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In Response To Wasting Your Time…Yippie!

I love when Trent Brownrigg tells it like it is. Reminds me of myself on a bad day at the cleaners. I get cranky with people too when they don’t do the things that they’re supposed to, especially when it comes to running their business. Well, in this article, I’m going to take Trent’s post just a little bit farther. I hope you get something out of this.

Telling somebody not to waste their time is fine, and Trent gave some excellent advice on some things to do. But even before you can do anything, you need to learn HOW to discipline yourself. That’s not something that comes naturally to a lot of people. The sad truth is, many people don’t have a clue how to discipline themselves to do the job that needs to be done.

Well, that’s where I come to the rescue.

I was complimented just today by another marketer about how I am able to do so much in one day. Some people find it almost hard to believe. Well, there is no big secret to it. I don’t have any magic formula for working at my business. What I do is very simple.

I make a schedule and stick to it.

I personally use an Excel spreadsheet. I write down the task I have to do in one column and in the column to the left of it, I put a number from 1 to whatever the last task is. Today, my to do list has 15 items on it. This post being one of them. I then simply go through the list, one item at a time, and as I finish an item, I delete the number in the one column.

The reason I do this is because I can actually see my list doing down. It gives me a feeling of accomplishment. That psychological feeling is very important when you’re running a business. Trust me, there are going to be days when things don’t go so well and you’re going to need these little victories to keep you going.

It’s important to estimate how much time each task is going to take you. For example, I know I can write an article in about 15 minutes. So if I need to write 4 articles that day, I need an hour to do this. Eventually, the more you do things, the better you’ll get at estimating time.

I know this seems like very basic stuff, but you’d be surprised how many people don’t even do this much.

So stop surfing the net and checking your stats every 5 minutes. They don’t change that often. Instead, make a schedule and stick to it.

Your business will thank you for it.

To YOUR Success,

Steven Wagenheim
4 Steps To Starting A Successful Business