EFFICIENCY TIP NO. 6

If you’re having a hard time leaving the office on time try these following three (3) suggestions:

1. On your calendar each day, make an appointment with yourself to “close up shop”( i.e. stop working) 30 minutes before you want to leave. When that time comes – i.e. 30 minutes before you are to leave work –  stop doing whatever you are doing and begin clearing your desk, packing your bag, and checking off your daily task list.

2. Fifteen minutes before you leave, stop taking phone calls and close down your computer. Start making the next day’s task list.

3. Five minutes before leaving, get up from your chair and look around the office. Did you forget anything? Do you have everything you need?

If all is well, leave a few minutes early.

The above three suggestions were adapted from a book by Paula Peisner-Coxe titled “Finding Time: Breathing Space for Women Who Do Too Much.”

Many small business owners are run by their businesses instead of running their businesses. Because they are working for themselves, they burn their proverbial candles at both ends; working from dawn to dusk. Unfortunately, they fail to realise that this kind of behaviour reduces productivity.

Also, due to failing economy all over the world, a lot of organisations are operating with less than adequate number of staff. The few staff ‘running the show’ are always over-worked and don’t usually have enough time for themselves, let alone for family.

I recall the story of a lady employee of my bank. The woman is (or was?) very beautiful, warm, friendly and quite efficient.  I had been customer with the bank for a few years before she joined the bank; I therefore saw her at her fresh-self.  She used to be very well groomed and a joy to behold. Fast forward 2 years later, she has become a shadow of herself; she has aged considerably and not always as impeccably dressed as before.

If you want to get more bang out of less time, try these steps and share with friends. To Your Outstanding Success!

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