“We WILL get through this together.” 

Take Phone Calls On the Move.

When you are an entrepreneur, you no doubt will be running around at certain times per day. You may be food shopping, taking a walk outside, walking your dog, etc. Use this time to schedule and make phone calls. Whether they are business or personal, you can kill two birds with one stone by talking while you are moving. Make sure to avoid using this techniques for items for which you need to be still (i.e., customer demo) but use it to maximize your time for other items.

Schedule 15 Minute Meetings.

Not all meetings have to be 30 minutes – especially for an entrepreneur. There are many meetings and calls that only require 15 minutes but we naturally default to 30 minutes – mostly because of the way our calendars are set up. In fact, using shorter meetings will often make you be more efficient in the way that you organize or prepare. Use the 15 minute meeting whenever you can.

Schedule More (not less) Activities.

We tend to only calendar those items that involve others – such as meetings with customers, vendors or employees. But because there is so much going on each day, it is difficult to make sure the right things are being done if we don’t add some structure to the day. When you need to focus on something, or need to do something every day, actually put in in your calendar. It could be your daily social media work or drafting a contract once in a while. Allocate specific time in your calendar and stick to it. Otherwise, the day will take hold of your already scarce time and energy.