03 Oct 09 Daily Time Management Tips – 5

This is the fifth installment of Daily Time Management Tips series, and in this part we will see how a slight change in our life style helps us manage our time better.

Get a good night sleep

Make a habit of going to bed on the scheduled time every day, and have at least 6-7 hours of good sleep. This will keep you fresh and help you focus more.

Exercise regularly

Staying fit is very important, even from the time management point of view. When you are healthy and fit, you tend to be more productive. Do not ignore your exercise. It is very important for your health. Along with other things, exercise also improves your focus and helps you concentrate more.

Meditate

Mediation is a nice way for you to relieve yourself from unnecessary worries. This will rejuvenate your senses, and help you relax. And do I need to emphasize on the importance of a calm mind in getting things done on time?

Prepare for the next day

You have to reach your office at 8:30 and you leave your bed at 8. Will you ever reach there on time? Very unlikely, and even if you somehow manage to reach there at times, you will not be at ease. Did I tell you about forgetting lunch box and files at home? Always make it a habit to prepare your stuff for the next day before you go to bed today.

Tags: Calm Mind, Exercise, Fifth Installment, Good Sleep, Habit, Health, Life Style, Lunch Box, Mediation, Point Of View, Senses, Sleep, Staying Fit, Time Management Tips, Worries

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12 Sep 09 3 Reasons You Would Not Like to Freelance

Till now, everyone said to you that freelancing is fun, and it gives you a control over what you want to do and how you want do the work assigned to you. You do not have a boss, and no one is going to tell you when to work and when to sleep.

Well…

This is not far from the truth but there is another point of view on this matter, which I am going to share in this blog post.

You should not take freelancing as a career if:

You do not want a boss

Well, if you do not want a boss for yourself than freelancing is not a career choice for you, indeed, you do not have “a boss” here, but you have bosses here. Your clients are your boss and often they will be more than one in number, and everyone will be asking for your 100 percent attention to his or her work, so if you feel uncomfortable in working with a boss then look somewhere else, freelancers have more than one bosses.

You do not like late night shifts

If occasional late night shifts make you convulse then freelancing may not be a right career choice for you. You need to work day in and day out, sometime without a break for days, if you want to be successful as a freelancer. Freelancing is a business, not a fix-time job. It will require your 1000 percent contribution, not just your presence in the employer’s office.

You cannot add value

Contrary to what you think, freelancers are supposed to be more efficient than the regular fix-time employee. Your client is outsourcing his work, instead of hiring someone fulltime to do that work, because he or she wants more work done by paying less dollars.

I know, “how much is less and how many is too many” are relative concepts.

As a freelancer, you will have to make many decisions. Decisions related to work, finance, time, negotiations and what not. You are running a one-man show, if you are freelancing. Can you do it? Do you have it in you?

Write to me, if you think you can. Use the comment box below or mail me on Bikram [at] biksy [dot] com.

Tags: Bikram, Boss, Break, Career Choice, Contrary, Decisions Decisions, Finance Time, Freelancer, Fulltime, Late Night, Man Show, Negotiations, Night Shifts, Point Of View, Presence, Relative Concepts, Running, Sleep, Time Employee, Time Job, Truth

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15 Aug 09 5 Ways to Save your Job

In the current economy, getting a job is very difficult, and so is keeping oneself safe from getting fired. Through this article, I am going to share 5 tips that will help you retain your job in tough times.

Tip 1: Increase visibility

What is out of sight is out of mind, and also out of job. Do not just follow, “9am in the office and 6 pm out of office” routine. Go and talk to your boss, and invite your colleagues for a dinner at your place. Use the first coffee you have in office as an opportunity to strike conversation.

Tip 2: Volunteer

Volunteer for the work outside your department. Participate in group activities and company’s sponsored events. Attend seminars, and be part of company-wide committees.

Tip3: Seize opportunity

Do not wait for your boss or someone from HR department to push you to do a work. Be proactive and take responsibility.

Tip 4: Keep learning and let other know about it

Invest time and money (if required) in learning new skills, and make your company know about it. I am not saying that go to your boss and tell, in his face, what you are doing these days, nor I am asking you to stick a big notice on the notice board. Let them know about it but not overtly.

Tip5: Respect others

Do you think people in your company are stupid? And the receptionist and the guard at the door are not worth talking to? Change your point of view. How you treat them is seen by invisible eyes of the office. Respect others.

Tags: Boss, Colleagues, Committees, Economy, First Coffee, Getting A Job, Group Activities, Hr Department, Invisible Eyes, Office Routine, Out Of Sight, People, Point Of View, Receptionist, Respect Others, Seminars, Sponsored Events, Time And Money, Tough Times, Visibility

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03 Oct 09 Daily Time Management Tips – 5

Get a good night sleep

Exercise regularly

Meditate

Prepare for the next day

12 Sep 09 3 Reasons You Would Not Like to Freelance

You do not want a boss

You do not like late night shifts

You cannot add value

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