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Where did the day go???<\/h3>\n

Do you ever look at your watch, phone, or clock at work, its gone 5pm and time to go home and wonder \u201cwhere did the day go?\u201d<\/p>\n

You look at the list of things you wanted to get done and rather than have ticked some items off, you\u2019ve added to it!<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve been fire fighting all day, up against the clock.<\/p>\n

You didn\u2019t have control of your day.<\/p>\n

You start to get stressed, realise you\u2019ll be taking work home. You\u2019ll get home, kids happy to see you and you\u2019ll be grumpy Mum or Dad, stressed out because you\u2019ve got work that MUST be done TONIGHT!<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been there in my business and I see it with clients running their own businesses as well.<\/p>\n

What is great, is when you\u2019re able to introduce new ways of working that allow business owners to focus on the important stuff so that when the clock gets to home time\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026they go home\u2026<\/p>\n

..and don\u2019t play the grumpy parent\/partner\/friend because they\u2019ve got WORK! To do.<\/p>\n

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Get that balance back<\/h3>\n

The key to getting that balance back is by focusing on the right work to do.<\/p>\n

We use the Achiever Matrix<\/a> based on Stephen R Covey\u2019s Time Management Grid from his book Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Achiever Matrix<\/h3>\n

The Achiever Matrix enables us to divide tasks and activities between Important and Urgent, Not Important and Not Urgent.<\/p>\n

The key to this is to try to spend most of your time working in quadrant 2 \u2013 quadrant of quality, where you are in control.<\/p>\n

More time in quadrant 2 means less time will be spent in quadrant 1 \u2013 the fire-fighting quadrant.<\/p>\n

All the tasks you shouldn\u2019t be doing are in quadrants 3 and 4.<\/p>\n

Quadrant 3 tasks \u2013 delegate these to a team member or outsource.<\/p>\n

Quadrant 4 tasks \u2013 STOP!! No more watching cat videos on YouTube and aimlessly scrolling through Facebook.<\/p>\n

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Having clarity and peace of mind from knowing how our businesses are performing and where they are going means we\u2019re less stressed and can enjoy time away from the business much more.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019d like a free 30 minute meeting to discuss how we can help you run the business you want, please get in touch<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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