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Managing Your Time and Energy
21 August 2009Has this ever happened to you? You get the same message from several sources?
Call it the power of focus, God whispering to you, or whatever you like…
Lately, I’ve been getting the message on time, energy, and life priorities.
I value productivity and accomplishments, I tend to be achievement oriented. I like to have goals that I’m working on… But in order to accomplish tasks, we must manage our time, our energy, and prioritize.
What about you?
We have an environment of 2-3 hours of “focus time” each and every day. It is amazing what you can accomplish if you set a time to do just focus on a task. It is important to be vigilant about avoiding the time wasters (e-mail is a big one for me).
I have also found that writing out (by hand) on my daily calendar what I want to accomplish that day helps me stay focused.
Have you heard of the “Success 6?” — Writing out the night before the top 6 things you want to accomplish the next day?
It’s also helpful to impose deadlines - even false ones to increase productivity.
This level of managing yourself is on a task basis.
What about the bigger picture?
Your Life Priorities? Your Vision for Your Business?
I must admit that I have a fear (concern), that I will get caught up in the doing of so many things, that I come to the end of my life and I won’t have focused enough time or energy on the crucial things. My life priorities.
So, I remind myself that on a daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly basis I need to keep my priorities in mind.
What about you?
Do you have a clear vision of what it is you would like to accomplish with your business?
Can you set aside 5-10 hours per week to invest in marketing your business? Set marketing goals, write them down, ask someone to keep you accountable, and get moving.
If you have a clear vision for your business, it will motivate you to work on marketing and business development. Of course, there is so much more, but actually doing the marketing strategies (on a consistent basis) in a way that is integrated with your personal brand, target audience, niche etc. is critical to see your mediation (or other professional service) business grow.
Here are some action steps:
Identify the marketing strategies you will do, set goals, write them down, set a deadline, and get started.
Marketing is to your business as sleep is to your body… your business cannot survive and thrive without consistent marketing. Just because I had a fabulous night of sleep last night doesn’t mean I don’t ever need to sleep again, or that I can skimp by on 5 hours…
Dream It, Define It, Implement It, Shine It, Do It…
Never Give UP on your hopes and dreams!
Kristina
Posted in Practice Management Tips, Marketing Strategies, Practice Building Advice, Coaching Corner
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