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Later

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I’ll write my first book.

I’ll read that book on my bookshelf.

I’ll launch my business.

I’ll do that YouTube video.

I’ll start enhancing my social networks.

I’ll take my business seriously.

I’ll accomplish what I need to accomplish.

If we keep on putting off things we need to do, the list will grow until it becomes manageable. This list could go on forever, but it is up to us to make our own lists as short as possible. The problem with a long list is that goals get ignored or removed from the list. At the end of the year, there’s also going to be a lot of ground to make up.

Did You Check Your Statistics Today?

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Chances are…you did. If you didn’t check them already, you’re probably going to check them later today. There are more statistics for us to check such as blog traffic or number of Twitter followers. Checking the statistics is just as bad as checking the inbox: we can’t get out of it.

I check statistics 10 times every day. When I think I am done for the day, I check the statistics of something I ignored or didn’t even know I had. I check the statistics more than I check my email.

There is no way that I am alone. Statistics are used by a lot of people to track the growth of their business, blog, product, and so on. Statistics store information years back, and we can easily access it.

Statistics are valuable to our business, but looking at statistics for too long can stunt business growth.

Scattered Information

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When it comes to essential information, it cannot be scattered. Scattered information gets lost. Being able to group a lot of information in one source will allow you to see previous information that may be important right now.

There are a lot of social networks and blogs that we see on the web. Some of the content on those social networks and blogs are really good while we have all seen our fair share of really bad content as well.

The good content is the content that you want to hold on to. You don’t hold on to the information of good content by writing it down on a small piece of paper. That results in the accumulation of small papers containing unorganized information. With a lot of small papers, a lot of them will get misplaced, even if they are really important.

If you are looking for ways to become more productive, getting rid of bad habits is a great start. There are bad habits that we all have, and all of those habits must be eliminated in order for our businesses to move forward.

What Makes Most Businesses Collapse

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Overconfidence can be destructive. Some of the Ancient World’s greatest societies have collapsed because of overconfidence. Even Rome which seemed undefeatable fell. Overconfidence will prevent you from looking at any problems in your business. These problems may be considered as “minor,” but if a minor problem isn’t fixed within a certain period of time, it becomes major. Great blogs have fallen because of content not being updated. This blog gets over 60 visitors per day (and growing!) which is a good sign for future success. If this blog or any other blog was never updated again, the number of visitors would dwindle down to virtually nothing. I have emphasized how important it is to update a blog because in the beginning, I did not update all of my blogs. The traffic stats clearly show when I updated and didn’t update my blogs.