Increasing Production By Defining What To Do

It's of course important to be productive day to day but I have found that the step before production or executing is the real secret. The actual planning of what needs to be done prior to doing it. If you can create a very clear list of targets that are doable or executable, you can then simply execute them. It wastes so much production time to just attempt to hustle and "be" productive rather than fully visualizing what needs to be done and why, putting those thoughts on paper in doable steps. When I say doable steps I mean it's written in actionable format. Here is an example:

1) Pick up the phone and call Mr. Peterson to discuss proposal

2) Create the proposal as discussed for ABC corp and send via email to John.

The above two steps are both actions that can easily be done. If you break down your daily and weekly goals and targets and really think them through to know exactly what actions need to be done prior to doing them, from there all you need to do is execute. This simple action will make your life easier and will speed up production so you can actually get more done.

- Robert Cornish
CEO, Richter10.2 Media Group