put an end to procastination with gamification by monica cornetti
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The Alliteration GameA Simple Game to Get More Done in 2018
An eBook by Monica CornettiGamification Guru and FUN Advocatewww.SententiaGamification.com
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How do you make yourself do the things you don’t want to do?
Can you imagine how much less guilt, stress, and frustration you would feel if you could somehow make yourself do the things you don’t want to do when you’re supposed to do them?
I feel your pain.
Often, when I am on a speaking tour or designing a gamification program for a client, it is easy for me to get so focused on the project, instead of doing other important tasks that will help me grow my business.
I put the long-term activities on the back burner.
Monica CornettiGamification Guru and FUN Advocate
www.monicacornetti.com
The result?
• Empty calendar dates
• A website that hasn’t been updated in months
• Unwritten blog articles
• A net zero on new connections made
• And an overwhelm of guilt and frustration…
That’s why I turned procrastination into a game – and it actually becomes not only challenging…
but FUN to accomplish those things that would otherwise be put off.
Now I look forward to focusingon and growing my business every day of the week.
The rules are easy. It goes like this…
For each day of the week create an alliteration for an activity that relates to a major area of your business or career.
Spend at least one hour in that area just for that day.
Anyone can do one hour… right?!
To help you get started, here are the alliterations I use with a brief descriptor of what could be accomplished each day.
Remember, you will most likely have different tasks on your to-do list – these are merely examples and ideas.
Whatever your list is… you don’t have to do all of them, you just have to do some of them to equal at least one hour of activity a day.
Marketing Monday
Includes outreach such as writing and publishing a newsletter or blog article, social media connections, emails to prospective clients, press releases, or complete an RFP for an upcoming event.
Technology Tuesday
May include website updates, video editing and publishing, digital portfolio updates, social media updates and post scheduling, verifying congruency in your brand across the Web, etc.
Who Do You Know Wednesday?
Who do you need to meet that can either book you or connect you with a potential booking or client, who is the decision maker at one of your top 10 target companies (or can introduce you to them), who are the companies doing interesting work in your field?
Thirsty Thursday
This is “close the deal” sales day.
Thursday is all about direct contact with
current prospects to get the deal closed. Remember the line
from Glengarry Glen Ross, “Coffee is for
closers.” Same idea here – (only I reward
myself with a Margarita when I
close a deal on Thursday.)
Follow Up Friday
Time to tie up any loose ends. Answer, file, or delete the emails hanging out there in your inbox, send proposals to potential clients, forward the information you promised to someone, process paperwork, update your to-do list, and review your next week’s schedule.
Social Saturday
Any work done on Saturday, wrap around social
encounters such as taking the computer to a great
new brunch spot or coffee shop, network with
colleagues in a social setting, hold a strategy
session while shopping the local farmers’ market.
Sunday Funday
This is your day to relax, hike, escape into a Netflix binge, enjoy a 3-Bloody Mary brunch… whatever! Depending on the weather, time of year, where you may be in the world… rejuvenate and get ready to start the week all over again.
Super simple and enormously effective!
And the best thing is… no more dreadand guilt.
As long as you do a little bit each day, your business or career continues to move forward.
Plus, that familiar, overwhelming feeling that “there is so much to do and so little time” is essentially eliminated.
So, how can you apply this? What Alliteration Activities can you create each day to help you complete your dull, dreary tasks, or to move your career forward?
Not to mention how much happier and more effective you will be!
I would love to hear your ideas… you can share them in the
comments section below or email me at [email protected].
At its core, Gamification is about finding FUN in the things we have to do.
Making business processes compelling by making them fun is about the most fascinating and
coolest thing that I can think of!
Monica CornettiGamification Guru and FUN Advocate
www.SententiaGamification
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About the Author
A gamification speaker and designer, Monica Cornetti is rated as the #1 Gamification Guru in the World by UK-Based Leaderboarded.
She is the Founder and CEO of Sententia Gamification and the author of the book Totally Awesome Training Activity Guide: Put Gamification to Work for You.
Monica is hired for her charisma as agamification speaker and is considered the best in gamification design for corporate learning.
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