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How I Get Stuff Done as a ProBlogger
What You'll Learn● Essential Rules● Essential Tools● Essential Roles● Essential Commitments
EssentialRules
Rule #1Embrace Chaos
You Can Never Really Get it All Done.
Success is about doing the right thing, not about doing everything right. -Gary Keller
Rule #2Create a Stop Doing List
Get on the NO train
“Focus is a matter of deciding what things you’re not going to do.” -John Carmack
Rule #3Work for Yourself FIRST
Willpower has a limited battery life
Rule #4What Gets Scheduled,
Gets Done
What isn't scheduled, isn't real.
“People do not decide their futures, they decide their habits, and their habits determine their
futures.” -F.M. Alexander
Rule #5Divorce Planning and
Doing
Never mix planning with doing
EssentialTools
Evernote ●Capture everything!●Create strategic notebooks●Create your own workflow●Use the new reminders feature
Google Calendar ●Schedule everything!●Create an editorial calendar●Carve out focus sessions●Set planning sessions
Google Docs ●Spreadsheet planning●Create PowerPoint Slides●Create PDF reports or ebooks
EssentialRoles
Remember:Separate Planning
from Doing
CBO vs. Blog Worker(Chief Blogging Officer)
Chief Blogging Officer ●Create a Master Planning Document○Step 1. Idea Incubation List○Step 2. Top 5 Projects List■ Your AAAC List (Avoid at All Costs)
○Step 3. Your 12 Month Plan○Step 4. Project tasks in waiting
●Create a Master Tasks Pool (Notebook)
Blog Worker ●Create a "This Week" task list ●Have a "Top 5 Today" list●Every task has a single action●Carve out focus sessions
EssentialCommitments
Calendar Time! 3 Essential Commitments
●Time Block Your Time Off ●Time Block Your Focus Time○Consider Early Morning
●Time Block Your Planning○Weekly Review○Pick Your Top 5 the night before