Practice the following techniques to become the master of your own time:
Tip 1: Carry a schedule and record all your thoughts, conversations and activities for a week.
Tip 2: Any activity or conversation that's important to your success should have a time assigned to it.
Tip 3: Plan to spend at least 50 percent of your time engaged in the thoughts, activities and conversations that produce most of your results.
Tip 4: Schedule time for interruptions. Plan time to be pulled away from what you're doing. Take, for instance, the concept of having "office hours." Isn't "office hours" another way of saying "planned interruptions?"
Tip 5: Take the first 30 minutes of every day to plan your day. Don't start your day until you complete your time plan. The most important time of your day is the time you schedule to schedule time.
Tip 6: Take five minutes before every call and task to decide what result you want to attain.
Tip 7: Put up a "Do not disturb" sign when you absolutely have to get work done.
Tip 8: Practice not answering the phone just because it's ringing and e-mails just because they show up. Disconnect instant messaging.
Tip 9: Don't instantly give people your attention unless it's absolutely crucial in your business to offer an immediate human response. Instead, schedule a time to answer email and return phone calls.
Tip 10: Block out other distractions like Facebook and other forms of social media unless you use these tools to generate business.
Remember that it's impossible to get everything done. Also remember that odds are good that 20 percent of your thoughts, conversations and activities produce 80 percent of your results.
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