours a week down to 20 hours per week, by prioritizing, locking in the benefits of a particular activity and then just do it.

3. USE A PROJECT MANAGEMENT/TO-DO LIST SYSTEM

Trello and or Asana are just a few tools for listing and prioritizing your tasks. I personally use a pen and paper and or google docs for myself for collaborating with my team. So if apps are too complex? Write a list of things you need to do today on a piece of paper. Any tasks you don't complete today moves on to the next day or gets eliminated. There’s nothing more satisfying than crossing your tasks off a list.

4. CREATE A ROUTINE AND SCHEDULE

You had a schedule when you were going out to work everyday so roll out of bed to a new schedule and a new routine. Set your work hours and days just like before and let yourself and others know your schedule. Be strict with yourself and others around you, adjust to your new schedule. It's important now to not get lost in what we hope is a long temporary situation.

5. CHANGE YOUR MINDSET - ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS

All of your productivity strategies and tactics are useless unless you take care of your mental, spiritual, emotional, and of course physical health. Bottom line is you Need to Change Your Mind to Deal with Your New Coronavirus Social Distancing Lifestyle. We can survive Coronavirus and Social Distancing Because We Are All In This Together. So join in with others like do some Yoga. .

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6. Fuel Your Passion - Empower Yourself

There’s no denying, we’re all anxious and stressed about the situation of the global pandemic. It’s happening and it’s more reason to take care of yourself. We are all consuming every piece of media about the Corona-virus since it started becoming big news. Our new lifestyle means we need to calm the mind. You can join a like minded group online.

One group that is setup to help you grow in this new world is the Lifestyle Empowerment Group run byCC Minton, a nationally recognized award-winning health & lifestyle advocate. CC Minton is s a lifestyle empowerment strategist and social impact executive. She is passionately focused on life and runs a Passion Power Women Podcast Show-Harlem World Radio.

Check out her latest podcast with Kemiko Lawrence Talks Passion, Business, Balance And More On The Passion Behind Women Show With CC Minton. She will quickly bring you up to speed on dealing with the complexities of our new normal. Subscribe today - Click to learn more now.

7. Focus On What You Can Control

We can't change what already is, but we can choose what to do with the given circumstances. At the end of the day, you control how you play. You control whether to make the most of your work days. You control whether to stream hours of productive or nonproductive YouTube videos or invest your hours into growing your business or career with productive results.