Archive for April, 2009

Personal Time Management Tips

Monday, April 27th, 2009

Are you a direct selling leader who just feels as if you can never catch up?  Do you feel like you can’t get everything that you need to do done?  If so, it is important that you take steps to rectify the problem.  Poor time management is often associated with the workplace, but did you know that your personal life can be negatively impacted as well?  It can be.

As for how poor time management can have a negative impact on your personal life, you may be surprised just what it can do.  For example, if you have a poor sense of time you may find that your relationship with your spouse, romantic partner, friends, or children suffers.  Those who have a poor sense of time are often stressed, frustrated, and unorganized.  This is likely to put a significant strain on otherwise healthy relationships.

Despite the fact that time management can have a negative impact on your personal life, there is good news.  That good news is that there are ways that you can prevent your poor use of time from becoming too much of a problem.  The biggest way to prevent this from happening involves learning how to make better use of your time.  To help you get started, a number of personal time management tips are outlined below.

An easy way to learn how to make better use of your time involves creating and relying on to do lists.  If you have everyday tasks that have become a part of your routine, like getting your kids ready for school or going to work, you do not necessarily have to include these items on your list.  With that said, other non-daily tasks should be added.  These tasks may include running an errand before work, attending a child’s sporting event, helping your child with an important school project, going on a date, and so forth.

Learning how to prioritize is another important component of being able to properly manage your time.  You can leave the lesser important tasks, such as dusting your house as opposed to doing laundry for later or the following day.

The use of time management tools is another easy way that you can go about making better use of your time.  There are a number of tools that you can use to your advantage.  A to do list was sited as an example above.  Other tools that you may be able to benefit from the use of include alarm clocks and daily or weekly planners.  Since most time management tools are affordable, already in your home, or free to create, you should use them to your advantage.

One of the many reasons why people end up wasting time is because they are easily distracted.  If you feel this the main source of your time management problems, you will want to determine what your biggest distractions are.

Let’s Get This Party Started!!!

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

WooHoo!!! We have FINALLY launched the re-vamped Direct Selling Leaders website! It has been quite the labor of love for me and my team but I gotta say we are pretty proud of our efforts.

We want to use INNOVATIVE web design, social media and new web tools like streaming audio and video to bring you the very best resources and training to make your role as a leader easier, more fun AND more profitable. Plus, by watching how we do things here, you’ll learn new ways of delivering critical training and information to your team, you clients and your prospects.

A big part of that is our Expert Blog - which you are reading now. If you take a look at this new blog, you’ll see we’ve added several new experts who are committed to bring you their best each month. Check back often because we will all be adding new posts regularly and you won’t want to miss the latest cutting edge tips, strategies and ideas we’ve put together just for you.

We also invite you to PARTICIPATE here by responding to the posts and asking questions by posting a comment. This is a place to get direct access to all of the experts so that you can grow your business and help your team do the same. Take advantage of this unique opportunity. We are here to help - but you have to step up and participate, ok?!

Everyone here at Direct Selling Leaders is excited and honored to have the chance to serve you. Thank you for allowing us to be a part of your business and your life. :-)