Learning New Time Management Skills: Books vs. Live Training
One of the biggest complaints voiced by new and small business owners is lack of time. Where does the day go? Why is it so hard to accomplish what you had planned? You are likely very skilled at what got you started as a business owner in the first place, but like many entrepreneurs you struggle with time management – a crucial business management skill. Developing this ability can be tricky. Sorting through piles of available information on the topic to try and understand all the right strategies, and then determine which ones will work...
read moreImprove Your Productivity with these Simple Time Management Strategies
“Don’t start your day until you have it finished on paper first.” ~ Jim Rohn Your productivity and effectiveness suffer when you don’t manage your time well. Don’t expect to become an expert in time management overnight; but do start somewhere. These simple time management strategies will help create organization and efficiency in your business. Plan and Prioritize your Work Make a list of what you need to accomplish today. Ask yourself questions. Does the entire job need to be finished today? What will happen if I don’t get...
read moreTime Management: Five Substantial Benefits
“Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.” ~ H. Jackson Brown As a business owner you likely recognize that effective time management is the key to productivity and that ineffective time management is highly detrimental to your business. Fortunately, time management skills can be learned. However, as with many skills, people resist the changes...
read moreEffective Time Management Strategies for Busy Business Owners
As a business owner you likely believe in that old saying, “time is money”. And for entrepreneurs trying to grow their business wasted time does equal wasted money, even if in an indirect way. If you’re like many small business owners you are often stressed, tired and feeling like there are not enough hours in a day. Adopting these 3 simple strategies will help reduce the stress and improve the chances of success for even the most harried business owner: 1. Know your Time Wasting Traps Many of us fall prey to time-wasters that eat up...
read moreMore Productive Work In Less Time
Are you a slave to your business? Constantly living with headaches, stress, frustration and daily overwhelm. Do you feel like no matter how many extra hours you put in you never get ahead of the game? It may actually be those extra hours that are keeping you behind the eight ball. Living in a constant state of stress and exhaustion dramatically decreases your productivity and ultimately your chances of success. Consider the following to help you do more in less time: 1. Let go of working 16 – 18 hours a day. You don’t have to. Realize...
read moreAre we really ‘managing time’ or is it managing us?
One of the only real resources that we all have in common is time. Many things can change, but we all have just 24 hours in every day. The irony is no one can manage time. Time is linear and once the second is gone, it is gone. To manage time then is a misnomer. We do not manage time; we manage ourselves according to the time available to us. To come to grips with and make the most of our time we have to think of it as an idea. It is a myth that binds all our reference points and it is the most valuable resource available to all. No one has...
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