I know this doesn’t have much to do with Internet Marketing per say… But it is something all of us small business owners should learn more about. The topic today is Time Management.

I attended a time management class a while back and have also been learning from some friends.

These are a few obvious things I try and work on every day:

Keeping a clean email inbox. Thousands of emails don’t help anyone! So I create tons and tons of folders. I probably have 100 or more folders in my email program and sort all my messages by folders. It allows me to save a lot of time when I’m looking for a particular message.

My work area. My work area has a tendancy to get messy. I’m a messy person by nature. However I’ve read that having a messy work area is a sign that I’m not organized and am probably wasting time. So now I try and keep my work area clean.

Those are obvious right?

But how about in your business or at your job. Do you leave instant messenger on all day?

Do you know that this is a big time waster? One of my friends taught me to only turn on instant messenger for small periods of time every day. Or maybe only turn it on once per hour for 15 minutes. That way you can have 45 minutes uninterrupted to get your work done.

The same goes for email. Do you leave your email open all day? Are any messages that urgent that need to be responded to immediately? What if you only checked your email once per hour. That way you can focus the rest of the time on getting work done!

Just these few things allow me to focus my time much more efficiently.

How about you?

Do you have any time management tips you’d like to share with us? Click on the comments link below this message and leave me a comment!

Have a great day,
Ben Fitts

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