JANUARY 2018 UP MAG

-Sandi Hawkes
TAKE BACK
YOUR TIME AS A
BUSINESS
PROFESSIONAL
Time is something many of us take for granted. As busy entrepreneurs we are
constantly managing interruptions in our day. We must constantly strive to
focus and stick to the daily plan to achieve those goals. We must wisely
manage and use the precious hours in each day to be productive and achieve
our goals.
One of the biggest distractions and time drains can be social media, if not
used properly. It is a great asset to promote our businesses, products and
services, yet it can become a “black hole” shifting our attention to things that
don’t get us to our daily goals. The other distractions can be email and
browsing the web. These are essential tools for learning and managing our
businesses, but we must set time blocks to use them. One very effective
browser tool tracker is https://www.rescuetime.com/. I tried a trial for one
month and was shocked at the analytics that made me realize the exact
percentage of time I spent on tasks that were not delivering the intended
results – profits. RescueTime helps you understand your daily habits so you
can focus and be more productive and who doesn’t want that?
It tracks time spent on applications and websites to give you an accurate
picture of your day and generates detailed data and reports based on your
daily activity. They also offer a product for organizations:
https://www.rescuetime.com/orgs. We are all being tracked by search
engines, but I believe this is a tool well worth trying for free or the premium
version with a 14-day free trial.
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