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๐Œ๐ฒ ๐“๐จ๐ฉ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐“๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ฌHereโ€™s a sneak peek into the 3 Strategies that worked for me after trying 10+.๐Ÿ. ๐๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ƒ๐ฎ...
10/04/2024

๐Œ๐ฒ ๐“๐จ๐ฉ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐“๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ฌ

Hereโ€™s a sneak peek into the 3 Strategies that worked for me after trying 10+.

๐Ÿ. ๐๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐”๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐„๐ฑ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ ๐Ÿ“

Before anything else, I take a moment for a brain dump session. Either the night before or after I wake up, I spill all my tasks onto an Excel sheet. Hereโ€™s my plan:

โ–ช List down everything thatโ€™s on my mind, from the tiniest task to the big projects.
โ–ช Sort them out based on whatโ€™s pressing (priority) and whatโ€™s screaming for immediate attention (urgency).
โ–ช Allocate time slots for each task and keep track of how much time they actually eat up.

This isnโ€™t just about getting things in order; itโ€™s about setting the stage for a day where I know exactly whatโ€™s happening and when.

๐Ÿ. ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐†๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐๐š๐ซ ๐Ÿ—“

My entire lifeโ€™s backbone? Google Calendar. Itโ€™s where all my plans, projects, and deadlines find a home. From ClickUp tasks for my DreamShift projects to scheduling calls (Calendly), everything syncs up here beautifully.

Why? Having a birdโ€™s eye view of my day or week with just a glance. Adjustments? Rescheduling? All doable with a few clicks.

๐Ÿ‘. ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐“๐ข๐ฉ: ๐“๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ข๐Ÿ๐ฒ โฐ

Hereโ€™s a little something extra - Clockify. While Excel tells me whatโ€™s up, Clockify tells me how Iโ€™m spending my time down to the last second.

โ–ช Track each task: Knowing not just what I spend my time on, but how much of it I actually invest.
โ–ช Review and adjust: Itโ€™s about learning from past days to make future ones even more productive.

So, there you have itโ€”my personal playbook for Time Management. Brain dumping in Excel, centralizing with Google Calendar, and time tracking on Clockify, are what keep me ticking.

Do you use any of the above?
What other Time Hacks you use?
๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ :

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๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ˆ ๐†๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž "๐‹๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ž๐๐ˆ๐ง ๐“๐จ๐ฉ ๐•๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐๐š๐๐ ๐ž" ๐ข๐ง ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ“ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ“

Ever wonder how those LinkedIn Top Voice badges are earned? I also had the same question!

LinkedIn posts AI-generated articles called "๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ," covering 1000+ skills.

Then, they invite LinkedIn users who have relevant skills in their profile as an "Expert" to contribute to those articles!

๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฐ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž?

Once you receive that invitation, you can go to those articles and add comments with your insights. The top 5% of contributors who get the most number of likes ๐Ÿ‘ for their comments receive the "Top Voice Badge."

๐Ž๐ก ๐–๐จ๐ฐ! ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ ๐จ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ? ๐ˆ๐ง ๐Ÿ“ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ?

I followed a unique strategy!

When I went to my industry, "Resume Writing," most of the articles had 20+ contributions. I knew it would be difficult for me to compete.

๐”๐ง๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฒ?

I nitpicked articles with less than 3 contributions and wrote comments with the best advice I could ever give ๐Ÿคซ.

The secret is, when others were writing paragraphs, I wrote short and sweet answers with bullet points!

E.g., If it's an article about a Marketing Resume, I wrote:
These 3 steps always work for me when writing a Marketing Resume:
1. ........................
2. ........................
3. ........................

I kept writing only 3-4 comments per day for 4 days. This was in December 2023.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž

I woke up on the 5th day to see myself among the chosen few, awarded the "Top Resume Writing Voice" ๐Ÿ†.

It wasnโ€™t just about the volume of engagement but the quality and impact of my insights.

Usually, Top Voice badges reassess every 60 Days, but now it's 130+ Days, and I'm still a Top Voice because of the quality of my insights!

To anyone aiming for their Top Voice moment, remember: pick your skill, dive deep, and let your expertise shine. The badge might just be a post away!

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As I write this Warren Buffettโ€™s net worth is $84.5 billion. Of that, $84.2 billion was accumulated after his 50th birthday. $81.5 billion came after he qualified for Social Security, in his mid-60s.

Warren Buffett is a phenomenal investor. But you miss a key point if you attach all of his success to investing acumen. The real key to his success is that heโ€™s been a phenomenal investor for three quarters of a century. Had he started investing in his 30s and retired in his 60s, few people would have ever heard of him.

