Your time is precious and all too often we can get ourselves in the situation where we’re flat out and just can’t get to the stuff that matters.
I believe this is so important I created a full training on it in my program, The Scale Project™️.
I’d love to share 5 of the concepts with you today to help you gain a few more hours to work on what’s important to you.
OK…
#1 The Cone of Silence
I used to fly to Sydney each week when I had my agency there and I’d get more work done on that plane than any other time.
Reason being, I was in my seat, had no distractions, internet or phone and I wasn’t waiting for the next interruption.
Focus is so powerful.
When you are focussing on deep work, remove all distractions, ideally move away from your office and go to somewhere nobody can get to you.
Turn off notifications, your phone, let your team know not to disturb you and be amazed by just how much you plough through.
#2 Batch the Boring Stuff
Email, admin etc, do them all at once and do them when your energy is at its lowest.
Save your work that requires more focus when you are most productive.
Email is a time sucker and is essentially the place everybody else goes to make demands on your time. Work to your agenda, not theirs and stop checking your email constantly…2 -3 times/ day is plenty.
Better still use a tool like lindy,ai to manage it for you. Give it a go! We trialled it recently and it’s great.
#3 The $200/Hour Work Filter
If you start attaching a value to each task you perform throughout the day, you’ll soon see you are likely doing many things below your paygrade.
It’s time to delegate low level tasks, or automate them.
What are the things that you are doing repeatedly that someone else could be doing for you for $10/hr?
As you go through your day notice them and then plan to delegate them. An offshore VA will be perfect or increasingly AI tools such as Lindy that I mentioned above.
#4 Give Yourself Tight Deadlines.
If you’re a procrastinator, do things closer to the deadline so you don’t spend more time doing it. Think client proposals, staff reviews, preparing for a new client meeting. Anything that has to be done by a certain time really…
Don’t make it so tight that it stresses you … just tight enough to get the blood pumping 😊
#5 Create “Unequal” Days
Are all your days structured the same?
If so, this could help. Start creating specific days to break up your week/month and help you focus.
For example, you could structure your month like this.
– 1 CEO Day. A day each month to plan and review
– 15 Recruiter Days. Days you purely recruit.
– 2 Business Days. To work on, not in the business (Think Marketing, Finance, Ops etc).
– 1 Freedom Day. A day to work on a passion project for your business
– 1 No Rules Day – To catch up on those things that have been piling up…
There’s a lot we can do to free ourselves from overwhelm and the daily grind and I hope there are 1 or 2 ideas above you like that help you find a few more spare hours in your week.
Cheers
BK
