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30+ Expert Productivity Tips From 14 Celebrity Entrepreneurs Who Are Crushing It
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Elon Musk’s Productivity Tips
- By delegating whenever possible and surrounding himself with a dedicated team of engineers, Musk frees up his time for the projects for which he is most competent and passionate.
- Musk also focuses on activities that make money and generate revenue for his brand; this is a simplified approach among successful business owners.
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Jeff Bezos Productivity Tips
- Clarity about his purpose and position helps Jeff Bezos get things done.
- Recognizing meetings are prospective time-wasters, Bezos steers clear of meetings that are not needed.
- He uses the “Two Pizza Rule,” never inviting more people to a meeting that could consume two pizzas. The more people you squeeze into a meeting, the less productive it is likely to be.
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Bill Gates Productivity Tips
- Work hard and make no excuses for doing less than your best.
- Sometimes change must happen to move forward.
- Believe in your dreams and goals and stay focused.
- Hire the best talent you can and fully support them.
- Cut down on paper – utilize email, online scheduling, and cloud sharing first and always.
- Filtering can help reduce your incoming emails and communications to a more productive level.
- Use a whiteboard to enhance collaboration, tell stories, brainstorm, and power new ideas.
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Productivity Advice From Steve Jobs
- Focus on what matters most and get rid of the rest.
- Hire great talent then delegate tasks to free up your time.
- Get more experiences and broaden your scope.
- Reassess daily and make changes when you need to.
- Start with a list of the ten things you want to do in the year – then ruthlessly edit the list until you have only three or four items.
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Oprah Winfrey’s Productivity Tips
- Wake up early and eat a nutritious breakfast;
- Focus on your goals;
- Rise above and overcome adversity – even if it seems impossible;
- Follow your passion and channel your energy into success;
- Practice stillness. Oprah spends 20-minutes per day sitting in absolute stillness. It helps her to clear her mind and focus on her jobs and outstanding projects at hand;
- Lead a life for others – Oprah dedicates much of her time to helping others.
- Seize every opportunity that comes your way, no matter how big or how small.
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“You become what you believe; you are where you are today based on everything you have believed.”
Oprah Winfrey
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Brian Tracy Productivity Tips
- Focus first on the tasks that earn you more money.
- Dump the electronic interruptions, or severely limit them so you can focus on selling.
- Ignore email in the morning, checking it will merely distract you from your goals.
- Make a prioritized list each evening for the next day.
- Getting up early each day will help you become productive and focus on everything you need to accomplish.
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Sheryl Sandberg’s Top Productivity Tips
- Work hard – but also strive to have a life, too.
- Create a network – and then leverage it.
- Be as efficient as possible.
- Don’t be afraid to go old school if you prefer paper lists and reminders.
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Jessica Alba’s Productivity Tips
- Be involved in the daily management of your brand without micromanaging your team.
- Ask for help to shorten the learning curve when you start something new.
- If f you have an idea, you don’t have to be a pro at designing a product or marketing - you can hire people to help you with the essential details.
- You need a passion for what you do, to be genuinely productive.
- Hire the right people with the right expertise to help you.
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Tim Ferriss’ Productivity Tips
- Identify those things that are causing you the most stress.
- Make a list of the top 3-5 items to work on in a day and decide which ones are truly worthy of time.
- Work when you are most useful to boost productivity.
- Being busy doesn’t mean you are getting much done.
- Don’t make it easy for others to say no.
- If you find it necessary, make time for it.
- Money is not the only measure of success.
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Mark Zuckerberg Productivity Tips
- Make decisions that matter.
- Zuckerberg wears almost the same thing every day, so he never has to spend brain time wondering what to wear each day.
- Set annual goals. It is easy to get bogged down in the day to day details and lose focus if you only have short-term goals.
- Support employees, but keep them on their toes. When you hold your employees to a high standard, you can depend on them and ensure they get things done.
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Warren Buffet Productivity Tips
- Write down your top goals, both long and short-term things.
- Focus on the top five goals and then deliberately ignore the rest. The remaining 20 items will end up distracting you from accomplishing the things you most want to do.
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