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From planning to action – setting timers.

You’ve got your list of tasks for the day.

Z Planner list of tasks for a day.

You’ve gotten started. You are focused and ready to be productive.

Then there is the optional third part: working fast. When you work fast you either get more done or do what you need to do in less time, thus freeing time for more enjoyable or self satisfying activities (which can also be planned as described above).

We’ve seen how a pair of headphones can dramatically help you get started (motivation track) and staying focused (focus track).

You can further sharpen your focus by adding a little competitive edge to your workday. Competition against the clock. You’ve determined how much time you need for each task, so now is the time to challenge yourself to getting it done as planned, or faster.

A piece of paper and an electronic wristwatch can do the job. I prefer to use a great little application to set those timers and link them all together (timer2 starts as soon as timer1 is finished). Once set, your day of work is laid out before you, and compressed into however many hours you like (the less, the more remains for better things).

This small extra preparation step tickles your sense of competition. In your mind, you are challenging that timer to a race. If you lose, you challenge that clock to a rematch until you win. You get better. That is exactly the point of competition: getting better. That improvement comes from confrontation against someone, or something that will win unless you outdo yourself to prevent it.

Timing your tasks isn’t usual. Do the unusual and you will achieve unusual things!

The Action Machine is one of the few tools I really recommend. It really helps click into competitive mode. The outcome is better, and it comes out faster.

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