10 small ways to tweak your daily routine to set yourself up for long-term success by Nicolas Cole on Nov 30, 2017, 10:06 AM Advertisement
 We all have the same 24 hours in a day. When you see certain individuals achieve a level of unimaginable success, it's not because they have more hours in the day than you. It's because somehow they've figured out how to deploy those hours in a way that is more effective and more productive, and allows for compounding results. Whether your goal is to take your career to the next level or to just have more control over your personal schedule, these are the 10 life hacks you absolutely need to implement in your daily routine: SEE ALSO: Everyone makes the same mistake with managing their time 1. Set alarms for everything.  I know I'm not the only person who lives by the mantra, "If it's not in my mobile calendar, it doesn't happen." Success tends to be the result of being able to manage more with less—meaning you can handle 10x the responsibilities of most people, but with the same (or even less) effort. This goes back to the idea of working smart, not hard. So, with an increase in responsibilities, you can't expect yourself to remember everything. In fact, it's a waste of brainpower. Just set reminders and show up when you need to. It's that easy.
2. If someone wants to schedule a call, send a Google calendar invite. Building on the above, if someone emails you requesting a call—or if you email someone to schedule a call—always, always, always send a Google call invite. Not only does this ensure you don't forget, but it ensures the other person won't forget either. And more than that, it shows you're on top of your game. You're organized, and you're going to be there when you say you're going to be there.
3. Chunk your activities together—don't bounce between different tasks.  Do you have tons of calls this week? See if you can move them all to one afternoon, back to back to back. Do you have a bunch of video editing to do? Do it all in the morning, instead of doing some now and then some later. Do you need to think through a big pitch for a potential client? Block off an evening to focus on that and only that. By performing related tasks one after the other, you're able to move so much faster. The reason is that you get in your flow for that one specific type of activity. Whereas, if you have a call, then try to edit a video for 40 minutes, then respond to two emails, and then hop on another call, by the time it's 2 p.m. you're going to be brain-dead and exhausted.
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