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The Time-Efficient Business
It doesn’t depend on time – it depends on time management
Good morning Achievers,
Building a business while working a normal job is hard.
It’s frustrating.
You come home exhausted, and then working on your business?
It robs you of your last bit of energy.
And time? There’s never enough.
I’ve got good news for you. This ends now.
You may think that you have a massive disadvantage compared to full-time entrepreneurs.
That’s not true.
Most of them don’t know how to use their time either.
They get lost in the endless distractions their free time gives them. But how is it possible that some people work just 2 hours a day and still make a living?
They know how to use their work time. And their work time is limited, because in the other 22 hours, they want to live their lives.
Now, I’ll break down how you can do this too and start accelerating your business into your main source of income.
Time management is priority management
“Just work on what moves the needle the most.”
Sounds easy, but it’s hard. So, what moves the needle?
To answer this, we need to look deeper into your business:
What are you currently working on?
What drives income in your business?
What prevents you from earning more?
Every business has things that hold it back. When those things get removed, the business scales.
That’s what we need to do:
Figure out what prevents you from making more profit, and then make that your priority.
“But I have xyz I need to do too“
I get you.
Just because you have a priority doesn’t mean you should ignore everything else. There are foundational things that are important too:
growing your brand
creating content
making videos
etc.
Whatever it is, you need to manage both – priorities AND foundations.
How to manage different tasks
It can feel overwhelming to juggle multiple things in the little time you have. But with the right system, it just becomes another routine.
Create your routine
The first step is to define your work times.
Can you work on your business in the morning?
Can you work on it in the afternoon?
Both?
Make a list of the hours you actually have for your business.
Then assign the tasks. Your priorities should consume 70% of your business time. The other 30% goes to repeatable foundational tasks.
To work with maximum focus, the 70% should be scheduled in one big block.
Example: If you only have 30 minutes in the morning, don’t use it for your main priority. Work on that when you have at least one uninterrupted hour.
Once you’ve identified the time of day when your focus and energy are naturally highest, you can assign the 30%.
First, define what those things are:
Content creation?
Post scheduling?
Writing emails?
Engagement?
Then schedule them into your daily routine.
Example: If you’re most creative in the morning, schedule content creation for that time.
Make it a habit
As always, it’s all about how consistently you stick to the routine.
Working on it once a week while six days are chaos makes no sense. Take some time to build the habit, then repeat it over and over again until it becomes second nature.
The deeper it’s ingrained, the easier it gets to slip into focus during those times.
Quote of the week
“The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.”
Hope you’ll get more done with these strategies.
Let’s have another productive week.
See you,
Eli