Striking A Steady Balance
Over the past few weeks my mind has been overflowing with ideas that I want to implement into my business, so much so that I have resorted to permanently carrying a notebook and pen around with with me because if I don’t jot these ideas down they seem to vanish from my mind within minutes!
The main problem I have though is that I just don’t have enough time, there are just not enough hours in the day particularly when there is a full time ‘day job’ and also a family to consider – so I have decided to create a time management structure where I spend any time I have spare doing a specific peice of work or job.
For example, one evening I may have 1 hour free so I will write an article or or maybe a post for my blog – on an evening where I have a couple of hours dedicated to my business I will continue with my Masterclass course or apply (more) finishing touches to my book.
It isn’t easy to apply time management to your business when you only have an hour or two spare each day but I once read an article written by Dr Andy Williams where he said that if you only work on your business for 10 minutes per day you are still growing that business!
I have also recently subscribed to a newsletter written by Dan Ho and in one particular post on his blog he talks about momentum and the different types, which one can you relate to?
- Some people ’spurt’ out of the gate only to ‘peter out’ quickly
- Some are very slow and ‘plod along’ never really gaining any momentum
- A few (and the one we should all strive for) strike a steady balance that allows you to maintain volume over the long haul
Now I believe that I have (past tense) been both the first and second type but now think that I am ‘falling’ into the third catagory and hope that I remain there!
That’s all for this post, please feel free to leave me a comment.
Andy
Hi Andy,
No doubt at some time in my life I have been the first two choices when it comes to momentum but hopefully I have settled into the third choice of “maintaining volume over the long hual.” Dan Ho has some very good ideas doesn’t he?
Time is a precious commodity and one I cannot afford to waste, but without placing some sort of time management in place it is so easy to loose track of our expectations and loose previous time.
Thanks for the excellent advice,
Kathy
Hi Andy,
Thanks for that, i was starting to feel guilty about being way behind and still finishing my product, and only doing things at a slow pace i was starting to think i didn`t care anymore, you have made me feel like i am still achirving cheers for that!
TTFN….Ed.
Brilliant, Andy, I’m glad you’ve found the balance now. Keep going forwards.
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Enjoy the journey.
Mandy
Hi Andy,
Boy can I relate to the confusion of time management and how to actually organise my self. I am so glad I am not the only one.
Setting up a business is such a hard thing to do because it is up to us to make it succeed. We are responsible for our success. And yes it is so hard to stay motivated with what we are doing when we only have a couple of hours here and there. (I am doing my learning around family and a 2 year old that doesn’t sleep!)
Stay focused and stay motivated!
Remember…..”The tortoise always wins the race!”
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(That is one of my favourite motos
Kind Regards
Jacinta