I’m sure you’ve read this online somewhere whether in the forums or some e-mail that you received from the guru “flavor of the month” preaching to you about your time management.

It goes something like this…..

The Gurus want you to believe that you should stop wasting your time by -

* Going to forums and hanging out reading and/or participating in discussions
* They tell you to stop reading your local and national news online
* They tell you to quit reading promotional e-mails that you get pounded with in your inbox every day and to unsubscribe to all the mailing lists that you’re on
* They’ say to stop reading blog posts after blog post

The ideology behind this is that if you were to quit “wasting your time” online that you get more accomplished in your business, thus increasing your traffic, your sales, and your profits.

Heres why that’s not only bad advice but can actually set you back and leave you clueless (literally)

Well here’s the deal….

- Let’s just say that you stopped going to forums reading and participating
- Let’s just say you stopped reading your local or national news online
- Let’s just say you stopped reading promotional e-mails and unsubscribed from all the lists that you’re on
- Let’s just say that you stop reading blog posts
- Let’s just say,…(well you get the picture)

Here’s what’ll happen In a few simple words….

You’d be clueless.

You would have no idea what’s going on, not only in your market, but in the world as well.

* You would no longer be able to to keep up on the latest trends and marketing techniques
* You would have no idea what the latest buzz is so you can tweak your marketing campaigns to coincide with the buzz or ride with it
* You would have no idea if you are launching a product of the same type, or at the same time as a similar product
* You’d be virtually shut down to the most powerful medium known to the world and your business would suffer massively
* Your competitors would pass you by and you’d be left in the virtual dust

Here’s what you should do instead

Analyze what you do on a daily basis and schedule a specific amount of time that you can devote to doing these tasks. Yes I do call these tasks because actually they’re very critical to your business no matter what niche you’re in.

But the trick is you have to put yourself on a short time scale by allocating 10, 15, or even 30 minutes for each of these type of daily tasks.

Map it out if you have to, in fact I highly suggest that you do that. Mind maps work great.

In fact a way that I set mind maps up is I make virtual task maps in a mind map program. So all you have to do is click on each task on the flowchart you’re taken directly to that task that has been pre-determined and allocated a specific amount of time.

Do this and you can’t go wrong, you’ll get the best of both worlds

You’ll be able to do the things that you not only enjoy doing but can also help you build your business no matter what niche you’re in.

If you’d like me to help you mind map your business so that you can start working laser targeted,streamline your workflow and increase your productivity then grab one of my coaching and training packages and I’ll work with you one-on-one.

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