How to manage thoughts and get stuff done?

I like the idea book above. It's aways good to record idea.

As others have stated, the more you focus, the more likely you are to succeed. At least, that's been my experience.

 

As others have mentioned, Adderall can truly help you focus and get things done. It's no mistake that Adderall is the most popular "study aid" on every college campus

 

Just had a look on Wiki - apparently Adderalls are referred to as study buddies. Ha!

Pete

 

Give your ideas a life of their own. If an idea is worth thinking about again, it's worth capturing what you've got so far and giving it a place to live and grow. Every time I have something I think is a really good idea, I buy an $8.95 domain from GoDaddy, set up a year of hosting for $10 at Discount Hosting, and throw together a simple web page using either PostNuke or a free template for either FrontPage or Dreamweaver. For less than $20, I have a place for my idea to start taking life, and for me to communicate my idea effectively to prospective collaborators and customers. If you're not as web-inclined, just jot down your thoughts about the subject and create a separate file folder for it, either in your computer or a manual file. Any time you have something to add, you've got the right place for it. Sooner or later, the good ideas will truly start having a life of their own, and you can say good-bye to those regrets about forgotten great ideas.

Make a schedule... You'll drive yourself and the people around you crazy if you just flit back and forth from one project to another (which is all too easy a pattern to slip into). As Stephen Covey says, don't prioritize your schedule, schedule your priorities. The only way to ensure that you are really focusing on the next most important thing is to put into your schedule - otherwise all those things that are urgent but not important will keep you from doing the things that are important but not urgent, and even sometimes the things that are important and urgent. If you want to focus, you have to give yourself time to focus, free from other distractions, and knowing in your mind that that's how you're supposed to be spending that time.

...and then break it. Circumstances change. Priorities change. And change is cheap if you make it that way. Agility and flexibility are a couple of the great advantages entrepreneurs have over larger organizations. Many opportunities come up that are time-sensitive, and if you're locked into an artificially rigid schedule, you'll miss them. The trick is to know the difference between a time-sensitive opportunity and a mere distraction. Perhaps we need a new serenity prayer for entrepreneurs: "Grant me the serenity to say no to the requests that are mere distractions, the courage to act on the ones that are truly opportunities, and the wisdom to the know the difference."

 

Make a daily schedule.

Make short-term (monthly) and long term (yearly) goals.

Write all your ideas down in a notebook or wordpad,etc.

 

A very common fortune I see.

I tend to write my ideas in notepad (save paper/trees) and I use the paper pad for projects while I'm working on them. But yes... tackling too many will eventually drain you to the point of quiting.

And in the world of websites... just because the site is done now, doesn't mean it wont need updates, upgrades, changes, design... so that makes it harder.

Even now, I have a few ideas that I've filtered out of the stack, that I can't start even though I really want to.

I think it's important to set timelines, and priorities.

A good mildly strong cup of coffee and a daily plan works for me.

 

There are some really good tips here! I find my head spinning sometimes as well.

 

Thanks for all the tips guys. I'll use some of this stuff!

 

I actually disagree make more than one site.

You never want to put all your eggs(websites) in one basket

Maybe not 100 sites @ $1 each but

1 - 10 isnt a bad idea

There are many many many storys on this board alone where people lose serp ranks and lose all revenue,

Just my thoughts,

I own many sites,

Also nice format for work!!!

 

ignore the ADD comments, they will not help. You need to understand yourself - idea people are creatives so find a way to stay in your realm and work with functionaries who lack ideas but need things to do

 

Actually you're wrong about Adderall. It is a proven way to stay focused on tasks, even if it is a task that you normally find boring or monotonous.

 

Thanks for the tips guys, I was actually thinking the same thing today and I guess the fact is i am quite ADD, (maybe not, never diagnosed but...seems like it!) I too have too many important things to do for my website and they range from things like SEO, to just adding new features, now it is a known fact how important seo is but seems i get distracted too easily and start doing other things or worse start doing things are not related to my website and my goals at all, like games. I think I might need adderall for whenever i plan to do my seo stuff...(thinking)

 

I recommend you read this book, 'The 10 natural laws of successful time and life management' by Hyrum W. Smith. It is a really good book with loads of good tips and I found it really useful for time management.

 

Can I ever relate. It's nice to know that I am not alone in this.

When I first started my first web site, I was so worried that I would run out of ideas. What I ran out of was time to implement them.

Usually once I am immersed in something, I've got plenty of focus. So much focus, that I forget to eat and sleep. LOL

But I have so many projects on the go at once that I have a hard time getting started. I usually try to make a list of what needs to be done that day and keep the other stuff on a long term list. I too am a list junkie. Problem is that I have lists all over the place. I need to get more organized.

I used to be organized. People who knew me then can't believe how disorganized I am now, but it is all a time factor. I've got so much on my plate and everything is vying for priority. I also find that things seem to get added to the top of my "to do" list and not the bottom. If I could get something accomplished and then check it off, it would be great, but that never seems to be the case.

So I have really come to realize that I have too much on my plate and I am working on streamlining things. I will be selling some articles I bought for a project, as soon as I get to 25 posts. I just recently/finally finished with a volunteer position. I am working on selling off some inventory in wholesale lots to just get rid of it. I am losing a lot of money on it, but I'm never going to get around to selling it off individually, and I need to get it off my list. I'm hoping that once I get my day to day list down to a more manageable size, I will feel more energy to work on the stuff that is left.

I have a also made a committment to adding absolutely nothing to my plate right now. I was just asked to moderate a new Yahoo group and I almost said yes, but I rememberd this commitment to myself and said no.



Jennifer

 

yes, I have same ADD problem...
I maintain:
1) Ideas file
These are the biz ideas I want to implement...

2) To Do list
These are the projects currently under implementation or left half-baked/ half-cooked. Have 5 half-baked projects and starting another 3.

I have registered domain names as and when I get some new implementable idea so I have domains lying ard wanting to be nurtured and launched.
LOL

 

1.Write down every one of your ideas
2. label each idea as A (brilliant), B (would be nice to have) and C Kpretty mediocre compared to the rest.)
3. Immediately throw away any idea with a B or C idea
4. Now label each A Idea as a 1 (best), 2 (next best) and so on until all As are in order
5. Complete each item on the list beginning with A1. do not move to A2 until A1 is done.
6. When you have a new idea, put it through the same process, but commit that the highest rank it can get is A2 on your current list.

 

Though I dont have much ideas; I use to prioritize my ideas based on feasibility & returns. For example, www.rockingidea.com is not well designed, yet working & gaining popularity, still I am looking to change its looks; but as it working & gaining popularity, I've postponed it for later because I can't do it alone & my friend who can do it is busy in our BIG project.

Then I manage a directory, www.mcxtrade.com , it took me 2 hours to set it up & devote upto 2 hours to approve links daily.

Both of my sites are now on "autopilot".. thanks to opensource!!

As your ideas are concerned with websites, look for open source scripts; fast & easy to implement.. Your ideas will still live & do listen what other friends here said. Search engines, (atleast for me) index websites automatically, just submit to them only once in a month. Then market them, use paid advertisements like adwords etc;.

In the end; listen to all but do what your mind allows. There is no other way to focus than to have in mind your REAL GOAL.

 

Priorities. that's all.