Do you always take on more than you can handle? Are you looking for a way to focus on your work without being distracted by other people's priorities?
Productive entrepreneurs and successful managers make smart decisions about how they spend their time, energy and resources. Here’s a list of activities that you might want to exclude from your routine:
Activities you can delegate
You can't build anything on weaknesses. Focus on your strengths. For example, you may have excellent copywriting skills and you can write the best text in the world, but you have problems concerning the photo content that accompanies the text.
Say NO to all the hours lost on studying online tutorials or developing graphic designer skills. Instead, focus on what you can do better and delegate the SMM to someone else.
Alternatively, if you work in a larger business, you might excel in data analysis, but have difficulty presenting information in a visually appealing way. Instead of trying to improve your PowerPoint skills, we recommend that you talk to a colleague who can turn your analysis into an easy-to-understand format. This way, you can move faster by focusing on your strengths instead of trying to improve your weaknesses.
Urgent, but not important requests
An email with an urgent request arrives in your inbox. The answer takes about 10 minutes and has nothing to do with what you are working on. Although it is good to help others, these urgent but unimportant activities consume time and mental energy. The situation seems familiar, doesn't it?
Say YES to important tasks that help you reach your goals faster and say LATER to anything else. After you do your job, you can return to those requests and activities.
Exhausting ways of working
There are sales managers who organize their day so that they are constantly surrounded by others. This style of work motivates them and helps them be efficient.
On the other hand, there are managers who need personal time and space to reflect, before making a decision. They like to work in peace and solitude, and being surrounded by people makes them exhausted and unable to concentrate.
You can't say one style or another is good or bad. Moreover, both are fine, as long as they give results. Don't approach a style that doesn't suit you, just because it brings results to someone else.
Say NO kindly
Learning how and when to say no is a skill that requires practice. It is especially difficult to learn this if you are used to constantly taking care of others.
When you’ll get to know yourself and your work style, you will be able to better identify situations when you need to refuse or postpone, until you have time to help a colleague or friend.
We hope you’ll take into account these pieces of advice and become more efficient for your business!
