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Conquer Your Everest! |
MANAGE YOURSELF EFFICIENTLY AND TIME WILL FOLLOW
Do you have a written daily schedule?
When was the last time you reviewed it? Does it change each day; each
week? Are you doing the most important or the most urgent? Can you tell
the two apart? How do you handle interruptions and phone calls? Who is
the top customer who should take precedence?
The day begins the night before and the week begins on Friday. Before
you can plan tomorrow you need to assess the day just passed. Review
that day and list tasks that weren’t accomplished noting the reasons.
Over time you may reveal a pattern of time -wasters or time-stealers.
Such analyses will show you the calls to screen, the times of day
to shut your door and focus on a project, make cold calls and produce
hard results.
Each week review the reasons for your tasks: How will each prospective
task move me toward my stated goals? If I attend another networking
event will I enhance my visibility in the community or actually close
business? How many hours per month can I allot to each? Always ask
yourself if your goals are realistic. Am I taking on more orders or
customers commitments than I can produce? Estimate return on time spent.
Remember the 80-20 rule: 80% of the business comes from 20% of the work.
Much frustration occurs because professionals overestimate what can be
accomplished in a time period or they overestimate the return. . The
solution then is delegating, accurately approximating deadlines, and at
times saying “No”.
After this assessment prioritize the next day’s goals by #1 most
important- highest value task, then #2 the next important and/or
immediate, then #3 the task that can be done later in the week.
Sometimes the latter can actually be done the next week or by another
team member. Leave time for meetings, phone calls (planning specific
times to return calls and e-mails is more efficient for some), and the
hot unexpected lead. Sometimes using time efficiently means more income
from less harried work. Let time management skills guide your workday.
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