4 Powerful Benefits of Effective Time Management
Aside from a more efficient and productive business, the proficient use of time also provides the following powerful benefits: 1. A sense of achievement How great does it feel to be able to look at your To Do list at the end of the day and know you completed everything you wanted to? Being ahead of the game, or at least in control of it, leaves us with a true sense of accomplishment & job satisfaction. 2. Reduced stress Unfortunately it is not the amount of work we completed, but often the amount of work remaining...
read moreImplementing Effective Time Management in your Business
To implement an effective time management program, begin with an honest assessment of the daily activities of your business. Challenge any activity that wastes time and make changes to mitigate the time loss. Common pitfalls include lack of planning and focus, failure to prioritize, interruptions, lack of delegation, procrastination, a lack of organization, meetings, crisis management, phones, email, and internet. The line “this is the way we’ve always done things,” is not a sufficient reason for maintaining inefficient time management...
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People who know how to effectively manage their time rarely look or feel stressed or fatigued. These emotions are often caused not by the things we do, but by worrying about everything we still need to get done. Business owners who have mastered time management aren’t typically stressed because they have a plan for tackling their work and have allotted appropriate time to each task. Productive, business owners approach time management using the following techniques: –Efficient professionals keep their work spaces free of clutter. Keep...
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Time management is the ability to prioritize and manage the amount of time you spend on certain activities. Time management may be one of the most important entrepreneurial skills you can develop. Learning to effective manage your time to maximize productivity gives you more control and helps create balance between your business and personal life. Working efficiently and feeling productive at the end of the day will eliminate much of the stress and anxiety that often results from running your own business. If you always feel like you need 34...
read morePlanning: The Key To A Productive Work Day
Diligent planning is essential to business success regardless of the size of the business. Planning your work day will help to increase productivity and alleviate stress. Consider these 8 tips to help you maximize efficiency: 1. To effectively map out your day, create a To Do list of all the tasks you have to complete that day 2. Don’t try to plan your day too far in advance, do it daily, at the end of each day, and modify the next day’s agenda as per new priorities and incomplete tasks from the previous day 3. Break large tasks down...
read moreManaging Stress at Work
Some workplace stress is natural, and in some circumstances stress may contribute to increased productivity. Unfortunately for many of us, workplace stress exceeds the ‘beneficial’ level; the impact devastating. The American Medical Association recognizes excessive stress as a health risk. The American Psychological Association (APA) lists some of the effects of too much stress: Headaches; Gastrointestinal problems; Shortness of breath; Poor eating habits; Heart disease; Asthma; Depression and anxiety; Fatigue; and Decreased sexual...
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