“Learn to say no to people that are wasting your time. Be polite, but say no. You have your goals, your commitments, and you still take time to be helpful, however everyone has their limits.

Dilbert Cartoon: Time Management

To be successful in business, I believe you need to be good at two things:

Strategic Planning & Execution. (Following the game plan)

When you start a company, there are many roles/jobs that you will be responsible for:
(Accounting, Sales, Marketing, Public Relations, Legal, Administration, Management, Research & Development, etc.)

It takes a lot of time and energy to focus on these areas of a company and still maintain a social life.

As your network starts to grow, you will start to receive numerous offers and phones calls from various people.

There are a lot of talkers out there and not enough people who take action.  Be careful not to let these people waste your time.

I decided to  list a couple of ways to improve your time efficiency:

1. Distance yourself from people who will only waste your time:  ( Cut the cancer off early)

2. Create a daily to-do list. (Track your goals )

3. Use your smart phone to help organize your life:  (That’s what it’s made for)

4. Setting Priorities:  (Learn to scale the level of importance for different tasks.)

5. Relationship Management:   (The biggest asset or the biggest distraction?)

- Does your significant other add stress to your life or do they help make your life easier?

6. How many hours do you get out of your day? (Are you getting enough rest? )

7. There’s a difference between socializing and networking:  Socializing creates friends, Networking creates business,

8. Laziness (I can’t help you with that…That’s something you have to fix yourself)

Read over the list and see if any of these suggestions can help you. If you have any suggestions, leave a comment and I’ll add it to the post.

Just My Thoughts

- JB