Time Management Tips for Small Business Owners

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tTIPS FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS

Gabriela Taylor

TIMEMANAGEMENT

2. PRIORITIZE

3. HAVE A CUSHION

4. DELEGATE

5. DON’T EXPECT PERFECTION

6. OUTSOURCE

7. PLAN EFFECTIVELY

8. DO NOT MULTITASK

9. TAKE A REST

10. CREATE TO-DO LISTS

11. USE TECHNOLOGY

12. BUILD A SYSTEM

13. REDUCE MEETINGS

14. LEARN TO SAY ‘NO’

1. TRUST YOUR TEAM

HAVE A TEAM YOU TRUST

You need to have people you can trust in times of crisis

CUSHION

DELEGATING

PERFECTION

OUTSOURCING

PLANNING

MULTITASKING

RESTING

TO-DO LISTS

TECHNOLOGY

SYSTEMS

MEETINGS

SAYING ‘NO’

TEAM

PRIORITIES

PRIORITIZE

When time is crucial you need to figure out which task has more importance

PRIORITIES

TEAM

CUSHION

DELEGATING

PERFECTION

OUTSOURCING

PLANNING

MULTITASKING

RESTING

TO-DO LISTS

TECHNOLOGY

SYSTEMS

MEETINGS

SAYING ‘NO’

HAVE A CUSHION

When setting tasks, make sure you take less time in executing them than required

HAVE A CUSHION

TEAM

PRIORITIES

DELEGATING

PERFECTION

OUTSOURCING

PLANNING

MULTITASKING

RESTING

TO-DO LISTS

TECHNOLOGY

SYSTEMS

MEETINGS

SAYING ‘NO’

DELEGATE RESPONSIBILITY

You need to consider what you can get done and what you can’t

TEAM

CUSHION

DELEGATING

PRIORITIES

PERFECTION

OUTSOURCING

PLANNING

MULTITASKING

RESTING

TO-DO LISTS

TECHNOLOGY

SYSTEMS

MEETINGS

SAYING ‘NO’

DON’T EXPECT PERFECTIONEven if you try to get as close to the idea as possible you will find that it is a time eating monster

DELEGATING

PERFECTION

CUSHION

TEAM

PRIORITIES

OUTSOURCING

PLANNING

MULTITASKING

RESTING

TO-DO LISTS

TECHNOLOGY

SYSTEMS

MEETINGS

SAYING ‘NO’

OUTSOURCE

You may be able to get better results from a company that specializes in a particular task

PERFECTION

OUTSOURCING

DELEGATING

CUSHION

TEAM

PRIORITIES

PLANNING

MULTITASKING

RESTING

TO-DO LISTS

TECHNOLOGY

SYSTEMS

MEETINGS

SAYING ‘NO’

EFFECTIVE PLANNING

Set goals and create timelines associated with them

OUTSOURCING

PLANNING

PERFECTION

DELEGATING

CUSHION

TEAM

PRIORITIES

MULTITASKING

RESTING

TO-DO LISTS

TECHNOLOGY

SYSTEMS

MEETINGS

SAYING ‘NO’

DO NOT MULTITASKThe human brain is actually hard wired to perform sequential tasks rather than multitask

PLANNING

MULTITASKING

OUTSOURCING

PERFECTION

DELEGATING

CUSHION

TEAM

PRIORITIES

RESTING

TO-DO LISTS

TECHNOLOGY

SYSTEMS

MEETINGS

SAYING ‘NO’

TAKE A REST

Arriving to work tired and working endlessly may be lowering the quality of your work

MULTITASKING

TAKING A REST

PLANNING

OUTSOURCING

PERFECTION

DELEGATING

CUSHION

TEAM

PRIORITIES

TO-DO LISTS

TECHNOLOGY

SYSTEMS

MEETINGS

SAYING ‘NO’

HAVE A TO-DO LIST

Keep a list of tasks that you need to get done personally and professionally

TAKING A REST

TO-DO LISTS

TECHNOLOGY

SYSTEMS

MEETINGS

SAYING‘NO’

MULTITASKING

PLANNING

OUTSOURCING

PERFECTION

DELEGATING

CUSHION

TEAM

PRIORITIES

TECHNOLOGY IS YOUR NEW BEST FRIENDProject management software programs help keep your business on track

TO-DO LISTS

TECHNOLOGY

SYSTEMS

MEETINGS

SAYING ‘NO’

TAKING A REST

MULTITASKING

PLANNING

OUTSOURCING

PERFECTION

DELEGATING

CUSHION

TEAM

PRIORITIES

REMOVE ALL BARRIERS TO COMMUNICATIONDelayed communications are more detrimental to your business than you’d think

TECHNOLOGY

SYSTEMS

SAYING ‘NO’

MEETINGS

TO-DO LISTS

TAKING A REST

MULTITASKING

PLANNING

OUTSOURCING

PERFECTION

DELEGATING

CUSHION

TEAM

PRIORITIES

REDUCE MEETINGS

Time is money in business and you cannot afford to spend hours in meetings

TECHNOLOGY

SYSTEMS

MEETINGS

SAYING ‘NO’

TO-DO LISTS

TAKING A REST

MULTITASKING

PLANNING

OUTSOURCING

PERFECTION

DELEGATING

CUSHION

TEAM

PRIORITIES

LEARN TO SAY ‘NO’This is a word that you would never want to say to someone, but sometimes it just needs to be done

TECHNOLOGY

SYSTEMS

MEETINGS

SAYING ‘NO’

TO-DO LISTS

TAKING A REST

MULTITASKING

PLANNING

OUTSOURCING

PERFECTION

DELEGATING

CUSHION

TEAM

PRIORITIES

Author, Marketer & Holistic Business Coach

Gabriela TaylorI help entrepreneurs discover and fully live their purpose and business ambitions

through powerful one-on-one coaching, consulting and transformational workshops.

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