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8 reasons you are always out of time

Published on October 29, 2010 in Productivity. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , .

Whether you are an employee, employer, freelancer or student, time might be a real problem for you.
Skipping from one activity to another, at the end of the day you realize that most of the tasks scheduled are uncompleted or you don’t even have the time to take a look over them. Why? Because you don’t have enough time!

Well, sorry to disappoint you but time doesn’t move faster than in the past. What make you feel like “oh God it’s already evening” is related to you habits and life style.

1.Information and technology.

Decades ago, life was pretty simple and information was less. These days’ people are bombarded with new technologies and some will easy your work but some will just distract you from work.

2.Unfinished tasks.

If you are the kind of person that starts a task but skip to another before finishing the previous one, then you definitely like to complicate things. Tasks undone will actually create more work for you because they take more time to pick back up when you return to them. Continue reading ’8 reasons you are always out of time’

Make a 4 Day Work Week Work This Summer

Published on July 10, 2009 in Business Tips. 1 Comment Tags: , , .

calendarSummer is an ideal time to enjoy a four day work week. Most businesses are a bit slower in the summer than during the rest of the year. Plus the weather is so beautiful that it?s great if you can take some three-day weekends and get out into nature. This can be really refreshing for you which ultimately makes you more productive. However, you don?t want to spend the summer being lazy. To make a four day work week work for you, you need to get enough done and also earn enough money to pay your bills even though you?re taking that fifth day off each week.

Most people will find that it is possible to accomplish as much in four days as you get done in five. There are multiple ways that you can achieve this. One is to work ten hour days instead of eight hour days. Another is to simply be more productive in the first four days of the week. To do this, simply set weekly goals that reflect what you would like to get done in the normal work week. Then organize the tasks for each week to allow you to meet those goals. Allow yourself the reward of taking Friday off if everything gets done before then. You?ll be motivated to stay on task and you?ll probably find yourself getting everything done in those four days. Continue reading ‘Make a 4 Day Work Week Work This Summer’

Stop Wasting Time: Use Services Close to your Office

Published on June 17, 2009 in Business Tips and Productivity. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

stop-wasting-timeOne of the biggest wastes of time for many people is the time that they spend commuting to and from the office. In addition to the general commute in the morning and evening, many people make smaller commutes away from the office during the day. A lot of people have to book appointments during the normal work day. Getting to and from those appointments takes a huge chunk of time out of your day. Just think of how many times you?ve left the office a few hours early to make it to a late-afternoon doctor?s appointment. By locating services that are close to your office, you can avoid a lot of wasted time throughout the year. This increases your overall productivity.

The most common appointment that is going to take you away from the office is the doctor?s appointment. Annual exams, dental check-ups and other regularly scheduled doctors? appointments must be made during normal business hours. In addition to your own appointments, you may be taking children or other dependents to their doctors’ appointments. By locating doctors that are close to your place of business, you can reduce the amount of time that you spend going to and from appointments. Continue reading ‘Stop Wasting Time: Use Services Close to your Office’

How to Streamline Social Networking

Published on May 26, 2009 in Productivity. 3 Comments Tags: , , .

social-networkingSocial networking is a vital marketing tool for businesses today. However, it can take a lot of time to stay on top of all of your social networks. You want to make sure that you?re active on the sites but that you do not waste so much time using them that you are compromising the rest of your productivity. For this reason, it?s important to learn to streamline social networking. This is done by reducing the number of social networks that you use,?relying on?posting tools and setting aside a specific amount of time per day for social networking. You may also want to consider hiring someone to assist with your social networking.

Reduce your Number of Social Networks

The key to social networks is really that you?re highly active on the site. You need to get to know people on each site and to comment back and forth with them for social networking to be effective. For this reason, it?s more important to focus your social networking attention on just 2 or 3 sites than it is to make sure that you are present on all of them. The?major social networks right now are Facebook and Twitter. LinkedIn is also important for some industries. Whittle down your number of accounts to just these key networks. Continue reading ‘How to Streamline Social Networking’

When 9-5 Just Isn’t Working for your Business

Published on May 15, 2009 in Business Tips. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

9-5If you operate a small business then there?s a good chance that you started that business with a normal schedule. You?re open Monday through Friday from 9-5 or something close to that. You work forty hours per week (or sometimes more) and so do your employees. But does this work schedule really make sense in today?s society? More and more people are realizing that 9-5 just doesn?t work for them.

Reasons the 9-5 Schedule May Not Work

There are a variety of reasons that this schedule may not be working for you anymore. These reasons may include:

??You?re spending too much time on your commute. People who work standard hours are in traffic at the same time as everyone else which makes your work day longer but you don?t get anything done during that time.
??You don?t want to be in the office five days per week. Many people would prefer to work longer hours for 3-4 days per week than to have to work 5 days out of 7.
??You want different days off. The Monday-Friday schedule works for most people but some people would prefer to have weekdays off. And some people just like working weekends. Many people find that working weekends makes them more productive because there are fewer distractions throughout the day.
??You would prefer to take off large chunks of time. Some people would prefer not to have days off throughout the year if it meant they could take two months off at one time. That?s not a reality for all businesses but some schedules can be adjusted to accommodate longer breaks. These breaks can be very invigorating for people; you come back to the job with fresh eyes. Continue reading ‘When 9-5 Just Isn’t Working for your Business’

How Taking Time for Yourself Increases Productivity

Published on April 16, 2009 in Business Tips and Productivity. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

taking-time-for-yourselfPeople who have a drive to be productive often end up sabotaging themselves in their efforts to achieve this very goal. That is because most people believe that being productive means working as much as possible all of the time. Although part of productivity is being prolific in whatever you do, part of it is also being at the top of your game. You can?t be totally on the ball if you?re exhausted or overworked. That?s why those people who are the most productive in their lives and in their work are the people who have learned the difficult task of balancing a busy working life with the ability to take time for themselves on a regular basis.

Taking time for yourself increases your productivity in three major ways. First of all, it gives you the physical rest that you need to be able to maintain productivity over time. Secondly, it allows you to return to work with fresh eyes which you gives you a more creative approach to your work and tends to result in higher productivity over all. Continue reading ‘How Taking Time for Yourself Increases Productivity’

Saving time or saving money?

Published on March 3, 2009 in Business Tips and Misc. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

This question came in my mind while I took part to a forum discussion regarding some business strategies. The idea was that some strategies involve more time, others involve less and the ROI might not always be archived. 42-18715239

Supposing that there is no way to have both of them, choosing only one is quite a difficult job.? Like a friend of mine said, it is just like the dilemma: what came first the egg or the hen? Everybody loves money because they can buy you time; having a bigger budget you could use it to save time and use the time to “create” other tasks and make more money.
The reason why we can?t have both is because these two have an inverse relationship. One decreases when the other increases. Things that save time cost money, while earning money takes time. Continue reading ‘Saving time or saving money?’