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Are your goals S.M.A.R.T. goals? Specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-bound. Tune into today's program to uncover the tried and true techniques (16 total) to keep\xa0yourself motivated, focused, out of the procrastination zoned and focused on getting it all done and achieving that goal:\n\n\n\nOur marketer of the week is Jim\xa0Edwards from TheNetReporter. My biggest takeaway from him: just point and shoot PowerPoint for your video. It doesn't need to have quick cuts, fancy edits or be professionally done -- at all.\nGeneral Motivation\n\nFour Daily Tasks: Business-Building, Deliverable (no degrees of doneness, no chipping away, no to-do lists)\nSeinfeld calendar (do something small every day so the cycle isn't broken) + 5 day sprint\nFormula and checklist: for example, 3 part podcasts and "research heavy" blog posts: 100 solutions, group into 4-5 categories and whittle down so it's all meat and no grissle, which leads us to...\nReduce and rearrange the raw materials -- SIMPLE mindmapping with FreeMind helps with this.\n\nAbsolute Focus\n\nDual monitors: left for viewing, right for creating\nRemove: distractions, phone, social media, email, TV, news\nClear the clutter: delete temporary EverNote notes and delete after you've made the blog post or product. Clear off desktop items at the end of the month. Quick calendar reminders later in the week to "check on" things and then delete.\nMicro-projects: start on Monday, end on Friday or Saturday. You can restart on Monday, but don't leave things open-ended. (Optimistically pessimistic.)\n\nProcrastination\n\nWhat quick 10 minute activity have you been putting off? Do it now.\nAccountability partner. Call every hour if you have a\xa0really\xa0bad "problem."\nShut down distractions. Close tabs, uninstall Facebook.\nChange the pattern. Commit. Don't ask yourself how you "feel" about it. It's a must.\n\nConcentration\n\nWhat are the top 3 things to focus on? Avoid going an inch deep and a mile wide.\nMeditation (meaning silence and reflectiveness).\nA state change is as good as rest.\nAppointment based business: webinars, meetings, Google calendar, TimeTrade coaching calls.\n\nWise Words to Live By\n\nThree simple rules in life: 1. If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. 2. If you don't ask, the answer will always be no. 3. If you don't step forward, you'll always be in the same place.\nWhat seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise. -- Oscar Wilde\nYou may think the grass is greener on the other side, but if you take the time to water your own grass, it would be just as green.\nPhilosopher Karl Popper: True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it.\n\nResources\n\nFour Daily Tasks (Group)\nFour Daily Tasks (Book)\nTime Management on Crack (Website)\nIncome Machine (Course)