Time management help is often a topic of interest for network marketers and entrepreneurs.  I’d like to dispel a commonly held myth about time management; you cannot manage time.  It is simply impossible.  Time is an artificial dimension based on sequence and interval; nobody can manage a dimension.   Ah, but you CAN manage YOURSELF in the dimension of time!  You see, there is a big difference in mindset between someone who thinks they’re going to manage time and someone who realistically expects to manage themselves.  Clearly the end results are going to be different.  I’d also like to make another quick point.  Instead of just calling it managing yourself in time, let’s call it what it really is, ‘managing your focus’.  Because in reality time management techniques are really designed to help you focus your attention where it is needed most so you can accomplish what you need to accomplish to meet your goals.

Focus is implied in my personal formula for success.  You see, I think of success as a proverbial three-legged stool.  As you know a three-legged stool must have all three of its legs or it fall over.  In my formula for success the three allegorical stool legs are:  1) maintaining peak mental & physical energy and knowledge, 2) Working only on priority activities associated with your goals and purpose, and 3) taking massive action on those activities.  A tremendous amount of focus is going to be required to bring 100 percent in each of these categories.

You must focus on peak energy and on goals and purpose in order to bring massive focus in the form of action.  Achievers are people who can focus.  Achievers are magnetically attractive people; magically other people are attracted to those who have keen focus on a purpose.  In fact we call them by names like “visionary”, “leaders”, “winners”, and “captains of industry”, just to name a few.  The successes of achievers have been almost always supported by their ability to focus physical and mental energy, purpose-driven priorities, and their follow-through with massive action.  This is what achievers do day-in and day-out.  This is why it is important for you to manage your ability to focus, and this is exactly what good time management techniques can help you accomplish.

Now, what about you?  Are you in peak physical condition?  Do you have apex physical energy to call upon in order to endure long-haul and short-term challenge?  Do you have the mental energy and knowledge to call upon during this effort?  And have you identified your purpose or mission in life and  with your business?  Have you established a vision of where you want to go in achieving that purpose, and have you set clear, achievable goals that challenge you and keep you driven toward action and success?  These are the raw materials that need to be in place before you fine-tune your focus into life-changing and business-changing action toward success.

If you are like most people, you answered “no” to most of these questions.  But don’t be discouraged.  This is your starting point, not your finish line.  These are things you can work to improve.  In fact these can become important self-development goals and business planning goals for you in the near future.  I wish you well in your journey to success.  Good luck!