Dont make hundred decisions – when one could do!

Every “yes” you make forces a “no” on other things you make, you still have a responsibility to the existing things you said “yes” to

Have a Single Decision / one blanket Policy…that eliminates 100s of decisions for you in the future

If you call my phone today I will not answer. It’s not personal. I made a rule a long time ago that every call goes to voicemail except my close inner circle. I then return any voicemails/calls at two allocated times blocks in the day. A research study at the University of California at Irvine found that, on average, it takes around 23 minutes for most workers to get back on task after an interruption. If you get ten calls a day that’s almost 4 hours!!! I estimate this one rule has saved me thousands of productive hours.

I have a great admiration for Warren Buffet, Buffet is now 92 and doesn’t seem to be slowing down.
One of the keys to his huge success is his ability to say no to nearly everything except for his top two to three priorities.
His belief that “The difference between successful people and REALLY successful people is that really successful people say “no” to almost everything”, has also been reflected by Steve Jobs.

According to Steve Jobs, “People think focus means saying “yes” to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying “no” to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully. I’m actually as proud of the things we haven’t done as the things I have done. Innovation is saying ‘no’ to 1,000 things.”

The lesson is clear. If you are struggling with too many items on your “to do” list, you have too many items on your “to do” list. Get rid of all of them except the first two. Then stay with these two till they are finished. Then start a new list of two items.

As Steven Covey, author of the Seven Habits of Effective people said, “When you have too many top priorities, you effectively have no top priorities.”

Below are my few single decisions / One Blanket policies I have that saved hundreds of hours of decisions dilemma in the future:

- I no longer answer phone calls on the spot.

It will do you no good to put out all of this effort if you’re just going to go back in debt again. You must commit to the mindset that debt will make you no good.

- I no longer invest in other people companies - only with equity.

- I don’t eat sugar, I don’t care its your wedding or your birthday.

- I don’t watch generic (Doesn’t relate to me) news ..if you put it on, I walk away

- I don’t consume social media, I am a producer of social media

- I don’t lend money, if you are an intimate friend I will give it to you in need but I will never lend it to you

This sample of Single decisions I made liberated me from hours of decisions dilemmas instantly – and sky rocketed my productivity.

What is your single decision or one blanket policy you will make now that has the power to eliminate hundreds or thousands decisions for you in the future?

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