Welcome to week two of our happiness makeover quest training. And for these This week, we're going to be splitting into multiple different videos because I have so much content that I want to be sharing with you this week. So for this training today, I'm going to be sharing with you different tips. I have eight different tips for you on how to be more organized and more productive. And I will be sharing some worksheets with you on getting you to where it is that you need to be with your organization. And a lot of you are probably wondering why it is that I have organization and time management in a course based off happiness.

It is because we live such a busy, distracted lives where we can't focus. Our environment is just pure chaos because we have so much going on in our life. We don't have our value system figured out. We are just so go go go go go need to get everything Done, we're perfectionist, we don't have a proper routine set up to meet where we are in life. And what it is that our goals are at the time in our lives. We're saying yes to things that don't necessarily benefit us in any way, shape, or form.

And we don't know how to say no to people. So I'm going to be covering eight different tips for you today, I'll be sharing a few different things that I have that may help you get to that next step in your life and be able to be stressed free from this life that we have going where it's like, I don't have enough time in my life. But you know what, we all have the same 24 hours in our lives. So there's absolutely no reason that you can't get the things done that you want to get done. It's just a matter of what you need to get done. What is a priority in your life, what needs to get done today in order to get to the next step in your life that you want to be at tomorrow?

So all right, we'll jump right in. So number one, To remove distractions, and what I mean by distractions is your house is a mess. You have projects from yesterday sitting on your desk and you're trying to get things done today, which, if you'll notice my environment has changed from the training for last week. So last week my house was disaster. It was so horrible. It was like a tornado went through my house and just destroyed everything.

I did my training video for my grandmother's house because there's no distractions. I don't have any of my homework at my grandmother's house. It is just simply me my laptop, my coffee and getting things done. That is all I had, so I didn't have any distractions. So the one place that you a lot of people go to work is Starbucks. And the same reason for that is exactly why I went to my grandmother's to get the training done is because I don't Don't have any distractions.

When I get to that environment, it is strictly work mode. It is strictly, this is why you're here, this is what you're getting done. And that is what is happening, nothing else. Nothing else is around you that can distract you other than obviously people or phone calls, but you don't have that distraction of the things that you want to get done, the things that you have to get done, and just everything around you. So that ties into tip number two, which is to choose a calm and focused environment that is clutter free. And when I start my workday, I remove all the clutter in wherever it is that I'm working.

And if I can't do that, at that time, I choose a different environment to work at so that I don't have that clutter. And I love Love, love to work at Starbucks. It is my favorite place to work at and if I'm not working at Starbucks, I'm working in front of this fireplace in my living room, I'm working at my grandmother's house or I'm working at the library, or I'm even working out at a park on the grass somewhere somewhere in nature and God's creations. Because I love to be relaxed when I'm working, I love to be just solely focused on the task that is at hand because then I can get from point A to B to C, and I can finish it like that because I have no distractions. So make sure when it is whatever it is that you're getting done for that day, you are in an environment that makes you feel relaxed and calm, and you just know that you're going to get this stuff done.

Alright, so tip number three is very common. And that is to make a to do list every single night. So I have two different types of to do list that I want you to be doing. And one of them is your average. Now I need to do this I need to do that just write everything down on paper. And either or one of one of these two will work.

Better for you, depending on the type of person to do list, write down everything that you have to do, whether it's to clean your kitchen to make your bed. And I do recommend doing something on your list, like make your bed because it is the first thing you'll do when you wake up. And as soon as you get that task done, you'll already have that ambition to conquer more tasks, because you've already accomplished something before you even really started your day. And that feels amazing to do. I love making my bed. And trust me, I used to be that person that fought and fought and fought.

And I'm like, What is the point of making my bed. I'm just gonna mess it up later today. So I make my bed every morning and it sets my day up for success already because I've already accomplished something, putting brush your teeth or brush your hair, just some tasks on there that you know that you're going to accomplish already. So once you get that task list written down, I want you to prioritize those you'll probably have roughly about you know, eight to 10 on your list. I want you to write down As many as you can, that are off your top your head, and then prioritize them one to 10. So this is my number one task, this is absolutely what I have to get done today.

And number two, I have to get this done. But number one's more of a priority. So you get the point, I'm not going to tell you what every single number is, but prioritize those tasks from one to 10. So that you know, if you didn't get number 10 done, that's fine because you got number 1234 and five, so you won't be as stressed about not getting all those things done because you prioritize them. You ate that frog you ate that number one task first. And I say Eat That Frog, because there's a book called Eat That Frog which I'll talk about later on our our training, but that is one of the to do lists that I want you to be doing is to write down as much as you can on a list and then prioritize them because that will you'll get all the stuff done.

