Are You Maximizing Your Time?

Do you wake up in the morning with your day planned out?

If not, you are costing yourself valuable, irreplaceable time and money.

Here are 3 strategies to help you achieve your daily activities:

• Time-Block Your Day - I know there are usually many distraction each day that take focus away from achieving your objectives, but you need to limit them. Set up 2 times each day to return incoming calls, i.e. 11:00am - 12:00 noon and again at 4:00pm - 5:00pm. Now this doesn't mean you can't return calls earlier or quicker, but if you are focused on prospecting or doing another dollar-productive activity, it's critical not to be interrupted.
  
• Are You A Night Owl or Early Bird? - Figure out your creative peak time. Each day you need to allot time to prepare the day's activities, review your goals, read at least 10 pages of a motivational or inspirational book. You need to get your creative juices flowing! Whenever that time is best for you, take that personal time to rejuvenate yourself and get hyped for the day.
  
• Keep Travel Time To A Minimum - When scheduling appointments for the day, see how you can combine road trips, so that you'll spend less time on the road and be more efficient. Give your clients a couple of different time options that work best for you instead of asking them what they want. Most of the time, your clients will gladly accomodate you.

These 3 strategies will help you achieve more out of each day instead of wondering where all the time went. You thought you were really busy, but if, at the end of the week, you have no new listings or sales, you really to look at what you're doing with your time.

When working, write down what you've done every 15 minutes. Was it busy work? Keeping transactions together? Prospecting for new clients? Only you'll know the true answer, so don't fool yourself. Take charge of your day!