The saying, “time is the soul of business” is a common one used by people in everyday life within many contexts. This saying is not only applicable in everyday but also in business. Time management is very important because time is money. The overall target of every business owner is to make huge profit, but how does a poor time manager make money when he can’t get more out of his day?

The foregoing underscores the importance of time management. Everybody has 24 hours daily. At the breaking of each day, there are always target to attain, operations to perform, and money to be made. Therefore, there is need to make the best use of each day we have. If one understand that time and tide waits for no man, one would be spurred to make the best use of their time.

Briefly, this piece presents you tips you should digest to make the best use of your day. They are insights from successful entrepreneurs who can be considered the busiest individuals on planet earth.

• Daily write a to-do list of task you want to accomplish

At the beginning of each day, come up with a list of task you want to achieve for that day. Nothing will help you more than this. When you write down the tasks you want to accomplish for that day, you have a form of guide and target. With it you will be able to determine if you have spent your time wisely at the end of that day. However, it is important to be realistic when preparing the list so as not to betray the whole purpose of the process.

• Know yourself well

Each individual has their own way of getting things done. That is what make us who we are. Knowing that you personally like to get things done in the morning would help you make more out of your day. If it is in the night, leverage on that. . Allocate the time to your most important task and you will soar.

• Review your activities at the end of each day

So finally, the day is over. What did you achieved? How many papers have you drafted? How many emails have you written? These are important answers you should be able to provide good answers to at the end of each day. That said, doing this will make you to understand your weaknesses and strengths. Based on these, you can then think of ways to improve and do things differently.

• Have a scheduled time for meetings

As an entrepreneur, you will agree with me that there will always be meetings upon meetings. Often times, you would have to abandon whatever you doing to concentrate in the meetings. This may mean you will not be able to complete that task till working hours lapses. The best solution to these is to get a particular time slated for meetings. When that time lapses, you face your tasks squarely.

• Avoid distractions of any form  

Distractions may come in any form, calls, emails, you name it! When you are busy with a task make it clear that you have an appointment with someone. Who is that “someone?” That someone is you. You know  you would not yield to distractions when you are in an appointment with someone else as you would not want them to have a bad impression of you. Apply that logic in your case and you will be a good time manager.