Productivity ~ Effective ~ vs ~ Effecient
Journey Before Destination
Systems and Habits
Being effective is about doing the right things, while being efficient is about doing things right.
* Effective Habits ** | Effective vs Efficient DefinedRemarkably effective people apply the same framework to the decisions they make. "Will this help me reach my goal? If not, I won't do it."
Now let’s look at what effectiveness is. Checking the dictionary again we find that effectiveness is all about doing the right tasks regardless of the time it takes. Continuing with our lead generation example above, if your actual goal is to generate a sale a mass email blast is normally really ineffective. Sure, you contact a lot of people at once, but how often do they actually open and read your generic marketing email, let alone click through and buy whatever you’re selling?
A much more effective way to make a real sale is to take the time to research a potential client or customer and send them a custom email detailing how your product could help their specific situation with a few ideas on how they could implement it.
They're much more likely to respond to a message like this with very clear steps than to a generic message. Boom! You've got one sale, even if it has taken you an entire afternoon—or even longer—to make it.
Revenue Generating Activities (RGA)
** Revenue Generating Activities ** | ** YT RGA **To have a successful business, you must have the following things:
If you don’t have these, you have a hobby, not a business. Because without leads, offers, and sales, you don’t generate any revenue.
** Forbes: Revenue Generating **So what are some revenue-generating activities?
Income Producing Activities (IPA)
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Highest and Best Use of Focus, Time, Energy and Resources in Order of Priority and Impact
** Priotitization Matrix ** | ** Small Biz Survival IPA ** | ** Revenue Generating Tasks **Tasks that Generate Income |
** Wendy Maynard Working ON Your Business **
** Wendy Maynard Build a Lead Magnet **
- 1. Send out Hand Written Cards
- 2. Write a Blog Post or Article Topically Correct
- 3. Build a Proposal for a Project
- 4. Meet, Chat, Call a Client and or Prospect
- 5. Create a New Offering
Prioritize Your Income Producing Activities
Think about everything you do in a given week (you may need to keep a log to see what you really do). Your goal
is to have as many Level 1 and Level 2 activities as possible. Commit to eliminating or delegating as many
non-Income Producing Activities as you can. Then, focus on using all the time you’ve saved to do those
activities that generate revenue and build relationships.
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Tasks for Cash
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Happy...Healthy...Wealthy
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Checking the dictionary again we find that effectiveness is all about doing the right tasks regardless of the time it takes.
* Ladder and Wall Concept *“If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.” — Stephen Covey
Deep Work
“Professional activity performed in a state of distraction-free concentration that push your cognitive capabilities to their limit. These efforts create new value, improve your skill, and are hard to replicate.”
** Highly Productive ** ** Cal Newport Deep Work **Pomodoro Technique | Codepen
* Coggle * | Js Console | Write Box
Time and Date | Calendar
Time and Date
World Clock Meeting Planner | JavaScript Calendar
Systems vs Goals
Evernote
** 5 Evernote Setups ** | Click Up* Systems -vs- Goals * | James Clear Systems | Overcome Distractions
Getting Things Done (GTD)
Weekly Review
GTD Weekly Review | * Evernote GTD * | GTD Weekly Mind SweepGoals-to-Actions
Yearly
Quarterly
Monthly
Weekly
Daily
Pomodoro Time Blocks
Lead Generation
Skill Builder
Choosing the Right Thing to Focus on
Getting Simple | One Thing | One Thing at a TimeReflect, Consider and Evaluate | Daily Action Items | Action Items and Next Steps
Deep Work | Deep Work 2 | GTD Lifehacker
Ideas for Productivity
Pomodoro
Text Expander
Prioritization
Remove Distractions
Focus
Measure
* Systems, Habits, Process and Routines *
GTD ish
Emmet
Pen and Paper Everywhere
Thought Maps..Mind Maps
Effective ~ Efficient ~ Productive
Daily Trackers and Planners Digital and Paper Based
Hybrid Planner Digital and Paper | Passion Planner Paper Based | Dayone App |Evernote
Project and Task List
Calendar details
Research and Reference Materials
Meetings Agenda and Notes
Project Quote
Advanced Project Management
Time Tracking
Invoicing
Payment System
Local, Cloud, App, Paper??? Who is the Primary and Where is the Backup??
Textastic, Text Expander to build daily scratchpad segments, Primary Daily. Where to keep backups?, maybe google drive and or icloud??
Marketing
Lead Gen
Client
Proposal
Close the Deal
Engage.....
work types time keeping etc...
