managing your time - stretch goals podcast #007

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Managing Your TimeEpisode 7

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Challenge yourself to create ambitious goals as you start and grow your business.

Episode 7 - Managing Your Time

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Robert Dickerson

Robert is the Founder and CEO of Mapout a mobile learning platform that uses video courses to educate customers and train employees. He helps companies develop and launch

products.

Scott Davis

Scott Davis is the Founder and CEO of MobX, a mobile development software agency. He has 20 years of experience developing software for Government, Finance, Sports and the

Telecommunications industry.

@RobDickersonJr @The_Scott_Davis



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How to maximize your time

What to allocate

yourself to

What to allocate your

team to



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“When you become an entrepreneur and you're running your own business, you get all

this freedom. It's great. It's one of the best parts about being an entrepreneur . . . It also comes with the greatest responsibility, that you're not playing video games, that you're

focused on growing your business.”

- Robert Dickerson



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How do you decide what to allocate your time to?



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Determining if a conference is worth it● Are you supporting a current customer?● Are you gaining new customers?● Can you justify the trade-off?



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Set milestonesTEXT

Episode 5 - Perfection versus Launching


Tips for Managing Your Time

Create a daily schedule Use a calendar

Mix & match tasks Monitor your goalsUse the pomodoro

technique

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“Every industry, every job, every product, the needs of a job are always different. Like you

said, the playing field is even. We've all got 24 hours in a day. Can't change that.”

- Scott Davis



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What works best for you and your business?



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Allocate longer periods of time to a specific task.

This reduces context switching and can help you focus.



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Your needs are different.

Identify what works for you.



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How do you prioritize when unexpected things come up in the

middle of the day?



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“If I know something's going to take three days, I set the expectation at five days, just

because that gives me the buffer I need. Always add that little fudge factor on top of

setting your expectations.”

- Scott Davis



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Identifying opportunities● Determine your level of interest● Analyze the benefit

○ Is it personally fulfilling?○ Is there a monetary value?○ Will it lead to company growth?○ Is it a goal?



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“I hate meetings for meeting’s sake, because it's a waste of time. I would much rather do, than pontificate about ideas. I'd rather get in

the trenches and get things done.”

- Scott Davis



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Managing Your Team



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Touch base with themTEXT

Episode 5 - Perfection versus Launching


Tips for Managing Your Team’s Time

Use Slack, a team messaging app

Schedule a weekly meeting

Meet on a needs basis

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“[For] day-to-day things, I just do it in Slack. I feel like a daily meeting breaks up

everyone's day. They might be doing something productive - and then suddenly they're not - because we want to have a 15 minute meeting about what's going on with

the company.”

- Robert Dickerson



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“I just wrote a little Slack bot that messages everybody at the same time every day. ‘What did you do yesterday? What did you today?

Are you blocked?’”

- Scott Davis



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Remove yourself.

Let your team run with it.



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“Remove roadblocks from other people. Then get yourself out of the way. Just let people

execute. Don't micromanage them. Give them the context they need to execute and

don't control them.”

- Robert Dickerson



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Over-committed, under committed, or committed just

right.

It changes every single day.



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The danger of overcommitting● Negatively impact the quality of your work● Hurt customer relationships● Stress team dynamics

“I over commit myself a lot of times because I want to hedge my bets that I have enough work coming.”

- Robert Dickerson



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“...if you're in a situation and things aren't working, you know you've got to make a

change. . . . constantly make tweaks. Find what works. Be adaptable. You'll get there.”

- Scott Davis



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Treat all your time as a

billable hour.



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What is the ROI?

Is it worth your time?



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“I grew up wanting to do everything myself. My parents taught me be self-sufficient. That's a great habit to have, but as you start growing

your business, you start realizing that your time is more valuable.”

- Robert Dickerson



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If you start feeling stressed:● Expand your team● Readjust your priorities● Drop unnecessary meetings● Set expectations for your customers



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Hope it was productive for you.

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