Turning Up The Heat – The Single, Most Destructive Thing You Can Do In Your Business

We all have 24 hours in a day.  About a third of that time is spent sleeping.  What do we do with the rest of our time?

If you really want to be successful in your booklet adventure, it’s important that you are continually busy working toward your goals.  That means you never waste a single moment.  Take advantage of every opportunity you have, every moment of every day that you have set aside for your business.

If you’re sitting idly by, doing something other than working during your work time, you are not accomplishing anything.  You’re wasting time.  Time is precious.  It is our most valuable asset.  Used properly, time will move us toward our goals.  Used improperly it will move us away from them.

Imagine that you have some time to spend with your child or grandchild.  Would you focus on them, giving them your undivided attention?  Or, would you spend that time on your cell phone, your computer, or doing other things that render you unavailable to that child?  You MUST treat your business hours with same kind of respect as you would that child or grandchild.

Wasting time is probably the single, most destructive thing you can do in your business.  Seize every moment and make it count!

To your riches!

Kim Hillman

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Making The Most Of Your Time – Monthly Review

In case you missed a post this month, here’s the run down on what we learned.

1)  Plan your activities, set your priorities and make a daily to-do list.

2)  Keep a time log for 1 week to find out what eats up your time.

3)  The truly successful people in this world are the ones who are willing to put in a little extra time to reach their goals.

4)  Timing is important in the booklet business.

5)  Extend your hours in a day by using other people’s time.

6)  Your sales, not your craft, comes first.

7)  Three tips to help you get the upper hand on your time.

I hope you found these posts helpful.  Your time is the one asset you can never replace.  Use it wisely!

It’s spring time, and April is Spring Into Action month!  You won’t want to miss this as, over the next month, I’ll be sharing how to create a million dollar a year, or more, booklet publishing business from scratch! Stay tuned!

To your riches!

Kim Hillman

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Making The Most Of Your Time – Three Tips To Help You Get The Upper Hand And Put You Back In Control

Do you ever feel like your day controlled you rather than the other way around?  Here are three tips to help you get the upper hand on your day and put you back in control.

1)  Create a routine and stick by it. This means that you have a time to start work and a time to finish.  It may also mean that you do specific tasks at specific times – such as making your calls in the morning, writing in the afternoon, etc.

2)  Get your email under control. If you have an email notifier and you feel compelled to check your email whenever you are notified, turn the notifier off.  Also, keep your responses brief as much as you can.  A good rule of thumb is no more than three sentences.  And finally, choose one time during the day for when you will deal with your email, and don’t check your email at any other time.

3)  Keep a clock in front of you so you don’t lose track of the time - even if you wear a watch.  We all forget to check our watches, but having a clock right in front of you will continually remind you of the time.

Time is money!  Make the most of yours!

To your riches!

Kim Hillman

PS: Speaking of time, it’s ticking away right now.  You’ve thought about writing a booklet, but you’ve procrastinated and in doing so, you’ve been losing money – the money you could have been making all this time from your booklet!  Why not get it done now so you can reap your share of the riches?  Click here!

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Making The Most Of Your Time By Borrowing Or Buying Other People’s Time

If I asked you how many hours you have in a day, you would probably say 24.  But, what if you could have 26, or 35, or 50 hours in a day?  Impossible?  Not when you borrow or buy other people’s time!

There Is Another Option

Most of the people on this planet see time as a daily allotment.  They think in terms of going to work, and coming home, and how they will spend their evenings and weekends.  It doesn’t occur to them that there is any other option, and that’s ok because they are not business owners.

Even many business owners don’t realize there is another option, or if they do, they don’t believe they can afford it.  Many small business owners are trying to do it all – trying to run their entire business alone – and often they end up running it right into the ground.

What Smart Business Owners Do

Smart business owners know that while they might wear all the hats in the beginning, sooner or later they’re going to need help in order for their business to grow.  Early on, these business owners look for ways to assign the smaller tasks to others so that they can take care of more important matters.

