Article written by Harry Welby-Cooke, (ActionCOACH Country Partner)

Like it or not, there are very few secrets left in the world. Google has already, for free, provided us with all the answers human beings know. So, why then are some people a lot more productive, and dare I say, a lot more successful too?

These ‘7 Secrets of the Most Productive People’ are already quite freely available.  Less popular though, and much more critical, is actually following the advice and implementing these secrets. Knowing isn’t enough and doing therefore becomes a much more important part of your success.

From experience though, I thought I’d share a summary of what we as ActionCOACH business coaches see as being critical success factors across our team of business coaches and their entrepreneurial clients. To get these secrets to work best for you try this: Read, nod, take action and repeat!

How much of your day is taken up with emails, meetings, social media, or internet browsing and breaks? And how much of your day is spent doing the work to build your business not just talking about it? In the book, Deep Work by Cal Newport, the author says that “The ability to perform deep work is becoming increasingly rare at exactly the same time it is becoming increasingly valuable in our economy.” By being able to do deep work, you will be able to master hard tasks easier and you will become more productive.

Article written by Futhi Cabe (BizCommunity)

Given the importance of this topic to you as a business owner, whose successful results depend largely through and with the actions of others, here we share some important tips on how you can hone your skill of delegation, and in so doing, develop your staff and get more tasks done.