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Boost Your Productivity By Avoiding These Four Things
Time’s disappearing faster than we can count it. Believe it or not, four months have already whizzed by in 2020. We’re here to achieve our business goals for the year, but there are still things we can do to up our productivity levels.
Do you partake in certain things that might be inhibiting your productivity? Well, we’re here to make you aware of what you should be avoiding.
Here are four things that you need to avoid to boost your productivity:
1 Avoid Multitasking
We like to think that we’re good at everything and that we should be the only authority involved in our business. But does that mean you need to take care of EVERYTHING - from the financial management to the marketing?
Yes, you’re a fantastic entrepreneur and business owner. On the other hand, if you overwork yourself, you’ll be providing poor quality of service to your clients and customers. Which is definitely something you don’t want.
Avoiding multitasking doesn’t just mean focusing on the task at hand. It also means that you need to learn to delegate work to people who are experts in their respective fields. This way, you’ll be so much more productive and your business will continue to grow.
2 Avoid Constantly Checking Your Inbox
Email is one of the best things to come out of the internet. We no longer have to waste any resources unlike previously where we had to send out letters via post.
What this also means is that many of us have become victims of constantly checking our inbox.
“But what if someone important finally replied to that email I sent 5 minutes ago?”
We can promise you this - the only thing coming out of you constantly checking your inbox is anxiety and the severe wastage of your valuable time.
Instead, carve out time during the beginning and end of your workday, and stick to those time slots to check your emails. You won’t believe how much time and stress you’ll be saving.
3 Avoid Saying Yes (all the time)
How many times have you regretted saying ‘yes’ to something?
Maybe you thought it might be beneficial for your business. But, did you forget to also factor in overall costs and time that might go into doing that something?
A lot of us fall prey to long meetings and unnecessary calls just because we think it might benefit our business. But it’s important to take into consideration whether the time spent could be shortened and/or if it’s going to add any value to us or the business.
There’s only so much time in the day so it’s important that we spend it wisely.
4 Avoid Undervaluing Yourself
As a small business owner, you’re on shaky terrain where you’re trying to establish yourself.
Nevertheless, you’re an Entrepreneur. A Business Owner. Avoid the feeling of absolute failure that comes with risk and the lack of surety. You’re way better at this than you think you are , and so, you need to stop undervaluing yourself.
We totally get it. Being a small business owner is scary. You’re scared of making mistakes. We’re not going to lie to you - making mistakes is inevitable. But, we’re here to help you avoid as many as you can.
Like we’ve already stated about delegating work to experts, why not delegate the tough work i.e. your financial management to the experts - to us at Talo Financial.
Let us accountants take the burden off of you so that you can concentrate on more important tasks.
Here to accompany you on this journey,
The Talo Financial Team