For the Sake of Time, Learning to Say “No” Is a Vital Skill Advisors Must Master

For the Sake of Time, Learning to Say No Is a Vital Skill Advisors Must Master

Being able to maximize time to spend on high-payoff activities has long been a significant challenge for financial advisors who must wear many hats on their path to success. Advisors not in control of their time typically have less of it to spend interacting with clients and prospecting for new clients and other activities essential to the growth of their practice.

To gain more control of their time, advisors can follow these steps:

– Setting clear goals,
– prioritizing and planning tasks and activities,
– delegating and outsourcing administrative tasks,
– utilizing technology to automate repetitive tasks where possible,
– blocking time and batching similar tasks together,
– creating a focused work environment to limit distractions and
– learning to say “no.”

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