y is personal productivity important?
Always remember that your time has a value and needs to be treated as a precious resource.
Practical exercise
Think about how much you are paid every month to do your job.
o Divide that number by the number of days you work in a month (on average,
22), then again by the number of working hours in a day – usually 8.
o The figure you get is your hourly rate.
So let’s say you discovered that your hourly rate is $10.
o If you waste 2 hours on a task that produces no results, you have just cost
your employer $20 with nothing to show for it.
o If, on the other hand, you use that 2 hours to build a relationship with a
client that eventually yields a big deal, you are making a return on your time.
This doesn’t only apply to sales people so if you are doing an important administrative task,
such as working on a project plan, that contributes to the overall success of your business,
then you are generating an output.
That output should ultimately deliver a return. The trick is to identify the tasks that will
produce the most valuable results and focus on those.
As a manager you’d not spend money on a machine or person that never produces anything.
You have to get value for your money. This does not mean running around pretending to be
‘busy’ all the time. Highly productive managers and professionals focus on producing useful
results.
Conclusion
In this lesson we have learned what personal productivity is and how to make the most of
our time to deliver valuable outputs. Stay tune ...
