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Up until about 5 years ago it was only big corporations that outsourced their labour abroad. The idea that small business owners and freelancers could do something like this was unheard of. Fast forward to 2011 and we live in a super connected world where, for the first time, services like oDesk, Elance and asksunday.com mean it’s . . . → Read More: How I outsourced my marketing to the Philippines for £1 an hour In my last post I introduced the concept of the Default Diary, an hourly schedule blocking out how you plan to use your time each week. In this post I’ll share 3 practical ways my clients have used the diary to achieve greater levels of time mastery, control and freedom in their businesses. 1. Define your personal . . . → Read More: 3 Clever Ways To Use A Default Diary To Boost Your Productivity This week’s blog post is a guest blog post written by Dennis Adams. I’m much indebted to Dennis for this wonderful article in which he looks at how recent developments in the field of personality profiling impact how you should manage teams. Not only does he explain the theory he also gives 4 practical action points . . . → Read More: The Secret to Motivating Your Employees: DO NOT Assume They Expect the Same Things as You As promised in the last blog post I’m going to be talking about the default diary. In my mind it’s the single most powerful tool for helping you manage yourself and your time. For those of you that don’t keep a default diary I can promise that by the time you’ve finished reading this article you’ll be . . . → Read More: The Single Most Powerful Time Mastery Tool – The Default Diary I recently carried out a LinkedIn survey where I asked business owners in London this question: What do you think is the one thing that SME business owners have the most difficulty with? One topic came up over and over again. More than 50% mentioned something like “effectively managing my time“, “knowing where I should be . . . → Read More: Q: What’s The Most Important Skill You Can Learn As a Business Owner? A: Effective Mastery of your Time Marketing and sales are skills that can be learned, just like any other skill in business. Some believe there is a mystique or knack to sales success. Its true that natural talent plays some role but it’s a long term commitment to learning and self-development that is by far the most influential factor. Those who have . . . → Read More: Education Education Education I’m guilty of jumping completely off topic today to express my views about health. Regrettably, so many business people choose to neglect their health to such a degree that it becomes inevitable that they will become seriously ill, which adversely affects their business and their relationships. Three members of my family have been seriously ill recently . . . → Read More: Your Business needs its leader to be at 100% |        Submit your site to the Hotvsnot.com web directory! Find sites like this in the Management Directory | |||
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