Monday, August 14, 2006
Getting More Done
I am not sure what the secret is to getting more done. We are at the warehouse 12 hours a day and do not seem to accomplish as much as should be done in that period of time. Two people is 24 man-hours … OK, person-hours … I am older and still not into all of this politically correctness yet. OR, can we still genericly call it “man-hours”?
Sharon and I are really in need of a total overhaul of our system. We need a more efficient use of our time. Maybe answering or even looking at email at certain times of the day. Nothing happens at 8 o’clock, then 9 o’clock then 10 o’clock and so on during the day that could not be taken care of with two or three email checks.
Streamlining the business would slowly make our 12 hour days 10 hour days. It would free up time from making money to learning how to make money. It could change our business from Ebay to internet marketing.
If I keep repeating the same thing, it is because we become what we focus on most of the time. It we focus on being organized we will have to become more organized. Actually that is happening slowly but surely. We have become somewhat more organized, but we have a long way to go.
Efficient use of time is one of the essentials of a successful business. Effective use of time goes hand and hand with efficiency. Effective use of time includes down time and days off to recharge your batteries.
Are you working toward a goal you would like to achieve this year? Are you looking at your time schedule and how you can cram all the things you need to do into the time available to you? Have you given up an hour or more of TV yet? Have you spent more time with your family? Think about you time use and how you can be effective and efficient.
