The Top 6 Productivity Hacks To Structure Your Day

Business Owners struggle on a regular base to keep the focus on the urgent and important things in their role.?

Before sharing the top 6 productivity hacks with you, let’s describe the role first.?

Imagine you are a small business owner, with a team of up to 10 people. You are still in the position that you work in and on your business. That means, your business won't survive without you keep working.?

Your goal is to reach the point, where your business is running successfully without you.?#exit

What do you need for this??

1. A team?
2. Processes?
3. Systems?
4. Automation?

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Well, on top of your first and most important task of the day – SALES – you make sure, that you have enough time to work ON your business with these hacks.?

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1. Create a routine as much as you can - Plan your week at least on Sunday night and prepare each day the evening before. Work here with Time Boxing to make sure, that you plan your day most efficiently?
2. Write down your processes – In order to implement automation and lead your team, you have to know your processes. Make sure your team knows these processes and follows them. Plan time in the week to write down at least one process. “Tango” is a tool that is very supportive in generating Step-by-Step guidelines for easy tasks. Your first goal is, to delegate recurring tasks that don’t need you in person to your team.?
3. Follow-Up and Follow-Through – This one seems to be very difficult to work on constantly. Especially when it comes to building your network and focusing on sales. The fastest and easiest way to keep track of your contacts is a CRM System. Chose one, where you can work in a pipeline and create automatically the next task. Based on the quality of contact, think about how often you want to be visible to this person via phone, WhatsApp, Social Media, etc. Create a recurring task. To keep it simple, you can use the Reminder App from your iPhone. Create a list and set a regular reminders. You will never forget birthdays or other important opportunities to keep in touch.?
4. Use tools like "Calendly" to share your calendar. It makes it so easy to schedule appointments. Share this link with every communication. Make sure to prepare your calendar precisely based on your weekly and daily plans. This tool supports you with email communication on top. So you create this process once and the only thing you have to do is show up to the scheduled appointment.?
5. Be prepared: Try to prepare as many things for the week or month as possible. Prepare your meals for the week. It saves you so much time and you have more time during the week to focus on your business. Prepare your Social Media one week or one month ahead. Starting every day from scratch is harder and you need more time for the same task.??
6. Use the alarm function on your cell phone to follow your daily plan.?

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It seems to be so easy and nevertheless, there are still so many business owners out there, who are struggling exactly with the basic. The hardest thing is to discipline yourself to focus on the task they are ONLY for your role.??

AI is helping us more and more to save time with administration, creation, editing, and so on. In order to take full advantage of this, you have to make sure, that you know what you have to focus on and make sure, that your team isn’t only getting their things done, but researching what tools will help them to do their job faster.??

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?? What productivity hacks can you share? Write the best one in the comments below.???

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Jennifer Pickhan???

Co-Founder & Senior Managing Partner at LegacyBuilders Global???

www.legacybuildersglobal.com?