Business growth happens when someone is working ON the business as well as IN the business. That means that the daily internal workings of the business are taken care of, such as handling new orders, answering the phone, opening and sorting and sending mail, etc;  and at the same time new business is being acquired, new products are being developed, marketing strategies are being tested, and on and on.

It Doesn’t Have To Be Full Time Or Expensive

When you write your first booklet, your business is very small and easy for you to handle.  But, as you begin to add new booklets and other products, your business will grow beyond your capability to handle it all alone. You’ll need help, but it doesn’t have to be full time or expensive.

You might start out by having your spouse or your children or even older grandchildren help out.  This kind of help is free or very low cost (often children will work for an ice cream cone when the work is done!), and it gives your family a sense of being a part of what you do.  Of course, eventually, you’ll probably need other part time help, but by the time that happens you’ll have enough income from the business to afford it.

There are many ways you can borrow or buy time from others, and how you do it will depend upon the task(s) you need performed and what your specific budget is.  But, when the time comes that you feel your business growth is being stunted because you can’t do it all, that’s the time to consider just which tasks someone else can handle for you, and which jobs you need to tackle on your own.

To your riches!

Kim Hillman

PS: You can even have someone else write your booklet for you!  Oh yes!  It’s called ghost writing.  Celebrities do it all the time.  Of course, you still need to make sure that what’s being written will be salable, and you’ll still need to go through the production phase.  If you’re ready to get that first booklet written and produced and you’d like some help along the way, click here!

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Making The Most Of Your Time – A True Story About How Putting Something Off Cost Far More Time Than It Should Have And Created Lame Results

Imagine that you’ve been invited to a costume party.  The host has generously given you plenty of notice – five months to be exact.  The party will take place in March, and you received your invitation in October.  This is very fortunate since in the month of October costumes are easy to acquire.

But, upon thinking about it, you decide to put off buying a costume.  You’ve got other expenditures at the moment, and the costume isn’t needed for a while.  And so, October slips into November and then December, and soon March arrives.  And then it hits you!  The party is just a few days away and you still don’t have a costume. What to do?  Suddenly, that costume has become very important and you spend an enormous amount of time trying to locate something, anything, that will work.

For days you scour every store in your neighborhood and every time you come up empty handed.  And unfortunately, there is no time to order anything online.  Finally, in desperation, you look in your own closet and do your best to put something together, and what you end up with is a lame, half hearted attempt at something creative.

If only you had purchased your costume when you first received your invitation – when costumes were easily found in stores everywhere.  But, instead, you procrastinated until the last minute, and it cost you several days worth of your time rather than the hour or so it originally would have.

This is a true story, and it’s a very good lesson because often in the business of booklet publishing you get an opportunity to do something now, but if you procrastinate it will cost you much more time and possibly more money as well.  Timing is important in this business, and if you have the chance to do something now that you know you will need to do, it’s best to get it done NOW and avoid the hassle of having to scramble to get it done at the last minute.

You can’t always know when an opportunity will arise for you to get a future task out of the way early, but when you have one TAKE IT!  Save yourself some time in the future – time that can be used for better things than making half hearted attempts at being creative in order to meet a deadline.

To your riches!

Kim Hillman

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Making The Most Of Your Time – What Separates The Most Successful People From The Rest

There’s a reason why the Donald Trumps of this world are where they are, and why everyone else is, well, wherever they are.  The most successful people are the ones who are extremely goal oriented, and who are willing to make small sacrifices in order to see big dreams come true.

Everything Requires Some Kind Of Sacrifice

Most people hold their weekends sacred.  That’s their time to relax and unwind, or to get things done they couldn’t get to during the week, such as yard work or cleaning the garage.  Most people wouldn’t think of working on a weekend, or on their day off.  But then, that’s precisely why most people are schlepping off to a job they hate every morning, instead of living the life of their dreams.

Everything worthwhile in life requires some amount of sacrifice.  When you marry, you sacrifice some of your wants and maybe even some of your needs in order to make the other person happy.  When you have children, you sacrifice even more wants and needs, and alot of time.  Even adopting a new pet requires some sacrifice of time and money.  So, why should your booklet business be any different?

