That’s the aim of most people, isn’t it? Most of us who have worked for a boss have found that there has been a fair bit of working time creep over the last 10 -20 years. When I was employed the last time, the nominal working hours were one thing, but the actual expectation was something different altogether. The company supplied everyone, except me, with a mobile phone. That number was then listed against your profile which meant that any other employee could call you at any time. That effectively put you on call 24/7. They also put a tracking app on the phone, so they knew where you were 24/7 if they wanted to check it out. I refused to have a company phone and fought for that to happen. My boss told me I had to have one, so I told him I would but that it would stay in my desk drawer overnight and over weekends. Since that was not what they wanted, they finally relented as long as everyone on my team had my private number. I agreed to that because my number was not accessible to everyone, just those I chose to share it with. Some people refuse to accept work time creep. Most of those I worked with accepted it without question because they got most of their private phone calls covered in the corporate account. Perhaps I’m just difficult, maybe I’m a little more sceptical of others’ motivations, or perhaps I know a bit more about protecting my privacy than the others. Whatever, I won and didn’t have to have a corporate phone. As far as I was able to determine, I was the only person in that company who didn’t. Are you the type of person who thinks outside the square? Are you aware that there is a square to think inside? Thinking people are those who do best at marketing because they don’t accept failure or poor results as the final outcome. Those are only steps along the path to success. Regards, P.S. One of the ways you can work less and earn more is to take advantage of templates to speed up your content production. Templates give you the wireframe of whatever you are attempting to do. All you do with these is edit them to suit the current project, and you can use them repeatedly for fast results. I keep telling you that you need to have an email list, and I know, from discussions with some of you, that writing emails is your biggest challenge and the thing that’s stopping you from starting. I know how you feel because that stopped me for many wasted years until I found email templates. They got me started. I don’t use them anymore because I got past that stage, but it was invaluable initially. My friend, Andy Waring, has released a bundle of email templates that you can use intact or edit to suit. And he has released them at no cost to you. Don’t miss out on this opportunity. |
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