Time management is a critical aspect to all business owners and leaders. It is the one resource you can't make more of and the one you need to protect the most. One of our favorite quotes is Michael Gerber's quote which is "Time is another word for Life". Owning a business is meant to add value to your life, which includes freeing up your time. Below are a collection of articles on time management from our weekly Business Owner Insights.
There’s a popular story about time management. Chances are you’ve heard it. The short version is… a professor shows his class a glass container, he adds big rocks to the container until they reach the top. He asks the class if it’s full. Some say yes, some say no. He...
It seems like now more than ever our society uses phrases such as, "I've been busy" or "It's been busy" as a badge of honor. It has quickly become the standard answer for, "How are things going?" or "How's your business been?" In some ways, busy is good. No one...
As a business owner, you're no stranger to the whirlwind of work that needs to be done, emails to return, fires to put out, strategies to create and challenges to overcome. Many business owners fall into the trap of reacting to what is coming at them, rather than driving what...
Multitasking. It’s a buzz word in many businesses, but especially small businesses. In a small business, team members must often fill more than one role. So there tends to be a lot of jumping from one task to another, without much warning. And while it can seem efficient. It’s often...
There’s a simplicity, but also a strength in having the positions within your business well defined. For many businesses, this simple, but effective practice is often overlooked. We hear excuses such as we don't need to document it, we know what that position does; or, we can't take the time...
Time management. It’s not always a fun topic, but it’s a foundational piece to ensuring that your business is thriving. It’s an area where we find many business owners and their teams need help. Here are four powerful Insights that challenge the way that you view time, because we know...
As a business owner grows their business it’s only natural that their job duties will continue to evolve. However, many business owners hang on to certain tasks for far too long out of a misplaced sense of guilt. The type of tasks that they tend to hang on to varies,...
As a business leader there’s so much vying for your attention it can be difficult to get a great handle on your time. And often, that means what comes from you takes the back burner as you first deal with what comes at you. This is because often what comes...
Are you committing to too much? As a business owner there’s no shortage of work that needs to be done. You see it. You feel the pain and frustration of not having some of that work done. And you probably see the lost opportunities that you could be chasing if...
News Flash – there is still only 24 hours in a day. Why then, do business owners plan their to-do list as if there were more? In small businesses there is never a lack of work to be done. And yet, there’s tremendous pressure on business owners to get more...
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