FMD avoids time wasting and shares their tips on how to manage your time more effectively:

April 10, 2013 - PRLog -- FMD truly believe that there are certain ways in which we can all eliminate time-wasting habits which can help you work smarter.

FMD appreciate the limited time that many of us have especially when running a business or in deed being an entrepreneur, our time is valuable; constantly on the go having to accomplish a lot in one day, so effective time management is essential.

In the ever increasing rat race that we run to impress our boss and maintain job security (or turn business profits so we can pay ourselves), all the while making time for our family; we find ourselves suffering from sheer exhaustion trying to create more hours in the day so we can get everything done we need to do. At some point, you have to concentrate on only what’s important to your success and sanity. It’s a process that all successful business owners and professionals find themselves having to learn, in order to focus their energy on the most important things. All the miscellaneous stuff that consumes your time with little or no return eventually must be eliminated from your schedule.

FMD advises anyone who has a demanding career or runs their own business has to practice excellent time management, and effective delegation.   FMD share their guide to eliminating time wasting habits:

If you are spending the majority of your time on non-essential email, do whatever you can do to either delegate or eliminate needless email. You could have an assistant filter your emails to eliminate time spent on non-essential emails or you send a polite request to your email contacts to be removed from non-essential bulk emails lists. The goal is to spend as close to 100% of your time devoted to essential email only.This applies to personal email as well. If you are spending valuable time scanning chain, spam and video of the week emails - it’s time to re-prioritise. Your time would be better spent in the gym - working - or with your family. It’s OK to ask your friends to remove you from their bulk email list, and a courteous request will go a long way.

FMD honestly feel that another popular time-waster is watching TV. This is one of the hardest habits to break - but there is simply much more effective ways to spend your time. Unless you’re on vacation, turn the TV off. Think about things that you would prefer to do during the time that you would normally spend watching TV. Maybe it's playing a board game with your family, reading, exercising, educating yourself, getting a massage, or doing yoga. Make a list of the things you would like to do if you had some of that TV time back and arrange them in order of importance. The ones that make you feel the best should go at the top of the list and should be the first thing you do when you create the time.

Reduce time-wasters by creating a To-Do List for the following day the night before, break your day down, evaluate where your business is at and where it needs to be heading. Writing a To-Do List before you go to sleep every night will help your mind run through the day and organise it. While you’re sleeping, your brain is organising how to create successful outcomes for the next day‘s tasks. If you give it a task, it will figure out a way to complete it successfully - and be more focused on success supporting actions instead of time-wasters. Prioritise everything on the list so if you don’t have time for everything, you at least get the most important items done.

If you have an assistant at work, evaluate if there are additional tasks you can delegate to them. Have your assistant look through your email, screen phone calls or walk-ins, schedule all appointments, or research something you need more information about. FMD urges you to delegate responsibilities that do not need your direct attention, this doesn't mean compromising standards and neglecting your duties, it is simply working smart rather than hard.

FMD isn't afraid of saying no, it is impossible to please everyone all of the time, so surely focusing on one specific area at a time is more productive than trying  to juggle too many projects or areas of our lives at once. You cannot always take care of everyone else and if you spend more than half your day on the phone, you’ve got to figure out a way to scale back.  as this is taking away from other valuable opportunities. It is literally impossible to be focused 100% on more than one task simultaneously and if you’re multi-tasking while talking on your phone - someone or something is missing your full attention. FMD urges you to focus on one particular situation complete it, and

FMD’s  goal is not to figure out how to move faster. It’s impossible to create more hours in the day and it’s simply not healthy to run at full tilt constantly. Learn how to eliminate the time-wasters in your life to improve your quality of life and success.