You have to absolutely get done. That is really going to be your main strategy. Because you didn't get those done. So another one that you can do, and this is what I love to do, because I am such a person, I am a go, go go. I'm a creative individual, I have so much stuff on the coast that I'm always trying to accomplish, that I don't have enough paper to write these things down. So when you go to bed, there's three different tasks in each category.

There's business, there's family, and then there's personal. So for those only write down three, just three, not four, or five or 630 tasks in each category. And as long as you get one of those tasks, and that each category, it was a successful day. And that will eliminate so much of your stress of not getting things done because these are the big tasks that are your 123 from that one to 10 list that we did before. All right, so moving forward, we have the Pomodoro method. For those of you that don't know, this is a time a timing method.

So you have, have you ever seen the whole What is it called? I can't remember what it's called. But it's a kid show I used to watch growing up and she's a net the clown she has a 10 second tidy. That is the Pomodoro method right there. Obviously not 10 seconds because to do your task in 10 seconds is ridiculous. No one should do their task in 10 seconds, allows us to like get out of bed, but put a timer for 15 minutes or 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes, 30 minutes, whatever it is, that is realistic to you for each task.

Write that timer or put that timer down. And you can find a timer you can have it on your phone, you can have it on. You can search pomodoro method on Google and it will bring up a pomodoro I don't even know if I'm saying that right. Bring up a timer on there. We're You can go through that. So go through that for each of your tasks.

And you will be amazed at how much you can get done. When you have a timer set, you'd be amazed at how fast you can go and power through an activity when you only have a certain amount of time because you know that when that timer goes off, you're done. You're on to your next task. And that is what I love about that method is I have three tasks for my business, I will set a timer and I'll say, Okay, I have half an hour to do this after the timer is up, whether it's checking my emails, checking Facebook Messenger, checking my notifications in my group, whatever it is, I have 30 minutes to do it after that timer is up, done. We're not doing this anymore. It's going to either carry on to after I'm finished my third activity and kind of keep going through that and half an hour increments which I don't recommend because your brain can only focus on so much at once.

And if you keep going back to that list, it's going to tell yourself that you know what, it's okay if I don't get it. Half an hour because I still have another half an hour timer to do later. So give yourself a time limit to get your tasks done. And then that will help you to complete it in as fast as you can within, you know, not rushing through it, obviously, but set a timer. You'd be amazed, you'd be amazed at what you can do with just a certain amount of time. Anyways.

Alright, so tip number five, remove perfectionism because it does not exist. So when you are doing those tasks, it's too to get done. It's not to be perfect. I'm not gonna go on this anymore because just eliminate it completely. get as much done as you can without overlooking your activity as a writer personally, this is hard for me because I want to write as much as I can and I'm editing as I'm writing it. I've stopped doing that now because when I have my goal of 2500 words a day, I only can do maybe 1500 if I'm editing as I go and removing stuff, so just get everything out as a first draft, and then you can go through it later.

But the point is right now is to get those tasks done, get them off the table so that you can do other tasks that you need to get done. So perfectionism, get rid of it, get rid of it. It does not exist in your life. No more. It has gone for neat. Nada gutter.

So, tip number six is to create a routine to trigger your work brain mode. So when you have a routine, and they say it takes 21 days to create a habit in your life, so set up a routine. I wake up, I make my bed. I make my coffee I journal I pray. I Bring out my Bible. And then as soon as I get all my morning stuff done, I can go do my workout, like whatever it is, that is your personal routine, set that up to meet your needs and what it matches your values.

And then after you get all that done, it's I go to say, a coffee shop, or I sit at my desk and I get my new need to have that certain activity in your life. Oh, pardon me, that is going to trigger your brain to go okay. All right, it's time to focus. It's time to get all this stuff done. So for a lot of people that's sitting down with your laptop in front of you, and, you know, maybe if you make videos, it's having your webcam set up and ready to go. If you're an author, it's having your notepad in front of you ready to write.

If you're like, whatever it is, that is going to trigger your brain to go okay. All right, let's do this thing. It is time to go. No distractions. No Let's do this. All right, and it's like, got all this energy built up inside of you, and you just you have no option but to just focus on that task at hand.

