The first part of your focus on results should be to work out how much your
time costs. This helps you to see if you are spending your time profitably.If you work for
an organization, calculate how much you cost it each year. Include your salary, payroll
taxes, the cost of office space you occupy, equipment and facilities you use, expenses,
administrative support, etc. If you are self-employed, work the annual running costs of
your business. To this figure add a guesstimate of the amount of profit you should
generate by your activity. If you work normal hours, you will have approximately 200
productive days each year. If you work 7*ƒ”€¦ hours each day, this equates to 1,500 hours
in
a year. From these figures, calculate an hourly rate. This should give a reasonable estimate
of how much your time is worth this may be a surprisingly large amount! When you are
deciding whether or not to take a task on, think about this value – are you wasting your or
your organizations resources on a low yield task? An important part of focusing on results
is working out what to focus on! Many people work very hard all day doing little jobs that
do not actually affect the quality of their work. This section concentrates on three areas
-clarifying what you enjoy understanding whatyour strengths and weaknesses are and
working out both what your job is and what constitutes excellent performance. It is
important for your own quality of life that you enjoy your job. If you know broadly what
you like and dislike, you will be more able to move your job towards doing things that you
