Double Your Productivity with Deep Work

Download and review the 'Six Tiny Habits for Solopreneurs' guide, based on the principles of habit formation as outlined in BJ Fogg's Tiny Habits methodology.

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Define what 'deep work' means to you in the context of your business, focusing on high-value tasks that move the needle in your business. This is about maximizing focus and minimizing distractions to achieve meaningful progress.

“Deep work is all about minimizing distractions and maximizing focus on high value tasks.”

Write down your annual goals (no more than 12) in your Full Focus Planner. These goals should represent the most important objectives for your business this year.

“I want you to be sure um that your annual goals are written down okay I do this in my full Focus planner um I make sure to have no more than 12 goals for the year.”

Break down your annual goals into quarterly goals in your Full Focus Planner. This helps to create more manageable and actionable steps.

“I work on one quarter at a time I break the goals for that quarter down and the plans out of my head and onto paper this makes planning monthly quarterly and daily so much easier.”

Block out specific times in your Google Calendar exclusively for deep work, treating these sessions as important appointments.

“Next you want to block out specific times in your Google calendar exclusively for deep work I want you to think of this as like setting an appointment with your most important important client you all right or your most important client you all right.”

Engage in a deep work session for 45 minutes, followed by a 15-minute break. This routine should be scheduled daily for optimal habit formation. This leverages the principles of time blocking and the Pomodoro Technique.

“My sessions are always and I really recommend that you do this too 4515 45 minutes of work then 15 minutes of standing up walking out of my office”

Close the door, hang a sign, and set a timer to create a dedicated deep work space. This helps to signal your intention and minimize interruptions.

“When I walk in my office to knock out a deep work session I close the door I hang a sign on the outside that shows whether I'm uh you can see here it says dream in progress or recording plus I use a timer and I always always set this for the 45 minutes”

Take wise breaks by standing up and stepping away from the computer, avoiding phone scrolling and instead focusing on activities that rejuvenate and refocus your mind.

“When you need a break use it wisely okay especially as a female working from home I want you to stand up I want you to step away from the computer you know and I have found um clutter to be distracting so most of my breaks include knocking out like I mentioned before a household chore maybe it's empty the dishwasher maybe it's changing out a load of the laundry maybe it's letting the dogs in or out or freshening up their water”