How to Multiply Your Time

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It’s something that I want to fix, but I really don’t do any reading about productivity. There’s always more you can learn, but I feel like I built up some pretty good habits a long time ago and I’ve been quite disciplined since, so haven’t tried to search for inspiration to improve further. That said – I’m sure what I’m talking about here will be the kind of thing that some sort of productivity expert will have discussed before, but I just discovered it by trial and error and I want to make people aware that it’s an option.

Doing things solo and involving myself in all sorts of business ideas, I really do overstretch myself. I want a good few solid income streams and I feel as though the only way to achieve this is by building up the things I’m working on, then coming up with fresh ideas every few months and pushing on with those. The cycle has gone to plan so far and I don’t plan on changing any time soon.

However, with all of these projects ongoing, it means that I’ve got less and less time available to dedicate to each of them. I need to find time elsewhere. By far, the best way I’ve found to deal with this is to outsource. A lot.

Outsourcing is something that scares a lot of solopreneurs. I believe these are the reasons:

They fear someone else won’t do the work to your standard/properly
They feel like they haven’t got time to train someone
They haven’t got the funds to pay someone else

I hear absolutely all of that, but at the same time, I don’t see how a single person can create many different income streams and maintain them effectively if they don’t delegate some tasks out to others. It’s overwhelming to have to think about ways to build an assortment brands/business/projects if you’re working on many of them at the same time. It’s a lot more beneficial to focus your attention on one (or a couple at most) at a time. You need a virtual assistant in your life.

It doesn’t matter what business you’re in, there’s bound to be something you can hand out to others even/especially as a freelancer. I’ve outsourced work when people have asked me to create websites for them, write masses of content for them, design logos for them. All sorts. As long as the work’s getting done on time and well, the client isn’t going to care. Trust me.

Going through this cycle means that now I only really focus my time on the new ones and the ones that require minimal maintenance each month. It means that I can have a break the effort intensive ones every few months, and use that energy towards something completely new – with great potential – instead.

Freeing me to up spend more time doing the ones that I find more fun – which usually tends to be the new ones or when I literally just sharing what I’m doing. Outsourcing makes you a lot more conscious of the time you’re supposed to be dedicating to your own work.

As I’ve said many times on here, the best place for people in the UK to find someone to get a job done for them is People Per Hour. You won’t regret freeing up your time – effectively multiplying it – by delegating a task out to a temporary helper. Over time, you could even get to the point where a handful of people are covering all the work you used to do.