Earlier this year, I took “inventory” of my schedule.
I’d been working from home full time for over 4 years so far, and yet, for some reason, I was still finding myself having a hard time getting everything done.
Know what I discovered?
I was (shock!) wasting lots and Lots and LOTS of time.
And all this time wasting tomfoolery was crushing my bottom line, making me more stressed and sending me merrily on my way towards total burnout.
So I said screw that — time to get ruthless with my time.
And the first step was making a list of all my time-sucking habits.
Here’s what the list looked like:
- Answering hate mail or some loser’s snarky comments
- Hanging out in forums
- Social media
- Reading the news
- Obsessing over every google brain fart
- Being a perfectionist
- Keeping the email program on when working
- Yapping away on the phone
- Fulfilling my own physical products
Anyway, I still struggle with some of these things at times.
So this ain’t me preaching.
Think of it as a “public service announcement.”
In fact, here’s something to ponder:
If you are indulging in any of these things several times per day (at the expense of doing something productive), I hereby challenge you to cut your time down doing these things by half for the next 30 days (one measly month), and see what happens to your income, your stress levels and even your peace of mind.
If you’re like me, the difference will be night and day.
Laters.
Ben Settle
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