Being your own boss is a great thing, but it also poses specific difficulties, such as obtaining your own clients, developing your own work processes and bearing all the responsibility for your business activities. If you are a one-man show looking for some tips to streamline your work processes and to achieve more:
- Take your time to figure out your processes and to refine them – both developing and refining work processes takes time. Put pen to paper or use your computer to note your thoughts, then create your own procedures. Put together a checklist for specific procedures if you think that helps;
- Use software solutions – there are lots of digital tools, such as applications, that can help you stay focused on practical tasks, this is true for things like commercial real estate appraisal software and other detailed processes required to do a job;
- Keep your files and folders in order – files and folders tend to multiply uncontrollably, so allocate some time every week to cleaning your computer, removing the files that you don’t need. Also, make sure that you name your files and folders consistently to be able to retrieve the information that you need at all time;
- Schedule activities – try to stick to a regular daily schedule. Determine when is the best time to answer emails, to do fieldwork, to meet new clients and try to stick to your schedule as much as possible.
Originally Posted here: Tips for Streamlining Your Work Processes
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