You Don’t Have To Give It ALL Up

Which is the greater sacrifice?  To spend eight hours each day working at a job you hate, that isn’t going to make you wealthy, or to spend those same hours each day doing something you love that will give you the kind of lifestyle you want?  It’s a no-brainer isn’t it?  Yet, most people would rather stay at their job than sacrifice a little of their leisure time so that they can have something better.

This doesn’t mean you have to give up every weekend or even a whole day of leisure time.  It just means that when you’ve got something on the line, you’re willing to put in the time to get it done.  The sooner you get one thing done the sooner it can begin working for you to make you money, and the sooner you can move on to the next thing.  This is how businesses grow.

Doing What You Love Makes The difference

If you want to get ahead at a faster pace you need to be willing to use every available bit of time you have to do it.  But, this doesn’t mean you must do this constantly or forever.  It means you do it in spurts when you need to.  For example, if you’re just starting your booklet adventure, getting your first booklet completed is a top priority.  If you know you will have some uninterruped time over the weekend, that is the perfect time to block out for getting your booklet done.

The truly successful people in this world are the ones who are willing to put in a little extra time to reach their goals. They don’t worry about working on weekends because they’re doing what they enjoy.  Olympic champions train every day for hours and hours.  They work hard, but they love every minute of it because they know it’s getting them closer to achieving their dream of being the best.

Like the Olympic champion, you have a dream.  The only question is, what are you willing to do in order to see yours come true?

To Your Riches!

Kim Hillman

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Making The Most Of Your Time – Take The Time Log Challenge And Find More Time In Your Day

How often have you said that you wished you had more time in your day?  Nearly all of us have said this, and said it often.  Here’s a challenge for you that will help you find that extra time you need!

For one week, keep a log of your time. This may sound like a complicated endeavor, but it really isn’t.  All you need to do is write down the time you start an activity, what you did, the time you finished, and the total time it took you to complete. An easy way to do this is to use lined paper or create a grid on your computer and print it out, with columns for times and activities performed, and a column with your total time at the end.  For example, your page might start something like this:

Start          Activity                                          Finish         Total

7am                Breakfast                                                        7:30am            30m.

7:35               Writing For New Booklet                         8:20am           45m.

8:30               Leave For Work – Commute                   9:00am           1hr.

You should include everything you do in a day in your time log. This includes time spent eating, showering, commuting, working, shopping, on your computer (and be sure to record every activitiy you do on your computer separately!), watching tv, talking on the phone, etc.

Put the day and date at the top of each page, and at the end of the day go through and look for time spent on meaningless activities.  Highlight those. The next day, try to improve.  By the end of the week you should have less things on your list to highlight, and find that your time is being used more productively and that you are getting more things done that bring you closer to your goals!  What do you say?  Are YOU up to the challenge?

To your riches!

Kim Hillman

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Making The Most Of Your Time – Three Easy Steps To Help You Use Your Time Better And Reach Your Goals Faster

Time is something we all struggle with.  Every day, each of us is given the same amount of time.  Some people are very good at using their time to get things done that move them toward their goals.  Others see only their lack of time and feel overwhelmed by all the things they want to accomplish.

Here are three easy steps to help you use your time better so you can reach your goals faster!

First, You Need A Plan

One of the things that sets the winners apart from the rest of the crowd is their ability to plan their time. Just as you need a plan for your business and a plan for your marketing, you should also have some kind of plan for how you will use your time each day.

Remember back at the beginning of the year when I told you that you should choose just one or two things to focus on for this year?  You should consider what you chose to focus on when you plan your time, and plan activities that coincide with your overall focus.

Next, Set Your Priorities

Once you have some ideas for activities, you then need to set your priorities.  Setting priorities means your most important tasks will get DONE!  On any given day there are a million different things you could be doing, but the majority of those things are either unimportant or simply a waste of your time.  The most important tasks are those that further you toward your goals.

Finally, Make A List

Making a list is the best thing you can do to help keep you on track.  You might start out by writing out everything you would like to get done for the day, and then number each task according to its importance. That way, you’ve got a path to follow, from number 1, to number 2, and so on.  When you finish a task, you don’t even have to think about which one to do next.

