Zak Parker
There are many different ways to accomplish goals. I just launched a Kickstarter campaign on August 21st, we got funded in 18 hours, with basically hardly any email list (which is what we really need to be successful) but I did have friends and family list. The following is what I do daily to be able to launch Kickstarter mostly by myself and my part-time partner. We do have some part-time VA and we also have to work with them to get projects completed. Here’s what I did:
- I have 1 notebook to keep all my write it down in one place
- I don’t do work in bed.
- I change into work clothes or workout clothes and never in PJ’s
- I eat breakfast before I start
- I write down everything that comes to head or I text myself and then review them daily.
- I keep a lot of information on Google Drive and Dropbox
- I use Trello to keep projects or ideas down so I don’t forget and I review those every other day
- When I email a vendor or someone, its one topic per email… its a bit crazier because you get more emails.. but its easier to find if I have to search for it.
- I do a lot of research online and talk to people so I’m prepared and not waiting to last minute to figure things out.
- I don’t watch TV during the day
- I eat at my desk and have a separate office (spare room) that I work in. (I eat at my desk so that I’m not tempted by the TV near the dining room)
- I write down and check off my MUST do list first for the day.
- If I don’t complete something, then I recopy it over the next day’s list so this forces me to complete it because I don’t want to keep writing it down.
- I set an alarm for everything, especially appointments
- When I take breaks, I usually do a few floor exercise like stretching or planks
- When there are gaps of free time, I listen to the podcast on the topic that I am focused on so an example is I listen to the podcast on Kickstarter so that I keep that topic top of mind.
- I have a tendency to lose my glasses… so I have multiple ones everywhere so that I don’t waste time searching.
- I block out all things that need to be done at home usually until the evening or weekends.
- If I have errands to do… I do them in the afternoon after I get my Must-do items done.
Contributors: Shirley Tan from Posture Keeper
