How I Get Stuff Done as a ProBlogger

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