Quote of the day:
The bad news is ↠time flies.↞The good news is ↠you're the pilot↞– Michael Altshuler
Hey LADYBOSS!
Everyone's day has 24 hours, but what makes the difference is, how you spent that time.
Some entrepreneurs respond to this fact of life with focus and purpose. Others freak out. But the truth is, the more you value time, the more efficient you will use it.
Sometimes we get reminded to use our time more wisely in a hard way. Me myself discovered it through the loss of a loved one. Well, I'm sorry to start out this topic in such a dramatic way, but I want to share with you the things I learned about time and how you can use these tips to improve your time management skills in general.
There are multiple occasions you can use the tips and techniques. I'm going to show you how you can work efficiently, productively, and relatively stress-free.
Here are four tips for effectively managing your time:
1. Know your goals.
I guess I talk about this in every single business related article, but I can't prioritize it enough.
Furthermore, it's a rather hard thing to do because as human beings we have a lot going on in our minds.
So if you are one of the lucky ones who already has that positive, problems solving brain which is full of new ideas every day, you also got to make sure to stick to your projects and set deadlines. Especially if you are a freelancer. If you are your own boss and employee at the same time, you got to have a plan.
Make sure you’re engaging in activities that support your business goals, both short- and long-term. Everything else is a potential time-waster. Your daily plan should revolve around working on tasks and activities that directly relate to generating income and growing your business.
There are plenty of apps out there that can help you organize your day.
2. Prioritize your tasks.
Rank your to-do list.
Sometimes we write a whole latter on our to-do list and it's a good feeling to set check marks.
But the problem is if your list is too long and it doesn't have a structure, you won't get the results you want at the end of your day.
The technique I use is to write 3 business-related and also 3 personal things on my list every day.
Doesn't sound that big of a deal or does it?
Well I that's exactly the reason why I keep doing it over and over again. It aims to not let me lose myself in a bunch of meaningless things so I can get nearer to my goals every day.
And I promise you honey, you will get that 'sleeping like a baby' nights in no time. 😉
3. The power of saying NO.
If you want to make everyone happy, better go and sell ice-cream!
The song NO by Meghan Trainor isn't out there for NO reason.
You’re the boss of your life.
There will always be people who will ask you for your help or to hang out with them.
Don't get me wrong, I don't want to say being rude is totally fine. But I want to tell you that you have to put yourself first because no one else will do it for you! You have to think about your life, family, business first and then help your friends out or do voluntary work.
I know it is a fine line between those two extremes and it can switch from day to day, which one seems more important to you.
If you want to have the best of both worlds, you can write down what you did everything day and see if it helps you grow mentally. It helps to give you an overview on when you should include helping others out, or if you just don't want to at all.
Just challenge yourself to never feel forced to do something that steals your time.
4. Perfection is the enemy of Progress.
You have probably heard of the 80/20 rule, also known as the Pareto principle. Its definition is that roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes.
If you want to learn more about it here is the wiki article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle
On the other hand, 20% of the effects come from 80% of the work.
So what it means is, that you have to put another 80% of work into your tasks, in order to reach the 20% that are required to reach perfection.
When I first heard about this rule, it was a mind-blowing experience for me.
It shows us that perfection is a waste of time in most of the cases.
I mean just thinking about it for a moment.
If you are trying to reach perfection in every single project you started, you would have could finished nearly twice as much "80% projects" in the meantime.
Yeah I know, there's a little bit of math going on in the background, but I want you to realize it.
Once you have understood it, it will save you time and increase your productivity all at once.
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