Are you always in a rush? Then this post is for you!

This has become a “commonplace” these days. People with no time, rushing madly to get everything done, or at least part of what they need to do. Wishing the day had 30 hours so they would have time to complete all their tasks.

Do you feel this way too? Then this post is for you!

This lack of time that affects many freelancers and entrepreneurs is just a symptom that can lead to different diagnoses. If you are experiencing this, it is time to stop for a moment and reflect on what might be happening, because costa rica phone number list this daily madness can cause serious harm to your health (excessive stress), social life (lack of time for friends, family and partners) and professional life (stagnation).

In this post, I will use the work/professional context as a basis to seek evidence that can lead us to a diagnosis and possible treatment. But be careful: you need to set aside some free, quality time for this reflection. Because, just as we get sick and have to stop everything due to “force majeure”, your business also gets sick and needs your care.

Lack of planning (put an end to the unexpected)

Lack of time can be caused by unforeseen events. And, normally, it becomes a snowball with one unforeseen event after another. This shows that the planning was not done well or that it was not done at all. After all, planning  special database material is precisely PREDICTING what might happen and how you would react to these situations. When you plan, you try to discover all the paths that the business might end up taking, whether they are good or bad. To do this, you can conduct research, talk to more experienced entrepreneurs and simply imagine hypotheses. And then, answer the questions: “What would I do if…?”

Lack of working methodology

So you start your work day and you don’t even know where to start… You lack methodology! The methodology will help you create routines so that you don’t have to decide what to do every moment. There are many andorra business directory work methodologies that you can adopt. One example that is widely used by companies that work on projects, especially startups, is Scrum. A great tool for organizing your tasks using Scrum is Trello, which I already talked about in the post “ How to organize your

Lack of processes

What are the stages of your work? What resources are needed for each of them? And how much time is needed? Who will carry out the task?

These are some questions that can help you define your company’s processes. Designing your processes will help you find bottlenecks or knots and increase productivity. It will also allow you to understand which parts of your business really impact and bring value to the end customer, enabling better decisions about investing time, effort and capital. Having your processes defined gives you a clear vision of the path to evolution.

Here at Próxima Web we use, available on Google Drive.

Lack of priorities

Have you heard of the 80/20 rule, the Pareto Principle? In the context of this post, it would be the same as saying that 80% of the results we try to achieve are provided by only 20% of the tasks we perform. The challenge is to know what these tasks are. However, there are some paths to follow to find out. One of them is to define your processes well and find the tasks that actually directly add value to the end customer. The chances of these being the tasks that generate the most results are very high. Another way to visualize what is value for your customer and what you should do to generate this value is to fill out a Canvas, which is a kind of business plan, but it is a more “summarized” and direct model. The idea is to visualize the key points of your business.

“ Okay, Cadu, what about the other 80% of the tasks? ” Well, you can leave the other 80% to do after you’ve completed the most important 20%. That’s what it means to prioritize. Try to automate or outsource the tasks that don’t generate any or little value for the customer, so you can focus on what really matters.