How Do You Make Time to Learn How to Do Self-Storage?

Your life is full. You have something every minute and sometimes you are double booked. So how do you make the time to learn how to do self-storage? How do you find the time to actually do what you are learning? When you are starting anything new, you have to find more time in an already jam packed schedule for more. You know that it is worth it, and you know that you want to do it, but how?

There are three things that you can do to help yourself. Initially, they will take more time, but in the long run they will save you so much time you will be amazed. First, you must do a time audit. Second, you must delegate more. Third, you need an assistant of some sort.

Time audits are eye opening. You think that you are using every minute the best way possible. Then you do a time audit and realize how much time you are actually losing. The best way to initially do a time audit is to set an alarm in your phone for every 30 minutes. Have a spot in your phone where you can quickly jot down what you did for the last 30 minutes. Were you checking e-mails – still? Were you in a meeting? Maybe you better postpone that 30 minute alarm. Were you trapped in the endless scroll? Were you looking for properties? Were you doing laundry? No matter what it was, you need to write it down. Then at the end of the week, you need to figure out where you spent your time.

Now that you know where you are spending your time you can figure out what you can delegate and what you can cut. Do you spend more time scrolling than you think? Do you watch more YouTube videos than you realized? Do you spend more time cleaning than is humane? There is a time for everything. This may not be the right time for you to be on the internet. This may not be the right time to be the maid. This may not be the right time to answer every single e-mail that comes to you.

Wait a minute! I have to answer all those e-mails. They are essential to my business. Then this is when you delegate. Any time that you find yourself doing a task over and over again, this is probably something that you can hire someone else to do. Create a standard operating procedure and let someone else do the basic e-mails and just have you deal with the tricky ones. Your time is worth more than what you would pay an assistant. Go through your time audit and determine what you can delegate. Do you need to hire someone else to do the cleaning? Do you need to hire someone else to do the basics of your business so that you can take it to the next level?

Growing pains are hard. It is tough to determine when you should spend the money to grow because it cuts into your bottom line. However, as you get through that tight period of time and move to the next level, the additional growth more than compensates the people that you have hired to help you and puts more money and time into your pocket. You are worth more than $15 an hour. If it can be done virtually, you are worth more than $5 to $10 an hour. Make sure that you hire out what you can.

By freeing up time in your schedule, you allow yourself the freedom to learn new skills, and have more time to implement new ideas. You can take your business from where it is to the next level and beyond. Start today. Do a time audit and find out what you can delegate or get rid of. As always, happy investing.