TIME IS ALWAYS MOVING FORWARD

How often do you consider the fact that time is always moving forward?

As I was going through my inbox this morning and trudging through the usual morning routine of sorting, filing and prioritizing I realised how easily it is for us to get distracted when we aren’t focused and how quickly time slips away. Time waits for no one no matter what you are doing and how much time you need.

I was freshly inspired by this video and compelled to share it. Time is always moving forward so make the most of the time you have each and every day and be a winner this week! Time is a gift you have been given so cherish it.

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How are you going to move forward this week making the most of the time you have?

Make the most of your time with the following tips:

1. Carry a schedule and record all your thoughts, conversations and activities for a week. This will help you understand how much you can get done during the course of a day and where your precious moments are going. You’ll see how much time is actually spent producing results and how much time is wasted on unproductive thoughts, conversations and actions.

2. Assign important tasks to a time. To-do lists get longer and longer to the point where they’re unworkable. Appointment books work. Schedule appointments and create time blocks for high-priority thoughts, conversations, and actions. Schedule when they will begin and end. Have the discipline to keep these appointments.

3. Plan to spend at least 50 percent of your time engaged in the thoughts, activities and conversations that produce most of your results.

4. Schedule time for interruptions. Plan time to be pulled away from what you’re doing. Take, for instance, the concept of having “office hours.” Isn’t “office hours” another way of saying “planned interruptions?”

5. Take the first 30 minutes of every day to plan your day. Don’t start your day until you complete your time plan. The most important time of your day is the time you schedule to schedule time.

6. Take five minutes before every call and task to decide what result you want to attain. This will help you know what success looks like before you start. And it will also slow time down. Take five minutes after each call and activity to determine whether your desired result was achieved. If not, what was missing? How do you put what’s missing in your next call or activity?

7. Put up a “Do not disturb” sign when you absolutely have to get work done.

8. Practice not answering the phone just because it’s ringing and e-mails just because they show up. Disconnect instant messaging. Don’t instantly give people your attention unless it’s absolutely crucial in your business to offer an immediate human response. Instead, schedule a time to answer email and return phone calls.

9. Block out distractions like social media unless you use these tools to generate business.

10.Remember that it’s impossible to get everything done. Also remember that odds are good that 20 percent of your thoughts, conversations and activities produce 80 percent of your results.