In part one we looked at one of the reasons your productivity can lapse when you become self employed. It’s often the very reason you set up your own business; to escape the ‘boss’ and create a more flexible approach to working. But, this new flexible way of working often results in you doing the things you [...]
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In part one we looked at batching and how grouping similiar type tasks together makes you more productive. (If you missed it you can read it here) Being productive is very much about being in the ‘flow’. Here’s a definition of flow from Wikipedia: Flow is the mental state of operation in which a person [...]
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(This is part 1 in a 3 part series on your productivity secret weapons) One of the reasons you may have started your business was ‘freedom’. Freedom from the daily commute, the over controlling boss, the restraints of working in an office where you’re constantly chasing deadlines. It’s great at the beginning isn’t it? No-one [...]
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Are you so busy right now dealing with all of your customers that you don’t have enough time to work on your own business? You’re spending all of your time working on their needs and not enough on your own. You’re putting in loads of hours to make sure their orders are met and their work is [...]
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Okay – I write a lot about time management and how to get the most out of your time and be productive. There is a reason for this. One of the biggest challenges clients face when they start working with me is that they don’t have enough time to get everything done. Fair enough – [...]
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The upside of all the technology we have is that there is so much information at our fingertips on any subject. The downside of all the technology we have is that there is so much information at our fingertips on any subject. Whether it’s booking a holiday, buying a new car, learning new skills, advice on getting [...]
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So, I’m definitely a ‘to-do’ list kind of girl. I love being organised and have tried many new shiny things over the years that promise to make organising my life, work and everything in between, easier and slicker. But I always come back to the old-fashioned pen and paper and making a list. Okay I have [...]
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Could you be guilty of making your business more complicated than it needs to be? When you don’t have enough time in the day to get everything done, do you get out your time management strategies, start making numerous to do lists, drawing schedules, prioritising and re-prioritising tasks, go a bit crazy with coloured post-it [...]
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Since getting my Kindle I still have mixed feelings about it. On the downside I do miss my paper books and being able to flick back and forth to remind me of something. I know I can do this on a Kindle but it’s just not as easy to flick back to something you want to [...]
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