{"id":158,"date":"2012-09-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/rokadudle\/?p=158"},"modified":"2026-07-31T20:01:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T20:01:25","slug":"are-you-being-productive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/rokadudle\/are-you-being-productive\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you being productive\u2026?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>It\u2019s been a super productive day, but it wasn\u2019t always this way.<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"\/rokadudle\/files\/2012\/09\/information-overload.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-117\" src=\"\/rokadudle\/files\/2012\/09\/information-overload-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"Not productive at all.\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\"\/><\/a>I had been floundering in my day-to-day activities of starting my own online business.\u00a0 To be honest, there is just so much information out there on different ways to reach the same path.\u00a0 Someone can get lost out there.\u00a0 Isn\u2019t the Internet sometimes referred to as \u201cThe Great Abyss.\u201d\u00a0 It just keeps going\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>And going\u2026<\/p>\n<p>And going\u2026<\/p>\n<p>But today, I put an end to all of that.\u00a0 I took a stand and decided enough is enough.\u00a0 With all this information overload, I was paralyzed.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t know where to start.\u00a0 Have you experienced that feeling of paralysis by analysis?<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I can do this\u2026<\/p>\n<p>I would do this, but they say do this instead\u2026<\/p>\n<p>This person says this, but that person says that.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s a terrible feeling.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t lead to anything.\u00a0 The wheels will keep spinning, but there will be no progress.\u00a0 When this level of information overload and inactivity occur, sometimes a <a title=\"The Power of Mentorship\" href=\"\/rokadudle\/blog\/the-power-of-mentorship\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">mentor<\/a> can be a great asset.\u00a0 In my case, some of the information provided to be me during my information overload period provided the answer I needed.<\/p>\n<h2>There are multiple \u201cgurus\u201d suggesting ways to be more productive.<\/h2>\n<p>As I was watching the <a href=\"\/commissionloophole.php?id=rokadudle\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Empower Network Cost Rica Intensive<\/a> video, David Wood pointed out that he often uses a software program called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.simpleology.com\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Simpleology.com<\/a>.\u00a0 David Wood is a very successful online businessman, and he is where I want to be.\u00a0 If he is using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.simpleology.com\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Simpleology.com<\/a> and you are an online businessperson or any type of businessperson, USE IT!\u00a0 At least, listen to why he\u2019s using it, research it, and then make a decision, making sure his use of the software heavily weights your own decision.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"simpl\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Simpleology.com<\/a> is a very user-friendly program that allows the user to list their daily goals, and create deadlines for those goals.\u00a0 That\u2019s the truly simplistic version of the program.\u00a0 It will boosts production by giving you more focus to your daily activities.\u00a0 Instead of fumbling around in information overload, you have jot down your goals and make yourself accountable to what you write.\u00a0 Below is a video on some of the other cool things <a href=\"http:\/\/www.simpleology.com\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Simpleology.com<\/a> can do to be help you be more productive if your business is spent in front of a computer.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>NOW THAT\u2019S COOL STUFF!!!\u00a0 If you sit at a computer most of the day and do most of your work watching a computer screen, it\u2019s fairly easy to get distracted.\u00a0 Our mind starts to wander, we start looking at websites that have nothing to do with our agenda, and now our <em>productive<\/em> streak has ended.<\/p>\n<p>I will be using <a title=\"SImpleology.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.simpleology.com\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Simpleology.com<\/a> to boost my productivity.\u00a0 It\u2019s very easy to be overloaded with so much info.\u00a0 By writing down my daily goals, I have focus.\u00a0 By setting a deadline to those goals, now I have an agenda.\u00a0 If I put action into my agenda, I have results.\u00a0 It\u2019s like clockwork.<\/p>\n<p>Take the time to research <a title=\"SImpleology.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.simpleology.com\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Simpleolgy.com<\/a>.\u00a0 Comment below and tell me how you like the free version.\u00a0 If you upgrade, I would love to hear about some of the features.<\/p>\n<h3>I love being productive.\u00a0 Sometimes I need some help to keep me going.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been a 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