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Learning to master your time and efforts is elemental to success. You can easily have every one of the resources you need, the best mentor, the latest and greatest computer software but if you're running around racking your brains on what to do first and when to do it you are headed for defeat. You have to master time management. As MLM women we not only are involved in our marketing business but also our families. Most of us are wives and moms also. Juggling a home and children can be an all day job but whenever you add in business watch out!

Urgent Situations are Not Always Urgent

This is a typical mistake many people fall prey too. Thinking simply because it's "urgent" you have to drop everything else and attend to it. However often, the things that take hold of your attention aren't always as important as they seem, and they often do not make up the most effective method to spend your time. The point is that urgent situations are not necessarily important, and important things aren't always urgent.

Your five year old may think he desperately needs a drink of water and that you have to get it. However he can easily wait until you finish up what you're doing or you might plan ahead and fill a cup with water and put it where he can reach it. Spending time with your children is important however not urgent, you could plan family time. Your online business is important however you may well be tempted to shove it aside since there is no sense of urgency involved. Whenever you concentrate only on the urgent things daily, you won't leave enough time to handle the things which are really important however not very urgent. This is what I call the "tyranny of the urgent."

Make a Plan and Work Your Plan

So how to you deal with urgencies, small things that eat your time and effort or poor planning? The solution is to create a plan and then work your plan. Rather than doing whatever grabs your attention next, use your plan to determine the most effective method to utilize your time based on your top priorities for the week. This way, you'll spend more of the time on important things, whether or not they're vital.

Distraction = No Action

Your plan gives you a solid framework to determine moment-by-moment whether that squeaky wheel trying to grab your attention really is important, or whether or not this is simply a distraction that you can easily postpone to a more appropriate time. If you eradicate just this one mistake, you will soon discover that you're spending more time on things that really make a difference and your productivity will considerably improve.

Get Your Life Organized

The better your life is organized the more productive you will be. Whenever you know what you should do and possess a plan to implement it things go much smoother. Waking up each morning and wondering what you should first is detrimental to both your business and your family.

Use a More Effective To-Do List

Sometimes an occasion as simple as starting later because your son or daughter had a slumber party can have the potential to keep you from getting your marketing and the necessities of a productive day achieved. The solution lies in having a good DMO and tools to help you speedily get back on track. At times it's not so much about starting on time, what's essential is to get all of it done well and avoid any stress. When you've a to do list even if you stray from the plan you can easily get back on track rapidly.

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