Secrets of Business Success: T.L.C.

Business leaders around the world each have their own secrets to business success – traits and skills they hold as being of the highest importance when it comes to running a successful business. Most of these can be categorized under:

T.L.C – Time, Leadership and Communication

I’m going to address each of those characteristics in a three-part series – starting with time. In order to be a successful business owner, or even a successful employee, you have to be able to juggle multiple projects, tasks and clients. Simply, you have to be a great time manager.

Time management is absolutely vital because it’s the only resource we have that’s genuinely limited. We can train to acquire new skills, we can make more money, we can gain more experience – but when the clock strikes 12, that’s it. Time is the scarcest resource and, unless it’s managed, nothing else can be managed properly.

Here’s the master key to effective time management:

• Do not major in minor things.
• To be a great time manager, learn to separate major projects from minor ones.
• Do not focus on minor problems.
• Don’t stress over minor issues.
• Do not dedicate time to minor tasks.

It’s important to learn to not confuse movement from achievement and activity for results. To make good use of your time, you have to identify what’s most important and then give it all you’ve got. And sometimes you have to trust others to handle your smaller tasks.  Too often we as owners, managers and executives get caught up in the clutter of the day-to-day and forget to focus on the 20% of our activities that generate 80% of the return on our investment of time, energy and resources. If focusing on the big issues in your business is difficult or if delegating smaller tasks seems impossible– We can help.