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3 Secrets to Finishing Work Earlier

Guest post by: Lorraine Pirihi

Article Overview: What are you focusing on achieving in your business in the next 90 days? Do you have any idea? If you don't then you better come up with a goal or outcome otherwise you may find that another 3 months has passed you by and you're no further ahead than where you are right now. When you've got a clear focus, you can easily say 'no' to activities and people who distract you.

3 Secrets to Finishing Work Earlier

What are you focusing on achieving in your business in the next 90 days?

Do you have any idea? If you don't then you better come up with a goal or outcome otherwise you may find that another 3 months has passed you by and you're no further ahead than where you are right now. When you've got a clear focus, you can easily say 'no' to activities and people who distract you.

Simple things like turning email and mobiles off, closing the door, working elsewhere and only having what you need to on your desk all help to stay focussed, however there's often other areas that take you off track. ..and that you can be completely oblivious to! John's Story

John regularly arrives at his office by 8.30 a.m. each day and rarely getshome by 8.30 p.m. This severely impacts on his health and family life. He was stressedto the max and his wife and kids barely see him. He has 'no time' to work on his business which has put a ceiling on his profitability.

Here's some of the reasons why he was 'working' long hours:

1. John was leaving his office door open all day and he let his team interrupt him constantly. He's a 'nice guy' and doesn't like to say 'no'. He found it was easier to get his work done after everyone else went home.

2. His family life was very important to him, yet he didn't plan to be home at a specific time... there was no clear focus on his finishing time.

3. John didn't use a diary to plan his day. He used his telephone to remind him of his appointments and that was all the planning he did!

..and that's just for starters!

So now he is:

* Closing his office door and allocating specific times of the day to be available to his team. He's also arranged for a regular weekly team meeting to improve communications within the office.

* John has decided 6.00 p.m. is a reasonable time to be home, so he's now got a clear time focus on when he needs to finish up for the day.

* He's bought a diary and structured his working day. John has a plan to follow and just needs to follow his own plan.

Making these three simple changes to start with will have a major impact on John's business and life.

The Final Word

It sounds so simple... and it is. Having a structure and clear focus (plus consistent action) will determine how and where you spend your time and the results you achieve. Make sure the direction you're heading this year is where you want to go!

Now, if you're sick of working long hours and still are not sure what to do to work less and make more money in a simple and practical way that feels right to you, then it's time to start doing things differently. The Productivity and Profit

Home Study System^TM avoids the "Bright Shiny Object Syndrome" and instead gives you the most important things to do to set up simple,systems so that you overcome stress and overwhelm and get more done than you ever thought possible.

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