I know this isn’t directly along the lines of wholesaling, but it’s very important to the success of any successful real estate professional. Heck, it’s important in day to day life whether you’re a real estate investor or not (except for those people who have absolutely nothing to do day in and day out…which is rare and kind of hard to believe). If you don’t know how to manage your time wisely, I suggest that you start reading some books on the subject or looking for information online. I’m going to try to help a little bit here. Don’t get me wrong, my time management skills need some improving (I’m a recovering procrastinator) but even though I’m not a total whiz in this matter, it’s so important that it bears mentioning. As a matter of fact, some people are often so overwhelmed with the number of tasks they have to get done that either they don’t get them done…or they get done, but half-a$$ed. I did this with the things that I have to get done and it helped out A LOT so I thought I would share it with you.
1. To get you started, try writing down your daily tasks. What do you have to do every single day (now don’t be petty about it either...like showering…that’s a given…I hope)? Think of the major things like “work" if you have a 9-5 or “school" if you’re a student. These are the things that you absolutely have to set some time for every day.
2. Then write down the things that you want to start doing every day (like setting some time aside for yourself…we all need to…as a matter of fact, write that down).
3. In a separate space, write down important tasks that you have to get done once (or things that don’t happen on a daily basis like…make yourself an appointment for a checkup that you’ve been putting off for weeks because you’re so doggone busy).
4. Separate from those, write down less important things that it would be nice if you got done.
5. Now that you’ve gotten things down on paper (or MS Word if it makes you feel better – like me), go over them again and sort them by priority but keep them in their separate groups.
6. Now would be a good time to figure out if you have too much going on at once. If you find that you do have too much going on, try to seriously evaluate things and see if you can either eliminate or postpone some things. Yes, we all just want to just git ‘er done but if you have too much on your plate right now, it’ll be better for yourself and the quality of your work if you can concentrate on just a few things at a time.
One final time saver, and this is a hard one. LEARN TO SAY “NO"! It’s hard to say “no" when a friend asks for a favor, but if it’s going to jeopardize the things that YOU have to get done, sometimes you just have to…well…say no. Nicely, of course.
Once you get done with your personal time analysis, you may be surprised at how much free time you actually do have! At least, we all hope that’s the case.
Until next time…
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