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You only
have 24 hours in your day and when you let go of trying to be superman
and just be content with being who God has made you to be, you’ll find
your life is so much more peaceful and calm.
Time wasters will keep you away from focusing on what’s really
important. To free up your schedule, identify time wasters and take
action to deal with them. If you want to be a successful person, you’ve
got to have a laser-like focus, something that’s harder to do now than
ever before. If you want to be a successful entrepreneur, you have to do
one thing: Invent, develop, and market a product or service that
customers really need or want. Also, If you have big plans later on in
life such as starting your own business, you need to do two things: stop
wasting your time and focus on your goals.
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Know Your Priorities
If you want to be a better manager of your time, you need to determine
what your priorities are. Not knowing one’s priorities is the biggest
time waster! Know your priorities and you’ll have a road map to guide
your behavior. |
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You live Online
Wasting time on Facebook and Twitter. Playing with apps. Emailing and
texting. Buying every stupid little gadget ever imagined. You quit doing
all that, you’ll have more time to actually get things done than you
know what to do with. Don’t You troll for Twitter followers. |
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Look For a Lottery Ticket
Lotteries are basically just a way of getting money from people who are
desperate, greedy, lazy, ignorant, or any combination of these traits.
That may sound a bit harsh, but it is pretty much the truth. If you’re
after an easy way out, a quick fix, a silver bullet, an overnight viral
success, I can tell you one thing for sure. You won’t find it. Ever.
That’s just not how this sort of thing works. |
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Meetings
Meetings can be time wasters if there is no specific reason, agenda and
time-frame for holding them. It’s easy to fall into the habit of holding
meetings without realizing that some of that time could be spent more
efficiently. You’ll save time by clarifying the reason and purpose of a
meeting. |
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Phone Calls
It is easy to spend a lot of unnecessary time on the telephone. Lengthy
small talk on the phone with random people. Time is wasted when you lack
clarity about the purpose of your activities, and when you are easily
distracted. It’s easy to to yourself that you’re working hard
when in fact what you’re doing may serve no useful purpose. Replace long
phone calls with quick texts to people, such as your neighbor who merely
needs to know if the block potluck party is still scheduled for next
Saturday.
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Network Randomly
Relationships are critical to business success. Networking and
schmoozing are key to forming relationships. But randomly connecting
with thousands of strangers online won’t help one bit. Be focused about
it. And remember: one real, reliable relationship in the real world is
worth a thousand online connections.
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