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Today, I feel really good after finishing the updates I had to do on one of my websites. It took me quite a while to finish that, honestly I’ve been working on that site on my free time for a few days already. I had to fix quite a lot of posts, because I noticed that the amount of traffic dropped from its usual. I found out that the reason for the decrease in traffic was because some of the video links were no longer working, so what I did was update them. I’m glad that this site has received over 9,000 page views for the month, and I’m looking forward for it to get more.

Anyway, since the work of updating over 250 posts was very mechanical and could be boring when done over long periods, I was either listening to an audiobook or watching Skip Beat. It’s an anime by the way, and I’m really having fun watching it. I guess it’s one of the things that I’m looking forward to watching.

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I was listening to Daniel Goleman’s Social Intelligence audiobook for more than 6 hours now, and I find it fascinating. I’m not done listening to it yet, in fact, the audiobook is still half way done. It’s about the study of neuroscience and how it relates to our social skills.

I find it very interesting because honestly, I’m not so strong in social qualities and much of what this audiobook discusses is new to me. I grew up as an only child, and though I did spend time with my childhood friends most of my adolescent years were spent reading books, studying, and playing computer games.

I’ve been listening to Brian Tracy’s 21 Ways to Double Your Productivity Audiobook and have found one of the lessons there to be very applicable and effective. To double your productivity, make a list of everything you have to do tomorrow. Make sure to write this list before you go to sleep.

On your next day, identify the tasks that are the most important or urgent, then do them. As you finish those tasks, crush them out.

I found this quite rewarding. Seeing how many tasks I’ve crushed out makes me feel good, since I know I’ve accomplished something useful for the day. It even spurs me to do just one more, and suddenly I’ve got the energy to extend beyond my normal working hours.

Here are the ways to double your time and increase your productivity, according to Brian Tracy:

• Make a DecisionDevelop Clear Goals and Objectives

  Plan Every Day in Advance

  Use the ABCDE Method (Mark A for your most important tasks, and E for your least. Resolve to do A tasks first before other less important tasks)

  Separate the Urgent from the Important

  Practice the Law of Forced Efficiency

  Apply the 80-20 Rule (20% of your tasks contribute to 80% of your results)

  Work at your Energy Peaks

  Practice Single Handling with Key Tasks

  Eat That Frog

  Organize Your Work Space

  Use Travel Time Productively

  Get Better at Your Key Tasks

  Work in Real Time

  Re-engineer Your Work

  Reinvent Yourself Annually

  Practice Zero-Based Thinking

  Set Clear Posteriorities

  Keep Your Life in Balance

  Plan Every Project Carefully

  Be Intensely Action Oriented

It feels good when you know you’ve used your time well–like working, spending it with people important to you, accomplishing stuff, tending to things that needed to be done.

That’s how I feel today. From waking up to before sleep, I was busy working on different things. It feels like this day was meaningful.

I remember listening to an audiobook about Leonardo da Vinci, in which it was stated that he often repeated the words “I shall never tire of being useful”, vocally or in writing. This urged him to accomplish his goals and do a lot each day.

Anyway, that’s it for today. Good night~