Time management is an essential skill you will need to learn to run your business successfully, and a skill that means you will need to work smarter, nor harder. There’s a difference between having the busy-ness thing taking place and not getting that much accomplished and being busy in a productive manner. That means FOCUS.
You will find this interesting. It’s the 80/20 rule that states 80% of unfocussed effort generates 20% worth of results. That’s not good! But look at it another way, 20 percent of your staff will cause 80 percent of your problems, but another 20 percent of your staff will provide 80 percent of your production. It works both ways. Think: what would happen if you changed your focus? Put off things you need to do? Procrastination can undo even the most seemingly dedicated business people. You need to make time for success and that means not putting off things until tomorrow that you can accomplish today.
Now lets look at some things that can affect your FOCUS.
Need to get in the right mood, wait for the right time? Goals that need to be achieved to grow your business in a successful way wait for no man and once you have them, you must strive to reach them.
Goals give focus, and what gives more pleasure than reaching your goals? Maybe it’s the way you work that needs to be looked at.
Are your goals not clear, and you are underestimating task difficulties? Do you underestimate the time needed to carry out your tasks and have unclear standards for task completion? Are you deep in your heart afraid of success or failure or a perfectionist?
If you answered yes to any of the above questions, then you need FOCUS. That does not mean tunnel vision. It means honing in on what your work patterns are and then learning to adjust your habits to get that focus you need. It’s a simple equation: where you focus your attention is where you put your energy. And consider this, attention to something at hand is a matter of choice – YOUR choice! You need to choose what you want your attention to be focused on.
Find out how well you are doing by creating a simple focus test. This is quite an easy test, just look back at your last week and ask yourself what you did to achieve your goals, what you were focusing on. Be honest with the answer, and if the answer does happen to be you did not achieve your goals because you didn’t have it together, then shake your head, dust yourself off, learn from the experience and move on.
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