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Member You - What Lifestyle Entrepreneurs Never Do - About Time Management
Every business works within the context of core beliefs. We have developed beliefs about people (entrepreneurs) that define how we work with our clients. We consider them to be guiding principles that, if applied, will improve the quality of your business plan as well as the quality of your relationships with others. We share them with you in this article in the hope that you will find these beliefs worthy of adopting in your business as well.Belief 1: Everyone is worthy of our offerings.
Make sure that part of your daily activities should always be in this area as this is usually the place where the money is generated.
If you are already fully set up and trained up, spend at least 40-60% of your time here.
C - The Waste Zone
Everything that is not important and not urgent.
Mainly the fun stuff and the social chatter.
Let's be honest: watching the news on the Internet is not helping your business in any way unless y
Every one has ambitions on what they want to be when they grow up. Did you dream of becoming a pilot? Maybe you wanted to be a professional baseball player? You may even have dreamed of becoming Miss America. In my case my ambitions changed every year. It all depended on what career fascinated me at that certain moment of my life. In the end I became a writer, which I began to love from the time I discovered that I possesed a knack for writing when I was in high school.In my opinion, it‘s important to have a career that
What's wrong here?
Any action list without proper priorities or categories may give you a temporary 'kick' when crossing off items, but it will not help you to reach your goals effectively. The 'mixed-bag' of activities very quickly leads to a behavior pattern that either focuses on the easy tasks or on tasks that are just urgent but not necessarily important.
Lifestyle Entrepreneurs are very careful about their time. They know that consistently working on their goals is the most important task to do, even if it means postponing a visit to a friend. They will never allow urgent tasks to take control over their day. Instead, they manage the amount of urgent tasks popping up by proper advance planning.
Read on for a very practical approach to get back on track.
Four Activity Levels Explained
Structure your activities into 4 different categories, I call them zones.
A - The Planning Zone
Everything that is very important but not so urgent.
These are the things that if you do them will contribute in the longer run to reaching your objectives.
For example, working regularly on your long term strategy will help you generate future income. Meditation and visualization of goals are also activities that belong here.
Successful people spend most of their time here, some people even more than 80%.
B - The Production Zone
Everything that is very important and very urgent.
Typically, these are the activities you are doing to generate income with your business.
Example: getting back to a prospect who has responded positively to your website or ad.
Make sure that part of your daily activities should always be in this area as this is usually the place where the money is generated.
If you are already fully set up and trained up, spend at least 40-60% of your time here.
C - The Waste Zone
Everything that is not important and not urgent.
Mainly the fun stuff and the social chatter.
Let's be honest: watching the news on the Internet is not helping your business in any way unless yo
Toll-free numbers allow customers to contact your business without them having to pay for their call. Studies have shown that consumers are more likely to call a business with a toll-free number than those who only have a long-distance number, and 90% of Americans say that they use toll-free numbers. By following these five easy steps, you can discover for yourself how a toll-number can help your business grow.1. Expand your market. Toll-free numbers allow you to use the same number for receiving local toll and state-
Any action list without proper priorities or categories may give you a temporary 'kick' when crossing off items, but it will not help you to reach your goals effectively. The 'mixed-bag' of activities very quickly leads to a behavior pattern that either focuses on the easy tasks or on tasks that are just urgent but not necessarily important.
Lifestyle Entrepreneurs are very careful about their time. They know that consistently working on their goals is the most important task to do, even if it means postponing a visit to a friend. They will never allow urgent tasks to take control over their day. Instead, they manage the amount of urgent tasks popping up by proper advance planning.
Read on for a very practical approach to get back on track.
Four Activity Levels Explained
Structure your activities into 4 different categories, I call them zones.
A - The Planning Zone
Everything that is very important but not so urgent.
These are the things that if you do them will contribute in the longer run to reaching your objectives.
For example, working regularly on your long term strategy will help you generate future income. Meditation and visualization of goals are also activities that belong here.
Successful people spend most of their time here, some people even more than 80%.
B - The Production Zone
Everything that is very important and very urgent.
Typically, these are the activities you are doing to generate income with your business.
Example: getting back to a prospect who has responded positively to your website or ad.
Make sure that part of your daily activities should always be in this area as this is usually the place where the money is generated.
If you are already fully set up and trained up, spend at least 40-60% of your time here.
C - The Waste Zone
Everything that is not important and not urgent.
