Business Bites by Philippa Rowat

Today it’s all about working not just harder but smarter.

By now most of us know that to be efficient with your time you should write a To Do list but even these come with guidance: -

1. Have three separate lists, one for Business, Family & The Home and Personal.

2. Prioritise your list with A, B & C tasks.

3. Write your A tasks on a separate sheet and re-prioritise them A1, A2, A3 – A1 being the most important.

4. Get to work straight away on your A1 task which will probably be the most difficult but most profitable.

5. Don’t stop until you have seen the task right through to its conclusion or as far as you can take it without putting it to one side.

6. Don’t be tempted to revert to B or C tasks just because you can complete five of them very quickly: if you have prioritised correctly then your focus should
be A’s all the way.

7. Try and delegate B and C tasks wherever possible.

This edition ‘Business Bites’ was sent in by Philippa Rowat. If you have any Business Tips to share then please send them in for future publications.