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Work/Life Balance

By Glenn Muske

Work/life balance

Of all the reasons why small-business owners start businesses, two are noted most often. They are a desire to be in control and having more time for family. Yet once in business, many owners indicate that neither goal has been achieved. By its nature, control should allow for deciding how much you want to work. […]

April 18, 2018 Filed Under: Small Biz 100, success Tagged With: effective time management, management, small business, success, time management

Making Room for Change

By Glenn Muske

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Let’s start with two underlying truths. First, you probably are near the point where your time is maxed out. It would be hard to add anything more and still manage to stay on top of everything at work and in your personal life. Second, things change and there are always new opportunities and requirements coming […]

November 15, 2017 Filed Under: Small Biz 100, success Tagged With: best management practices, change, effecting management, effective change, time management

To-do Lists and Time Management

By Glenn Muske

“There never is enough time.” You probably would agree with me that we hear this phrase repeated over and over by people everywhere. Because time is a limited resource and we feel we never have enough, we’ve been bombarded with hundreds, if not thousands, of suggestions on how to make the most of the time […]

November 16, 2016 Filed Under: management, Small Biz 100, success Tagged With: effective time management, entrepreneurship, management, small business, time management

Time Management Vital for Small-business Productivity

By Glenn Muske

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Do you own a small business and find you have no free time? Have you recently found yourself too busy to have lunch with a friend? Does your family start dinner without you? While these are not perfect predictors (life happens), being “too busy” may be a symptom that your business time management needs some […]

October 9, 2014 Filed Under: entrepreneurship, organization, rural, Small Biz 100, success Tagged With: entrepreneur, planning, rural, small business, success, time management

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