December 27th, 2012 Published by: traceywalker

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5-Time Management SkillsTo Help You Become MoreProductive In Your OnlineBusinessBy Tracey Walker on December 27th, 2012

Over the past few years, I have been fortunate enough tohave mastered some critical time management skills thathave helped me to attain "above-average" results in my onlinebusiness. And when I say "above-average" I am speakingabout generating over $300,000 in income, over a 13 monthperiod of time, ALL online.

Likewise, I was recently asked to share some insights ontaking the "Right Actions" in your business on the EmpowerNetwork's Empower Hour Call this past Monday evening.

You may or may not have had the opportunity to be on thatcall live with us, so just in case you weren't, you can still gainthe benefits of the teachings. And if you were on the call, thiscan serve as a review to help you stay on track and rememberexactly the 5-step, time management skills I instructed on.

Time Management Skills #1:Identify IPA's and SeparateThem From "NecessaryThings" To Be DoneDecember 27th, 2012

In business, we all have "a lot" to do or get done. Howeverthere are those entrepreneurs that seem to get it all done, behappy, and still have time for fun, family or whatever theywant!

Here's what they have learned to do. They have learned toidentify those specific activities that are Income ProducingActivities (IPA's) and do those no matter what! See, you caneasily spend a bunch of time doing "stuff" that isn't directlyrelated to generating sales or income. And when that habit isformed, you usually feel overwhelmed, frustrated, confused,

etc. The reason is because you are not totally clear on what itis you need to do to make money, directly.

So in order to to help alleviate those issues, identify the thingsthat are directly tied to your income versus other things youjust need to do and begin to understand how these timemanagement skills can assist you.

For example, in my business, an IPA would be the syndicationand promotion of my blog posts and lead capture pages. Anecessary thing to get done would be the actual writing of theblog post itself.

Time Management Skills #2:Select A 2-hr Block Of TimeWhere You Work OptimallyDecember 27th, 2012

Yep, you heard it! 2 hrs is all you really need.

See here's the reality. Most people have not been taught timemanagement skills for themselves in business. Instead, wewere taught to go to work every day for 8-10 hours, then fit therest of their life into the time that is left over. We are trainedon how to do that routine starting from our elementary schoolyears.

So, it may seem a bit unrealistic to you, in THAT frame of mind,that you can actually work less and make more.

What makes this possible is the fact that your income is nolonger tied to the time you spend doing "stuff". At our jobs,we go to work for 8 hrs let's just say, and we are paid for beingthere those 8 hours. Whether we ride the clock, spend time onthe phone or actually do the job assigned, you are paid for thetime you are present. If you take off, generally you are not paidfor that time unless it is accumulated sick days or somethinglike that.

In THIS world, your money isn't tied to the time it takes youto get the job done. It is ONLY tied to the effectiveness ofyou reaching your ideal customer and demonstrating to themwhy they should buy from you. If that takes you 1 hour, thengreat! If it takes you 3, that's okay too. But to take 8 hrs tocomplete your IPA's in your business means you are cloudingyour activities with non-IPA's and those need to be removed.

So, select the 2-hr window during the day where you will haveno interruptions, no distractions and can work focused anddiligently for the entire time block.

December 27th, 2012 Published by: traceywalker

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My Production time is between 1pm -3pm, Monday-Friday,unless I have something cool I'm working on. In those cases Iwill also work on weekend days!

Time Management Skills #3:Create Your To-Do List EachNightDecember 27th, 2012

After you have identified the few IPA's in your business, andselected the 2-hr productivity block that's best for you, the nextthing you must do is to write your IPA's down as part of youractions for the next day.

Why do I recommend writing this list each night before goingto bed?

Well, if you take the time the night before to consider whatneeds to be done the next business day and get it sorted outthen, the next morning you are able to jump on the horseimmediately and start riding! There is nothing to think about,nothing to ponder. You know what you need to do, so simplydo it! That's a time management skills class I would call 101!

In addition, this helps to build the habit of planning. As youmay have heard before,

Failing to plan, is planning to fail

As you continue to build on the right habits, you form patternsthat are successful patterns as opposed to unsuccessful ones,like procrastination.

So take a few minutes, plan out the next day of IPA's and giveyourself a shot at being as productive and effective as you canin the time you have allotted to work your business.

Time Management Skills #4:How To Use The 2-Hr Blockand Be ProductiveDecember 27th, 2012

So now that we have our IPA's identified, our 2-hr time windowblocked off and our to-do list completed, it is time to get towork and use the time management skills we have talkedabout already. And here's how you are going to do it...followalong precisely.

1. Take any stopwatch (I use the one on my iPhone) and setit to 60 min. Hit the start button. During this 60 minblock, you are going to blow through your list of IPA's,getting them done, efficiently. You are to focus only on

the list of things you wrote down the night before andnothing else.

2. Once the stopwatch goes off and those 60 min are up,STOP working. You remember when you were in schooltaking a test and the time was over? The teacher said"pencils down, heads up!" Right? Well it's the sameconcept here. Of course there's no teacher or bosslooking over your shoulder to make sure it's right, so youwill have to be accountable to your own time!

3. Rest the timer now for 10 min and start. During these 10minutes, this is a debriefing phase for you to take a break. Do whatever you like here. Grab a snack, meditate,return a phone call, check email, whatever. Just so longas you are not "working". Once that 10-min break timergoes off..STOP. It's time to get back to work!

4. Set the stopwatch one last time for another 60 min andstart. Continue to work through your list of IPA's overthis time and remember to stay focused. No phone, noFacebook, no email, no nothing! Only IPA's are to bedone here! Once the stopwatch goes off this time, guesswhat, you are done working or the day!

Time Management Skills #5:Rinse and RepeatDecember 27th, 2012

So you have now concluded a day's work in your business. Youhave also done it maybe for the first time using these types oftime management skills. How does it feel to have only worked2 hours but still have all your income producing activities donefor a change?

You should now feel a sense of completion, accomplishmentand happiness.

Now all you have to do is repeat steps 3 and 4 over and over andover again, making adjustments in your IPA's where required.

Having Time ManagementSkills Can Change Your Life!December 27th, 2012

Once you really get good at performing your IPA's in shortspurts of time, you'll realize that life is so much morerewarding. You'll have more time to spend with your husbandor wife, your children or even more time to simply chill if that'swhat you choose to do.

As part of the leadership team inside Empower Network, Iam always assisting members on my team with these timemanagement skills and concept and have never really taughtit outside the community until now.

If you are ready to ramp things up a notch in your business,learn how to leverage the tools I have used to make over $300kin the last 13 months, and do it in 2-3 hours a day, then be sureto click here now!

December 27th, 2012 Published by: traceywalker

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However, as with anything else, I cannotguarantee that you'll be productiveenough with the time management skillsI shared with you to get the same resultsof some of our members.I hate that I even have to say that butsome people just don't have a solid work-ethic bone in their body, yet want to earnmillions of dollars!You deserve to have access to the information that has helpedus to help 60 people go from ZERO to the equivalent of a6-figure income in just 12 months. And using these sametime management skills I have taught you here, I'm sure theirincomes AND their time freedom can more than double in thenext 12 months.

Watch the full video here, and I'll see you on the inside!

To your success,

~Tracey Walker