January, 2019 | Digi Life Enabled

Are You Being Productive?

by digilifeenabled | Jan 20, 2019 | ecommerce, family, health, online business, Resilience, Safety, Value, well-being

None of us want to be guilty of being unproductive, whether that’s in our work performance, sporting performance, financial performance, I mean, life’s too short to waste it, so any reasonable person wants to use their time in a productive manner.

In fact our western society is set up to increase productivity in every area of life, so no matter where you look we’re encouraged to do more and get more.

In my late teens and early twenties, like most guys, improving my physical athletic performance was high on my list of priorities. “No pain no gain” was the given mantra. So I trained hard 6 days a week, often twice a day. Even after formal coaching sessions had finished, I did extra training on top, because ‘more was better’.

The result?

I got injured, but still trained through and with those injuries to the extent I needed multiple corrective surgeries.

Why?

Because “No pain, no gain” was my mantra, and the idea of rest was a non-productive cop out in my mind.

A Half Truth Mantra

But the problem was, my mantra was a half-truth, in that it’s true pain is involved in any kind of development, so embrace rather than reject it, but it’s only half true because pain is also a design feature signal that warns us ‘something is wrong’. You know those dashboard warning lights on your car?

Please don’t ignore them, it doesn’t matter how urgent your journey is, please check out what the manufacturers manual says about those lights, otherwise you might not make it to your destination at all.

And, that’s what happened to me athletically, I didn’t make it to my destination.

And do you know who was to blame?

Me and my half truth mantra. I thought I knew better than the design feature signal.

The Productivity of Rest

You see the evidence from the world of sport science is that ‘quality rest’ is fundamental to ‘quality growth’ and that overtraining and minimising rest, will harm you and your development. Any coach worth their salt will tell you that.

Did you know Usain Bolt sleeps in the hours before he races?

That’s even after he’s had a quality 8hrs sleep the night before by the way.

The benefit of that natural, drug free but essential reset and boost prepares his body to do what no other body has done athletically in recorded history.

So, is rest a productive, or non-productive activity?

Having worked many years in the corporate world, I know what many Execs think of ‘rest’, and I’ve witnessed their abysmal decision making as a result. (Did you realise sleep deprived individuals perform worse at ANY given task than those who have just above the legal level of alcohol in their bloodstream?) But, taking the hard lesson I learned from my teens and twenties I want to share with you a couple of parallel lessons I’ve learned when it comes to being productive, particularly as it applies to learning and investing in new activities such as starting an online business from scratch, something I did while holding down a full time job and raising a young family with very little spare time and spare cash floating around:

No.1 Set a balanced schedule which includes ‘rest’ and stick to it.

Recognise you need some outgoing time and finance (pain) to make any business a success, but balance it according to where you are right now and where you want to get to.

You need to factor in a break/rest point, and realise that break/rest point is actually necessary for you to be productive and grow.

Many people don’t get started because they’re intimidated by what seems to be the immensity of the task at hand, they know where they’d like to be, but don’t know what first step to take. So they don’t start.

So work out a time limit you’re comfortable to committing to in your current situation, recognising your current situation is not permanent, but it’s your starting point, then start from your starting point.

So, if you can only afford 30 minutes a night to study new skills or set up new platforms, set a 30 minute timer, and work at it for 30 minutes, not 31 minutes, then stop and move on. But, don’t drop off at 29, 28, 27 minutes either! Being disciplined in this aspect will focus your mind to the task at hand.

Try it, set the time limit, then move on to what you have to move onto, and that could even be ‘sleep’.

Likewise with your budget, sit down and calculate what marketing budget you can afford to commit to now based on your circumstances. If you have a marketing budget of $1,000, for a few months don’t spend $1,000 in a few weeks. Set a limit and keep to it, it will focus your mind, otherwise, your mind will be tempted to be pulled in all sorts of directions. Likewise don’t just stop marketing after a few weeks either when you’ve underspent, because you won’t have enough data after only a few weeks to make an informed decision on what is or isn’t working, you need to commit to the process.

Set an alarm to finish the task.

Set a budget for the task.

No.2 Listen and put into action advice from proven coaches

Like my half truth fitness mantra, I came to the online world with some half truths. Thankfully, I found a community of online business practitioners and mentors who challenged and corrected those half truths, and now we can run an online business based on our values of INTEGRITY, COMPASSION, & FAMILY WELL-BEING.

The truth is, we wouldn’t be running an online business today without the support and direction from those mentors. That is why we’re sign posting others who are interested in starting an online business from scratch to those very same mentors.

PROVEN PRODUCTIVE STEPS FOR RUNNING A PROFITABLE ONLINE BUSINESS

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Here’s to your online success!

Stephen

You Need The Right Online Presence

by digilifeenabled | Jan 10, 2019 | ecommerce, Education, online business, online business start up, Value

It’s been another sad day for the High Street here in the UK with the High Street giant Mark’s & Spencer (est. 1884) announcing it’s intent to close 100 branches.

Like House of Fraser (est. 1849) in June of 2018 who had to let 6,000 jobs go, a key factor is the move toward online buying.

If you’ve been following our emails, blogs and content for a while, you’ll recall we predicted this trend would continue, not just for our UK subscribers, but globally. We said this not to scare people, but to warn people to take action.

But even if you don’t take our word for it, here’s what the independent experts have to say about the current crisis:

Lack of investment and innovation

Diane Wehrle of market research firm Springboard says the worst department stores “haven’t changed in 10, maybe 20 years.This is because they have not invested enough in upgrading their shop floors, product ranges or online offerings. As we have had access to global products our standards as consumers have increased – we can also buy anything we want online,” she says.

Ms Wehrle adds that their unique selling point – offering a host of different brands under the same roof – has also been weakened in the internet age.

High Street slowdown

These problems come amid a general slowdown on the High Street linked to weaker consumer confidence, online competition and rising overheads such as a higher minimum wage.

But Ms Wehrle believes struggling department stores could have weathered the storm better: “If a retailer blames the demise of their business on these pressures alone they are probably hanging by a thread.”

She points to John Lewis as an example of a group that has adapted well in changing times by ramping up its online presence and investing in its store experience.

Do you see a common trend here?

You are vulnerable in business if you do not have the right online presence.

As Paul Martin, head of UK retail at Accountancy Group KPMG, says: “With the overall market not growing, it is all about market share, and 20% of that market is held by online players. If you don’t have the right online offering, again, you will struggle.”

Online giants such as Amazon have had a huge impact on the high street as more consumers see online shopping as cheaper and easier than going to the shops. And while overall retail sales growth is weak, online sales continue to shoot up.

So if you’re an existing business owner looking to leverage the opportunities of the digital economy, or if you’ve never generated any income online and you’ve no idea where to start, but you do know you need to educate yourself, then Stuart would like you to join him for a FREE TRAINING WEBINAR on how to make your first £10K online.

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