Three Tips to Managing Time and Staying Focused

What if you were told that your freedom can only be born out of a certain structure? Think of yoga poses - when the foundation is properly placed, don't we then feel free to fly high and expansively? So it is with our time, finances, and business. Creating a strong foundation, a great structure, will help us achieve the kind of time, money and freedom for creative expression we long so much to have. There are some essential foundational elements to help us create this structure, and all of these have to do with managing tasks appropriately. In our episode today we cover these life changing task management tools that you can start applying today.

Here is the first of the three: stop multi-tasking. If you were told in the past that multi-tasking is a great skill to have, here is what science has already proven to us: anytime we shift our focus from a task at hand, to go on to another task, we not only miss the five minutes away from what we were doing, but we actually take anywhere between 11 and 30 minutes to return to our level of focus from before we became distracted... If you do this repeatedly throughout the day, you can imagine how much time you can lose with these ‘small’ interruptions. Stay focused, give yourself two hour blocks to complete your tasks, and then in between tasks, check emails, social-media and your laundry.

We have two more incredibly powerful teachings around task management so you can build a foundation, stay focused and create the freedom you deserve! Get the full lesson here: http://businessofyoga.tumblr.com

Justin Michael Williams & Karen Mozes are the leading experts in the business of yoga presented by Yoga Journal. Get free videos, trainings, and tips at www.yogajournal.com/businessofyoga.