Category manage your time

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Productivity versus the perils of working from home

Jan 25, ’13 5:58 PM

When I am not blogging, I am writing or editing copy for clients. I have exactly eight hours in which to get this work done. That’s a fair amount of time, isn’t it? Well, four of those hours are between 8am and 12pm while my four-year-old is at nursery. (I have tried working while she…

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To take on a senior employee in your own biz – or not.

May 7, ’12 7:55 PM

There is a better way of building your business than taking on a senior employee. Unfortunately, this better way is risky and certainly is not possible for all types of micro-business. My preferred options/alternatives to taking on a senior employee are: Option 1. using independent contractors/freelancers/other micro-businesses Option 2. taking on partners or if you’re…

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Gurus with Forked Tongues

Mar 7, ’12 2:56 PM

Today, I want to offer some advice to all my start up and micro-business owner fans on what advice not to take from silver tongued experts and gurus. I’m on the train. I’ve been at my publishers in London checking on new cover designs for the third edition of ‘Stripping for Freedom’ and before that…

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3 real ways to help you stand out and build better relations with your customers

Jan 14, ’12 1:33 PM

Readers of this blog and my own across at www.adrianswinscoe.com know that I write about building better and more valuable relations with your customers and your people as a way of growing your business. Over the festive break I spent quite a lot of time ‘unplugged’ from the digital world thinking about how we can…

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How Efficient Is Your Small Business?

May 5, ’10 7:30 AM

When people speak about a small business being efficient they can be referring to both time and money. As a small business owner being inefficient in either respect can be a huge mistake, perhaps not only causing you stress and financial difficulties, but maybe also your business. Being inefficient does not mean that you are…

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Time Management – Small Business Quote of the Day

Jul 19, ’08 5:33 PM

A small business quote a day keeps you thinking, inspired and entertained  “He who would make serious use of his life must always act as though he had a long time to live and must schedule his time as though he were about to die.” Emile Littre (1801-81) French philosopher  To find previous Quotes of the Day look…

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Time Management – Small Business Quote of the Day

Jul 12, ’08 4:29 PM

A small business quote a day keeps you thinking, inspired and entertained  “The number of operations performed in a given time may frequently be counted when the workman is quite unconscious that any person is observing him.” Charles Babbage (1972-1871) British mathematician and inventor, On the Economy of Machinery and Manufacture (1832)  To find previous Quotes of…

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Time Management – Small Business Quote of the Day

Jul 5, ’08 2:59 PM

A small business quote a day keeps you thinking, inspired and entertained  “The clock not the steam engine is the key machine of the modern industrial age.” Lewis Mumford (1895-1990) US social thinker, Technics and Civilization (1934)  To find previous Quotes of the Day look here 

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Small Business Start-Up Checklist – Time Management

Jul 2, ’08 9:03 PM

Once you begin trading you will soon find that having a well-organised business is made far easier when using time management techniques.   Things to remember:   Having a defined structure to your working life will undoubtedly reduce your overall stress Take advantage of the quiet period which often exists in the early days of…

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Time Management – Small Business Quote of the Day

Jun 28, ’08 3:19 PM

A small business quote a day keeps you thinking, inspired and entertained  “The best way to fill time is to waste it.” Marguerite Dura (1914-96) French novelist  To find previous Quotes of the Day look here 

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