I believe, from speaking to many agents, we can all do better.

Some find excuses why they can’t be more efficient and yes, I think they are excuses rather than genuine reasons.

I think the first step in becoming more efficient with your time, is admitting you are not as efficient as you can and should be.

Most of us will agree, but in the same breath will state “I don’t have the time nor quality of staff to be more efficient”.

The first one is absolute rubbish and the second one, very worrying when owning a business.

Of course, you have the time to learn, understand and be more efficient – everyone does, you are just not prioritising it. Maybe because in order to be more efficient, you have to let go and THAT is the main issue with business owners, they won’t let go of the day-to-day operations.

If you have staff that can’t help you be more efficient and take the work load off you, then you have got the wrong staff in place.

Just make sure it’s their ability, and not your lack of training or lack of will to delegate that is the issue.

Once you come to the realisation that you can get back hours, maybe even days per week just by tweaking a few things, then you can start the process of “doing the do”.

Being more efficient and productive is not a one-time thing, it has to be a passion or a cause that you follow religiously.

It runs in to all aspects of your life, personal, social, business. You can’t be totally efficient in one area and not in another, it doesn’t work like that.

The best and most successful people I know, value their time more than money. It’s the only commodity you can’t get more of no matter how successful you are.

Thoughts?