Have You Scheduled An Appointment With Yourself Lately?
This may seem like a strange question. Why would you need to schedule an appointment with yourself? Do you find yourself saying, as I often do, “I wish I had more time.” Do you find that you start tasks and never seem to complete them? How many reports have you started in the past three months or more and not completed them?
If any of the above questions even remotely sound like they apply to you, it's time to make an appointment with yourself. Many of us who have an online business have other businesses or may work outside of the home, whether it's a 9-5 job or another schedule that takes you away from home. You also have family and other responsibilities, which may or may not include young children.
It's very easy to fall into a routine of crisis management, where we just attack what seems to be the most critical at that moment. I know that has happened to me a lot recently…and that's not good business practice. It's not a good practice for any part of our lives.
Scheduling an appointment with yourself means that you will need to take time to put in writing all the short term things you need to do in your life, not just your business, then take time to sit down and make a realistic schedule. It would be impractical to make a schedule for only one part of your life and not incorporate all aspects. Do not think of this time as time wasted because it's critical so that you (more…)
