Welcome to episode 32 of Influencer Insights. Last week on the

podcast I chatted with the Queen of Systems and

productivity Adrian Dorsen. Now if you want to take your

efficiency to the next level and build a business that can quite literally run without you, then Adrian's your girl and you must listen to that episode.

So in the spirit of productivity, I want to follow up this week with a little

extra insight into the wonderful world of productivity. I'll start by

letting you in on a little secret. I wasn't always a productive person.

Mm-mm. When I started my career as an online entrepreneur I spent months working from the moment I woke up into the moment that I went to bed nearly every single day.

Which most entrepreneurs do, right?

Well, here's the catch.

It wasn't because I was the busiest person in the world

with massive launch-to-do list

or because of an excessive deadline of meetings.

The real reason was just, I was really unproductive and really

unorganized. I'd spend an hour on a project then get distracted answering emails

and texts as they popped up throughout the day or I'd start researching something for a blog post only to end

up aimlessly scrolling through social media.

If getting my work done as efficiently as possible was part of my job, then I would have

needed to be fired immediately.

When I realized how much time I was wasting,

I decided that I needed to take matters

into my own hands and really make some changes.

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