Prioritizing Tip to Improve Your Bottom Line

I don’t know about you, but as a small business owner there are about a million and one different things on my to-do list each day.  In addition to necessary tasks like bookkeeping and responding to clients’ e-mails, I also have a marketing to-do list about a mile long.

One day I was meeting with a client who said something to the effect of, “There’s got to be a way to track which daily tasks will bring in the most money.  I feel like I’m wasting my time on projects that aren’t giving a good return.  I just feel so scattered.”  A light went on in my head! (Any time I hear, “there’s got to be a way…”, the entrepreneur inside me wants to discover a solution).  The way to track which daily tasks bring in the most money is easy. Simply get your list and assign each task a certain number.

Take your daily task list or to-dos and assign each item a number between 1 and 4. A “1″ means that you could potentially make money TODAY by completing that task.  For me, the task of giving a sample session to a potential time management coaching client would be a “1″.  Next, assign your tasks that could potentially make you money this week with a “2.”  In my experience, a “2″ is when I go to a networking meeting.  A “3″ gets assigned to any task that could make you money this month, a “4″ this quarter, and a “5″ this year.  A “5″ is still important. For example, I’m working on a book that will potentially bring great returns when it is self-published. Consider “4″s and “5″s as good investments.

How does this system motivate you? Instead of looking at your daily task list and sighing, you will get excited to see that you have the potential to make money very soon, even today!   If that doesn’t motivate you, I don’t know what will!  Try out this system and e-mail me with any comments and questions.  You can e-mail me by visiting my website and hitting the contact button: http://www.camillecoaching.com.