Mainly the fun stuff and the social chatter.
Let's be honest: watching the news on the Internet is not helping your business in any way unless y
What if the market for your product or service could be increased? The payment options you offer your clients may limit your market size. Opthalmologists found this the case with lasik eye surgery. Since this is a procedure not covered by most health care plans, the market for this procedure originally included only those who had several thousand dollars cash to pay for the procedure. Admittedly, this would limit the market size! In order to expand their market, opthalmologists offered a payment plan to client
Read on for a very practical approach to get back on track.
Four Activity Levels Explained
Structure your activities into 4 different categories, I call them zones.
A - The Planning Zone
Everything that is very important but not so urgent.
These are the things that if you do them will contribute in the longer run to reaching your objectives.
For example, working regularly on your long term strategy will help you generate future income. Meditation and visualization of goals are also activities that belong here.
Successful people spend most of their time here, some people even more than 80%.
B - The Production Zone
Everything that is very important and very urgent.
Typically, these are the activities you are doing to generate income with your business.
Example: getting back to a prospect who has responded positively to your website or ad.
Make sure that part of your daily activities should always be in this area as this is usually the place where the money is generated.
If you are already fully set up and trained up, spend at least 40-60% of your time here.
C - The Waste Zone
Everything that is not important and not urgent.
Mainly the fun stuff and the social chatter.
Let's be honest: watching the news on the Internet is not helping your business in any way unless y
Franchises are one of the fastest-growing types of businesses in the U.S. and can be purchased for as little as a few thousand dollars, to over a million dollars. There are franchises for all kinds of products and services—food, pet grooming, massage services, auto repair, etc. Although exact statistics are hard to find, they also tend to have a higher success rate than independent businesses that are not franchises.Although franchises tend to have higher success rates, they also have risks , and can fail for any number
For example, working regularly on your long term strategy will help you generate future income. Meditation and visualization of goals are also activities that belong here.
Successful people spend most of their time here, some people even more than 80%.
B - The Production Zone
Everything that is very important and very urgent.
Typically, these are the activities you are doing to generate income with your business.
Example: getting back to a prospect who has responded positively to your website or ad.
Make sure that part of your daily activities should always be in this area as this is usually the place where the money is generated.
If you are already fully set up and trained up, spend at least 40-60% of your time here.
C - The Waste Zone
Everything that is not important and not urgent.
Mainly the fun stuff and the social chatter.
Let's be honest: watching the news on the Internet is not helping your business in any way unless y
Driven by an ad offering a 40% savings on a much needed piece of office equipment I ventured to the store. I found what I was looking for but it did not appear to be on sale. I asked the nearest employee if the item really was on sale; he promptly went to ask the manager. It was very apparent by the animated discussion that ensued that the manager was not thrilled with the inquiry and upon his return, the employee apologetically advised me that the item was indeed 40% off.On my way out of the store (with the item) I came
Make sure that part of your daily activities should always be in this area as this is usually the place where the money is generated.
If you are already fully set up and trained up, spend at least 40-60% of your time here.
C - The Waste Zone
Everything that is not important and not urgent.
Mainly the fun stuff and the social chatter.
Let's be honest: watching the news on the Internet is not helping your business in any way unless you are somehow related to it. A party is nice but the impact on your business results is fairly minimal.
Interestingly enough, this is where most people who are not getting any results spend most of their time... Their action lists are full of activities in this area.
So be careful and spend only time here if you really can afford it. I suggest maximum 10% of your time.
D - The Losing Zone
Everything that is not important but very urgent.
Crisis stuff causing stress and discomfort.
Your tax lawyer calls you because you have neglected administration for a while. Nothing to do with your business but extremely urgent right now, you have to sacrifice time for this.
Not many people know this but you can greatly minimize the waste here if you spend proper time in A - the planning zone.
Ideally you should spend 0% of your time here.
How To Handle Boring Stuff?
From now on, time-box it! I used to be the worst person in the world taking care of expenses claims, administration, taxes and so on. I always felt that it sort of distracted me from my main goals.
Too bad. We all have to do the boring stuff.
This works fantastic for me right now: Block out a limited time, let's say 1 hour per day during which you only execute the boring stuff that you have to do anyway. After that, treat yourself, relax with your favorite drink and feel accomplished because you deserve it.
This way, you avoid the 'negative vibes' of boring tasks and are ready to move ahead with the more exciting things again.
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