So when you go to Starbucks to get your business, business tasks that you have no distractions, you have a clutter free environment, you don't have anything around you, you can't clean your house, you can't pick up that book. You can't. Whatever it is, you have your laptop in front of you. You have your headphones plugged in, if you listen to music while you're doing your work, but your brain is like, hey, it's work time. Let's do this. And there's nothing else to it is you just have to have that set up in front of you so that your brain automatically knows like when your alarm clock goes off.

Your brain knows it's time to get up. When your coffee timer goes off and it beeps your brain knows Okay, coffee's done. Same with getting into your work environment. Your brain just knows. Okay, I have this stuff in front of me. It's Time to start my my workflow now.

Alright, so number seven is Eat That Frog there is a book called Eat That Frog by Brian Tracy, I believe is his name. And it talks about having and this goes back to tip number three where I said to make a list, you want to get that first task done that is the most crucial. It's the one that you hate doing the most. So like with me, it's putting my dishes away. I hate putting my dishes away. I Oh, I just can't do it.

I can do it. But oh man, it's the never ending task. So I do my dishes first because I know that is going to be the most clutter in my environment. There's going to stress me out the most. When I know as soon as I get that done, I can just be at peace with myself during my day I can relax and just get everything else done. So whatever that task is free whether it's checking your messages, checking your email, putting your laundry away, you know making a phone call driving the kids to work driving the kids to work driving the kids to school.

I don't know what it is in your life because everyone lives, different lives. But whatever that task is, you know what it is. And you need to get that done first so that the rest of your tasks are just a breeze, because you got the hardest task done out of the way. And you can just relax now. Just relax because you got the worst of the worst done. So I highly recommend reading that book.

So task number eight, choosing your best. Yes. So choosing your best. Yes, we are guilty individuals. Like we feel so much shame and guilt in our life. If we say no to people that we love.

And we say no to people that we know like we're very compassionate. We always want to help people. We always want to if someone asks you to do something, you instantly want to say yes because if you say no, you're going to feel bad and what's Choosing your best Yes, this is where you need to personally start standing your ground and know whether a you have the time to actually complete that task. Because if you don't have the time to help that person, you're not going to be very attentive to what that person's needs are, you're not going to be fully present for whatever it is they're asking you to help you with. If you say yes to that, then you're not showing up as your best self because you didn't choose your best. Yes.

So if you don't have time, flat out, tell them you know what, I'm so sorry. I would absolutely love to help you at this. But right now, I have so much going in my life that I just don't have the time to be there fully for you. And I feel like if I said yes to this, I wouldn't, I wouldn't be able to help you as much as I possibly can for whatever it is, right? So don't feel guilty about saying no, because essentially by saying no to this person, or this event or task or whatever it is in your life. You feel guilty for saying, especially parents, if your mother or your dad or your sister or aunt or uncle or whoever is asking you to do something, don't feel bad for saying no, because you have your life to you have the same 24 hours in your life that they have.

And we need to figure out what values matter in our life and what tasks matter to benefit us. Because if we're not living our best life, if we're not choosing our best, yes, then we can't be present for whatever it is that our purpose is in life. So when I'm doing all these different things, let's say for example, I'm okay all right, I'm 100% free. I am here to help every single person in this group in my facebook group, all my friends I have on my phone all my friends I have like everyone free, completely free. Do you think I can show up 100% for all those people? Absolutely not.

Because I cannot We put so much of my energy into so many people and so many things in my life. So if I am coaching everyone for free, I am showing up for every single person for free. I have my full time job, I have my relationship, I have my home life, I have my personal life, and I have my business, that's going to take a lot out of me if I add on showing up for everyone, free of charge, with all of my energy that I have a little bit left from after coming home from work, it just doesn't work that way. So when you know what your values are, and you know how much you value, your time and your energy, then you can show up as your best self every single day. So if you have to say no to this person or this event, or whatever it is, you know that you have the time to invest in this person in this event but You need to figure out what it is that yes really means to you because eventually, your word your yes and your no isn't gonna mean anything to you because it's just another thing that you say yes to.

And your words matter. Your values matter, your life matters, your, your, your turn, your time matters. So make sure everything that you're investing into is really beneficial to you and who you are because you matter. So I'm going to end that training because we're already at 20 minutes, but just choose your best guess. Know what tasks matter to you. Make that to do list, remove the perfection, create that routine that you are excited to wake up for every day and you're going to become more organized, you're going to become more productive, because you have so much energy to get everything done.

You're excited for everything you have to do every single day. Day