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Batman and Robin go camping one day. They find a suitable spot, pitch their tent and soon fall asleep.
In the middle of the night, Batman wakes his faithful friend saying, "Robin, look up at the sky and tell me what you see."
Robin replies, "Why Batman, I see millions of stars."
Batman then asks him, "And what does that tell you?"
Robin is silent for a while while he thinks about this then he says, "Astronomically speaking, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. Chronologically, it appears to be approximately a quarter past three. Meteorologically, it looks as though we're in for a beautiful day tomorrow. What does it tell you, Batman?"
Batman is also silent for a moment, then says, " Robin, you idiot, someone has stolen our tent!"
While Batman and Robin busy themselves find their tent...
Have you ever got to the end of a long day and wondered exactly what you managed to achieve?
Yeah, me neither ;)
But just in case you ever come across that problem, here are 5 FREE tools that you can use to turn yourself into a productivity superhero...
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Install RescueTime and find out where all your time goes – you’ll be amazed how much time you spend on email and FB!
Sometimes it’s more time than there are waking hours. How is that even possible? ;)
Set yourself productivity targets and see if you can beat them each day. Yes, work can be fun!
The free version is all you really need, though if you upgrade you’ll be able to get more detailed info about your activity, enter offline time and block distracting websites.
2) Leechblock / StayFocusd
Install Leechblock as a Chrome or Firefox extension.
It blocks all those sites where you can waste your whole day away if you’re not careful. You know what they are, don’t play innocent with me!
You just specify the offending sites and they are blocked at the times you stipulate.
You can also use StayFocusd on Chrome.
Be careful with StayFocusd. It’s a lot stricter than Leechblock and you can end up completely locked out of your email or Facebook for the day… but come to think of it, maybe that’s not such a bad thing…
They’re both very simple and intuitive to use.
And you can read the other 3 hacks here
You'll have to join my FREE group to read it. Hehe! :)
Here's what you'll discover when you read the rest of the post:
- How to save a ton of computer memory and your sanity when working with large numbers of tabs open
- How to save hours of wasted time on social media watching cat videos and getting distracted by pointless arguments
- How to rationalise your Inbox so you don't spend your entire life dealing with email
As always, any questions, just hit reply :)
May the Force be with you!
Sally
PS If Iron Man and the Silver Surfer teamed up would they be alloys?
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| | About the Author
Hi there! I'm Sally Lazarus! I'm an Online Marketer, wife, mother and massive geek…
I started out as a programmer many moons ago, before the Internet as we know it was born… No, not when dinosaurs roamed the Earth! How rude! :P
I've been working online since late 2011. I don't claim to be some sort of guru, but I aim to make the techie stuff easier for you by sharing my best tools, tips, tricks and step-by-step methods to help you get things done more quickly, leaving you more time to do the stuff that actually makes money.
I'm an ethical marketer and always check things out properly before I share them with you. I wouldn't recommend anything that I didn't believe in or wouldn't use myself :)
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