Have you wanted to get more done, but by the time you get to the end of the working day, the job list has either not got any shorter or sometime it’s even longer than when you started that morning?
The road to financial freedom can and often is a challenge, which for some business owners never quite works out as they had hoped. If it was easy to become financially successful, wouldn’t we all be doing it?
Does two steps forward and one step back sound familiar? And for some since the credit crunch it has been more like one step forward and two steps back.
Contact Martin Dodd on 01902 742221 or email him at [email protected] if you would like talk about money issues.
So the question of financial freedom is something I spend a lot of time thinking about for my clients and I came to the conclusion that we all have limited time and resources, which got me thinking “How can I get more done in the time that I have got?” So I started a list of what I could do to get more done, some good ideas, some not so good ideas.
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Here’s my list of the top 40 ways of “how to get more done in the time I have available.”
- Work from a to-do-list every day
- Get up earlier
- Work later
- Delegate more
- Get a good night’s sleep
- Employ great quality staff
- Get rid of ineffective staff
- Let unprofitable clients go
- Only do the things you are really good at
- Outsource work
- Do one thing at a time until you finish it
- Eat healthy food
- Exercise regularly
- Have a written down plan
- Have a specific purpose
- Write down your short, medium & long term goals
- Plan every work day
- Control your emails and how often you read them
- Have a “Do not disturb time” during the day, so you can focus
- Have creative thinking time
- Take time out each day
- Use the train instead of the car
- Invest in technology
- Create the right culture in your company
- Stop taking calls from unknown numbers
- Stop taking sales calls
- Learn from other peoples mistakes
- Only touch a piece of paper once
- Make you mind up quickly – change it slowly
- Use the important/not important matrix
- When at work, be at work
- Do the jobs you dislike most first
- Delegate the jobs you do not like to do
- Prioritise
- Pick a problem and focus on it
- Drink less alcohol
- Watch less Television
- Operate a clear desk policy
- Look back to where you have come from to see how far you have travelled
- Take time to focus on your family and loved ones
Action point – focus on just 5 areas where you can make just a 10% improvement in your activity. Small improvements in a few areas can have a massive impact on how effective you are, which may help you get more done.
If you want to work on your financial freedom, contact me today. Action taken today often has results weeks, months and years later. Time is waiting for no one, so planning the future sooner rather later, can help you get to your goals, sooner, more efficiently and more cost effectively
This article does not provide specific advice and you should always seek professional advice from a qualified adviser before making any decisions.
Contact Martin Dodd on 01902 742221 or email him at [email protected] if you would like talk about money issues.
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