From my diaries
Category:Motivation
Welcome to a follow up of the first post on this topic.Let's forge on.
6 HOT TIME MANAGEMENT TIPS continued
3.Delegate duties.
You don't have to be the one to do everything.Give the less important duties to someone else so that you can do the ones only you can do best.
Running personal errands is a waste of time.Robert W. Bly put forth this tactic of hiring a personal assistant or using some of the many personal services firms to do this stuff for you.Let someone do the shopping,cooking,watering the plants,washing the clothes and cleaning the house.Pay them moderate fees.This fee would have lower monetary value than what you would achieve in that period.
4.Prioritize your activities.
One of the best way to do this is to use the ABCDE method.
A Item-The very important task that must be done or else you'll face serious consequences.If it is more than one,prioritize them by writing A-1,A-2,..
B Item-It is what you should do.It has mild consequences.
C Item-It is something that would be nice to do but for which there are no consequences at all,whether you do it or not.
D Item-It can be delegated to someone else,giving you more time for the A tasks.
E Item-It can be eliminated and it won't make any real difference.It may be a habit.
Do the most critical tasks at your peak moment.This is when you'r freshest and most energetic.It varies in persons.It may be morning,afternoon or midnight.At this time,avoid interruption.Let every one around you know that during these hours,certainly you are unavailable.
Start with a list of everything you have to do for the coming day.
According to the 80/20 rule,20% of your activities will account for 80% of your results.Therefore,"you must adamantly refuse to work on tasks in the bottom 80% while you still have tasks in the top 20% left to be done."-Brian Tracy.
5.Do things that pertain to your goals.
Strictly cut off things that do not allign with your dreams.Abraham Lincoln visited courtrooms whenever he could.It gave him matchless reverence from those that knew him.Folks were puzzled by the gangly young giant.He talked about things nobody but a lawyer or teacher could understand.Do you know he grew up to be a lawyer,and later U.s 16th president? That is why someone said that going purposefully to a place,the memory of such a place sticks to your mind,and consciously or unconsciously,your mind acts on such information and begins to negotiate a place for you in that place.Feed your memory with thoughts of places that will help you,your billion dollar idea may just be in your visits to one of these places.
Go all in all and be all out for your dreams.Have and spend time with mentors that possess outstanding qualities you admire.Try to eliminate unproductive activities that may be fun but don't lighten your workload.Participate only in groups whose worth you believe in and are personally enthusiastic about.
If you feel you need relaxing with a TV,try this instead.Flip on the radio to music you like.Let the sound surround you.Have a refreshing beverage or snack.Set in front of you all the materials you've not had time to read-mags,newspapers,journals,books,comics,and the likes.Then read them for fun and interests.This equals similar pleasure and relaxation from TV.
Tell folks who make calls for pleasure that you are too busy to talk and that you will call them back when you're free.
6.Direct your energies rightly
Don't force yourself to do a task(e.g a topic) when you get bored with it,except you have a limited time for using that knowledge.Pick up something more interesting to you.with this,you would be able to achieve more in less time,rather than going through a line a million times.
Try getting up one hour earlier and do something difficult.This time,you have more oxygen in your brain.The brain is critically dependent upon blood flow and requires one-fourth of all the blood pumped by your heart.
It is so obvious how this little boy who was born in a log cabin in Kentucky grew to be a man who achieved great literary feats merely through effective time usage.He is said to have delivered at
Gettysburg,one of the most beautiful addresses ever spoken by mortal man.
Expect more personal effectiveness posts on shop4info.
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Increase website traffic in your online business
There is an immeasurable goldmine in website traffic as it determines the success of your online business.One of my strongest tenets in driving traffic to your site is content quality.If your site's content is the "want to know more" type,you will quickly build a list of dedicated or repeat visitors.I discovered that you cannot just build traffic while you fold your arms.There are basic practical steps to take in the traffic boost race.Some are
1.Do Search Engine Optimization(SEO)
Ensure your site is Search Engine Optimized.This entails using keywords that really relate to your content.This will enable search engines to crawl your website more easily.Know what people are searching for before developing your content.
2.Submit your site to various search engines/ directories.Apart from the major search engines such as Google, Yahoo and MSN, it's worth submitting to lesser known web directories. If your website is listed in as many places as possible, it can boost your rankings in major search engines as well.You can submit to Yahoo or google right away here.
If you blog,submit your articles to various directories.To start with,you can start up with ten posts to one of the most popular article stores-EzineArticles.Ensure you include your website's address in the form.
3.Join a link referral program.
There are many of such now.The idea is letting other website owners in the program view your pages and you view theirs.They could also possibly do a link exchange with you.This will increase your visibility.Also note that search engines rank your site based on the number and quality of external links to your site.
You could join this one immediately for free.It helps you generate traffic for free and get your site reviewed by other members.
There are still other tips I will reveal to you in subsequent posts.
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