Quick Tips To Help You Stay Organized in Your Business

The life of an entrepreneur and business owner can get crazy busy! You are managing your business operations, employees if you have them, your customers, and you. No wonder the burnout rate is high among entrepreneurs.

According to Forbes, 42% of small business owners said they have experienced burnout in the past month; 24% reported they are currently experiencing burnout.”

That is pretty high!

Don’t worry, be happy. I have a few quick tips below to help you stay organized and avoid burnout. 

Tip#1

Plan the next day before you shut down for the day. 

Tip#2

Automate repetitive activities in your business

Tip#3

Create processes and workflows in your business

Tip#4

Declutter your workspace

Tip#5

Get help with the tasks you don’t enjoy doing in your business. 

I hope these quick tips will help you to avoid burnout and stay organized. Do you have any tips & tricks that allow you to stay organized? Share in the comments below. 

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3 Tips To Help You To Get Organized

Are you running your business in a constant state of chaos?

Is this costing you money?

According to the International Association of Business Organizing a Forbes ASAP article states that “the typical executive wastes 150 hours a year, nearly an entire month of work, searching for lost information.  For a salaried position earning $50,000 a year that is a loss of almost $4000.

That is a lot of time & energy going into the ether

No fear - Check out the 3 tips below to help you get started on the path to getting organized:

Tip One: Start where you are and declutter your work area. It is simple but provides the most impact. If you know where to find the items when you need them and your space is clean, your day will flow much better.

Tip Two: Document your work processes so that you will have the foundational standard operating procedures for your business. This will help you to understand which processes can be automated or when you need to bring in a team member to help.

Tip Three: Make a weekly habit of organizing your digital files so that you will be able to find things exactly when you need them. I like to do this on Fridays and use it as my admin day to get organized and ready for the following week.

I hope these tips help you to start getting organized so that you can work in a stress-free manner and minimize wasting money due to disorganization.

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2 Steps To Get Better Organized in Your Business

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How organized are you in your business? Don’t answer that. If you are getting stressed out looking for items or looking at a growing digital e-file system gone array do not fret. Here are 2 steps to help you to get better organized.

Declutter Your Workspace - We work in a myriad of ways these days but somehow clutter still finds us. Pick a time weekly to go through all your physical paper items like stickies on your work desk and give them a home. Next, make a plan to tackle your e-files in small bites until everything is where you need it to be.

Document Your Work Procedures - These are better known as S.O.P.s or standard operating procedures. These are the processes and workflows for how each part of your business operates down to the smallest detail. This is another project that you might want to break down into tiny bites so you won’t get overwhelmed.

A great book to read on how to make your business and your life more organized is Getting Things Done by David Allen. It is a business book classic with tips that will change the way you live.

I hope these tips help you to get better organized in your business and it overflows into your personal life.

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Why Is It Important To Get Organized Within Your Business?

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The life of a small business owner is fast-paced. There are meetings to attend, networking events to attend and then there are the day-to-day operations. If you have a personal life then throw that into the bucket as well. It is enough to make your head spin. That is why it is so important to get organized in your business. What you do inside of your business flows into other areas of your life. For example, if you have a personal meeting that you need to take during the week then you need to make sure that it doesn’t conflict with business activities. Here are 4 reasons why it is important to get organized for your business:

• It reduces stress

• It helps you stay on top of trends within your industry

• It enables you to pursue revenue-generating opportunities

• It helps you to stay on top of your finances

There you have it. I hope this quick blog post was a good reminder about why it is important to get organized within your business. Next week we will look at how to do it.

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Welcome To The Month Of February!

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I can’t believe that we are in the month of February already!

I love the month of love.

It is short but sweet.

This month we will take a look at how to get organized so that you can feel less stressed, tools you can use to help you stay organized, and why it is important. I hope you take time out for yourself this month to slow down, love yourself and find your center.

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Are You Using Pen & Paper to Manage Your Projects?

I hope your month is going well and business is booming even in the midst of the Covid virus. How are you keeping track of all your new & existing clients and any associated notes? Is the process you are using creating more freedom in your business to work on more projects? If not check out this article I wrote about how to choose the best project management tool for your business. This post will give you some great ideas on what tools are available for you to use now so that you can ditch your pen & paper.

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