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You may have heard of the Pareto Principle, or the '80:20 Rule': 80% of your effort generates only 20% of your results. Conversely, only 20% of your effort generates the other 80% of your results.
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Part Six: Put Technology to Work |
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51. Use an accounting program such as Quicken™ or Quickbooks™ to keep your finances up to date. Once you have the program set up, it automatically keeps track of your account balances, overdue invoices, bills for you to pay, etc.
52. Use a messenger service. Instead of driving across town, hire it done. It's more cost-effective than you might think.
53. Determine what one thing you’re avoiding, and start it. |
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Part Seven: On the Homefront |
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61. Prepare several meals on Sunday afternoon, freezing portions of them for later use. You’ll spend very little time in meal preparation during the work week.
62. Deal with bills as soon as they come in. Thanks to Internet-accessible checking accounts, you can now "prepay" many bills as soon as you receive them. When the bill is paid, you get an electronic notification and confirmation number by email from the bank.
63. Keep a running log, very free-form, of what you’ve done. It can save oodles of time and stress when you need to remember something you just did yesterday...or was it day before last? |
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Part Eight: Make Time Your Friend |
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71. Have separate "work islands" for different types of projects to save set-up/break-down time. Examples: computer station for what has to be done online/keyboard; editing desk for proofreading; off-desk plexi-kiosk for to-be-filed accumulation; bookshelf unit and desk dedicated to only the art-related work.
72. Make all your telephone calls at one designated time.
73. Recognize the things or people that cause distraction and avoid them. Don't get side-tracked into one activity to the detriment of others. |
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Part Nine: Cut Down & Cut Out |
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81. Consider each minute as being the crucial minute in which something supremely vital for your project may come about. You'll never waste time again!
82. Keep a wall calendar on which you rate the previous day’s time management efforts on a scale of 1-10. At the end of the month, tally up and divide the days and give yourself a percentage rating which you compare month to month.
83. Delegate, delegate, delegate! |
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Part Ten: Know Your Primary Objectives |
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91. Break down extra large tasks into smaller parts so you won't tire of the project and leave it unfinished.
92. Establish a post office box. You can open, sort and discard all your mail at the post office and don’t need to bring it to your office. You can't imagine the time you can save, the space you can save in your office and how effective it is not to have to handle mail more than once. 93. Anytime you’re stuck waiting in line, get out a pen and small pad of paper and do a "brain dump" of all those little things that float around your mind (like the item you need from the drug store or the note you want to send to a friend or the one thing you want to remember to tell your spouse about). It’s amazing the freedom you’ll gain from simply writing things down, not to mention how much easier it will be to accomplish the tasks! |
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