Time is a Thief… or are we just being busy being busy?

We are all busy and have too much to do in the working day, but where does the time go?

This year 2011 is almost gone as we move in December next week. We all know that there are 360 days in 12 months. Which should give us loads of time, but the weeks fly past so fast. No sooner we have got up on Monday morning and it’s Friday afternoon again and the weekend is here.

The time rolls out with months passing, the seasons going from spring, through this year’s rubbish summer, to autumn and here we are waiting for the cold winter to start and hopefully not a load of deep snow.

But where does that time go?  We all have 1440 minutes a day, a typical week of 40 -60 hours and four or five weeks in every month.  But still the time gets away from us never to be repeated. So it’s got to be what we do in the hours and minutes we have available.  The trick is to use your time effectively and only invest time in things that are productive and lead to revenue and growing your business.

Below are a few examples of where to spend your time and effort during the day to get the best results.

1. Taking time to make telephone calls to new prospects.
2. Following up on proposals, quotations, and networking contacts.
3. Adding business contacts that you meet through networking, to a database.
4. Chasing up on outstanding Money and invoiced work.
5. Updating your social network profiles.
6. Progressing projects to the next stage and move towards the completion and final invoice.
7. Make a List and actions for all the things to go on a “To do it list ”
8. Put a call or email into your existing customers.
9. Look at your online presence, website and company logo and image.
10. Check everything that is date sensitive on your website and marketing.

Try to spend 80% of your time in productive tasks and your business will move forward and despite the time racing past so will your business develop and make more money.