How to Effectively Manage Your Business and Your Life

As a speaker, restaurant owner/operator, chef, husband and a father of two. I have worked with thousands of individuals to help them better their business and success in their personal and professional lives.
Running a successful business requires a solid plan ,focus, commitment and consistent action. Above all it requires an effective management style and strategy. The key to successful management is to examine the marketplace environment and create employment and profit opportunities that provide the potential growth and financial viability of the business. Despite the importance of management, this area is often misunderstood and poorly implemented, primarily because people focus on the output rather than the process of management.

But if you are like those Business Owners that get so wrapped up in their business, that they forget to take care of the other aspects of their lives. And the results can be devastating! Families are neglected, friends are lost, and the physical and mental health declines. (Just to name a few.)
So here are some tips for being able to successfully manage your company and your life:

1.Put systems into place- mistakes are made when processes are not systematized. When processes are consistent, fewer mistakes are made and there are fewer fires to put out.

2.Take a day off- despite the temptation to work a 7-day week, take at least one day for yourself. You will see your productivity and your health improve. (Not to mention how happy your family will be to see you.)

3.Go home- set a time schedule for yourself. Schedule the number of hours you will work and stick to that plan.

4.Set your priorities- there's always another crisis to solve. When setting your priorities, you should write them all down. Now number them in order of importance. That way you know what needs to be done right away, and what can maybe wait. Be sure to make special occasion to your friends and family as a top priority. Don't allow any "emergency" to hold you back. After all, there's bound to be another one tomorrow.

5.Automate your business- this is sometimes an odd topic for restaurant owners, but there are many places to automate your restaurant and I am not just talking about the POS System. If you haven't taken the time to realize the value of automation, do so soon. Places you can automate - Any recurring task like weekly emails or marketing mailers, costing your food, paying your bills can even be automated and save you a ton of time. With your business on auto-pilot you have more time for other things.

None of the stuff in this email is new to you. You know it all. But unless you are willing to take these suggestions to heart, you will never be able to effectively manage your life.

And remember, nobody ever lay on their deathbed wishing they had spent more time on there business.