Who is in charge?

If you are anything like me, your cell phones rings alot. And your email fills up, all day long. You have to ask yourself the question ...who is in charge? YOU or THEM (the technological devices that we can't seem to do without).

A typical day for you probably goes like this...you head to the office and tackle your emails. By 9.00 they are done, and you start putting the important time into thinking about your business...an email pops up, you have to answer it because it is expected in our instant age.. that you do. As you are halfway through your concentration is broken with a phone call. You answer it, because you have to answer your cell every time it rings...after the call you get back to the mail..and so it continues through the day.

When I am busy I put my cell phone off, allowing me to focus on what I am doing. In this way I am 100% more productive. I have a message on my cell which goes like this..."This voice mail does not take messages. If it's important please send me an sms (text)" You know, the important calls do text (so I can get back to them), or call they me back later. i.e.. I control my time

I have just started the same with my emails. I spend until 10.00am on my emails and then I turn them off.It's funny how much more time I seem to have in my day.

Prioritising time is vital if you want to effectively be "BUYING TIME". It also give you extra time in the day to spend doing the great things you want to.