You are going to love this post today!

It’s short and to the point and will help you own your day.

Presenting . . .

Two Time Management Phrases You Need To Know!

Numero Uno:  (I have stolen this from Tim Ferris) “I really can’t- sorry. I’ve got too much on my plate right now” In other words . . . learn to say “No”. It’s by far the most underutilized time management tool in our arsenal.

Note: I freakin caught you red handed, didn’t I? I caught you halfway through saying “I know”.

Great and since “knowing” and “doing” are very different,  I would invite you to DO WHAT YOU KNOW (and I wasn’t yelling at you, I just dig using the caps lock in my blog posts) My blog, my rules!

Numero Dos:  If you want to minimize unnecessary meeting and conference call requests “I’m happy to help any way I can, just so I can be best prepared to contribute, can you shoot me a quick email with the gist of what you need from me?” At that point, several things can happen. One, is that they solve their own challenge, Two, they send you the email and you are able to email a quick answer or better yet, pick up the phone and give them a quick answer or the mood might just pass now that they have to shoot you an email. Note: Needless to say we need to be cautious where and when we use this. I would be especially careful using this with clients. Perhaps an impromptu call saying “I received your request for a meeting and wanted to get the details from you” might be a better approach. The point (and you know this already) is that many meeting requests are unnecessary. Learn how to weed out the BS!

Numero Dos.5  You will save a tremendous amount of time if you package those two phrases with a smile. Dickiness breeds dickiness which can be quite time consuming!

So there you have it. 2 way cool phrases to guard that precious and perishable thing called “TIME”!