I’m somewhat of a generalist, with a nose in many things. Not because I want to, but my vision demands it. It’s easy to get drowned in tasks that cut across different needs - client work, student management, team management, learning, personal life, networking, marketing and so on.
Sometimes, to get stuff done, you have to think in batches. A batch is simply a block of time, with a specific outcome. Instead of listing the tasks you have to do, group similar tasks in a batch and do them at once.
For instance, if I need to check in on NDZ students, edit NDZ academy website and check on team tasks related to NDZ, I’d block out time to do that, and just that. And I tell myself - “I won’t do anything else until this is completed”.
This makes me enter a state of flow quickly, without a high context switch.
If that’s the only batch of work you complete that day, you’d feel satisfied with your small win.
When you do this a lot, you’d begin to see the inefficiencies in your day to day. How much you can achieve in 24 hours and many more.
So, try it out. Break that big task into chunks and group them into batches.
Stay focused.
Written by @thanni
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