Today we are talking about Time Management tip #1 to help you increase your success, which is to Use Time Blocking on Your Calendar.
It can be very easy to be pulled in multiple directions throughout the day and try to multitask your way through a never-ending to-do list. By using time blocking for specific activities each day, you can focus on one thing at a time. For example, if you block off 11:00am to 11:30am to catch up on and respond to emails, then do your best not to check emails the rest of the day. If you need to, you can have two (or more, depending on your needs) time slots for emails throughout the day. I strongly recommend that you don’t check have the “check email” time block as the first activity you do each day of the work week.
You can also use time blocking to dedicate specific days of the week to certain areas of your business. For example, Mondays could be for reaching out to new partners or vendors, Fridays could be a strategy day, Wednesdays could be for client acquisition and revenue generation activities.
Time blocking helps you to group tasks by projects or task type, so you can focus on one type of task at a time. If you’re responsible for content creation, such as writing blog posts, it may be easier to knock out a couple of posts within an hour than to do one blog post and then shift your mindset to working on company finances. In other words, do as many similar activities together as possible for maximum time efficiency.
Having a set schedule that includes when to work on certain activities, whether it’s written or on your phone, saves you from taking time to think about what to work on next, which is wasting time. All you have to do is check your schedule and get to the next task! Simply put, if your calendar could talk, assuming you have the “right” activities on it, it would tell you what to do and when, and you would say Okay!
Did you know that some of the most productive people in the world swear by time blocking? Ever heard of Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Michael Hyatt, or Cal Newport? Yep – all time-blockers. They’re squeezing every drop of productivity from their days.
Tune in tomorrow for time management tip #2 to help you increase your success.
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Anne Bachrach
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