Today’s comment came from a busy professional:

How do you separate work and personal life as an entrepreneur?

I am finding it really hard to not think about my startup. There is always so much work and I am constantly thinking about my to-do list. I am not doing a good job turning it off when I am at home. Does anyone have any recommendations on how they manage this challenge?

It should be hard to turn it off – because, as an entrepreneur – you should be working on your passion and your life’s purpose. Don’t fight it — instead, set a date and time for everything that is important explicitly in your calendar. That way you know you have scheduled the time to do those imperative things. The imperative things include important family and personal life things (as well as your business things). Once you have an explicit block of time on your calendar for these things – you can more easily relax because you know you have the time to work on them.

Majority of the things on your calendar should be things that only YOU can do. Other things should be considered for delegation, outsourcing, automation, etc.  For instance, talking to your high-profile clients one-on-one is something only you can do. But you can implement a list server to auto-respond to individuals who are asking for your free products or allow them access to your appointment calendar to make a one-on-one appointment with you.

Look at Your TODO List

Review your TODO list. How many of those things can be accomplished by someone or something other than yourself? Just because it seems like a MUST DO doesn’t mean YOU must do it.

As an entrepreneur, you need to be open to other alternatives. Schedule 80% of your time on things that only you can do; and the other 20% devising alternatives. Alternatives include automating, optimizing, delegating and even deleting.

For example: You may believe you are the only one to get your message out to the masses. This is mostly true. But once you have written or audio recorded your message, someone else can transcribe it, post it, create a newsletter from it, create helpful bullet tips from it, create a video presentation from it, etc.   You don’t have to be the one doing those things.

If you need help in creating effective systems so that you can do more with less – please feel free to contact me. That is my business.

I help busy professionals and entrepreneurs create effective systems so that they can comfortably delegate to others, be more profitable and have time to enjoy life even if they don’t have time to learn new technology or train their staff.  I have a knack for turning big ideas into on time and profitable projects.

At the end of the day, I transform the way you run your business into a business you love to run.

I know your situation is different. Why don’t we schedule an appointment, where I get to know more about your unique situation? And then I will be happy to make recommendations on what your best steps are moving forward. To schedule an appointment, book it HERE.

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