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Now that the Melbourne Cup Carnival is nearly over, you’ll find the weeks will speed by and before you know it you’ll be sitting down having Christmas Dinner. If you’re unprepared and don’t get your act together early enough, you can find that you can lose golden opportunities to increase business because you’re so stressed out trying to keep up.

Here’s 5 top tips to ensure you make the lead-up to Christmas as productive and stress free as possible:

1. Plan ahead.
Before each day gets hectic, write a list of all your business requirements to ensure smooth-sailing through this time. Some of these ‘to do’s’ will include the tips below.

We had an overwhelming response to the survey we recently sent out to our database.  They were asked for feedback on what their key challenges were and what they wanted to know about being more productive and profitable.

Here’s just a few comments we received:

•  How do I motivate staff?
•  How do I keep myself motivated (I can relate to this one)
•  What is the easiest way to delegate?
•  How do I stay focussed and not waste time on distractions?
•  How do I prioritise?