Read each statement below. If it sounds familiar, select “I Agree.” You may discover that your business has a time use problem you need to address.
If you’re nodding your head yes to any of these, you could use our “Recapture Your Time” workbook.
01
Go-fer.
You cover the low-skilled tasks that don’t fall into any employee’s job description: delivering materials to the job site, making bank deposits, getting copies made, shopping for office supplies, emptying the trash.
02
Miser.
Save a penny, lose a dollar. You act as your own administrative assistant. To avoid spending $15 an hour, you forego $100 an hour (or whatever your time is worth). You do your own bookkeeping, invoicing, and bill paying.
03
Gatekeeper.
Only you can be trusted to open and close each day, so you have the longest hours.
04
Firefighter.
There is always some fire to be put out; if not, you’ve been known to start one just to keep things interesting.
05
Leaf in a Storm.
You are at the mercy of the winds of business fate. Your schedule is dictated by whatever comes along.
06
Comfort Zoner.
You resist doing the things that will take you to the next level and you tend to stay with comfortable (for you!) tasks.
07
Worker Bee.
You like being crew chief, tending to everyday jobs. It’s hard work, but you can see the results right away. It’s why you got into the business in the first place.
09
Mr. (or Ms.) Accessible.
Your door is always open. You take every phone call, answer every email, and you can be interrupted at any time.
10
Assistant.
You hand over a job to someone. When that person comes back to ask for help, you end up doing part of the job that you just delegated to them.
11
Philanthropist.
You subsidize your clients. You do work for them, but you don’t charge for all of it. You do this at the expense of your own strategic work.
12
Optimist.
Your scheduling is overly optimistic and projects take longer than you expect. This eats into the time that you have allocated for other tasks and you always feel pressured.
13
Crammer.
You overbook by cramming things into your schedule, which leads to inevitable slippage. Strategic tasks get bumped.
14
Ms. (or Mr.) Essential.
Only you can do the task. That means that, every time it must be done, you must be there—and you must interrupt whatever else you are doing.
15
Unimportant.
You break appointments with yourself—the most important person in the business—even though you would never break appointments with a client.
REASONS THAT APPLY TO YOU
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If you’re nodding your head yes to any of these, you could use our “Recapture Your Time” workbook.
