Learning a new way to manage my time

by Joshua King on September 22, 2011 · 0 comments

in My Daily Journal

Over the years I have spent a great deal of my time working 12+ hours a day with very few holidays or time off. Much of that really was my on fault and I that I allowed it to continue was just plain nuts.

I have always  work in a very stressful job and have even owned my own brick and morter business, there’s always a ton of stuff to do and managing a staff of 30+ can have its moments. (My desire for freedom is so strong that it’s at the top of my mediation list everyday)

Over the last year I have worked hard to become more free.  I wanted to share some of the things that I’ve done that have freed a good chunck of my time so I can focus more on building a business that will allow me all the time freedom I want.

Thinks that I have done on my Job/Work

  1. I have taken a staff phone list home with me so that I don’t have to go to my job to call some one when a staff member dosn’t show up or is sick (like this morning)
  2. I keep this phone list updated (this was always hard for me and don’t ask me why because its a really easy thing to do
  3. I keep a 2 or 3 persons in my hopper in case I have to make some fast changes to staffing or had to let someone go, this safety net allows some piece of mind
  4. I hire doers not talkers. I assess my new team  members quickly and just plain give them more responsibility
  5. I document everything right down to when I talk with person, see the last post as this one thing has really helped me so much
  6. I make a point of eating (I used to go all day without eating and then gorge at night in one sitting, definitely not great for my body at this age)
  7. I have set strick boundries about when the staff can call me and in fact I document this as well and continuosly reinforce this with any new staff that come on and the more senior staff make sure they groom the new hires fast
  8. I train and I train
  9. I inform and I inform
  10. I keep the expectations really high everyday as I give everyone on the team a specific task daily and I do check for completion

Stuff that I have done at home

  1.  I have reduced the amount of tv by 3 hours a day
  2.  I buy only organic and healthy things for food
  3. I eat fruits and vegetables
  4. I have a green drink everyday
  5. I work really hard at keeping the house clean and have someone come in to help once in a while
  6. I read everyday
  7. I meditate daily
  8. I listing to self development tapes everyday

New Venture

  1. I write one blog/article a day
  2. I syndicate that content once a day
  3. I learn something new about my business everyday
  4. I research something new that I can add as an extra affiliate income stream
  5. I write an article everyday

 

I work on this daily and then repeat if you want to learn more about why I have created this system visit my page

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