Making a list has worked well for me, personally.  I find that if I make a list, it becomes a challenge to see how much I can cross off of that list before my workday is finished. But, if I don’t make a list, so much of my time gets wasted.  I get caught up in whatever is going on at the moment, and before I know it my day is gone and I haven’t gotten anything done.

Plan your time, set your priorities and make a list. Just doing this much will make a HUGE amount of difference in how much you accomplish each day, and how fast you reach your goals!

To your riches!

Kim Hillman

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The Secret To Success In Any Business

Wherever you are in your booklet adventure, you’re there because you put yourself there.  You have made the decision to create a booklet, and from that point you have moved forward at a pace of your choosing.  The question is, are you happy with where you are now?

Why There Is No Comparison

As human beings, we’re notorius for comparing ourselves to others.  We think we should be taller, thinner, prettier, and richer.   And not only do we compare our physical selves, but we also compare our businesses to that of others.  We think we should be bringing in a certain dollar amount because someone else did it.  Or we think we should be selling a certain amount because someone else did it.

The truth is you can’t compare yourself to someone else, and why would you want to?  Why put those limitations on yourself?  Odds are that person you’re comparing yourself or your business to is comparing their self or their business to someone else! You might see their success as something worthy of acquiring, while at the same time they are looking even higher and reaching for more!

Yes, Yes, Yes and No

So, why did XYZ company sell a million thing-a-ma-jigs and you only sold 100,000 booklets?  Could it be that XYZ company has been around longer than you have?  Could it be that they have a staff working for them while you’re a solopreneur?  Could it be that they have more money to work with for developing products and getting them in front of their market?  The answer is yes, yes, and yes, but it’s also no!

Of course XYZ has been around longer than you, has a staff and more money.  But, what’s stopping you from achieving that same level of success, or better yet, surpassing it?  The only thing standing in your way is your willingness to do what it takes to get there!

What Are You Doing And Why?

Diligence is working toward something on a constant basis.  It is believing in something, and stopping at nothing to get it.  It means you don’t have time to be idle.  You’re too busy working toward your goals.

Like everyone else on this planet, you have 24 hours every day.  You need a certain amount of those hours for eating, sleeping, and doing whatever you do in the bathroom.  Beyond that, you’re free to choose what you do with the rest of your time each day, and in order to grow your business and reach your goals, you don’t want to waste a single moment.

Some moments will be put aside for your pleasure and enjoyment, or for family.  But, other moments, your working moments, are the ones you really need to focus on. If you find your business isn’t where you had hoped it would be by this time, ask yourself what you did over the past year, or the past six months.  Chances are you wasted precious moments on things that didn’t further your business goals.

Diligence is the secret to success in any business, and booklet publishing is no exception.  Now that you know this, consider each activity you do during your work time and ask yourself whether it is helping to reach your goals, or whether you’re wasting your time.  In other words, what are you doing and why?  The more activities you can do to help your reach your goals, the sooner you will reach them and surpass them!

To your riches!

Kim

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Quick Tip: Make Something Happen Today

Wherever you are in your booklet adventure, you’ve got something before you that you need to do.  It might be writing your first booklet, or it might be contacting that prospective buyer, or maybe it’s spreading the word about your business and products.  But, whatever it is, it’s there in front of you, and you can’t move on in your adventure until you get past it.

You’re not ready, you tell yourself. You need to do more research, or study more, or get enough money saved up, or wait until you have the time to really concentrate on it, or get more products together, or gather more credentials…..and the list goes on and on.

Whatever it is that is looming ahead in the distance before you, don’t wait to tackle it.  It’s the next step in your adventure, and there are riches at the finish line. You don’t have to wait for the right moment when you have everything you think you need.  Just go for it and do it now!

Most people wait and wait and wait.  They spend their entire lives waiting, and nothing ever happens.  Don’t do that.  The right moment is right now. Embrace it and make something happen today!

To your riches!

Kim

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