Manage Your Time Like a Pro, Not a Joe
*Source: Hartford Funds advisor survey, 8/19
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Three Categories of Effective Time Management
In today’s technology driven world, many of us feel as if we truly don’t have enough hours in a day. We’re constantly connected with laptops and smartphones, but sometimes technology can be too much of a good thing and we end up overwhelmed by both volume and distractions.
That’s why it’s more important than ever to learn how to prioritize your activities, especially for your business. Peter Drucker once said, “Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.” That’s exactly what we’re talking about here.
We’ve broken daily business tasks down into three categories: insignificant, urgent/significant, and proactive/significant. The activities in each are necessary, but by learning how to better prioritize them, you can devote more time to activities with a bigger impact:
How Are You Prioritizing Your Time?
We recently polled advisors about how, within these three categories, they would prioritize how they spent the last week. Not surprisingly, 50% said they devoted most of their time to urgent/significant tasks, 42% said insignificant, and only 8% said they’d devoted most of their time to proactive/significant activities. How are you spending the majority of your time?
Set aside some time to consider whether or not you're using your time effectively. If you find that you need help, visit our time-management landing page, where you can download our advisor worksheet and view the replay of our webinar, “Overcoming the Bottleneck in Your Business.”
*Source: Hartford Funds advisor survey, 8/19
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