Seriously.

At some point, you finally have all the material and knowledge you need to accomplish things and be successful, but it can be easy to fall into the trap of “I run my own show, I can do things any way I want, including not organizing my time. After all, that’s what an employee has to do, right?”

I’m still getting the hang of it, but this is what I needed to learn – the fact that, even though I’m a business owner and not an employee, that doesn’t give me carte blanche to screw off and only be 10% as productive as I was during my employee years.

Why I haven’t been able to get that through my head until now I’m not sure. But this post helps me see how messed up my thinking has been when it comes to productivity.

If I have a plan I get heaps of work done without much sweat.

My own timetable seems to change every day — sometimes I’m up at 5am, other times 10am — no kids determining my schedule!

One book that I’ve recently read that helped was “The Power of Full Engagement” by Tony Schwartz. He talks about managing energy as opposed to managing time. It’s pretty intriguing and works when I do it…now consistency, that’s another issue.