A Tough Love Time Management Message

We discussed blocking out free time, buffer time and focus time for the year and I wonder why you do not want to do this. In a way it’s like the client that doesn’t want to do a financial plan and this could be because subconsciously they could be afraid that there isn’t going to be enough and by not doing the financial plan it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy; you attract what you avoid.

Although you may have balance in your life, I wonder if your time management schedule looks like that of a seasoned 35-year veteran. The 35-year veteran enjoys the extra time with family and holidays and outside activity because they made the investment in marketing in the early days of the business.

By you blocking out your free days, buffer days and focus days it will make you more conscious of where your time is going and you may very well be comfortable with the free day, buffer day and focus day schedule that you had in 2011 and 2012 carried through into 2013, or not.

To this end please find the following time management documents that should be viewed in this order. As a demonstration by example please note my 2013 Leading Advisor Free Days, Buffer Days and Focus Days Example;

1. Time Management Article
2. Time Management – 13 Steps to Time Management Article
3. Getting Out Of Overwhelm Article
4. Manage Your Time Article

• Budget Time Flow Instructions
• 2011 Leading Advisor Free Days, Buffer Days and Focus Days Example
• 2013 Leading Advisor Free Days, Buffer Days and Focus Days Example
• 2013 Wall Calendar Free Days, Buffer Days and Focus Days Template
• Schedule Monday – Sunday Example

This is a tough love conversation. You know the expression, what you resists persists. With a kind heart, all I’m asking you to do is schedule out your free days, buffer days and focus days and schedule in some marketing time. What gets scheduled gets acted upon.