Here at CMA we have a huge amount of respect for Richard Tubb. It has been great getting to know him over the past year or so and we’ve taken a lot of inspiration from him in terms of improving and developing our business in general.
Perhaps one of the main reasons that Richard has become a successful business owner, and looked up to by many of his peers, is that he has invested a lot of his valuable time and effort into personal development, and over time has progressively improved, developed and honed his craft.
Although Richard is well known as a consultant and advisor for MSP’s and IT Support Providers, a lot of the content Richard creates and shares is about personal development and productivity, which is closely linked to business development and growth.
We recently spent some of our time over on Richard’s award winning blog at www.tubblog.co.uk, and pulled out his best personal development and productivity lessons to share them with you.
After reading all of Richard’s articles we feel that there’s no better place to start than with a transparent insight into a day in the life of Richard!
“That’s a typical weekday and the routine I strive to maintain. In other words a “perfect” productive day. That happens most of the time but there are always interruptions and external demands on my time which disrupt this. I work hard to deflect those interruptions or work with them on my terms.”
Click here to find out how Richard organises a perfectly productive day
In this article Richard shares his thoughts on doing a little everyday to hone your craft and improve and develop your skills. He outlines three key areas in which he finds have been lacking in consistency in the IT industry, which are:
To find out more click here
In order to manage your time and be as productive as possible, Richard has put together an example of a ‘Not To Do List’ in order to help you “give up on the un-important”:
Click here to start your TO NOT DO list
In this article Richard Tubb explains how you can get the most out of listening to podcasts.
“Podcasts aren’t just a replacement for the radio though, they can actively be a part of your personal and professional development, helping educate, inspire and keep you informed.”
Find out more about the value of podcasts here
Richard used the Pomodoro technique to help him write this particular article, and he shares with us his experience with the technique.
To get started with the Pomodoro technique:-
Continue reading about the Pomodoro technique here
” One of the most frequent questions that came up was “Which tool do you use for Social Networking?””
This is an ultimate list of the tools that Richard uses in order to answer this question.
Click here to uncover the tools that Richard uses
“I’ve been experimenting with building better habits over the past twelve months. The overall experiment has been a success as I have a number of new positive daily habits – such as reading a chapter of a book, meditating, going for a walk – which I no longer think about doing each day. Just like brushing your teeth, I just do them.”
Here are the three steps Richard uses to create new good habits:
Click here to start building better habits
In this article Richard gives some advice on how to ease your mind before you go to sleep and be prepared for the day ahead.
Here’s an insight into what he shares:
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The reality is that we are all prone to distraction and procrastination. In this article Richard examines why removing distractions, not ignoring them, is the key to becoming more productive.
“We’re led to believe that multi-tasking is possible when the reality is, short of natural actions such as walking and talking, multi-tasking isn’t possible. It doesn’t take a lot to distract any of us, but we often make life difficult for ourselves.”
Click here to end distraction forever
“Waking up and being disconnected felt somewhat liberating.”
It’s almost frightening to imagine what disconnecting from the Internet for a day would feel like, especially for a techie like Richard.
In this hugely interesting article Richard recounts his day of being disconnected for the internet and how he benefited from the experience.
Click here to be inspired to disconnect
Please let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.
Don’t forget to be awesome!
Chris.
Richard Tubb is probably the most well-known face within the British Small Business IT community. His track record speaks for itself, as he launched and sold his own IT Managed Service Provider (MSP) business before creating a leading IT blog and consultancy practice.
The author of the book “The IT Business Owner’s Survival Guide” and writer of the award winning blog www.tubblog.co.uk aimed at putting IT Consultants back in control, you can find Richard on Twitter @tubblog.
