{"id":18909,"date":"2016-09-14T20:45:52","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T00:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/?p=18909"},"modified":"2016-09-14T20:45:52","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T00:45:52","slug":"do-not-take-rest-breaks-and-4-other-productive-tips-for-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/2016\/09\/14\/do-not-take-rest-breaks-and-4-other-productive-tips-for-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Not Take Rest Breaks And 4 Other Productive Tips For Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Leaders in companies of every size, shape, and approach \u2026 can benefit from what I am about to tell you.\u00a0If you want to complete a project, bang out a task you\u2019ve been putting off, or just see-through a lot of work in a relatively short period of time, there\u2019s an easy way.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

These are the words of Bryan Miles<\/a>. \u00a0Bryan is the CEO and Co-founder of Miles AG, a conglomerate company consisting of eaHELP, MAG Bookkeeping<\/a>, Render, Ellipsis, and others. Bryan and Shannon have grown Miles AG from a husband-and-wife operation to a thriving conglomerate that\u2019s collectively responsible for more than 450 people, generates millions of dollars in revenue annually, and was named a recent Inc. 500 honoree (eaHELP). \u00a0He obviously knows a lot about productivity. \u00a0Let’s continue with his thoughts.<\/p>\n

“Here\u2019s how to knock stuff off FAST!<\/p>\n

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  1. Decide how long you will work.<\/strong>\u00a0Don\u2019t plan based on, \u201cI\u2019ll work as long as I can,\u201d or \u201cI\u2019ll work as long as I feel productive.\u201d\u00a0 Set a specific target. Carve time out on your schedule to do you Action Items \u2026 and stick to your schedule.<\/li>\n
  2. Tell everyone your plan.\u00a0<\/strong>Be clear to everyone what you are up to. Interruptions are productivity killers. People important to you know what you intend to accomplish \u2026 and will know (and feel) if you don\u2019t succeed.<\/li>\n
  3. Start really early.\u00a0<\/strong>Have you ever taken a long car trip for a vacation and left really early in the morning?\u00a0 Like at 2AM or 3AM?\u00a0 Those first few hours on the road fly by because you\u2019ve stepped outside your norm. It works with work stuff too. Don\u2019t believe me? Try it.<\/li>\n
  4. Take productive breaks, not rest breaks.<\/strong>\u00a0Momentum is everything.\u00a0 Don\u2019t take a walk, or watch a little TV, or goof around on the Internet.\u00a0 You will need breaks, but breaks should not compete with your desire to keep going until the job is done.<\/li>\n
  5. Don\u2019t quit until you\u2019re done \u2026 even if finishing takes longer than expected.<\/strong>\u00a0Stopping short is habit-forming.\u00a0Start finishing and stop starting.<\/strong>\u00a0Get stuff done. People are watching you in more ways that you realize.\u00a0There\u2019s a significant difference between a \u201cstarter\u201d and a \u201cexecutor.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The leaders I know find ways to get stuff done. Stuff of all sorts. I use these tips above \u2026 in my work \u2026 and, trust me \u2026 they work!”<\/p>\n

    I also encourage you to check out\u00a0MAG Bookkeeping<\/a>\u00a0if your church or business needs virtual bookkeeping assistance. \u00a0They are the best out there!<\/strong><\/p>\n

    This is a guest post by Bryan Miles, CEO of MAG, and originally appeared HERE<\/a> on their site.<\/p>\n

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    “Leaders in companies of every size, shape, and approach \u2026 can benefit from what I am about to tell you.\u00a0If you want to complete a project, bang out a task you\u2019ve been putting off, or just see-through a lot of work in a relatively short period of time, there\u2019s an easy way.” These are the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[710,829],"class_list":["post-18909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-performance","tag-mag-bookkeeping","tag-productivity"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/magbk_300x280.jpeg","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18909"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18909"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18910,"href":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18909\/revisions\/18910"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}