What are you focussing on achieving in your business in the next 90 days?

Do you have any idea? If you don’t then you better come up with a goal or outcome otherwise you may find that another 3 months has passed you by and you’re no further ahead than where you are right now.

When you’ve got a clear focus, you can easily say ‘no’ to activities and people who distract you.

Simple things like turning email and mobiles off, closing the door, working elsewhere and only having what you need to on your desk all help to stay focussed, however there’s often other areas that take you off track. ..and that you can be completely oblivious to!
John’s Story

One of my clients used to run his own successful accounting practice from home. With pre-school children and trying to grow his business, he and his wife used to get very frustrated with the fact that they could never remove themselves from the workplace. They felt their business totally overwhelmed them and caused many challenges which affected their personal relationships.

We were able to identify exactly where their time was being spent and found that there were simple ways they could do more in their growing business and still have a life. Three years later with the growth of their practice they have had to move their business to new premises.

Do you find it frustrating knowing that there must be a better way to manage your time, yet you can’t seem to pinpoint exactly what you need to do? Well here’s a simple secret that could easily save you a couple of hours a day.

I’ve been coaching Greg for only a couple of months and in that time he has made big changes in his business and his life by actioning what he has learned.Now that he is planning his working day he’s found he has easily saved 2 hours a day. That’s 10 hours in a basic working week or, in other words, he has gained an additional day a week!

Have you heard of the Pareto Principle or the 80/20 rule?

It goes like this:

• 80% of your results are produced by 20% of your efforts

• 80% of your income comes from 20% of your clients

• 80% of your files are used 20% of the time

are you getting the picture?

It’s little things that make a huge difference on how productive you are.
Unfortunately it can be difficult to see the solutions yourself as you get so immersed in your story of how busy you are, that you can be totally unaware of the time you waste.

Do you sometimes or often lack energy? Even if you do exercise regularly and eat heathily you can still be lethargic because of a simple thing, most entrepreneurs don’t do…get enough sleep. 

You find your brain is ticking all hours of the day and night. I’ve found many of my clients have found an instant way to ’switch off’ at night…they watch television.

Some people think productivity is all about technology, well it isn’t. They believe if they have the latest ’systems’ everything will be streamlined and they will be on their way to making huge profits.  Well the reality is something else…especially in small business.  You are the one that needs to be finetuned!