| How to Make Sure You Have a Great Weekend I have been preaching for sometime that entrepreneurs need to take more time off rather than less. But how do you get started? Well for a start, try taking weekends off and spending time with your family doing things you enjoy. If you are interested in making this weekend one of the best you've had here’s a way that works for me. Mostly, I make no client appointments on Fridays. Fridays are a clean -up day for me. They are for working on the business, for getting organized and for planning. Each Friday, I begin planning my calendar for the week, preparing my “to do” list for all the tasks I know will have to be completed. I prioritize them by deciding their strategic importance and their urgency. I look to delegate any tasks that are not mission critical; even if I know I could do them better my self. This by the way is not often. There are so many people better at a lot of things than me. I also plan my Monday, so that I am ready to run as soon as I start work on Monday. The rest of Friday, I work on plans for the business, things I need to delegate, odd errands I have to run, but didn’t have time for during the week. It’s also a good thinking day. My Fridays are busy days, but when I am done, I can take off for the weekend knowing that most of what I have to get done next week is at least planned. More importantly I don’t have a backlog of administrative things hanging over me like a cloud, nagging at me because they haven’t been done. Working this way takes some practice and doggedness but the bottom line is:
Try it; you’ll be glad you did. You’ll come back to work on Monday more energized and better able to cope with what your business throws at you. |
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