{"id":89499,"date":"2021-01-03T09:00:56","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T16:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/renewsblog\/?p=89499"},"modified":"2021-03-16T12:27:33","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T18:27:33","slug":"extreme-ways-save-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/extreme-ways-save-time","title":{"rendered":"5 Extreme Methods I Use to Save Time in My Workday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s talk about five extreme ways that can save you time. I&#8217;ve actually implemented all of them. I don\u2019t know if anyone else is using them, but if you are let me know. So let\u2019s get started.<\/p>\n<p>Time is your most valuable asset, and you have to invest it wisely. If someone is abusing your money, well, don\u2019t let them, but still, don\u2019t hold a grudge against them as much as you would if someone was abusing your time. Why? Because when time is gone, it&#8217;s\u00a0gone forever. You can\u2019t get it back. It is not refundable, and you definitely can\u2019t buy it in the first place.\u00a0So please protect your time. I\u2019ve come up with five extreme ways to\u00a0protect my time.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tMggetG9cpo?ecver=1\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>5 Extreme Methods I Use to Save Time in My Workday<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<h3>Quit Social Media<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The first thing that I did is quit Facebook. That\u2019s right\u2014I\u2019ve only got four friends on Facebook. The only reason why my Facebook account is still open is for all of the groups, some of them paid, that I\u2019m a member of that I really want to contribute to and network with others on. But ultimately, what do most do on Facebook and other social media platforms?<\/p>\n<p>I can bet you money that you\u2019re not really networking and you\u2019re not really building your business. What you\u2019re doing is looking into someone\u2019s life and what they\u2019re doing and what holiday that they\u2019re going on and all that stuff. So, you have to take a good, long, hard look at yourself and really see what the purpose of you being on Facebook is. You can actually see on your phone how long you spend on social media. Have a look\u2014you&#8217;ll probably be appalled.<br \/>\n<em><br \/>\n<strong>Related:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/5-tips-for-investing-in-real-estate-when-you-dont-have-much-time\" target=\"_blank\">5 Tips for Investing in Real Estate When You Don\u2019t Have Much Time<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>\n<h3>Don&#8217;t Answer the Phone<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Now, the second extreme thing that I have implemented is I don\u2019t answer my phone. No matter who calls me, no matter when they call me, I will let it ring, and I will not answer my phone. I work 14- to 15-hour days. I am in the zone, and I am focused on what I am doing. If I pick up my phone and answer it, I lose focus and I\u2019m done. I have to restart everything.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t want to do that. I have to stay focused. I have to finish my task, and if I pick up my phone, I lose out.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>\n<h3>Never Schedule Calls<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>A great tool that I&#8217;ve absolutely loved ever since I discovered it is to never schedule my own calls. Think about this for a second\u2014how many times do you go back and forth with someone to find the right day and time that fits both of you for a phone call? You probably waste 20-30 minutes just by doing that, and a lot of the time it doesn\u2019t even get scheduled on that day, and you have to follow up days or weeks later.<\/p>\n<p>Check out an online platform called <a href=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Calendly<\/a>. All you have to do is sign up and you can then send your link out to anyone and they will be able to schedule a time and date that suits them best and meets your calendar. This online platform integrates directly with your calendar. Whenever you are free, they will be able to see that, no matter the time zone. And they\u2019ll be able to schedule a time to speak on the phone with you.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>\n<h3>Don&#8217;t Leave the Office<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The fourth one is to not leave your office. Why the heck would you leave your office? Most of you folks who live on the East and West Coasts drive one and a half hours to work, right?<\/p>\n<p>Well, even here in Toledo, I still don\u2019t want to leave my office because if I\u2019m answering my phone, if I\u2019m leaving my office, if I\u2019m not focused, I am losing time. And time is my most valuable asset, as we\u2019ve already said. So try to stay in the office for as long as you can.<\/p>\n<p>As soon as you get out of the office, you get into traffic, you get distracted, you have to go pick up that Starbucks coffee. I can tell you right now, every single time I leave my office, I lose an hour in my day. And my time is the most important asset to me.<br \/>\n<em><br \/>\n<strong>Related:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/Real-Estate-Investing-Part-Time\" target=\"_blank\">9 Ways to Maximize Your Investing Efforts While Working a Full-Time Job<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li>\n<h3>Hire an Assistant<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Last but not least, for all of you business owners out there\u00a0who have the capacity to do something like this, hire a PA (personal assistant). Let\u2019s say you own a certain amount of money every single year. And then you have to break that down to reverse engineer how much money you\u2019ve made in a year\u2014how much money you make every month, how much money you make every week, and how much money you make every day and every hour. When you break that down, you are going to know how much money you are making every single hour.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s just say hypothetically that you are making $50 an hour. Why would you go and make your own coffee? It takes you 5-10 minutes to make your own coffee or to go buy your own coffee. Just hire a PA. If you can hire a PA to go and do the job for $20 per hour, your time is better spent executing on what you need to execute on. So, as soon as your income or revenue allows you to do so, I strongly suggest that you hire a PA to look after your life.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/webinars?utm_source=blog\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91217\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blog_ads-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"85\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blog_ads-01.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blog_ads-01-300x36.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Would you follow any of these tips? What do YOU do to save time?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Leave your comments below!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time is your most valuable asset, and you have to invest it wisely. Because of this, I\u2019ve come up with five extreme ways to protect my time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1672,"featured_media":119536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4241],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-estate-business-management"],"acf":[],"comment_count":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1672"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}