Learn How to Be A Multiplier
If you’ve tried all of the tips, tricks, tools, apps, checklists, planners and technology gimmicks to improve your productivity, you may wonder why it is that you still haven’t mastered your time.
My friend Rory Vaden, cofounder of international company Southwestern Consulting, NYT bestselling author of Take the Stairs: 7 Steps to Achieving True Success, says that:
- Everything you know about time management is wrong.
- The most productive people in the world do things differently.
- We need to understand the emotional aspects of time management.
- We need to learn how to multiply our time.
- We need to learn how to procrastinate on purpose.
His new book, Procrastinate on Purpose: 5 Permissions to Multiply Your Time has just been released. A few weeks ago, I sat down with Rory to talk about his extensive research into time management.
If you want to be more productive, more effective, more impactful – and who doesn’t – Rory’s research will propel you along.
3 Types of Procrastination
1: Classic procrastination
2: Creative avoidance
3: Priority dilution
3 Types of Procrastination
Learn about the 3 different types of procrastination:
- Classic procrastination: Consciously delaying what you know you should be doing.
- Creative avoidance: Unconsciously filling the day with menial work or trivial work.
- Priority dilution: This one affects the chronic overachievers. People who have every desire to do well, but as they become more successful, they end up with more and more responsibility. The most significant priorities are not accomplished.
We all know that we have only 24 hours a day. But, Rory argues, the most successful people learn to focus on significance. They learn to create more time. As he says, “You multiply your time by giving yourself the permission to spend time on things today that create more time tomorrow.”
Some of My Favorite Rory Vaden Quotes
Procrastinate on Purpose: 5 Permissions to Multiply Your Time
Take the Stairs: 7 Steps to Achieving True Success
