Stick with six-get the most important things done!

I am reading The Ultimate Sales Machine, written by Chet Holmes. This book is filled with excellent ideas and suggestions. The ideas he shares are proven to work, so I couldn't pass up sharing one that I use to plan more effectively and be more productive. The general principle is focus on the most important things you need to get done every day, and don't do more than six. On average you have six hours of productive time each day-so on average you can accomplish the six most important tasks in a day. Chet Holmes has tested this over many years, and now I've tested the "magic of six" over the past three months and it works. No matter whether it's a day or month-stick with the top six things you need to accomplish, and you will get them done!

You must prioritize your tasks and establish chunks of time for each task. "Chunking" things down is an excellent approach to doing any major task-so if you have been procrastinating doing something important because it takes too much time, chunk it down. Do 30 minutes per day on it, you will be amazed at the results. Once you have allocated the amount of time for each task plan your day. Plan the day according to whats most important first-enter your tasks in the appropriate time slot and stick to it. I use Outlook to plan my day, it doesn't matter what type of time management tool or calendar system you use-just pick one and use it every day.

I'll leave you with this quote, "You only have to do a little each day, to get a ton done."