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This is the 8th post in the series on my Time Management System for Avon Representatives. Today, I will discuss how scheduling your time will give you a routine which will make you more productive and effective.
So far in this series on a Time Management System for Avon Representatives we have looked at priorities and goals in the Eisenhower matrix of important, urgent. This method defines what you most aspire to do with your time. And what you need to do the most. Scheduling is where you take these aspirations and place them in the available time you have.
When scheduling your time you should look at the time available to you, and plan how you will use it to achieve the goals you have identified. By using a schedule properly, you can:
1. Understand what you can realistically achieve with your time.
2. Plan to make the best use of the time available.
3. Leave enough time for things you absolutely must do.
4. Preserve contingency time to handle 'the unexpected'.
5. Minimize stress by avoiding over-commitment to yourself and others.
Scheduling your time makes you more productive and reduces your stress. If you do not have enough time to do everything you want, you need to make priorities and schedule these tasks.
A calendar, like I use, a personal organizer or any other of the many devices you can use for time management will make sure you do the things that are most important.
Using a weekly schedule will also add value to your personal life and your Avon Representative business. Commit to a schedule and you will increase your effectiveness.
How To Schedule Time
1. Identify the time you have available to you for your Avon Representative business.
2. Put in the activities you must do. Fill in appointments and projects, such as labeling and tossing books.
3. Review your schedule and schedule in high priority activities. Allow 50% extra time for interruptions and emergencies that can not be avoided.
4. What you have left is the time you can choose to work on the lower priority items. You may find there are days you do not have any time for these activities.
The objection that many Avon Representatives make to scheduling is that it cuts into their freedom. While it is true it takes away from spontaneity, you are not a slave to time.
Don’t restrict yourself to a definition of freedom as “the ability to do what I want, when I want.” An Avon Representative can not hope to achieve their goals without discipline.
Some Guidelines To Follow
Be realistic when scheduling--A schedule is not a wish list, but a guide to help you plan your time. Don’t get discouraged and give up.
Be flexible in following your schedule--Sometimes you will be required to go outside of it.
Look at your schedule every week--Look over your schedule every week to see how well it’s working for you and how realistic it is. You may need to revise it.
A weekly schedule will allow you to maintain a sense of balance in your life. Creating a weekly schedule will let you have a rhythm. If you have a routine, you will more than likely remember appointments and projects by blocking out time periods. A weekly schedule will help you stay accountable to your short-term and long-term goals.
In the next in the series on my Time Management System for Avon Representatives. I will cover the importance of using a daily planner. And how to use it.
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http://www.exforsys.com/career-center/time-management/the-importance-of-scheduling-for-time-management.html
http://www.effective-time-management-strategies.com/time-management-schedule.html
http://www.deliverfreedom.com/time_management_workshops_resources.html
http://www.powerscheduling.com/
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This is the 7th post in the series on my Time Management System for Avon Representative. Today, I want to go back over and review the reasons it is important to learn time management skills so you can keep them in mind during this long series of posts.
Are you a Avon Representative that has a problem with time management? If you are, there are two main paths you can take. The first, and often most popular, is to continue on with your normal activities. However, when you do this you may have a negative impact on your personal and business lives. The second, is to make a change. This is what you are doing by reading these posts in my Time Management System for Avon Representatives.
To improve your time management skills, there are a number of different concepts to be learned: goal setting, to-do lists, limiting tasking, and prioritizing, just to name a few. As for why a Avon Representative should learn and practice proper time management, there are a number of reasons why. I will outline 5 here.
1. It Is Easy To Do
The concepts I am teaching are all easy and cost effective ways. For example, creating goals or a to-do lists for yourself is free of charge. Since it is easy for you to learn and practice proper time management techniques, why wouldn‘t you?
2. It Is Important To Your Personal Life
If you are a Avon Representative who regularly pays their bills late or don’t make contact with friends, you may be hurting your personal relationships. Often in many more ways than you could have ever imagined. Friends, spouses, and romantic partners are not likely to put up with your behavior for long.
3. It Is Important For Your Avon business
Poor time management will not only have a negative effect on your personal life, but your Avon business will suffer as well. If you can not properly manage your time, you may get easily distracted. This may result in you wasting the time that you need to be prospecting or selling. Doing this repeatedly and your pocket book will suffer.
4. You Can Only Benefit
Taking the time to learn and practice successful time management techniques can only benefit you, your work, and your personal relationships. Since I am giving the Time Management System for Avon Representatives to you for free, no money needs to be spent. You have nothing to lose. And everything to gain. Also, ask yourself “why not?” Why not improve your life with the learning and practicing of time management skills?
5. Look At What You Have
It is important to focus on the skills and tools you have when trying to learn and practice proper time management. Once again creating a to-do list or scheduling your day is easy and free to do. Alarm clocks and egg timers can also be used to help you control your use of your time. I’m sure you already have a traditional alarm. But remember: your cell phone, computer, and television may also come with alarm clocks as well.
Furthermore, there are a many other time management tools and techniques, which I will cover, that you can easily learn and practice from my Time Management System for Avon Representatives. All from the comfort of your own home. And more importantly, when you feel you have free time to learn about time.
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http://www.vertabase.com/blog/time-management-styles-learn-yours-today/
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