You must be a subscriber to place a free weekly ad. I only have room for the first 3 correctly-formatted ads with the current ad code. Send ‘em in quick!
You are receiving this publication because you gave express direct consent when you subscribed to Minute Chaser Ezine either through a website, an ezine, a co-op, or by placing your ad with us. By subscribing, you agree to accept in-house and third-party advertising in our publication.
To be sure you receive notification of new issues, please add the domain “go-getglobal.com” to your address book, thank you.
This issue may be FREELY distributed to friends, colleagues and discussion lists as long as the *entire issue* is included.
Friday, August 22, 2008
In This Issue
Editor’s Scribbles
Modern Living
Time Management Tips - Adding Hours to Your Day
Ad Board
Find business opportunities + submit your free weekly ad
Top Sponsor
$29.99 = 1,700,000+ OPT-IN EZINE ADS. 1 CLICK AD BLASTER. Advertise any site or business to opt-in subscribers who have already said YES to receiving offers just like yours. Reach a LARGE, LIVE, RESPONSIVE audience on a tiny budget. http://snipurl.com/hbadswork
It’s back to school for the kids. Which also means the end of the holidays for me and back to the daily home business crunch. I guess this kicks off a new business season as we start making plans for Christmas and the usual year-end business peaks.
Our Summer Advertising Special is coming to an end soon where you can get a 30-day text link featured on one of our blogs for free when you order 2 solos from either of our ezines.
Take a look at the sidebar of our business blog and our better living blog if you’re looking for affordable link love. You’ll notice an orange box where you can get your link on our TopSpot for a mere $10.
Your TopSpot link stays up until it gets bumped off the list when more people buy up spots. So your link could be up for an unlimited time. If you haven’t tried it before, give it a shot. See what it looks like on our business blog and better living blog.
If you have some time, do pop by Gimme A Break. You can see the latest headlines here so this is a good place to start.
Thanks for staying with us. Have a safe and wonderful weekend. See you next Friday .
It doesn't look like you are going to have a twenty-five or twenty-six-hour day in the near future! Twenty-four is as far and as long as your day is going to get. But, with a little skillful time management, you can actually manage to squeeze out a couple more hours in your day.
And this requires a great deal of discipline and self-awareness, so that you can understand whether you are actually being efficient or just filling up your days with worthless activity. Here are a few tips on how you can get the maximize your day:
1. Prioritize Work
The most important part of time management is learning to prioritize your work. You not only have to do your chores faster, you also have to do them right.
That is why you have to evaluate each of your work activities and then prioritize them according to the actual value of each. Not only will this help get your work done more efficiently, you will end up saving time as well.
2. Get Rid of the Big Chunks
One of the first things you need to do is get rid of the big chunks of time that are not being used properly.
* Take your television viewing time for instance. Cut it down to only those shows that you absolutely enjoy watching. Otherwise, steer clear of the idiot box. * Follow a similar pattern with the Internet - don't waste time just surfing if you don't have concrete work to do. Check your emails at specified intervals and not when you just feel like it. * Another big chunk of time can be saved if you cut down on your game playing - so put the X-Box away. * Now, cutting down on your work isn't easy. But if you can manage to maintain or increase your productivity, then this will not seem like such a big deal. * You can even outsource menial tasks like household chores to help reclaim a few hours in your day. * Try and be as tidy and organized in your personal and workspaces, this also helps save time.
3. Regain Crucial Gap Time
Did you know that you spend between two-five hours everyday in "gap" time? Gap times are those between meaningful activities but aren't long enough to get more done.
For example, commuting to work, waiting in line, cooking, commercial breaks in television programs and small breaks in your schedule are all gap times. You can use these gap times to do more meaningful things.
* Like read whenever you have a few minutes to spare. So keep a book handy at all times. Or make cutting of long articles that you want to read and read those during these gap times. * Listen to music on your radio or iPod when you are driving or walking. * You can even use this time to solve problems or come up with new ideas to make other spheres of your life easier. * Or just focus on what you are doing at that particular time to enjoy it completely.
4. Figure Out What is Important and What is Not
The most crucial step is to recognize what work is important and what is not. This will help you focus on your priorities and relegate the lesser tasks or chores till later. You can try out the following and see for yourself:
* Get an auto-responder for your email messages and use concise yes and no answers. * If you are watching television, then you could tape in advance and cut commercials to save time. * Similarly, skim over unimportant material when you are reading for information. Instead focus on ideas and concepts that are necessary to understand. * You can try to plan your workouts and meetings ahead of time so that you can save time in that too.
If you follow these steps and tips - and you can implement these immediately - you can surely add at least a couple of hours to your day.
-----
About the author:
Sophie Smith is a time management expert trainer. She has been working in the industry for more than 8 years. She has put together a collection of tips and tricks for everyone interested about time management. Check out the website on http://www.EfficientTime.com.
Ad Board
Is your ad out yet?
Have you submitted your free weekly ad?
Co-op and classified ads are also listed on our Ad Board. The board will be refreshed every issue with a new batch of ads.
please use the link in the email that brought you to this page.
Please do not email changes to me.
We accept secure payment via
Advertising Disclaimer: Minute Chaser Ezine neither represents or endorses the accuracy or reliability of any of the advertisements above or the quality of any products, information, or other materials displayed, purchased, or obtained by you as a result of an offer in connection with any ad. While all articles have been selected for their content, the publishing of such articles within this ezine does NOT constitute a recommendation or endorsement of the products/services mentioned within those articles. We strongly encourage you to do your own due diligence before responding to any offer.
Copyright 2004-2009 Minute Chaser Ezine. All rights reserved in all countries.
.
