More 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...
read moreTime Tip – Pareto Principle: The 20/80 Rule
Pareto principle, also referred to as the 20/80 principle or the law-of-the-vital, states that twenty percent of an action will cause exactly eighty percent of the results. This principle implies that twenty percent of your entire effort will complete eighty percent of your project. This unique principle can be applied in every area of your life including your health, clients, problems, earnings, sports and economy among others. To many people this principle sounds like a statistical rule, this is true to some extent. If you are unfamiliar...
read moreTime Tip – Interruptions Log
There are many interruptions that may occur during the business day but there is something that can help a person to deal with these and understand how much time they are wasting throughout the day. The time tip – interruptions log – is something that others have used and found helpful and anyone else can as well. The interruptions log is a basic journal that keeps track of the distractions that occur throughout a day. These logs are to be kept every day until the disruptions are eliminated or at least reduced to a minimal level....
read more4 Κеуs tо Accelerating Yоur Growth іn Lean Times
Do lean times continue to plague your business? The business environment is increasingly competitive; you may be tempted to go into survival mode and hope that you can make it through. There are opportunities even now and implementing one, or more, of these proven keys to growth may help you not just survive, but actually thrive and prosper. Key # 1: Manage Forward Many small and mid-size organizations do not have a coherent performance management system to drive productivity. You have financial results that measure activity, but all those...
read more