BROKER BOSS

ORGANIZATION

Time Management

"Improving your time management starts with your commitment to take action." 

  • For one week, record how you currently spend your time and challenge anything that is a time waster.
  • Turn your standard daily tasks into habit-forming practices, by incorporating and following a scheduled routine for each. This not only does this streamline your activies; thereby saving you time, but it also creates consitancy. And a steady routine will also aid in your ability to "feel" when you have skiped a step in your established schedule.  
To-Do List 
AKA: Sucess Sheet/ Schedule, Goal Guide, Adventure Agenda

"Through better planning, you can prioritize, delegate the tasks necessary to achieve your goals." 

A To-Do List is a task management list, typically organized in order of priority, that one needs to accomplish or intends to complete. However, subtle variations to this list can lead one on the path to success.
  • Take the time to focus on three things on your To-Do list everyday.
    • Ensure your focused tasks are directly connected to achiving your desired goals.

"A dream written down with a date becomes a GOAL. A goal broken down into steps becomes a PLAN. A plan backed by ACTION can make your dreams come to fruition."

E-mail 

  • Turn off noises and pop-up that notify you of received e-mails.
  • Establish a habit of only checking your email at certain times in the day. (Ex: Upon arrival to work, after lunch, and one hour prior to closing.)
  •  Do you find yourself typing the same letters and or responses?
  • If yes, create templates that may be quickly referenced and/or cut and pasted.


 Phone 

  • Change your ring tone to something happy. 
  • Establish a habit of only checking your voicemail and making return phone calls at certain times in the day. (Ex: Upon arrival to work, after lunch, and one hour prior to closing.)
  • Do you find that you repeat yourself alot to clients?
  • If yes, create phone scripts that may be easily referenced and read.



 FURTHER READING:

80/20 Rule
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle
Many business management experts have cited the 80/20 rule as a tool to maximize business efficiency.