Maximizing your Productivity as a Consulting Business Owner

Posted By: Ellisa Brenneman

Everyone knows that owning and managing a business is stressful, time-consuming, and sometimes, let’s face it, just downright exhausting.

With business ownership comes that long list of responsibilities, in addition to the continual work it takes to ensure you and your management are able to create and maintain a productive, positive, and prosperous (the “three Ps” all business owners strive for, right?) workplace atmosphere and operational model. We tirelessly search for ways to increase our productivity in the workplace, while hoping to at least sleep during the night – or part of the night anyway.

Before delving further into the topic of maximizing your productivity in the workplace, I’d like to begin by discussing Hollywood film actor James Franco (his IMDB profile can be found here) who is well known for his ultra-productive, and arguably healthy, lifestyle. Outside of his lead roles in Hollywood blockbusters or indie-films, James Franco is also credited as a published author, model, director and producer, painter, doctorate student, teacher, and Oscar host.

Oh, and did I mention that he’s now working towards earning his second doctorate degree while he pursues his first? While acting, Franco still somehow managed to complete 62 course credit hours per quarter while studying for his Master’s degree (the normal limit is 19). It’s safe to say that his super-human abilities are downright incomparable to what most of us are able to achieve.

If you’re blown away by Franco’s effortless ability to defy the law of limited time, you’re not alone. Unfortunately, the majority of people simply can’t operate that way, and that’s probably because, well, it just ain’t possible. Instead, let’s look at healthier, saner ways of maximizing productivity in the workplace, a few of which I’ve offered up from my own experience as a business owner:

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