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Plan Ahead<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Stephanie Winston\u2019s Getting Organized<\/em><\/strong> is another source of time tips. Gather your tools, equipment, research or whatever you need to complete a project before you start, Winston recommends. You lose both time and momentum if you have to keep stopping to search for something necessary to completion.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Learn to use little bits of unexpected time, too. Carry a memo pad and a book you want to read with you at all times to take advantage of those minutes when your doctor keeps you waiting or your lunch date is stuck in traffic. In fact, give up waiting time altogether by using\u00a0 these gifts of time to create or learn.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Work Smarter<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n If your work area is a mess, start the new year by enlisting the aid of a professional organizer who can help you put things in order. Clutter and messy work areas cause confusion and irritability. Give yourself the advantage of working in an orderly environment.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Know your own energy patterns and schedule creative work when your energy is highest leaving routine chores for your less energetic moments.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Become a consolidator. Return all phone calls during a specific time period rather than responding to each one. Combine errands. Keep file folders you use most often at your fingertips. \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n While some people schedule every moment of their life, it makes more sense to use a diary or calendar to make dates with yourself alongside necessary appointments and deadlines.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Super Smart<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n One of the very best things you can do is create at least one profit center that requires a minimum of your time and attention. While the popular term for this is passive income, it\u2019s a term that sounds slothful to me. The concept is brilliant, however. Whether it\u2019s collecting royalties on intellectual property you\u2019ve created, rental income from property that you own, or affiliate income from recommending someone else\u2019s products on your Web site, the idea is to have an income source that\u2019s nearly automatic. It\u2019s as close as we can get to buying time.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cPeople assume that they can find many ways to save time,\u201d says management expert Merrill Douglass. \u201cThis is an incorrect assumption for it is only when you focus on spending time that you can begin to use your time effectively.\u201d That\u2019s the smartest tip of all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0 Plan Ahead \u00a0 Stephanie Winston\u2019s Getting Organized is another source of time tips. Gather your tools, equipment, research or whatever you need to complete a project before you start, Winston recommends. You lose both time and momentum if you have to keep stopping to search for something necessary to completion. \u00a0 Learn to use…<\/p>\n