I made a lifestyle decision not long ago and I’m finally blogging about it. I didn’t want to blog about it while I still had paying clients on the books but everything is cleared up and good to go now.

The bottom line is I’ve restructured my entire consulting business. It became very time consuming and I’ve made the decision to only keep a few clients and get rid of the rest. You can read how I’ll be doing business from now on here on my services page.

I still love helping people, don’t get me wrong. I just don’t want to work more than 10-15 hours a week. And those hours will be spent on my own businesses or with the top business people I’ll continue to work with who don’t require babysitting.

Thanks for understanding.

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I hope 1ShoppingCart pays attention to this blog post because this fix is so easy to make.  I’ve already called them about this problem and there’s still no fix. Why? I have no idea.

Here’s the deal… When people use the E-Check function in 1SC there needs to be a simple text change.

Click on the attachment below, do you see the problem?

The problem is that the wording is confusing for the consumer. Marketers may not think so but customers do think so. Why in the world would you ask someone to enter a “Transit Number” in the box but call it a “Bank Routing Number” as the example?

This is usability 101 and will cost you money if you use 1SC.

I just started using 1SC so I have no connections over there. But if anybody reading this blog post does have some pull over there, please bring this to their attention.

Thanks!

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I’m amazed at how unproductive people are. In fact, the problem is so terrible that I feel the need to reveal my biggest secret—the secret that makes me so productive.

But before I tell you how I’m able to get so much accomplished, we must first understand why people are unproductive in the first place. Here are the five biggest things I see….

1. Unproductive people constantly blame other people. Almost all unproductive people are experts at rationalizing their destructive behaviors.

2. Unproductive people are perfectly fine being broke. Give them some weed and a Budweiser and you’ve just made their day.

3. Unproductive people try to do 10 things at once, whereas productive people do one thing at a time. When they finish the one thing they were doing, they calmly move on to the next thing.

4. Unproductive people are generally negative people who surround themselves with other negative people. This makes them feel better about themselves. I’ve forgotten who said it, but someone said that you’re the average of your five closest friends. If you pay attention to the negative, unproductive person, I’m positive you’ll find that quote to hold true.

5. Unproductive people don’t read. They don’t read because they already think they’re smart and know everything they need to know. That’s why when you talk to these people, you want to cut your wrists after two minutes.

So let’s get into how to become a productive person.

First things first…. Don’t do any of the things I just mentioned. Second, you must set dates with yourself. It’s really that easy. If you don’t set dates, you’re screwed.

Here’s what I mean…

If you don’t tell yourself what to do, your daily circumstances will determine your schedule. To get this right, you must be ruthless with your time, schedule, and activities. You must also understand that most people are bored and want to rape every bit of your time to “hang out.” There’s nothing wrong with “hanging out,” but this must be planned. If you have time to just “hang out” without planning it, you’re not working hard enough.

Protecting your time and being a beast about planning your day and sticking to it is critical if you want to reach any amount of freedom. Here’s an average day for me:

1. Wake up and read for one hour.
2. Eat a healthy breakfast.
3. Workout.
4. Check e-mail, sales statistics, etc.
5. Study marketing, advertising, and business for two hours via books, courses, etc.
6. Implementation – Setup tests, create traffic strategies, and build businesses.
7. Write for one hour.
8. I also give myself 30 minutes to one hour to think. My best ideas and breakthroughs come during this time.

I’m finished by 2:00 or 3:00 p.m. When I’ve finished working/improving myself, I’ll think about the next day and what I want to get done. I never allow what happens during the day to affect my plans.

I tell my customer service team that unless someone has died or my kids have something terribly wrong—and I really mean this—then it’s not important. They simply take all messages and send an email to me at 5:00 p.m.

Everything, even death if you think about it, can wait until 5:00 p.m. The fact that I was bothered and my concentration was broken really didn’t affect the bad news; I just know the information earlier. Big deal.

So that’s my secret. I set strict deadlines for myself. I tell my day how it will act because I don’t deal with distractions; therefore, I’m in charge of my day and productivity. And I guard my time like a mother guards her infant.

If you want to increase productivity, I suggest that you do same.

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