Manage Your Time Well

We all have the same amount of time to use in a day and yet I hear business owners saying "“I don'’t have enough time"” or "“I wish I had more time"” or "There's not enough hours in the day" when I ask them to devote more time to the growth of their business. The truth is we all have 24 hours in a day, 60 minutes in every hour and 60 seconds in every minute. We all have 86,400 seconds per day to invest in making our lives more meaningful and productive.

For the next week, in your diary... yes you should have a diary (physical or electronic), make a quick note of everything you do in the day as you start them. Don't try and complete your diary at the end of the day because you would have forgotten most of those time wasting moments. At the end of the week go back over your diary and analyse all the tasks by adding the total hours dedicated to tasks that have generated profits, tasks that have helped with the business growth, time that was wasted by doing wasted tasks etc.

You will be amazed at the wasted time... infact I make it a daily habit to start the day with my
"default, prioritised" diary, then during the day I insert tasks as I start them and then review them all at the end of the day. This 15 minute exercise has improved my time management hugely as I'm constantly aware if I'm wasting time. Get your priorities right, complete the essential daily tasks in the morning before a customer walks in and disturbs you or complete your business growth tasks from a home office where you can turn the mobile off and not be disturbed.

There is no excuse and at the end of the day "Profit is King" so focusing your energy in this area makes a lot of sense, but don't forget the business growth side as without dedicating at least 2 hours a day to this you may not have a business next year.

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