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The Ultimate Time Management Tip

Written by: Jim Meisenheimer

Article Overview: If you're like most people, you probably don't enjoy waiting and neither do I. This article has eight practical ideas you can use to turn waiting time into productive time.

The Ultimate Time Management Tip

How To Turn Waiting Time Into Productive Time

If you're selling today, it means a good chunk of your time is spent waiting.
You wait for customers, managers, callbacks, and planes. Here are eight
creative ways to use your waiting time more effectively.

1. Call your extended family. Your call will likely make their day and
possibly yours too.

2. Read a sales article from your reading file. Put all the sales articles and
business articles you'd like to read in manila folder labeled Reading File.
Make sure it¡¯s loaded with good sales articles.

3. Using a composition notebook jot down your ideas for pending projects.
Use your notebook to periodically record "things that work" during your
sales calls. Keep your notebook in your briefcase. It¡¯s not a diary ¨C
consider it a journal for your ideas.

4. Use waiting time to review and prioritize your daily "To Do List" adding
and deleting wherever appropriate. Remember to always do what's most
important first.

5. Send handwritten thank you notes, to your customers, using a fountain
pen. Always carry a supply of note cards and stamps. Get in the habit of
sending handwritten notes to your customers ever day.

6. Expand your network. Use waiting time to call leads, referrals, and
anyone else, who can expand your business network.

7. Take advantage of your waiting time to listen to
www.TheGreatCourses.com, your favorite music, read a poem, read
Scripture, read a chapter from an unfinished book or take some time just to
meditate.

8. Mentally rehearse what you're planning to do on your next call. Imagine
your success before you experience it.

The next time you¡¯re waiting for someone or waiting for a delayed flight,
consider your options. Waiting time doesn't have to be downtime.

Turning your waiting time into productive time - is the ultimate time
management tip.

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