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Do you often find yourself struggling to prioritize between your personal and professional activities? Take a look at this blog written by our Giant President, Lisa Bodine, on how fostering a sustainable work life is key to reaching your highest potential.

Master Your Morning AM Productivity

Which of these choices best describes your typical morning? 

A. Hectic. 
From the moment your siren-like alarm startles you awake, you’re running in ten different directions at 110 mph trying to fulfill all of your obligations.

B. Groggy. 
You scuttle to your desk – usually late – clutching a Starbucks cup and murmuring 
“My preciousssss.” Your coworkers know not to talk to you until after 11.

C. Aimless. 
Your morning routine includes checking email and Facebook, chatting about last night’s shocker on The Voice, and scrolling through your favorite Internet sites. 

D. Focused. 
You stride into your workspace early, feeling clear and energetic. You burn through your most important task before most people have finished their coffee.

If you answered anything other than “D,” then we need to talk.

Have you ever noticed that high performers aren’t frazzled?

Their to-do list would give you hives. You know darn well they’ve got a mile-long list of major ambitions on their dockets – launching a new enterprise, buying a building, reclaiming market share from a rival, heading two boards of directors.

Yet somehow they play it cooler than Don Draper circa Mad Men Season One. And are just as devastatingly effective. 

In Week One of Giant Academy, our flagship course for people who want to be marketing masterminds, we dive deep into methods to multiply your productivity.

Think about the last goal you set.

If you have any interest in self-improvement, growing a business, or achieving, well, anything, you’ve probably read about the study that says people who write down their goals are guaranteed to be zillionaires and everyone else is doomed to toil in a cube farm until they’re 85. (Something like that, anyway.)

You’ve probably also heard ad nauseum that your goals need to be S.M.A.R.T.
That is, specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time-bound.

Sounds sensible, right?