So you could say sanity is doing things that work over and over.

When you go to implement something to make your business grow you run into certain barriers that make it difficult:

Real slow at first

Confusion

Distractions

Feeling awkward

Feeling stupid.

Doubts about whether it is going to do any good or not

Forgetfulness

You have to realize that you are going to bump into these things whenever you try to implement something new.

This is probably why people keep doing the same things over and over that never really worked anyway.

How to implement a new tool or system

1. Evaluate the system or tool or skill and decide before hand whether it is worth implementing. Is it going to give you a good ROI for the time, money and effort that you put into it?

2. Realize that when trying to implement it you are going to run into the barriers we just talked about.

3. Decide to work on it every single day until it is in.

4. Continue to review what you are doing and refer back to anything you studied to learn it and continually tweak what you are doing.

5. Schedule a time every day for the next 21 – 28 days to implement it.

Implement Only One New Thing at a Time

It is too easy to get sidetracked and go off onto other things that are constantly coming across your plate in these days of information overload.

When you’ve got that skill down, or that system or tool fully working give your self a pat on the back and KEEP ON DOING IT.

Then decide on the next skill, tool, ability or system to put in that will give you a good ROI for the time, effort and money you invest in it.

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Make a list of things to do, block out the time required to do it and then take the steps necessary to achieve the desired result. Right????

So, why, oh why are people spending hundreds of millions of dollars every year to become better time managers???

Let’s face it, opinions vary on exactly why people do not actually DO the above mentioned steps but the fact of the matter is that this is a HUGE problem for some people and they can never seem to get a handle on it no matter how much money they spend.

I’m going to take a few minutes to very quickly educate you on what Time Management IS and then how to apply these principles to your life.

First, let’s define the words…

Time -  ‘Any specified or defined period.’ From World Book Dictionary

Management -  ‘The process of dealing with or controlling things or people.’ From Oxford American Dictionary

What is Control?

It is defined as, ‘The power to influence or direct people’s behavior or the course of events.’ Again from Oxford American Dictionary

Control could further be defined as the ability to start, change or stop people or things related to life.

OK. So, how do we use this to help us to be better time managers.

Each of us has 24 hours in the day and 7 days in a week. How is it that I could help one gentleman go from doing 44 deals per year as a Realtor to 110 and still have more time off?  I did not wave a magic wand and make all his paperwork disappear. Nor did he hire ten additional staff to help him get everything done.

The God’s honest truth, we removed all the distractions from his life. We handled anything and everything that was preventing him from getting the job done and then we focused on getting the job done. Simple, right???

The biggest drain on a person’s ability to stay focused and get stuff done is all the backlogged and incomplete projects hanging around the person.

I’ll never forget working with another gentleman. He was in a very cramped office and he had tons of clutter and incomplete projects around him. I spent a full day and helped him clean it ALL up. He was so thrilled that he raced home and cleaned up his office and the garage. His wife called to thank me. Needless to say, he was twice as productive that year and made more money in that one year than he had in the previous three years.

Of course, you can do this on your own but most people that I know are too easily distracted and fail to handle every thing. It really helps to have someone there to help you sort out what you should do with each and every thing you come across.

Next I’ll teach you about the 4 D’s of good time management!

Have a productive day!

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