How to Maximize Your Time and Potential by Melissa Cruz

How to Maximize Your Time and Potential

By Melissa Cruz

If you are a business owner I am sure you can relate to the constant feeling of so much to do so little time. Am I right? If so, then, one you are not alone and two, you are in the right place. I have worked in the real estate industry for more than 5 years and I have learned a lot about time and how I spend it. What I am here to share with you today is that no matter what business you own, across the board time management is a true struggle.

Here are a few tips for you to use as you begin your time management journey:

1. Have a clear vision of your yearly goals 2. Chunk down your yearly goals with action steps each quarter, each month, and each week to help you accomplish your goals 3. Each month set time aside to plan days o . Set up to 3 goals for that month and what you will do for each goal each week 4. Set aside 2 hours every Sunday or Monday morning to plan your week ahead

is is where things start to fall into place:

Pull out your calendar and set “me time” blocks and “personal development time” blocks on it rst. Next, you will schedule the things that are recurring each week and block that time o . Now you are going to add any appointments that may be one o s that week and block that time o .

You might be thinking, but Melissa, what do I do with all the other things I have to get done? I think it’s safe to assume that we all have a running to-do list that never seems to end or get completed. Here is what I recommend you do next:

1. Either compile a list or pull out your to-do list 2. Organize your list in order of importance 3. Once completed, pull your calendar back out and start plugging in when you are going to complete each item on that list

You may come to realize that not everything can t in that week and that’s ok. e goal is to give each item a deadline for when it needs to be done. By now you should have a pretty good looking planned out week ahead of you.

Before you nish planning, I want you to ask yourself these questions:

1. What time of the day do I have the most energy? 2. What do I have on my plate that I can leverage to someone else? 3. Am I just interested in what I have on my plate or am I committed to it? 4. What am I saying yes to? What am I saying no to? 5. How will my life change a year from now if I commit to weekly time blocking? 6. Am I setting healthy boundaries? 7. What standards do I have and do I follow them?

is may feel a bit uncomfortable when you begin but I want you to remember to give yourself some grace. You are building a new habit and it will take time to get this right for you. Take one day at a time.