#007 - What do You Want? 2. More Time

You would be surprised by the number of people who don't know what they want in life. They think they know, but when questioned...do they really, really know?  In my experience that is usually answered by  an "Um, I'm not so sure." or  "Yes I want more money..." and we covered that in Episode 4 In this episode, if your big desire is for more time then we have some tips for you to get more out of each day. But, the big conundrum is that you can't manage time. I don't really get all the time-management books and courses...it just seems odd to me. And I'm not alone in thinking like that. So if you can't manage time what can you do to get more out of the 24hrs in a day that we all have?  All of us get the same amount of time; even Elon Musk who seems to do more in  a week than most people can do in a year - how does he do it? Here are some tips to get more done in a day:- 1. Put Your Phone away 2. Don't answer the phone - get someone else to do it for you! Either a pa (personal assistant) or a VA (Virtual Assistant) see number 5. 3. Don't respond to emails when they ping up on your phone or computer (In fact, turn off all these notifications) 4. Book Meetings at a time that suits you and your energy. 5. Get a pa or a VA to answer for you. Many times they can deal with whatever the caller wants. Divert your calls to them. 6. Have tight times for meetings or calls.  Ideally 15 mins for a call and 30 mins for a meeting (if the meeting is absolutely important or is a first time meeting) 7. Filter all requests for your time. Again divert calls to a pa or VA 8. Turn on your auto-responders and turn off your voicemail - or at least leave a message that says you don't listen to voicemails and to email or text your pa or VA 9. Say "No" more often - divert requests to your pa or VA or to (next item) your online diary.  Have someone else available to answer logistical questions and you stick to your core Skill. 10. Get an online booking system to manage any requests for your time. There are a number of them and a lot of them are free such as 10to8.com and there is timify.com and simplybook.me Doing any one of these on a regular basis will start to increase your efficiency by 1% - and that's what we mean by Skill Stacking.  Once you start to Stack the 1% skills on top of each other, you grow your value to the world and ultimately your confidence and bank balance. All success leave clues. The Skill Stack shows you what to look for and more importantly, like any great recipe, the correct order of the ingredients and skills is as important. For all the underlying links and transcript, go to: www.TheSkillStack.com/podcast You can get us in our Twitter account: @TheSkillStack email us on: [email protected]