How to Stay Focused and Not Get Bombarded with Business Calls

If you’re like one stressed business owner I just spoke to, you might be getting calls ALL the time.

. . . past acquaintances . . . salespeople . . . customers. You name it. They’re all asking for something.

Although it’s great that all these people want to speak to you, your time is valuable. Some people will waste your time. Others will make requests which are hard to say no to.

More importantly, all these calls are distracting you from working in your Most Valuable Position.

Here’s one trick you can use to eliminate the calls you don’t want, and only get the ones you do.

Action Steps:

Get a receptionist or gatekeeper to filter your calls, and write a yes/no/maybe list for them.
In the comments below, help others buy sharing more tricks you use to stay focused and reduce the number of switches in your day.

Principles:

Some requests on your time are more important than others.
To stay focused in your business, you need to reduce the unwanted requests on your time.
The best time to reduce unwanted requests to you time is before they even reach you.

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