Time Management - Top 10 Time-Wasting Mistakes

Time Management - Top 10 Time-Wasting Mistakes

“I wish I had more time!”

This is rapidly becoming the top complaint I hear from almost everyone I meet. Time seems to have replaced money as our most desired resource.

The good news is that you can reclaim hours a day from time-wasting habits and activities. Start by identifying which of the ten most common time management mistakes you make most often:

1. Not setting clear, specific, time-bound goals–and then reviewing them regularly. You can’t hit a target if you don’t have a target to hit.

2. Not having a plan or strategy to achieve your goals. As they say, any path is fine if you don’t know where you’re going.

3. Ignoring important areas of your life simply because they are not in crisis. Neglect costs more time down the road than simple maintenance along the way.

4. Letting short-term emergencies and instant gratification activities consume your time instead of investing some of it in longer-term activities like

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   building relationships, long-range planning, and caring for your physical and mental health.

5. Being disorganized. This might seem obvious, but many people don’t realize just how much time they waste looking for things.

6. Not taking time for rest and rejuvenation. The wise woodcutter always takes time to sharpen his saw.

7. Thinking that good time management will limit your creativity and freedom. Freedom must co-exist with structure. Life without structure is chaos.

8. Not delegating–or simply refusing–low-value demands on your time.

9. Forgetting to ask yourself, “Do I even want to spend my time doing this, and if so why?”

10. Using a daily to-do list as your primary planning tool. To-do lists tend not to discriminate between the important and the unimportant. Even prioritized to-do lists don’t do more than emphasize the most urgent tasks. Important things like exercising, spending quality time with your family, or nurturing business relationships rarely ever make it onto the to-do list.

Don’t try to correct all your time management mistakes at once. Instead, start with the one you struggle with most often. Focus on changing that one, because that will give you the greatest initial benefit. Once you’re seeing progress there, move on to your second most common time management mistake. And so on.

Before you can expect the latest time management gadget or organizer to solve your time management problem, you must first identify and eliminate each one of these ten most common time management mistakes.

Copyright 2006 Curtis G. Schmitt

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Employee Classifications - Hiring Strategy Options

Business is booming and you have determined that in order for your business to continue to grow, you need additional help. You can no longer do it all. The big question you need to answer first is not "Who should I hire?", but "What should I hire?" Do I need to hire employees (full or part-time), temps, independent contractors or should I out source the functions? Once you have determined the "What" you can better answer that very important question - Who should I hire?

You have several different options when it comes to hiring additional help for your business. As you look at the different options, you also need to be aware of the impact on your bottom line. What type of worker (employee classification) you hire makes a difference. You may ask yourself what difference the employee classification makes to your business. Employee classifications impact your business's bottom line – the classification impacts salary expectations, benefits, and taxes. It can also make a difference if you inadvertently classify an employee incorrectly: your business can be subject to fines, penalties and back taxes.

Employee Classifications:

Employees: Employers typically have the most control over employees: you determine the hours the employee works, what they do and how they do it. Employees normally perform work at the employers location, the employer provides the tools, materials, and other equipment; they also provide training and supervision.

Employees can be full time or part time; they can be salaried (exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act) or non-exempt (hourly and eligible to earn overtime wages).

Employers are responsible for withholding federal and state, Social Security and Medicare taxes from employee wages, as well as matching Social Security and Medicare taxes. Employees are entitled to certain mandated benefits such as Social Security and Medicare, Workers Compensation Insurance and unemployment insurance. As the employer you have the option to provide other benefits such as healthcare insurance, vacation leave and tuition reimbursement. By providing other benefits your company becomes a more desirable place to work, but you must be careful and evaluate the return on your investment and the impact to your cash flow.

Temporary or Contract Workers: These are workers who are hired on an as needed basis. They may be hired to complete a project or to cover for someone on vacation. Employers can hire temporary workers directly, however most choose to use the services of an outside staffing agency. Staffing agencies often have a selection of candidates immediately available. For a fee, the staffing agency retains responsibility for the compensation, payroll taxes and benefits for the contingent worker. The employer has the flex

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