7. Productivity tricks
Schedule every
phone call
Keep your
mailbox empty
Have someone call you
once every hour for
accountability
Read the full list here: http://www.inc.com/john-brandon/40-tips-and-tricks-for-boosting-your-
productivity-today.html
11. Renita’s (not so secret) lesson for entrepreneurs:
A higher productivity can turn an
entrepreneur into a
superhero
12. “More than talent or native
intelligence, it’s the mental
toughness mindset that enables
us to achieve our goals”
- Renita Kalhorn
13. Having a great idea is not enough
You need to move quickly, to learn how to be
consistent and maintain execution when you
encounter challenges, let alone failures
15. Our lack of focus impacts our
productivity
Tweeting cost the US economy $112 billion in 2012
16. In 2008, US employees spent 2.8 hours per
week on average dealing with conflicts –
people that they don’t get along with, dealing
with harassment, dealing with bullies, etc. –
resulting in $359B of lost productive time or an
equivalent of 385 million working days.
Irritations and underlying
arguments at work are
some of the the greatest
sources of lost productivity
17. Unhappy people are
10% less productive
Our level of happiness affects our
ability to get through the workload
Happy people are
12% more productive
18. Want to be more productive?
Follow Renita’s advice
20. Our Homo sapiens genes react to any perceived harmful
event, attack, or threat to survival, by raising our level or
cortisol in preparation for defending ourselves.
And each time, it raises our cortisol level by 10 to 15%,
adding up to a major impact, for both your health and
your family, friends, business circle…
Don’t follow your ‘fight or flight’ instinct
21. Instead, become more aware
of what triggers your irritation,
what makes you angry or
causes you stress.
Acknowledge that you have
control over how you respond
to external aggressions, you
don’t have to be upset.
Practice, practice, and
practice again.
Emotion control will only come
with mental training.
25. It’s like saying: ‘I don’t have time to look
for my car keys so I’m going to walk.’
And you end up wearing out your shoes,
tripping on the sidewalk, and spending
more time to reach your destination.
26. Sit down, take a piece of paper and jot down the
things that you are the most anxious about, the
things that are causing you stress.
Our brain is more suited for processing than for
storing information, so if you want to be able to
properly think, eliminate the “popcorn brain”.
You can now see opportunities that you didn’t
have access to before because you were so
busy taking actions.
28. When you get funded
When you fix the technical bug you’ve
been working on for weeks
When you get a new client or when
you reach your 1,000,000th customer
Etc.
Everybody loves the high…
30. But self-pity doesn’t lead anywhere
So stop losing your time moaning your fate;
accept the setbacks and bounce back.
Instead of asking: “why did it happen to me?”,
say: “It happened, now what?”
31. Productivity tip #1: Recognize the impact of
little annoyances
Productivity tip #2: Don’t follow your proclivity
for “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!”
Productivity tip #3: Accept that rollercoaster is
the very nature of entrepreneurship
In conclusion
32. “You must be the change that you
wish to see in the world.”
– Gandhi
33. A big thanks to Renita Kalhorn for taking the time to
answer my questions.
To tell you a little bit more about her: Renita is passionate about helping
entrepreneurs succeed. A Juilliard-trained concert pianist with a first-degree
martial arts black belt and an MBA from INSEAD, she founded Step Up Your
Game Now, a mental performance strategy firm to help fast-growth CEOs and
their teams perform optimally in high stress environments. She also mentors
Navy SEAL candidates in mental toughness.
Find out more about her Seven Habits of Mental Toughness training here or
follow Renita @flowjunkie for more insights.
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