Retainer Definition Clockify Time KeeperJust Enough Project Management and System Size
Journal
Work Type
Timeline Calendaring
Milestones
Project Plan | Project Planning Step by StepFavorite YouTube Channels
** Brad Traversy ** | * Jesse Showalter * | Web Dev SimplifiedKevin Powell | ** Fireship ** | * DarkCode *
Design Course
Website Design and Development Process
8 Phases of Website Development | Web Site Design and Development Process | Example 1 | Pre-Launch Check ListSitepoint Checklist | SEO Testing Checklist | Usability Checklist | * W3 Docs *
Domain Name System (DNS)
** Authoritative Name Server ** | Wiki Name Servers | Cloudflare What is DNS | * Digital Ocean DNS Terminology *Split Domain Routing is Not Simple
Techno Pedia Split DNS and MX Records |
MX Records
MX Toolbox | DreamHost What is MX Records |HTML
* Shay Howe * | Prexant Beginner Guide |CSS
Flexbox |Boilerplate
Road Mapping University of Cambridge | Road Map Templates | Thought Map |Emmet.io | Livestyle.io | Placeholder.com
Mac Resources
Terminal Guide | Mac keyboard Shortcuts | Snazzy Labs Mac TipsResources General
Woorank SEO |Microsoft Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio | VS Code Docs | VS Code Extensions |* YT Visual Studio Code Introduction * | Keyboard Shortcut pdf
Adobe Creative Cloud
Photoshop
Photoshop Tips | Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts | Photoshop Cheat Sheet 2 |Adobe Illustrator
| Illustrator Vector Shapes |Premier Pro
Keyboard Shortcuts |After Effects
Keyboard Shortcuts |Web Development Project Management
Project Plan | Web Project Management | Large Commercial Project PlanWireframing
Guide to Website Wireframing| Moqups | BalsamiqImages
Adobe Photoshop | Image Aspect Screen Ratio 16 - 9 |Video
Adobe Premier Pro | Adobe After Effects |Audio
Audio Placeholder | Audio Placeholder |Fonts - Typography
Typekit | Google Fonts | Font SquirrelHTML5 Resources
HTML Resources | HTMl Ipsum | HTML Tags Reference| ** HTML CSS Shay Howe ** HTML5 | Align | HTML5 LayoutCSS Resources
W3Schools CSS | CSSBasics | CSS Resets | CSS Position W3 SchoolsWebMonkey Cheat Sheets | * CSS Position | CSS Positioning |
TypeTester| CSS Position | Button Generator | CSS Tricks Button Maker
Responsive Web Design and Development
Screen Dimensions | Smashing Magazine Article | Mozilla Article | W3CCSS Tricks| A List Apart Article | Adapt.js | 960.gs
dribbble.com | Bootstrap | Foundation| Skeleton
Responsive Design Bookmarklet Font Awesome icons glyph
Orientation Portrait -vs- Landscape
Mozilla Developer Network| Dev DocsMobile Friendly Email Design, Development and Marketing Tools
Litmus | Zurb InkJavascript Tools
Code Academy Glossary | w3 Schools | Vanilla JS | BackboneEloquent Javascript | Underscore | Handlebars | Js Fiddle
JavaScript best practices | Learn Javascript
Eloquent Javascript Book | Javascript Book | Json-Generator | Json
Javascript Libraries
Javascripting | Bootstrap grid examplesJavascript Frameworks and Build/Scaffolding Tools
JSlint | Firebug | Google Closure Compiler | JSMinJavascript Debugging, Minify and Code Checker Tools
Yoeman | Grunt | Gulp | BowerMEAN Stack
Mongo db | Express js | Angular js | Node js | Jade | EJS| NPMJavaScript Templating
Mustache JS |Performance Testing and Validation
Chrome Dev Tools Performance Testing | DreamHost SSL Certificate Overview | Google SSL |Cert Hosting Providers | What's My DNS |
- 1. Audit Your Page
- 2. Use the Report to find issues
- 3. Change 1 Issue at a time
- 4. Re-test
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Other Tools and Resources
Gradients| Buttons| * Placehold.it * | Date and Time |Code Snippets
Snippets! Hot Spots and Lessons Learned !
DNS ~ Split DNS Registrars, authoritative DNS servers and Troubleshooting
DNS Propagation Checker | DNS Management |To add an A Record, keep in mind the @ symbol is fine, it will not interfere with mx records for mail
Registrar = Authoritative Entity,
The Domain Name System (DNS) is the phonebook of the Internet | DNS Overview DreamHost | DNS recordDNS records (aka zone files) are instructions that live in authoritative DNS servers and provide information about a domain including what IP address is associated with that domain and how to handle requests for that domain. These records consist of a series of text files written in what is known as DNS syntax. DNS syntax is just a string of characters used as commands which tell the DNS server what to do. All DNS records also have a ‘TTL’, which stands for time-to-live, and indicates how often a DNS server will refresh that record.
DNS A record |The ‘@’ here indicates that this is a record for the root domain, and the ‘14400’ value is the TTL (Time To Live), listed in seconds. The default TTL for A records is 14400 seconds. This means that if an A record gets updated, it takes 240 minutes (14400 seconds) to take effect.
DNS MX record |DreamHost Lessons Learned
Manage Users, pathing home/dh_r667m2/website example..merricktool.com
When setting up a new site the user name is the sub folder
Solutions
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