--- title: Getting the Most Out of Your Day description: Easy to follow strategies from keynote speaker and business strategy expert, Troy Hazard, that will help you focus on what you CAN get done in a day. image: https://blog.speakinc.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202019-02-26%20at%202.03.09%20PM.png --- [1-858-228-3771](tel:1-858-228-3771) [![SpeakInc](https://blog.speakinc.com/hs-fs/hubfs/speakinc-logo.png?width=197&height=48&name=speakinc-logo.png "SpeakInc")](http://speakinc.com/) - [Speakers](http://speakinc.com/speaker) - [Individual Speakers](http://speakinc.com/speaker) - [Speaker News](http://speakinc.com/speaker-news/) - [About](http://speakinc.com/about) - [Our Team](http://speakinc.com/our-team) - [Careers](http://speakinc.com/about/careers) - [Blog](https://blog.speakinc.com/our-blog) - [FAQ](http://speakinc.com/faq) - [Contact Us](http://speakinc.com/contact-us) - [Request Consultation](http://speakinc.com/contact/request-consultation) - [Become a SpeakInc Speaker](http://speakinc.com/contact-us/become-a-speakinc-speaker/) # SpeakInc Blog # Getting the Most Out of Your Day by [Troy Hazard](https://blog.speakinc.com/author/troy-hazard) | February 28, 2019 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) I am often asked about how I get so much done in such a short period of time, so I only have to work 3 days a week. It’s not rocket science it’s just a series of habits that I follow everyday. **THE ‘CAN DO’ LIST** First up I spend 20-30 minutes organizing my head. I make three lists, things I can change, things I have changed, and things I can’t change. So I am focused on only working on the things I can change that day. This is not a ‘to do’ list, this is a ‘can do’ list. [![Troy Hazard CSP - STRATEGY: Focus on what you CAN get done in a day](https://blog.speakinc.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202019-02-26%20at%202.03.09%20PM.png?width=600&name=Screen%20Shot%202019-02-26%20at%202.03.09%20PM.png)](https://vimeo.com/235385801) Then I typically spend about 30 minutes on personal development, watching video or reading articles, anything to improve myself. For the rest of the day, I block things into 15-minute work intervals. I choose 15 minutes because I have a firm belief if you can get it done in 30 minutes you could probably get it done in 15 minutes, if you focus. That doesn’t mean that I only work on a project for 15 minutes, it just means that I challenge myself, so it becomes a kind of a ‘race’ to get things done, on time. Now you might think that blocking your day into 15 minutes sounds like a lot of work. Surprisingly I can chunk down my day in about 5 minutes, and that sets the pace for the rest of the day. **THE RACE IS ON!** My ‘15-minute’ idea came about from my passion for motorsport. As an amateur race car driver the one thing that pushes you, is your lap times. There’s a euphoric feeling the sweeps over you when you are faster than your last lap. That’s what I wanted my day to feel like. So, the obvious thing was to turn it into a race. When I first started this process I quickly realized that I was wasting 32% of my week. In short, my lap times were terrible. So I thought, ‘what’s typically happening when I cut a good time at the track’? The answer was simple, I was best when I was not distracted by anything and I was totally focused on what was going on in the car.  **DELETE DISTRACTIONS**  To help focus and remove the distractions from the day, try making these simple changes: - Turn off alerts on your email. - Turn your cell phone to silent. - Only have one file at a time open on your desk so you’re focused on what you *should* be working on, not what you *could* be working on. - Before you start work on a project take a look at the time you’ve allocated, and consider if there is a more efficient way to execute the project. With this simple process, over time, I was able to turn a 60-hour week into a 24-hour week. And still to this day the ‘race’ is to get 5 days of work done in 3, and be on the beach by 3pm with my wife and the kids making sandcastles. 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