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!

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!

Have you ever worked in a cluttered environment and found yourself getting easily distracted, wasting time searching for information or just feeling overwhelmed?

Well clutter has that affect.  A messy environment creates a messy mind.

In fact The Wall Street Journal did a study some time ago and found the average ‘white collar’ worker spent 6 weeks a year looking for things around the office!

As an entrepreneur, you cannot afford to be so unproductive!

Jenny who is a coaching client told me that since removing the clutter from her home based office she is calmer, more relaxed and can concentrate on getting much more done than ever before.

When my son Trent was 11, I attended a presentation on “Raising Boys.” I already felt competent having a daughter and wanted more insight to the world of boys, which is much more simpler than raising girls!

Boys from the age of 6 -14 really need ‘time’ with their dads. That is the most influential period in their lives when they bond with him. And the type of time they need is not all thrown into a ‘once a week’ or ‘month’ block or some exotic holiday once a year.They need to spend time with their sons on a regular basis. Otherwise how can you build a strong and stable relationship? Commonsense, isn’t it?

For the single mums reading this, don’t despair. If you are estranged from your partner and bringing up your son alone, having a positive male role model in his life, i.e. uncle, brother, grandfather, teacher, tennis coach, etc. will work as well.

Do you have any favourite TV shows? I do and one of them is “The Biggest Loser”.  Any show that highlights health and fitness to the nation and how important it is to your well-being, has got to be a good thing.

Sure it’s an ‘unreal’ environment, the exercise regime is excessive and you’ve got to question some of the activities and challenges, however overall it’s very interesting. In an episode this year, one of the team members had to choose the main food supply for the week for his team.  The choices were between cabbages and unmarked tinned food.