The simple way to gain productivity
Copyright Henry James/Local Lead Optimiser 2022-2023
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Can you overcome what's in your way to making 2023 your most productive year?
This short blog is about overcoming the barriers that may be getting in the way of your business success.
In a very busy connected, world it is very easy to lose track of time in terms of time management and productivity.
Often you may find you:
a) get stuck behind your PC or laptop or keep looking at your mobile and/or use it as a barrier to actually getting some real work done
b) allow "things" to get in the way - people, minor events, distractions - all of which lead to days where you wonder "where did that day go!"
If you end up feeling that way more than once a week you have a problem "habit" - and, sorry to tell you, it's a bad habit at that.
It means you have programmed yourself to work in such a way that stifles your own productivity....
and you are allowing the behaviour of others to dictate what you do too.
Actually bad for them (yes really) and potentially very bad for you.
So...what can you do to get "time" back and get more action out of your day?
1. Do not change anything....yet
2. For the next 2 weeks write down what you spend time on and how long, who interrupts you, what with, what priority it a) appeared to have and b) in reality, it really had, and for how long...and how you "feel" at the end of each day, about each day - both about the goals you did achieve and those you missed and the effect achieving/missing had on you and others
3. Once the two weeks are over, review each item, give them a ranking of 1,2,3 to 5.....5 being most important in terms of your work objectives
4. See how many low-ranking items or disruptions you allowed to take over your priorities, and their impact on you and others - and who from
5. For the next two weeks, for everything you have to do, put it on an item list the night before AND how long you budget, in time, in chunks of 10 minutes, that item will take to do
6. Following those two weeks:
a) you will now have a better handle on what has disrupted you
b) who to manage better to stop them disrupting your goals
c) the effect if you succumb - on you and others, both in measurable [£] and emotional terms
d) better item time management so you can actually get more done.....and lastly
e) if you chunk together similar items to do at the same time...it makes things much easier.
7. You will also see what to delegate to someone else that is better suited to manage that work/person.
Sounds like a right pain I know, needs the discipline to do but, those 4 weeks will probably make you 30-40% more productive, more assertive and get you much better results for the remaining 48 weeks of the year. And what a difference that could make.
In summary:
- Don't do things that take you away from your goals.
- Don't allow others to "put upon" you as that disrupts your goals and they can only do that going forward, after you have read this, because you let them - don't.
- That should enable you to manage your time and productivity to focus on the things that make the real difference in your business
- Let me know how you get on.
Now....just go do it. Til next time,
Henry
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About the Author:
Henry James is an author, marketer, and consultant in the field of marketing systems for estate agents and those in the property sector i.e. he helps businesses in agency like yours make more money!
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