Consider a little thought experiment.

Buffett began serious investing when he was 10 years old. By the time he was 30 he had a net worth of $1 million, or $9.3 million adjusted for inflation.ยนโถ

What if he was a more normal person, spending his teens and 20s exploring the world and finding his passion, and by age 30 his net worth was, say, $25,000?

And letโ€™s say he still went on to earn the extraordinary annual investment returns heโ€™s been able to generate (22% annually), but quit investing and retired at age 60 to play golf and spend time with his grandkids.
What would a rough estimate of his net worth be today?

Not $84.5 billion.
$11.9 million.
99.9% less than his actual net worth.

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If you would like to see it, comment "interested" down below๐Ÿ‘‡

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Last Weekend, I got the privilege of Mentoring Polonnaruwa School Students on "Creating Entrepreneurs Clubs" with Colombo District Entrepreneurs Association โœจ๏ธ

"Entrepreneurship Skill Development Workshop is an initiative by International Labour Organization, The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce & SquareHub .

I joined this workshop for 2 Days at Siripura Maha Vidyalaya at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka.

Unique and authentic ideas of Polonnaruwa students were something I loved and always the learning and self-satisfaction I gain from these kinda initiatives are priceless ๐Ÿ’ฏ

Thanks for the opportunity Erandika Dissanayake , Esandu Dulen Dissanayake ๐Ÿ™

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๐Ÿ–Š๏ธ Introducing our mentors - Professional package ๐Ÿ“š

โœ’๏ธ Meet Mr. Methsara Benaragama (Founder of DreamShift Pvt Ltd | Certified Executive Resume | CV Writer | Award Winning Public Speaker)

โœ’๏ธ If you are a freelancer, who wants to know how to shift your freelancing journey to a start-up,

โœ’๏ธ If you are afraid of speaking in front of crowds, and want to develop yourself as a public speaker,

โœ’๏ธ or are you looking for jobs and don't know how to get the CV done perfectly, this is your opportunity to get advice from a professional in all the above areas.

๐Ÿ“ What do you have to do?
๐Ÿ”น Fill the google form
https://forms.gle/N5T34NCe7CnyvsBMA

๐Ÿ”น Make the payment and book the slot. (You can participate as a group of 5 or less than 5)

๐Ÿ”น Attend the session with all your industry-related problems ๐Ÿฅณ See less

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I talked with the "Founder of Loons Lab - Pulani Ranasinghe " ๐ŸŒŸ

Pulani is a Award Winning Young Tech-Entrepreneur, who has an extremely inspiring journey which we all can learn from.

She was very humble and kind enough to allocate 40 minutes of her precious time to talk with a budding startup entrepreneur like me.

Already I have implemented many things she mentioned in our discussion like, "Tips for BR, Company Culture etc."

Thank you very much once again Pulani, wish you nothing but the best of luck and if you need anything from my end, I'm always here :)

08/09/2023

Last Month I secured 100K+ LKR contracts due to a single Follow-Up Messageโ€ผ๏ธ

โ€ข If you message someone, regarding an important thing/inquiry and they don't send a reply,

โ€ข Before deciding he/she is unresponsive, make sure to send a gentle reminder. Because,

โ€ข I always send a gentle reminder/follow-up message and it has worked so well for me. How?

โ€ข Nowadays, most of the people tend to miss messages & emails very often including me. But,

โ€ข I was able to secure contracts and also in day-to-day life, this even helped me to strengthen my personal connections

Never think twice to send that follow-up message!

Do you agree? Comment your stories & ideas๐Ÿค—

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SPARK is a Youth Entrepreneurship Competition initiated by International Labour Organization , The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce & US Embassy Sri Lanka

We were able to partner with this amazing initiative as Colombo District Entrepreneurs Association and it was an honor to help uplifting these young Entrepreneurial Spirits of Sri Lanka.

More info about SPARK: https://spark.chamber.lk/

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Can't wait for the official Social Media Launch of my startup, DreamShift to share these credits with my Amazing Team who was tirelessly working behind the scenes to make these clients happy. ๐Ÿฅบโค๏ธ

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28 Pages โžก๏ธ 2 Page Exec CV

โ–ช๏ธUnarguably the most Hectic project considering the time we had to spend.

โ–ช๏ธClient's colleague (International) has found me through Facebook, searching for "Executive CV Writers"

โ–ช๏ธThanks to my team's, Mini Job Search & ATS Keyword Research, I crafted a killer CV.

โ–ช๏ธ It was a hella interesting project because this is the longest CV I had work (Earlier 12Pg CV)

โ–ช๏ธFinally this was the client's feedback :)

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