Take care of Business NOW!

Taking care of business is something we all have to learn. One thing I found works is to take care of things as they come up. Whenever a customer needs something, I try to organize it right on the spot. Now this doesn't always work, but that's what dictation machines are for. If you have a new cell phone nowadays, you can probably use it as a recording device. Take notes like this. I write a lot with my iPhone. I use it to prepare small 10-20 min audio books for distribution. I also use it to take notes. One thing someone taught me years ago is how to multi-task, but do it to save time, not to get tangled up in electronic chaos. If you work in a home office or your companies office, you can do a simple step that will help the chaos subside. Turn off all your toys and telephones for the first 10 min of your day. Take a blank piece of paper and list 10 things you need to get done and that you can do today. These things can be private or business. Once you have the list ready write another 1-10 next to that list and prioritize the list. Lay this next to you on your desk or in the car and you can have piece of mind that these are the things you need to do, you have written them down, prioritized them and now someone can call you to try and throw you out of sync, but it wont work, but you have your list. Over time you will find that this method will fine tune itself. The first days will be hard, but you just have to take the things you did not accomplish from your day and put it to the next days list, if it did not take care of itself. Keep each day in a folder and count how many actions you were able to accomplish after 1 year. You will be amazed what a structure will bring into your life.