The Invisible Mentor Weekly Newsletter: Brain Food Wednesdays Number 87: How to Get Important Projects Done

Dear Reader,

How many times have you not gotten your projects done because other things got in the way? I hear you. The busyness of life happens. I have a membership site that’s important to me. I truly believe that I’m serving others with my content. But for some reason, I’ve been having a difficult time getting the content ready to upload to the learning management system.

I decided over the weekend that until mid-September, my sole focus would be on creating Bookish Notes. On two days, that’s all I would do. And on other days, I’d dedicate a chunk of the day to work on the activity. I’ve created 10 so far, and all I need to do is edit and upload them to the learning management system I’m using.

When I decided to dedicate time to getting the work done, all the other busy work seemed meaningless. And other things I would get involved in, I leave alone. You owe it to yourself to not get distracted. Help yourself before you help others. Once I made a commitment to myself with a time-line, as well as the plan for how many Bookish Notes I needed to write every day, the ‘how’ fell into place.

I have many transcribed book notes to convert to Bookish Notes, so I can easily meet my goal for September. By the way, I want to create a short course for free, so people can try what I offer before they commit to membership. What course would you like to learn? Remember, I group Bookish Notes by themes to create courses. I’d really appreciate your help.

How will any of this help you? That’s a good question and the answer is in the Ask Avil section of the newsletter.

On a different note, I mentioned previously that I’m hosting a Rainbow Reading Challenge in September. Participants will only read nonfiction books that they think are worth reading, and will add value to their lives. I’m launching the Rainbow Reading Challenge on September 6th.

Will you participate in this reading challenge? Join my Facebook group Reading Rocks: Read a Book, Discover Solutions, Change the World.

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How to Get Important Projects Done

TCK Publishing gave me a complimentary e-book copy of Get It Done by Michael Mackintosh to review. Although the book is twice as long as it needed to be, it has some solid information that you can use to get important projects done.

Step 1: What Do You Want to Do?

Set aside 30 minutes and write down everything you’d like to accomplish in the next 21 days. Don’t censor yourself, simply write down what pops into your head.

Step 2: Pick One Thing to Work on for the Next 21 Days

Look at the list. You may have written down many unfinished tasks and ideas that need to be fleshed out. You want to do it all because they are important projects. Stop, you can’t do them at the same time, if you want to be successful. Pick one thing to work on. Remember, the intent is to repeat the process.

One way to choose your one thing to work on, is to ask, “What’s the top 20 percent idea that will create the biggest positive impact in the least amount of time?” Choose something that’s meaningful and can be accomplished in 21 days. Why is this one thing important to you? What’s the consequence of not doing this one thing?

Set yourself a deadline for completing the one thing, picking a specific date. Clearly write it down and get started right away. Create a simple form to set your intention. The statement should include the following.

I commit to _________________________________________________

By _________________________________________________________

This is important to me because _______________________________

I will work on this ______________ every _________________ to get it done.

This is the example that the author used in Get It Done.

“I commit to finishing the 21 Day Challenge book and having the website ready by Sept 1st 2018. This is important to me because it will allow many souls to move forward with more power and will also help me make things happen every month, increase my income, impact lives, and illuminate the path of action.”

A major part of the process is Commitment, Accountability, and Consequence.

Step 3: Put things in order.

When you look at your commitment statement, you know what you’ve committed to do.

Step 4: Upgrade your plan.

How can you perform the activity in less time to get the same results? Another important question to ask is, “How could my plan be at least four times faster and four times easier?” I have to give this some thought. You can ask for help if you need to. To complete your one thing, successfully, you need to be held accountable.

Consequence

I commit to _______________________. If I don’t honor the commitment, I’ll pay $xx to ________________________ every day that I don’t work on the project.

To set up the conditions for success, write down what needs to be in place for you to succeed. Put those things in place. Ask yourself what you missed and add that information. There are four things you need to get important projects done.

Vision (what you want to achieve).
Plan (the route from where we are now to where we want to be).
Action (the tangible, practical steps forward toward our vision).
Support (the accountability, conditions, structures, and inevitable thinking).

What I’m Reading

I’m enjoying the experience of reading mysteries, thrillers, and detective stories during the summer. It’s the lazy days of summer and it’s so hot outside. It’s the perfect time to get cozy with a few books. I’m reading books mostly on the weekend. Last weekend I read about 10 books. With such hot weather, that’s the only thing I can manage to do.

Additionally, I’m working on creating content for my membership site. I started to dedicate time starting this past Monday, and I’m on track. By September 18th, I’d love to have 50 Bookish Notes on the site.

At some point, I’ll get to reading books from the list below. I’m taking the pressure off myself and focusing on what matters at this point in time, which is to build out the content on my membership site.

Summer Reading List

Future Mapping (read)
Everything is Figureoutable by Marie Forleo
The Airbnb Story: How Three Ordinary Guys Disrupted an Industry, Made Billions . . . and Created Plenty of Controversy by Leigh Gallagher
Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal by Nick Bilton
Levers: The Framework for Building Repeatability into Your Business by Amos Schwartzfarb
Behind the Red Door: How Elizabeth Arden’s Legacy Inspired My Coming-of-Age Story in the Beauty Industry by Louise Claire Johnson
Five Stars: The Communication Secrets to Get from Good to Great by Carmine Gallo
I Got There: How a Mixed-Race Kid Overcame Racism, Poverty, and Abuse to Arrive at the American Dream by JT McCormick
One Big Thing: Discovering What You Were Born to Do by Phil Howard Cooke
Self Leadership and the One Minute Manager Revised Edition: Gain the Mindset and Skillset for Getting What You Need to Succeed by Ken Blanchard and Susan Fowler (read)

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The One Problem

The One Problem podcast series I’ve been doing is slowly getting traction. In fact, I’m interviewing three people this week. I’ve done two already and one more to go. I’m finding interesting people to interview. People are sharing the interviews on social media and some of them are now reaching out to me to interview them. I think that’s news worth sharing. The videos are short, so they’re easy enough to listen to.

I can’t believe that I’ve published 27 podcast episodes already. This tells me it’s so important to take the first step. To achieve any goal, you have to act. Please help me spread the word. Please forward this newsletter to two of your contacts. Or you can share a couple of the podcasts with your contacts.

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Until Next Week,

Avil Beckford, Founder, The Invisible Mentor!

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The Invisible Mentor Weekly Newsletter: Brain Food Wednesdays Number 87: How to Get Important Projects Done

[Please Read: Introducing the Rainbow Book Cover Nonfiction Reading Challenge]

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​Business Knowledge Accelerator: Read Like a Leader, Digest More Books​

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How to Get Important Projects Done​​

What I’m Reading​

Summer Reading List​