by Lawrence Ng
Everyday, more employed workers choose to work as self-employed entrepreneurs. However, one of the greatest challenges to them is managing their time. All the while they have been following the daily routine working hours set by their employer (i.e. 9am till 5pm). The moment that they switch to self-employed entrepreneur, they are so free to decide on their working hour or without any planning, as they know nobody is going to question or fire them. They will really feel the impact of it when the income or profit is so less or not sufficient to cover their expenses at the end of the month.

Therefore, if you are one of the new self-employed entrepreneurs, you need to practice some of these basic time management skills as soon as possible

1.Clear Objectives and Goal Setting
Find out what do you really want to achieve and set goals in align with the objectives.

2.Planning and Prioritize
List down the entire task and schedule them. Based on the urgency and importance of the tasks, prioritize all the work accordingly.

3.Consider Outsourcing
Consider outsourcing certain non-productive works so that you can concentrate on your business.

4.Self-Discipline
Always work as per your scheduled activities for the day and stay away from non-business related tasks during your working hours.

5.Minimize Interruption
Find a working place with minimum interruption. If you work from home, close the room door while you are working.

6.Productivity Tools
Invest on some automation tools to maximize your productive, example, answering machine, computer softwares.

Always remember, you have to pro-actively improve on your time management skill as you are the employer and worker too.

Lawrence Ng.
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