Time Management
Outsourcing Relief for the Control Freak in You
Don't try to hide it. You're in good company. We all have a bit of "control freak" in us. It's that nagging feeling you get when you ask for help on a project. You want it done right and maybe you were burned in the past. You could have gone after the offender with a pitchfork, but decided to stay out of jail and simply do it all yourself. That may have worked for awhile, but now your to-do list is keeping you up at night. You're ready to try delegating again, but where do you start? Read the rest of this entry »
Outsourcing- Key to Business Growth
There comes a point in the growth of our businesses where we realize we can’t do everything ourselves. We’re responsible for the entirety of our businesses, and both business and family obligations are important and take up valuable time during the day. Sometimes, we all reach that point where we are having to make critical choices between important tasks because we just don’t have enough time to get them all done.
So doesn’t outsourcing portions of our businesses to expert contractors make perfect sense?
Duplicate Yourself By Outsourcing
Imagine this:
Someone else is handling your customer service email
Someone else is setting up your sales pages
Someone else is adding products to your shopping cart
Someone else is writing unique content for your blogs
That’s right! You can outsource many of these tasks and more without hiring a single employee. There are independent contractors who would love doing these tasks for you. Read the rest of this entry »
Time
Everyone has a limited amount of time on this earth. And unlike money, it’s impossible to build up your time reservoir. From the second you enter the earth, the hourglass is ticking. That’s why it’s so important you make every second count. This is particularly true at work. Most people waste an inordinate amount of time at the office. This is why the forty-hour work week is the norm. If done effectively, many people could easily cut their work hours in half, if not more. Here are three tips to help use your time effectively and dramatically cut down on the amount of time spent at work. Read the rest of this entry »
Time Management Strategies
There are all kinds of devices and technologies around to help you save time. But the more things there are to save time, the more it seems like we don’t have enough. Everyone could use a little help getting more done, so here are a few tips on help you manage your time wisely and fit more into your day. Read the rest of this entry »
Daily Disciplines for Running a Successful Home Business and a Family
Working from home sounds ideal when you're a parent, but the lines between work and home can quickly become blurred as multiple schedules and family demands encroach on your business obligations. To keep your work life separate from your personal life, set some boundaries and stick to them. Read the rest of this entry »
Everyone Needs a Day Off
If you want to get stuff done at work, you need to take breaks. Our brains and bodies aren’t meant to go non-stop. The longer you go without taking a break, the slower you’re going to be working. By taking breaks, you’re going to increase your productivity and probably get more done in the long run. Occasionally, you’re going to need a day off, or even a full vacation. When you work in a regular office, you have specific vacation time that you can take to get out of the office. When you work at home, it’s easy to not only skip vacations, but also to work through weekends and holidays too. If you try to take a day off at home, you’ll often end up working through your break. To really get a break, you need to get out of the office and the house. Read the rest of this entry »
Where does My Time Go?
It is easy for time to get away from us. We get bogged down in the details and that is that. When it comes to your home business, losing track of time is crucial. Find out where your time is going and how to rectify the situation. One way to see where you are losing time is with a time log. We stress “where” instead of “if” because everyone loses track of time. It becomes a problem when that loss of time leads to burning the midnight oil to meet client deadlines, or stress because one or more activities coincide with each other. Stress is the likely result of lost time. Consistently finding yourself in stressful situations can affect your entire life and your health. Read the rest of this entry »
Steps toward Effective Time Management
Does it always seem like you are under the gun to get things done? Time seems to get away from you and you don’t know why. Maybe what you need is a way to effectively manage your time. Time management is an age-old problem. Remember Wimpy in the old Popeye cartoons? He’d pay on Tuesday for a hamburger today. Why not pay now? Procrastination is the enemy of all who try to manage their time. If you have been bitten by the procrastination bug, it’s time to take an antidote. Time management issues can be dealt with in three stages: planning, tracking and assessing. Just like with other issues in life, the best way to handle them is head on, before the problem gets to be too big for us to even want to look at it. Read the rest of this entry »
Becoming a Person Who Takes Action
I'm convinced there's just too much information available in the world for business owners. We don't need all the options that exist. We need the top two or three options pulled out from the heap, simplified, and then we need to select one and get moving. Information is not what is stopping business owners from getting the results they want. Read the rest of this entry »
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