by Elaine | Blog, Time Management
Remember how your school days were divided into different subject periods? Do the same with your workdays now. Consider the major types of work you have before you and divide the day into work periods of an hour or so each. Schedule specific time slots to follow up...
by Elaine | Blog, Starting Your Business
Find a place of your own If at all possible, find a separate room for working purposes only. It’s a convenient way to isolate yourself from the rest of the house while you focus on your work. When clients call, they should not be aware that you are operating a...
by Elaine | Blog, Starting Your Business
If you’re going to work at home, rather than just be at home, you need to create an environment that will allow you to operate in a business-like manner. There is plenty of advice available from people who tried all different kinds of work-from-home arrangements....
by Elaine | Blog, Time Management
A to-do list should be just that…a list of things that you plan to do. Planning requires that you choose high-priority activities, estimate how long they will take to do, decide when you will do them, and enter them as actions in your planner/calendar. Keep your...
by Elaine | Blog, Time Management
Have you ever said, “I just can’t seem to get my to-do list done!” Do you think if you just got organized enough you could get everything done? Don’t count on it. The average person has so many things on their list that if they did nothing else but work on those...
