Nobody has the time.
You may be thinking that you don’t have the time to do network marketing. You are absolutely correct. In fact, no one has the time!
We all use 24 hours each and everyday without a second remaining. I would bet that you went searching for a home-based business to have more free time. This was at the top of my list of goals when I searched for a business opportunity. I wanted freedom over my time, which we can never obtain at a job. The challenge is MAKING the time to build a business around your current busy schedule. In my business I can teach someone how to get started if they have at least ten hours a week to invest in their future.
An exercise I do with new representatives is to have them write down how they spend their week. You can do this right now (but will you?) to learn how you will make the time to fit a business into your lifestyle. We all have 168 hours in a week (this is 24 hours a day multiplied by 7 days a week). Decide which activities each day are non-negotiable, and which are negotiable. Figure out how much time exactly you are spending for each activity. For example, going to work, commuting time, or attending church may be non-negotiable activities. However, television time, when you do laundry, working out, and sleeping in are all in the negotiable categories if you are serious about changing your life and using a home-based business to help you achieve your dreams.
You will see it is EASY to find ten hours a week when you realize how much time you are actually wasting everyday on unimportant activities that are not helping you get one step closer to your dream lifestyle. Make a commitment to schedule prospecting phone calls, customer follow-ups, training calls, and other aspects of your business during this new time you have in your schedule. I used to joke that I had a mobile office because I would take my cell phone to my car during lunch while working at my old job and put 30 minutes or an hour into working on my business. Over the course of a week, a month, and a year this time adds up significantly.
So grab a pen and paper and figure out how you will find negotiable time to build your future NOW!
Please share below how you fit your business into the nooks and crannies of your day. What are your time-creation secrets?
24. April 2010 at 4:41 pm
Time Vs Money. Which is more valuable to you? (that’s a blog post waiting to be written)
I have very little time but I am highly productive.
I still have a full time job which has me away from home for 13 hours a day (travel time included). I use all dead time as productively as I can. When I am on the train I use my smart phones to write articles. In the office I use any work downtime to read up on anything related to my business, post comments, upload articles etc.
When I get home I spend 3-5 hours on my business.
I set times for how long I need to get task done in. This helps me to focus only on the task at hand and it teaches me ways to do the task faster.
I write a list of 5 which I have to do tomorrow. This way I greet the day know exactly what I need to do. This saves time on figuring out where to start.
Great post Melissa
Dwayne
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26. April 2010 at 5:37 pm
Melissa,
What a great way to point out to others how nonproductive people are, yet they are to busy for the important things that matter and will change their life.
Awesome post!
Codi