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Establishing the Right Working Practices

1:18 with Paul Boag

Organization 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.

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    "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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