Success Strategies: Time, the Only Un-renewable Resource!

Time. Tick, tick, ticking away. This moment ...just that:
gone. Never to return, never to be experienced2. Manage Your Phone. Set specific times to either
again. The next moment ... coming up and soon totake calls or to return them. If you have voice
pass by.mail ... use it! And let people know when you'll be
When you take a few moments to contemplatecalling back. If you have an assistant, have him or
the moments, you suddenly realize that thereher schedule your return phone calls with the
really isn't any way to get them back. We cancaller. You'd be surprised how well this works and
renew energy, paper, plastic, glass, even money!how little we really need to be "instantly available."
But not time. Which begs the question: How are3. Get A "Virtual Assistant." What's a virtual
you spending the one thing you can't get anyassistant (VA)? An assistant that you use on
more of?demand and only have to pay for the actual
There are myriad "systems" to help you organizehours worked. A VA can do just about anything
your time. Day planners, day runners, Outlook,that an in-person assistant can do, but you don't
Act, Goldmine, Teatime, online calendars, off-linehave to pay wages or worry about employment
calendars, PDA calendars, clocks, alarms,issues. Here's a link for you to get a free report
GPS-PDA-NFL-miracle watches! Regardless ofon all of the really cool ways that you can get a
which one(s) you use, I'll bet you $100 that youVA to work for you: Team Double-Click, Inc. -
are spending WAY too much time on "low41-Page Free Report - 101 Ways to Work With a
value-low return" activities.Virtual Assistant
What do I mean by that? Well, let's do a littleClose The Door To Your Office. And leave it
exercise first. Let's find out how much your timeclosed for long periods of time so that you can
is worth. Now you may have done this calculation,work on an uninterrupted basis. If people knock,
but you haven't done it my way.don't answer. If they come in, stare at them and
First, the "now." Take your annual earnings andsay that you're busy. Just like the phone, schedule
divide them by 52 to get your weekly earnings.times for people to speak with you and ask them
Don't divide by 40 or however many hours youto bring up all of their issues then.
think you work per week. Think about how many4. Respond to Emails Once Per Day. Nowhere is it
hours per day you actually work. Is it 5 hours? 4written that you have to respond to emails
hours? Think about it and use an honest numberimmediately. Let them accumulate until you can
for your daily activity. Multiply by 5 and divide thatclose your door, turn off you phone, and have
into your weekly number. That's what youryour VA go through all of the junk. THEN respond
current time is worth. Now do this: Do the sameto ones that really need attention.
calculation with the income that you want to be5. Turn Off The Cell Phone. OK, this is really a
making. Now you have two numbers and ablend of #1 and #4. If you don't manage your
difference between them. How are you going totime, then other people will! Again, call back when
get from "now" to "where you want to be?"you have time, can focus on the call, and have all
One way is to increase the number of effectiveof the resources you need for that call at hand.
hours that you work. To get more of those, youI hope that you find these useful. Since I've been
need to offload those tasks that can be done byusing them my productivity has increased
someone at a lower cost per hour than your timedramatically. Try them for a week and let me
is worth! Here are some quick strategies for doingknow how it goes for you!