With all of the pressures that come with starting up a new business
it is easy to get overwhelmed. Which many people face
is a long list of tasks that need to be dealt with.
Keeping yourself and your company organized can be a
tall task with everything you have to face. It seems
when starting a business that you have 1000 things to
do but that you are walking in mud. It seems to take
such a long time to get everything done. The key is
to stay organized and move through your list with ease.
Sounds impossible? Well it is not, let me show you.
The most important part of starting a new company is
not to get in a panic with the responsibilities and
efforts that you will have to put out to get it up and
running. Trust me, no matter what is on your list you
can do it. It is all just a matter of time and what
you can get done first. Now take a deep breath and relax
your mind. I am going to make this as painless as possible
for you.
All right, lets go. The first step is to break your
list down into smaller lists. Each list will allow you
to identify what needs to be done to get your business
running as well as when they can be achieved. So you
are going to want to take your main list and create
three smaller lists which are:
-Short List
-Medium List
-Long List
We'll start off with the short list. This list contains
of everything that can be taken care of right now(Yes,
right now. So don't put it off). Such as ordering supplies,
setting up your office, getting a new phone line ect...
It is everything that can be done without something
impeding it. An example of this is if you were trying
to set up your office but don't have space for it. So
getting the space for your new office would go on your
short list. It would be the first steps to take.
Now that you have figured that out, next in line for
this would be setting up your office. So step one is
to find space and step to is to set it up. This would
go on your next list which is the "Medium list". This
is everything that can be done after the short list
is taken care of. Some things on your list may be "purchase
programs for new computer" but if you don't have a new
computer you will have to wait until get one, so this
would go on your short list.
Next would be your "Long list". Which are things that
can only be done when you are almost ready to go. An
example of this would be "Advertise for Grand opening".
This won't be possible until you 1. find space for your
office(which is on your short list) 2. Set up your office(which
is on your medium list) then finally 3. Advertise grand
opening(because everything is set up and ready to).
Dividing your tasks like this will save you time but
also help you get things done without getting overwhelmed.
Also don't be scared to move along each list. So even
though you have tasks to complete on list one, but there
are some tasks you can now complete on list two. Don't
be afraid to work on both of those list during the day
even though you haven't finished all of the tasks from
list one yet.
Another important part is that when you finish a task
make sure to double check it to see that you did everything
correctly. Then cross it off of your list so that you
don't waiste time working on something you've already
done.
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