Really gotta run now, you understand.

Robert

I am glad to see someone must have passed along this tip before I could:

The real question is — how do you stay focused amid the chaos and keep your head above water?…..it did say YOU’RE head……are you kidding me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!????????????

I see this stuff so often, it is embarrassing. The one the gets me the most…….and was found numerous times in a set of 6 CD’s I got for training materials……and I get it from all sorts of professional speakers and News/Sportscasters…….

There IS three reasons to do this or that. They would be better of to use ARE….as, more often than not, their subject matter is plural.

It really does grate on my ears even worse than finger nails across the old chalkboards.

Keep up the good work…and please get a good proofreader! My early days at Deloitte as an Auditor were spent proofing in the offseason…….

Loyal Reader,
David

Keeping organized! If you are well organized and have a “plan of attack”, this alone would save large amounts of time! I watch my boss search his desk for papers and items which can take up loads of time. My “plan of attack” is my morning strategy to handle all sensitive items before the morning rush.

Get to the office early, get these done, so when the morning rush of phone calls, emails, and clients arrive, I have handled my main tasks. This allows me to be flexible in other areas. Hope this is a helpful tip! Love your articles!

Sincerely,
Dustin Caldwell
Cost Accountant

Marion, OH

My time management technique is to simply close my office on Tuesdays and Thursdays. My time for client appointments, telephone and e-mail is Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday mornings.

I have very few problems with my clients. I believe this is because they know I am very diligent about returning telephone calls early the next morning, and because they also know that they are never more than one day away from being able to speak with me.

The advantage of this is that I am able to work uninterrupted for 2.5 full days each week (including Saturday afternoon). I like the fact that I can schedule certain tasks to be done in a week, and know that they will be done. I can also be more flexible about dealing with the inevitable unexpected interruptions / problems that come up all the time.

This method may not work for accountants working in firms, but for a sole proprietor such as myself, it works very well indeed. I hope this helps.

Best Regards
Stephen S. Welbourn CMA

Net Profit Accounting & CheckMark Bookkeeping
http://www.theaccountant.ca

I keep an attainable weekly list in my planner, and when the items are all crossed off, then I can devote my time to other projects.

When it comes to reading professional literature, scan the table of contents, and only turn to the articles that interest you. It saves a tremendous amount of time, and reserves your attention for the things that are most important. Otherwise, you can become inundated with irrelevant voluminous articles that waste a substantial amount of time.

Thanks!
— Grace Ghezzi, CPA/PFS, CFP®, CFE, AEP
Vice President
Benefit Consulting Group, Inc.
North Syracuse, NY

Tom Naiman
Avis Budget Group
Parsippany, NJ