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(You'll simply be directed to our sales page, but you'll be tagged to be the first to know.) - - - - I've been working with a group of 20 creatives for 3 months to help them rock out their online business. Specifically, they're web designers, and I have loved watching their progress. As an entrepreneur, and probably as a solo business owner or head of a very small team, you have to be very careful with how you spend your resources. The most important of these is time - because it's the one that you can't make more of. I instructed my web designer bosses to spend just few weeks tracking their time and they came back with some big insights. They discovered they're not actually putting their time where they thought they were, and are instead spending an unintentionally large amount of time on things like social media or in their inbox. Basically, they're not spending the bulk of their time working on the things that actually have the biggest impact on their business. They were all surprised by this, but I wasn't. I've done this exercise myself, and I've had coaching clients do it before - and it's always the same. If you're not being vigilant of your time, then you're probably not spending it as wisely as you think. When you take some time to mindfully track your time, you'll discover all kinds of things about how you work, and how you could be working better. For more insight, feel free to check out this time tracking article I wrote several months ago for Being Boss. Get a handle on your most precious resource, and I'm positive you'll up your game. TO-DO FOR YOU:
Spend 5 days tracking how you spend your time, and use it to get clear on where you're wasting time and how you can optimize your efforts to build a booming business. We like Timely. | 