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Establishing the Right Working Practices
1:18 with Paul BoagOrganization and managing hours can make a big difference for the success of any company. Businesses that can deal with clients, distractions, and other productivity killers can achieve success.
"How to Run a Web Design Business" with Paul Boag
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Okay. In this last section that we're going to look at,
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we're going to discuss the area of getting stuff done.
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All of this talk about growing your business is worth nothing
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unless, of course, you can get the work done.
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So the key here is to establish the right working practices.
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If you get that right, everything will go smoothly.
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If you're going to keep your hours under control—
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because you're building a lifestyle business, and that's what you need to do—
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you need to start working smarter, but not necessarily longer.
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Also, being your own boss means that you need a structure
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in order to stay motivated.
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If you don't have that structure in place, you're going to lose motivation quite quickly.
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There's also a need to keep clients happy.
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And they're going to be happy when they feel that you are in control.
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And that means you've got to be organized.
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You need a system in place.
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You need a method of dealing with what I think are the three major productivity killers:
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distractions, the client, being unorganized.
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And that is what we're going to look at in the rest of this section.
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