Tip #5 – Get a Whiteboard
This may seem like a simple little thing, but trust me when I say it will make a huge difference to your business. Having a whiteboard in your office space (mine is right above my desk, in front of me at eye level will help you to be more organised which will make you more efficient.
My whiteboard has my goals, it has notes that I need to remember, I make notes on it throughout the day of things to remember. My is magnetic as well so I can put things up with magnets. I have positive sayings or affirmations to remind me to keep going. I have lists and sometimes I have my schedule on it as well.
It is a bit like having a jot pad on your desk, but I find the act of ‘looking up’ to my whiteboard helps me to lock things in and keep moving forward.
It also keeps all of my goals, targets, notes and thoughts in one place, not on little bits of paper scattered all over the place.
Once a week I clean off the whiteboard (not to clean, just clean up) so that I am set for the next week. It is like having an in-tray, but as it is right in front of your face, all laid out, you can’t ignore or forget what is in there.
If I have people I need to follow up, then they go on the whiteboard. If I have an idea for something new – book, course, blog post – then I write it on the whiteboard.
I track my major numbers in my business – for example monthly sales targets – and keep that front and centre of my focus.
It is so so simple, yet so so effective!
