Should you do a little or do a lot?
Every entrepreneur tells me they are ’so busy”. They don’t have time to get things done that they KNOW the need to get done.
It’s almost an Entrepreneurial pandemic! But there is a remedy and it’s not really a choice between doing a little or a lot. The answer is – “Both”.
I understand how you feel. You get pulled from every direction, marketing, sales, promotion, management, customers vendors, bills to pay, orders to ship… it’s a battle to find time to work on you business… not in your business.
But lets try an experiment… just for this week.
Take one task that has been looming overhead. We all have them, could be a repot you have needed to write, maybe a lot of filing that needs to be done… maybe you haven’t been reaching out to your Clients and Customers the way you have wanted to… we all have a list of stuff like this.
Starting today, take that big task and break it down into smaller chunks… if it’s not too much, try breaking it into 5 chunks. That give you a chunk to work on every day.
If its a BIG project break it up into 10 or 20 chunks. The number of chunks isn’t important, what’s most important is that you break them off into chunks you feel you can get done in about 45 minutes. Don’t overwhelm yourself and try to cram 2 hours of stuff into 45 minutes. Be realistic.
Now look at your calendar and find 45 minutes every day that you can dedicate to this and schedule tose 45 minutes in… just like you would if this were a very important Client. JUST this… nothing else. No E-mail. No Twitter or Facebook or phone calls. JUST THIS.
Now download a countdown clock. You can Google for one but I like BlingClock Timer it’s a free download and very visual. Now set it for 45 minutes each day and work on the ONE task that you have dedicated that time to… remember… JUST that task!
Do this for 1 week and report back here about your experience… We’ll discuss more in a week about my results.
Oh… don’t do this halfheartedly… really dig in and give it a try.
No pressure… Remember it’s just an experiment. If it works… cool… if it doesn’t you ditcjh it!
Fair enough?
John
You really can’t manage time; it passes. That’s it.
What we’re really doing is managing the events of our lives. Your recommendation to chunk these events is just what we need to get things done.
You’re right. Time management is a myth… it’s really you management. and learning how to manage ourselves is REALLY the secret. Time chunking is a great start!
Thanks Pam!
John