| If you are anything like me, you are always | | | | I even scheduled time to be creative, meditate, |
| looking for better ways to manage your time. | | | | exercise, eat and learn Spanish. |
| This year I have started many things in motion | | | | Make Lists Of Your Goals |
| that have already improved my productivity | | | | I am not talking about simple goals here, I want |
| immensely. I would like to share some of my tips | | | | to think about what you want to do, have, and |
| with you. | | | | become. As a for instance one of my goals is to |
| Get Dictation Software | | | | become a published author. That won't do me |
| It might surprise you to know, that I didn't type a | | | | much good unless I also write "write a book" on |
| single word of this article. Dictation software also | | | | my list as well. |
| known as speech recognition software has been | | | | Many people tell you that goal lists don't work, |
| available for a long time but recently it has | | | | those are the people who don't make lists. Having |
| become extremely accurate. | | | | a list on your wall remind you every day to focus |
| I get more work done because I'm able to do | | | | on your desired outcome. Without it we can lose |
| everything from writing content to replying | | | | direction and forget what we are working |
| e-mails much faster than before. If you are using | | | | towards. |
| a PC I suggest using Dragon NaturallySpeaking, if | | | | Always Be Mindful Of Your Unpaid Time |
| you are on a Mac I suggest MacSpeech which is | | | | I have a friend who is a perfectionist, he is a |
| the application I use. | | | | professional whose time is very valuable. His |
| Set Up A Schedule | | | | clients are willing to pay a fortune because of his |
| Using your favorite calendar software you should | | | | impeccable work. The problem is that my friend |
| set up a weekly calendar that will help you | | | | has to do everything himself. |
| structure your days. This was a new habit for me | | | | Consider this example: if your time is worth $100 |
| and it has made a huge difference in how much | | | | per hour and you can hire a contractor for $50 |
| work I get done. | | | | per hour to do work at your house, common |
| As a for instance, I have scheduled one hour | | | | sense dictates that you should pay someone to |
| every other day to reply to e-mail. The rest of | | | | do that work because your time is more valuable. |
| the time I do not touch my e-mail. Many times | | | | Many people miss the simple equation because |
| entrepreneurs get stuck in a loop of doing nothing, | | | | they are too busy saving money. What they |
| this includes frantically checking e-mail, statistics, | | | | don't realize is that their bank account would be |
| social media destinations etc. None of these | | | | larger if they worked the same hour that their |
| activities are productive unless they are | | | | contractor did. |
| structured into your day. | | | | |