A Healthy Approach To Internet Marketing: Increase Your Productivity

Scott and Angie Tousignant Home Office Fitness Experts Hello again. I’m Lynn’s friend and fellow Internet Marketer Scott Tousignant. This week I am enjoying my role as guest blogger here at Clicknewz and introducing you to the positive impact that home office fitness will have on your business.

I sure enjoyed all your comments on yesterday’s blog post where I shared some simple desk exercises with you. Remember, I’m randomly selecting a winner from all the comments on my blog posts this week.

Yesterday I mentioned that corporations have been adopting workplace fitness as a means of increasing productivity with their employees. Today we are going to explore the topic of productivity in more detail and help you get more of it during your workday…

I know that this is a question which has come up at Clicknewz in the past, but it’s worth asking again. How many hours do you spend working on your online business? Next question… How many of those hours are spent being productive?

It’s important to work hard and pay your dues in order to get your online business turning a profit. But spending 12-16 hours sitting in front of your computer may not be the most useful way to spend your time. You may be busy, but you are not being completely productive.

Have you ever found yourself staring at the computer screen for an hour trying to write a blog post, free report, or sales copy and not get anything done at all? I know that I’ve been there before. It happened to Nicole Dean’s mother Patti too. Here’s one of the experiences that she had with a quickie workout when she was trying to write an article…

“So, here I was, writing away on an article I have to finish NOW, not taking the 10 minutes I needed to do my workout. Instead, I kept thinking ‘right after I finish this article I’ll do the workout.’

Now, that wouldn’t be a BIG problem except I couldn’t think! I was writing at about 1/10th the speed and thought process that I normally have! Ah, connect the dots… so, I hopped up and got to work on my weight session for today.

Oh, that felt so good, and I’m thinking again like I need to in order to finish the article. Okay, case closed. This whole Quickie thing works.

Great insight Scott … again!”

You only have approximately three peak productivity hours in your day. If you are really focused and have been working on your productivity, you may be able to squeeze out four very productive hours throughout your workday.

It’s important to know what hours of the day you are most productive and capitalize on them. I am most productive during the hours of 9am and 12 noon. Any other time during the day I can become very easily distracted. Many of my friends work a lot better during the evening hours when their kids are sleeping. All I can think about is quality cuddle time with my wife Angie during those hours… and maybe a bit of tweeting here and there

I love Lynn’s advice of working on active tasks during your peak productivity hours and then do the passive activities after, during your less than productive hours. Active tasks would be something such as writing a guest blog post, creating a free report, or adding sales copy to your website. Something that can directly increase your online profits. Passive tasks would be tweeting, reading other people’s blogs, or checking your email.

I have a secret weapon when it comes to increasing my productivity. It’s short bursts of fast, fun home office fitness. Instead of only having three to four peak productivity hours throughout my day, I can easily create an additional hour where I’m super-focused and highly productive.

I strategically time my home office workouts for the times during my day when I’m feeling less productive such as first thing in the morning when I’d rather just sit in the rocker and drink some coffee and around noon when I begin to experience a bit of a lull and feel like taking a nap.

I usually prefer to do the quickie cardio first thing in the morning and perform the quickie workout at noon. Here’s an example of a mid day home office workout that requires very little space, very little equipment, and very little time.

Home Office Workout

You may download the video by right clicking quickie workout

Lack of time is nothing but an excuse when it comes to avoiding exercise. If you are looking at the 10-minute workout as taking time away from your work and your life you’ve got it all wrong.

This 10 minute fitness break will actually give you more time in your day because you will be able to get more work done in less time as a result of your increased productivity and focus gained from the workout experience.

Come on now… who seriously doesn’t have 10-minutes to workout?

Here’s a typical breakdown of my day…

5:45 am Wake up with Angie and do a quickie cardio session together. This is the greatest start to my day and has a greater impact on my energy than coffee. I do enjoy a cup of coffee though… mostly for the warmth.

6:00 am Shower and eat a healthy breakfast.

6:15 am Work on my most important business task of the day which typically involves creating high quality content for my Fat Loss Quickie blog or a blog that I may be writing a guest post for.

7:00 am Get the kids ready for school. Angie has started her workday at this point, running a daycare in our home, so it’s my responsibility to get the kids off to school.

8:00 am My kids are on the bus and it’s time for me to get some of the kids that Angie watches onto their buses.

9:00 am I’m ready to tackle my most important tasks of the day. I start off by visiting the Fat Loss Quickie Club and checking in on my members goals. I like to tweet them and keep them on track for the day. Then I’ll get back to blogging and any other important task.

12:00 pm I’ve reached my peak productivity limit and it’s time for me to do a quickie home office workout followed by a healthy meal.

12:30 pm If I still have some major tasks to complete I’ll get back to them. If not I’ll visit Lynn’s Elite Members forum too see if I can be helpful to anyone. I’ll also visit a couple other forums and leave a comment on a blog post or two if the content was compelling and I can be resourceful to the audience there. I’ll also use this time to post some tweets and see what conversations are going on. If there aren’t any good conversations I will get out and do something more productive.

Worked into the mix are podcasts, Fat Loss Quickie accountability calls, and Lynn’s Private Brainstorming sessions. Plus my daily accountability call with Bob “The Teacher” Jenkins. I’ll also use the time after 12:30 for educational purposes if I don’t have any major tasks to complete.

I like to wrap things up by 2pm with the absolute latest time being 3pm when my kids get off the bus. I devote the late afternoon and early evening to them. When they are in bed I may check in on Twitter or in a forum, but only for a few minutes and then Angie has my complete attention for the rest of the evening.

Why is home office fitness so great for boosting your productivity?

Your brain is actually being nourished by the BDNF protein which is created when you are physically active. At the same time as your brain is being fed, your body is eliminating stress chemicals that can have a harmful effect on your body and productivity. This is largely due to the increase in oxygen flow to the brain.

When you exercise you are creating an environment within your brain that is ideal for problem-solving, time management, increased focus, and greater levels of creativity. And get this… Exercise can actually help create new brain cells. I think we can all use a few more of those

Exercise is the best thing that you can do to help your brain operate at its absolute best. If you are serious about your online business you can’t continue to put off exercise any longer. Do not ignore the positive impact that it will have on your business and life.

The above benefits are the reasons why I exercise regularly and eat well. My focus isn’t to lose weight even when I need to drop a few pounds or gain muscle. Those are both secondary benefits that do happen as you heard from Angela Wills in her comment on yesterday’s blog post stating that she has lost 20 pounds.

This makes sticking to a fitness program for the long term so much easier. It’s one of the advantages that you have over someone who is following a fitness program just to lose weight. You’re not exercising just to improve your health… you’re exercising to build your business and boost profits. That’s so much more motivating!

It’s time to do the quickie home office workout that I’ve shared with you above. Make note of how you feel before and after the workout. Pay attention to your mental clarity and creativity during the next two hours. The effects of this 10-minute workout will carry on throughout your day.

You don’t need to wait until the New Year to make a resolution to improve your health and quality of life. Take action NOW! You deserve this quickie fitness break and how it will make you feel afterward. Go for it!

You ROCK!

Scott Tousignant

PS I’ll be sharing a quickie home office cardio session with you tomorrow that is a perfect compliment to today’s workout and a great solution for combating all the excess calories from your Thanksgiving dinner