The Perils of Time Management

 When I was Director of Client Services, I never had to worry about time management. I logged on and BAM, there was my work. Troubleshooting, meeting planning, team building, client calls, project management… I worked about 65 – 70 hours per week. Returning to freelancing means I make my own schedule. The key word in […]

 When I was Director of Client Services, I never had to worry about time management. I logged on and BAM, there was my work. Troubleshooting, meeting planning, team building, client calls, project management… I worked about 65 – 70 hours per week.

Returning to freelancing means I make my own schedule. The key word in that sentence is schedule. If I don’t lay out a schedule, my projects won’t be done on time and that simply is not acceptable. I am nothing if not prompt. In fact, I take pride in delivering on time.

I realized this week that I have been feeling the freedom of being my own boss and maybe taking advantage of it a little bit too much. Yes, a lot of time has been spent networking on LinkedIn, creating this website, and participating in some volunteer judging pre-event work for the FIRST Robotics League (coolest thing ever), but I have done little client work.

Client service is very important to me, especially with my background in client service and project management. In other words, today I will focus on client work and resist the temptation to continue to experiment with this site or network on LinkedIn.

I think my next post will be about business ethics. I have experienced the good, the bad, and the ugly, and decided I want to be better than good – I want my business to be outstanding.

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