“I just can’t keep up with the emails and phone calls!” My client (we will call her Becky), a financial advisor, shared this concern with me last week. In two days the number of emails, phone calls, and text messages increased from about 30 per day to over 250. Clients were calling freaking out about the market. They were calling wondering if they should [...]
It’s easy to keep doing things the way you’ve always done them. In fact, it is super safe. (Think “wearing a big huge bomb diffusing suit to wave a couple of sparklers around” safe). And . . . it is the one thing that is guaranteed to keep you STUCK in your business! When you keep doing the client work yourself so no one makes [...]
When I hear, "Sorry I'm late!" from someone, I know that the real meaning is usually, "I planned to leave on time but had to put out a fire!" Now, I’ll admit, I DO surround myself with high achieving, passionate business owners. They do have a lot on their plate. They are juggling multiple roles. They also are NOT in the fire safety profession [...]
Did you know that completing one task could take twice as long as it should depending on the time of day? Think back to a time you FORCED yourself to complete a project. Remember the struggle? You were distracted by every shiny object. You kept telling yourself, “Just 15 more minutes - you can do anything for 15 minutes." Then, you realized you spent [...]
One of the most common challenges my high-achieving clients have is procrastination. Now, you may think that “high achieving” and “procrastination” shouldn’t be used in the same sentence . . . but it is true! Because of this, I’ve been doing a lot of reading on procrastination. What causes it? What are some strategies to overcome it? What makes it easy for someone to [...]
There's a common thread among business owners I meet and work with: they feel they must handle everything themselves. An important capacity-building step is to learn how to delegate tasks. And my friend Lisa Licursi of Elite Virtual Assistants has some important guidance on this step for lawyers! Laura understands that small or solo practices want to keep as much of their money as [...]
Here we are ... three weeks into January. So how are you doing on those firm New Year's resolutions you set? Not to be negative, but did you know that 30% of people give up after 2 weeks, and less than half are still focused and achieving success after 6 months? GRRRR . . . those aren’t great statistics. Guess what - I have [...]
Previously I've written about how the number 168 has magical time management powers. (OK - maybe not magical powers, but using the fact that there are 168 hours in the week, and determining how to allocate them ahead of time, is certainly a powerful time management principle.) [Tweet "Being proactive instead of reactive with your time is powerful."] No Refusal Payday Loans AND [...]
Every one of us is different - and we each face different obstacles - with our lives and our businesses. That’s why one-size-fits-all solutions don’t always speak to people. This is especially true when we talk about time management. We need to see how a particular time management strategy or technique will address our specific situation if we have any hope of creating [...]
A better question - do you schedule your priorities or prioritize your schedule? Think about this question - it really is two different things! Samantha King, over at It's An Entrepreneur Thing, answers this question and others! She has dedicated the month of January to finding your way back into your rhythms. It's all about time management and getting organized after a busy holiday season. [...]
