How the Busy Working Woman gets it all Done As busy working women, I know we desire and strive to get it all done. Sometimes we can, and at other times it can seem overwhelming. Here are some tips to help Working Women get things done: Mind dump. One of the things I like to do at the beginning of the week is a huge mind dump. Many of us have a to-do list, and it starts here. What you do I simply take a sheet of paper and just write down all the items you need to do and focus on for the week. Everything. Items can include calls to clients, work on proposal, clean office, organize database, send out reports, go to grocery store.
After we list all the items, we can then start to prioritize and schedule when we will do them based on your needs of each day. I like to take it day by day and identify my “Big 3” – these are the three items I must do each day; the Big 3 doesn’t mean I only do 3 items, but what it does is helps me gain clarity on what truly MUST get done and it keeps me from getting overwhelmed and more items get completed.
Look to others. Success leaves clues. That is a mantra I follow. When I am struggling to be more purposeful and productive, I look to others who I feel are having success in those areas. Maybe they are having success with The Mind-Dump is important because it time blocking, delegating or leveraging gets all the items out of our head so our relationships. It is important to look at the patterns of successful people minds freer to think, process and focus. When we have too many ideas, our brain because they can teach us how to grow becomes overworked and confused; this in our areas of challenge. causes us to be busy but not productive. It can also cause us to spin and freeze in One area I think many women in business struggle is in delegation; it is our ability to move forward. hard to both identify the needed items 30
