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Banish those Round Tuits Forever
How was your last weekend?
Did you get out with some friends and have some fun?
Or was it an endless round of catching up with all those Round
Tuits - like mowing the lawn, trimming the hedges, painting the
fences, doing the ironing, and so on?
Hmm. Kind of gets in the way of the fun, doesn't it?
So here is an idea that we use, and it seems to work pretty well:
Get yourself a clean sheet of paper.
Write down ALL the things that NEED to be done. Everyone of them
- from repairing the guttering, to mowing the lawn, to painting
the kitchen, to putting up shelves. Every single task that has
been waiting for you to get a Round Tuit.
Now ask your partner to remind you of all the ones you had
conveniently forgotten.
Now, for the next step, you need to know what your time is worth.
The easiest way to do that is to find out how much you get in
TAKE-HOME pay (i.e. after all deductions) per hour. Then commit
to NEVER working for anything less than that, unless it is to
build up your own business - and only then if you cannot get
anyone else to do it.
Okay, now go through each of the items on the Round Tuit list and
determine which ones you could get someone else to do for less
money than your earn. In other words, if the job were to take 3
hours for you to do it, and your currently take home $10 p.h.
then, if you can get someone else to do the same job for $25 you
should hire them, instead of doing it yourself.
If really necessary, work a bit of overtime (at $15 p.h.?) to pay
for it.
Once you have identified all the jobs that you can farm out - get
out your diary, get on the phone, and book them in to be done!
Obviously your cash flow may require you to space them out - but
get them booked in.
That will leave you with a pile of trivial jobs, or ones that you
can do quicker or more cheaply than an outsider.
List these in order of importance on a new piece of paper and
stick them up by the fridge or calendar.
Then determine to do ONE (and one only) of these jobs each week.
That way you will get them all done, your partner will stop
nagging you, and you will personally feel less stressed. You
will get back into the FLOW again (p32 of 7 Steps to Freedom).
And you will have a lot more time for FUN - and I believe
strongly in that!
Have a productive week,
Noel Swanson
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Dr. Noel Swanson is a Consultant Psychiatrist and author of "7 Steps to
Freedom" ( www.7stepstofreedom.com ).
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