Time is a scarce resource, especially for small business owners and self-employed professionals like us. That's why we spent an entire month in OWN IT exploring new ways to free up time and squeeze more productivity into our lives — and our businesses. These slides summarize some of the main things we learned. You can read the full article at this link. https://www.ownit.com/communities/ownit/posts/777060

1. OWN IT Hack:
How to Find
2 Extra Hours in Your Day
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2. OWN IT Hack: How to Find
2 Extra Hours in Your Day
Ever look up at the clock after a crazy
busy day and immediately wonder,
"Where the heck did all those hours
go?"
Yeah, it happens to the best of us.

3. OWN IT Hack: How to Find
2 Extra Hours in Your Day
Time is a scarce resource, especially for
small business owners and self-employed
professionals like us. That's why we spent an
entire month in OWN IT exploring new ways
to free up time and squeeze more
productivity into our lives — and our
businesses.

4. OWN IT Hack: How to Find
2 Extra Hours in Your Day
These slides summarize some of the
main things we learned. You can
read the full article at this link.
https://www.ownit.com/communities/
ownit/posts/777060

5. Overwhelmingly, your most
useful apps are the ones that
make everyday tasks easier
and less time consuming.
Productivity Apps Are Your Best
Friend

6. Anything you can automate =
more time for you to spend
on the parts of your business
that you love.
Productivity Apps Are Your Best
Friend

7. Calendly: Save time by letting your clients snag slots on your
calendar instead of chatting back and forth endlessly about your
schedules.
Hootsuite: Hootsuite allows you to plan out and schedule posts
across your social media channels. Spending a few hours at the start
of the month scheduling your posts can save you time in the long
run.
Dasheroo: This app lets you track analytics for tons of different apps
and services that you use, all in one place.
MailChimp: MailChimp lets you quickly design attractive email
newsletters and schedule them, plus it keeps your email lists
organized and updated in one place.
Favorite Productivity Apps

8. Blocking your time is officially the new
multitasking.
Studies continue to show that focusing on
one thing for a specified period of time is
better for your productivity than attempting
to do several small tasks at once.
Organize Your Time into Blocks –
and Schedule Everything

9. This month, we put ourselves
to the test. Based on what we
learned about how other folks
in OWN IT are blocking their
time, we tried the same.
Organize Your Time into Blocks –
and Schedule Everything

10. • Schedule your time into blocks for specific tasks like
bookkeeping, phone calls, fulfilling orders, social
media, etc. Only do these tasks within their designated
blocks to avoid burnout and wasting time.
• Schedule some 30-minute "buffers" into your day for
those times when one task inevitably tries to take over
your day.
• Don't forget to schedule time for distractions and
creativity, too!
Organize Your Time into Blocks –
and Schedule Everything

11. The result?
Holy cow, we got a lot done! At first it may seem
silly to schedule creative time or even time to
distract yourself on Facebook, but after a few days
of following a schedule where every half hour was
blocked, we actually felt freer with our time.
Organize Your Time into Blocks –
and Schedule Everything

12. 40% of us in OWN IT post on social
media whenever we feel like it,
without much of a plan. But when we
asked if it's paying off, 40% said that
you aren't sure if your efforts are even
working.
Social Media Quality Over
Quantity

13. It's time to stop spending
time posting willy nilly without
a plan.
Social Media Quality Over
Quantity

14. Experiment with blocking out only 30
minutes a day (or less!) and focus on
posts that work toward your current main
goal, along with some evergreen posts
that you can schedule ahead of time.
Social Media Quality Over
Quantity

15. Along with that, make sure that your social
posts are reaching the right eyes! There are
tools out there such as ManageFlitter and
Crowdfire to help you target the right
audiences and unfollow irrelevant folks who
won't find value in what you're posting.
Social Media Quality Over
Quantity

16. The #1 time waster for OWN IT
members? Stressing about money. A
whopping 43% of you said that
worrying about your finances is the
most unproductive way of spending
your time.
Change Your Mindset

17. An abundant mindset can help. It
begins with the idea that there are
enough clients and gigs out there
for everyone, and that all you need
to do is work to find those people.
Change Your Mindset

18. Business Coach Rachel Ritlop
suggests the following to
d e v e l o p a m i n d s e t o f
abundance.
Change Your Mindset

19. • Start each day with 10 minutes of motivational reading. Choose
something that makes you feel centered and inspired.
• Express gratitude daily. Make a list of 3 things you're grateful
for (and be sure to mix it up each day).
• Catch yourself when you start comparing your work to someone
else's. If you do, correct it by instead thinking about something
you did that day where you knocked it out of the park.
• Clean up! Get organized externally to bring some internal
peace to your everyday. This could just mean tidying up your
workspace or clearing off your desktop on your computer.
Change Your Mindset

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