Optimal use of your time as a business owner is key

 

 

Optimal use of your time

When you are a business owner or an entrepreneur one of the key things to manage is your time. You might think you have all this time on your hands and suddenly you might ask; so what happened to all the time?

As an entrepreneur / business owner you need to manage your time optimally or else you might end up not doing the important and key things needed for your business. Or you might end up working all day and all night without stop! Which is not healthy

Remember if you don't do it, it would mean no one else will do it!

I would like to share a couple of key tips from my experience:

1.    Get a routine as soon as possible

ü  If you are a morning person - schedule important and high involvement things to do in the morning and the more routine things for the afternoon and vice versa

ü  Try and get into some kind of habit – Monday mornings:  you will check stock / check what needs to be done for week and refine your plan for the week, Tuesday mornings you will spend time on checking all social media in a bit more detail etc.

ü  Use your smart phone diary – add in planner details and reminders on things to do

2.    Make a list of all the important things you have to do

ü  Make a list of essential things that will drive your business

ü  Make a list of how often in the month / week this needs to be done

3.    Put a planner together

ü  Start by putting a plan together for the month – slot in things from the  important list

ü  Then refine it to weekly and fill in the gaps

ü  Be specific – and vary your mornings and afternoons – or else it might get a bit boring and most of the time you will end up not as productive as you could have been

4.    Check regularly that you have in fact done what is needed

ü  Do a regular check in as to whether you have done what was on your list and planned

ü  Remember most of the time as an entrepreneur in a small business … if you don’t do it … it will not happen

Please share your experience, tips and guides on what you do as an entrepreneur to use your time optimally