Time Management for Your Online Business: How I Get Stuff Done & Still Have a Life

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7 min readOct 15, 2018

So when I started in Network Marketing my upline told me with just 1 hour a day I could change my life. Were you sold this line too? I bet you were and you thought OMG yes I can do that. Then you joined the company and you quickly learned that 1 hr a day was the most unrealistic goal ever. I found myself doing between 7 and 10 hrs of work in the beginning and I thought dear God there has GOT to be a better way. I joined this company to have time freedom not to have no freedom of time. What I had was a serious case of horrible time management.

So I began looking for a plan. Something I could put in place and make the most impact and still be successful. I’ve been working out a plan for months and it took lot’s of trial and error but I finally feel like I have something that works and I’m here to pass on my secret Get Stuff Done and Still Have a Life routine to you.

Time Management- Part Time

First I have to say that if you are looking to do a part-time go of this you totally can but that hour or two you dedicate have to be just that dedicated. You have to show up every day and work it. Half-assing it won’t get you far. You have to choose your time allotment and commit to it. If you do that eventually you will have more and more time to not only dedicate to your business but you’ll also create time freedom too. No need to throw in the towel because I have good news for you… The key to success is not in having MORE hours in your day… … but in taking action on the RIGHT activities in your Network Marketing business And this is best done by having a daily method of operation that you commit to and follow.

Time Management- How to Get Started

I recently was introduced to this wonderful little tool called Seconds. You can download it in your app store. I use it to keep myself on track. It’s actually an interval timer, but I just plug my routine in there instead of exercises and have it keep me on track all day. In fact it’s running right now as I write this post lol. So this week I’m giving you my Daily Time Management Guide for Network Marketers. There are endless books and training on this subject but while you can learn new tasks to be organized you can’t extend the hours of a day. There are 24 hrs for you just like there are 24 for me. So what I did was find a way to make those hours work for me and count more by focusing on income producing activities first and then building a routine out from there.

Time Management- Create a Network Marketing Daily Schedule

So the very first thing I do in the day when I get up besides having my morning chocolate spoon of my Belly Fat Melter, and brush my teeth, with the first EWG verified non-toxic toothpaste, is I focus only on money making activities. I add 3–5 new people to my list a day as one of my activities.

Then I work on doing a curiosity post on Facebook and Instagram so people get interested and message me. I use both my FB Fan page and my personal profile but I highly recommend focusing on a FB Fan page because you can do so much with it.

And then in the evening I also block out 60 minutes for my income producing activities.

To see in detail exactly what I do in the morning and in the evening that gets me the most results you can download Daily Time Management Guide for Network Marketers. Inside that resource, you’ll see exactly what my time blocks and activities normally look like.

Time Management- How to Stay Committed

Here’s what I recommend:

✔Create a work environment free of distractions

✔Let your family, friends, and team know that during this time you will be unavailable.

✔Do whatever you gotta do to make sure you don’t get interrupted And the only thing you’re doing during these 60 minutes is exactly what’s on your list.

Here’s what you are NOT doing:

✔Watching funny cat videos

✔Listening to training

✔Reading a book

So when I’m doing these activities I’m not waiting for responses. I’m not Replying to messages or waiting for people to comment. I do the activities and I move on with the rest of the day.

These are activities I don’t do during this time: don’t answer people with questions, I don’t call my dad, I don’t deviate from what I’m doing because I know if I do then I won’t make the money I need to make to live my best life. I come back later and follow up and check in on comments and questions.

Time Management- When Life is Hectic or You Have a FullTime Job

It can be challenging to build your business on the side when you have a job or you’re raising a family. That type of demand requires commitment and focus so you can later have the freedom and time that you desire. But it’s possible. I promise you it is. It’s all about prioritizing and finding the moments you can do things and doing them every day. Lunch break work on that blog post or return calls. Kiddos are down for a nap make your FB posts for the week and schedule them out. It’s all about working smarter not harder. The number one success strategy I found to help me was to take a NO EXCUSES approach.

Time Management- In Closing

Adding more work to an already busy day seems counter-intuitive. But it really is just a temporary sacrifice that you’re making in order to live a better life with more freedom and time built into it. It will be hard but I can promise you it will be worth it. If you need even more help with getting your money making activities done every single day…then grab Daily Time Management Guide on my original blog post by clicking the purple button here.

It’s a free resource I created just for you to help you focus on the RIGHT activities that will help you create your best life faster.

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