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BUSINESS SKILLS TIPS 16 – TIME MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES (REPEAT) Because of the poor quality of the video when it was posted last, I have decided to run it again. Here is a better version of this bst.
When was the last time you had time off to just have fun, enjoy being with your partner, your family and friends? What? Not enough time? Too busy attending to your business? Do you realise that life balance is important too, because without some time for relaxation and time out you are likely to get stale, stressed, bad tempered, and risk falling out with those family members and friends that help support you and your life. So time management techniques become more and more important the busier you are and the more your business grows.
Time management techniques don’t have to be boring or dull. In fact, it is quite an exciting challenge to spend a day timing your actions and finding out exactly how the time flies, whilst you are having fun . . . or not!
In this BST I start to look at ways that you can benefit from monitoring your time management using simple techniques to keep track of daily tasks. I look at what is important and what moves you on forward towards achieving the goals that you choose.
Setting goals and achieving them is what will move you forward in your business, and it will help you survive when all around you is failing. It also gives you a far better insight into how long it should take to achieve tasks so that when you are delegating them to others you have realistic knowledge about how long the jobs should take to achieve, instead of getting stressed out because jobs are taking longer than anticipated. This way, you have evidence that will tell you if your staff are taking too long, maybe because they are uncertain as to what exactly you want from them or how to go about doing the job. Assuming that you have clarified this beforehand, you will then be a better judge as to how efficient your staff really are. Using time management techniques can save you time in the long run, and help you move forward quicker.