Productivity Tools For Business Owners
Having just done a workshop on business habits. Seeing a recent e-book from John Jantsch and Hubspot about online productivity tools is perfect timing. There are a lot of distractions out there for business owners. Having the right productivity tools as a business owner is a must. Access to the right online tools allows us business owners to focus on what’s really important, the objectives for our business, and keeps the other distractions at bay, e-mail, etc. Most of the tools in the report aren’t going to be tools that you haven’t heard of but there are a lot of other tools that have been created that support those tools
Want To Be More Productive? Get Good At This…
A Simple, Easy To Implement, Effective Tool For Being More Productive Productivity and organization are hot button topics for business owners. As your business grows, so does your responsibility and your stress level. How do you manage your day so that you: Complete projects in a timely manner Handle the essentials of your business every day Have less stress in your life Keep your professional life from interfering with your personal life. Do I have your attention yet? Watch the tip video on a simple strategy of using time and space effectively in your business. Want more help? Come to our Business Habits Workshop through the Freedom FastTrack in
Getting In Touch With God, Self and Business
A cool thing happened to me a couple of months ago, I welcomed my fourth daughter into the world. (My wife did most of the work but you probably already knew that.) Another cool thing is that my wife and I made a bet that if it was another daughter then I could buy a gaming system like Xbox, PS3, Wii etc. So I went ahead and picked up a PS3. As a gamer I really only like playing sports games. Madden, College Football, NHL Live etc. If EA sports puts it out, I probably like it. All this sounds great right? Except that I usually don’t play it when
The Easiest Way To Get Things Done
The easiest way to get things done….Don’t do anything….The end….You’re welcome. OK seriously, you can’t just curl up in your house and do nothing all day. Well I guess you could but if you are reading this, you are probably not the kind of person who would do that. So back to getting things done, more specifically the easiest way to get things done. I have a specific weakness in that at times I can burden myself with tasks that I keep in the back of mind. I know these tasks need attention but I don’t make the effort to address these specific tasks. Two primary things happen when I
Be Smart With Your Smartphone
Smartphones are great and smartphones are dangerous. It is estimated that 478 million units will be sold by the end of 2011. 478 million is a big number and a dangerous number. Smartphones can be a great help for your business and here are some of the ways that is true. As I have been sharing my online system for productivity, the hub for a lot of what you do online is available on your smartphone. Tools like Evernote, your online calendars, e-mail etc. all have apps made for smartphone access. This is all great stuff. The key to any effective system for productivity is to have a centralized hub
A Simple Way To Stop Forgetting Important To-Dos
You are sitting at a coffee shop sipping on a cup when suddenly you realize that you forgot to put some work into a particular project. You tell yourself “I gotta remember to work on that when I get back to the office.” You go back to the office and have a great rest of the day. As you drive home you feel I little sick to your stomach because you just realized something. You forgot to work on that project that you thought about at the coffee shop. The problem with this scenario is sometimes we forget things and we don’t remember them for a few days or maybe
The Importance of Strategery
Your business has some specific things that must happen in order for it and you to be successful. You and I know this. The real question is, do you know what those activities are and how do you ensure that your business stays focused on these tasks day-in and day-out? The minute that you say the word “strategic” to business owners, either their eyes start glazing over or they think that anything else you are going to say is some variation of business buzz words that they don’t care about. I get that. However when it comes to having strategic objectives for your business, it’s important that have these clearly
Book Review: Fake Work
Fake Work is defined as work that is not targeted or aligned with the strategies and goals of the company. Looking at the landscape of work today, you see companies making cut backs on personnel and resources which then transfers additional responsibility to the people in organization who still have a job. In this type of an environment, it becomes even more critical to spend your time working in alignment with what makes your company successful. Americans are working longer and are busier than ever, unfortunately this has not actually translated into productivity. Consider this quote from page 11 of the book: An average worker today needs to work a
The People Pleaser’s Guide to Productivity
Being a people pleaser can be a blessing and a curse. It’s great because, deep down, a people pleaser just wants other people to be happy. Being a people pleaser becomes problematic when it causes you to over-commit yourself to projects and tasks. How can you as a people pleaser, make people happy and be productive? Before I get into the mind set, what does the downside to being a people pleaser look like in business? I worked with one person in particular who had a hard time with being a people pleaser and running an effective business. They were constantly over-promising on deadlines and under-delivering their finished product. They
Are You Sliced Bread? 3 Questions To Ask To Make Your Business Exceptional
In business today, we want to be the best things for our clients since sliced bread. In an increasingly busy marketplace where there are too many choices and not enough time, how do you make sure that you are exceptional and that you are the one chosen. There are 3 questions that you can start the conversation with to unlock your exceptional activities and structure your business so that you can focus on those exceptional areas. Before I get into those questions, first think for a minute about the activities that you do on a day to day basis. You will have a wide range of things that you do
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