INTRODUCTION

It is no news that there's so much pressure and confusion at this time, considering the pandemic outbreak. A lot of businesses and individuals are at a freeze point as they are unsure of what do to at this time that we are restricted from doing business and work as we used to know it.
Also, the society places so much demand and expectations on us like never before, so many coaches and mentors yelling all sorts of things into our ears on things to learn, unlearn, do and not do. 

But I believe that the most important thing at this time is to stay sane and be productive at the same time..And that is the reason why we are having this conversation today.

I have broken the conversation to 7 ways to stay sane and productive in this season and I believe that after this discussion, you will find clarity and sanity for productivity.

1. KEEP YOUR POSITIVE JUICES FLOWING

I know you must have heard this over and over but it can not be over emphasized!!! Don't exert your energy on what you can not change, exert your energy on what you can. This is not the time to spend your data and precious time joining band wagon to yab(insult) government and people from morning till night, it is a draining process. It is not good for your mental, intellectual and emotional sanity. If your insult, action or drama cant make something better, don't waste it on that thing. Stay away from negative vibes you can't handle.

The truth is nobody can say for sure how long this phase will last, you need all the positive energy you can get to survive and outlast this situation. 

And if you should not exert your energy on such things, there is no need to be the medium for negative driven people to spread negativity to other people that are completely clueless.

 2. USE THIS  MOMENT TO IDENTIFY YOUR IMPACT NICHE, AND BE ACTIVE IN THE NICHE

Impact goes hand in hand with solutions that are very essential. (Even in this lockdown period some people can't be locked down or restricted because they give us essential value)

Now is the time to be a voice of impact, play a role of impact, you will feel fulfilled. Teach someone about something related to your impact niche, mentor someone, even if it's at no cost you will feel fulfilled, you will be giving noticeable value by doing that, which you can eventually convert to money 🤷🏽‍♀️

Leverage on simple platforms like your WhatsApp and the likes to register your impact niche in people's minds.

Side joke: If your impact niche is twerking, this is the time to twerk like hell, mentor people on twerking, teach people on twerking... (ermmmmm, I hope you know this is an illustration right?)

3. LEARN THAT SKILL THAT YOU HAVE ALWAYS NEEDED AND DESIRED TO LEARN

Almost everyone has talked about this. There is time to learn something now! 

It doesn't have to be something too complicated or complex! We all know those things we have used our mouths to learn but never got round to learning because we never had the time...

In fact, I signed up on a language app to brush up my French so that when all this is over I can take on clients in francophone countries.

4. REWRITE YOUR VISION IN LINE WITH CHANGED TIMES AND SEASONS

Make the best use of this time to review your goals and visions...Times have changed, don't be carrying around an analog goal in a digital time. Review your goals in line with current demands oooooo! Use this time to do that for the purpose of creative innivation....

Any vision you're birthing or rebirthing now should be in tune with technology, think digital products, virtual services...

Shake up your vision and goal ooooooo

5. DRAFT A DAILY TIMETABLE, AND FIX IN THE THINGS YOU WILL LIKE TO ACHIEVE AS PART OF YOUR DAILY ROUTINE

This will help us all to be productive even at this time. 
You can infuse your cool off activities into your daily schedule, like games, movies..etc..

For example, my daily schedule at this time includes things like meditation, reading a book, writing a book, learning a language, teaching/mentoring...Then if I'm able to finish two books, I reward myself with a nice movie (I don't want to feel like I spent my whole week watching a zillion movies 😫)

Just be sure to do what works for the goal you're working towards please.

You will note that I said "you can infuse your cool off activities into your daily schedule"...And I ended it with "be sure to do what works for the goal you're working towards. So, no pressure at all. My own daily schedule isn't a yardstick for anyone because we all have different things we want to achieve at specific periods

6. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS MOMENT TO CLEAN THROUGH YOUR CONTACTS

Declutter your contacts, by now we should all know the kind of network we want to build. 

If you have 1000 phone contacts that don't fit into the network you want to build for yourself and your business, clean them up please. 

So that you will know who you you have, and who has you. Trim the contacts and make sure you have contacts that fit into the future you're looking at 

So! Happy decluttering people!

7. RETREAT, REFRESH, RESTART

Spiritually and mentally, have a reflective moment, observe a retreat...It further helps with sanity, clarity and direction!!! I know that we all can expand this in our mind without me delving in too deeply.

Take a moment, reflect on what could be better, what you should do better and draw spiritual strength for enabling.....

Mentally, you will have a rush of fresh energy for a new start.

With this, I have come to the end of today's discussion. I had planned not to take so much of our time and I'm glad I didn't stretch things too far. Thanks you for giving me the time to do this here.

By: Busayo Adegoke.